McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Hill, George

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Hill, George


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a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Charleston, S. C., February 20,1797, was converted about 1817, entered the South Carolina Conference in 1820, was presiding elder on Savannah District in 182627- 28, and then stationed at Milledgeville, where he died, August 22,1829. Mr. Hill possessed, in rare combination, great firmness and great mildness, which, coupled with vigorous ability, made him an excellent administrative officer. He was studious, and deeply pious, “and was universally acknowledged to be a bold, powerful, and eminently successful minister.” — Min. of Confer. 2, 117.