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Jane (Hillis) Webb 1786 - 1834

Jane (Hillis) Webb was born on July 18, 1786. She was in a relationship with William Webb, and had children Elizabeth (Webb) Ward, Robert Huston Webb, Sara Webb, Melvina Webb, William Webb Junior, Isabelle (Webb) Blue, Jane Webb, Effie Webb, Polly Webb, John Webb, James Webb, Anne (Webb) Tandy, Frances (Webb) Blue, and Isaac O. Webb. Jane Webb died at age 48 years old in 1834 in Petersburg, Illinois United States.

Jane (Hillis) Webb

July 18, 1786

1834

Petersburg, Illinois, 62675, United States

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Jane Webb (of Warren County, Tennessee), (Jane was born July 18, 1786 in Rowan County, North Carolina or Fayette County, Virginia, which is now part of Kentucky 52). She died (March 15 or 18, 1834) in Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois [Petersburg was in Sangamon County prior to 1839]. (Her maiden name was Hillis, confirmed by Verda J. Baird in her book: “Jefferson County, Iowa – 77 Cemeteries – 1839 – Dec. 1990” in which she states that Jane Hillis, wife of William Webb, Sr., was buried in “Minard” County, Illinois in March of 1834. Of four submitted trees for Jane Hillis on familysearch, one stated that Jane was buried in Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois, and her parents were Robert Hillis and Sarah McDowell; however, no sources were provided. No other alternative was provided by these submitted trees.) [Note that the cited publication was published in 1876, 42 years after Jane’s death in Illinois. It is misleading to locate birth locations based upon present-day political jurisdictions. Warren County, Tennessee is certainly not the jurisdiction in which she was born, for neither Warren County nor Tennessee was in existence at the time of her birth. Kentucky is mentioned as a possible birthplace location, but the State of Kentucky did not come into existence until 1792. Rather, she was born either in Rowan County, North Carolina, or Fayette County, Virginia, which became part of Kentucky in 1792. The reasoning for this is that her parents, along with her father’s mother and his brothers and sisters, moved from Rowan County, North Carolina to Fayette County, Virginia about 1786 after her father’s father died and this is apparently the same year as her birth. Her parents eventually moved once again to the vicinity of present day Van Buren County, Tennessee, for that is where she was married – in 1801 or before – and where her father was buried between 1826 and 1828. An obituary of her son, Isaac, indicates that he was born in Warren County, Tennessee, and that the family settled near Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois in 1829 just a few months after Isaac was born. This would explain the vague reference of Jane being “of Warren County, Tennessee”, the county adjacent to Van Buren County. She had a close friendship with her father’s sister, Ann Jean Hillis. Her grave site does not show up in Illinois on findagrave; she may have been buried on private property. Interment does not cover Cass, Morgan or Menard County. She does not appear in the Sangamon County Probate Case Files Index for any date between 1821 and 1906. Menard County does not have probate records prior to 1839 (the date when Menard County was formed).]
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July 18, 1786

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1834

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Petersburg, Illinois 62675, United States
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Jane (Hillis) Webb lived 26 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 47.

The average age of a Hillis family member is 73.

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In 1800, by the time she was merely 14 years old, on August 30th, educated blacksmith Gabriel Prosser organized a slave revolt. He wanted to capture Richmond and kill all whites - excluding Methodists, Quakers, Frenchmen, and the poor - and become king of a new black nation. The revolt failed, he was captured and hung. Slave laws were tightened in Virginia.

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In 1811, Jane was 25 years old when on November 7th, the Battle of Tippecanoe was fought. American troops led by William Henry Harrison - then Governor of the Indiana Territory, later the 9th President of the United States - defeated the Native American warriors. A confederacy of Native American tribes opposed U.S. expansion into Indian Territory. but Tecumseh was gone, recruiting troops, and there was no military leader on the Native American side. The battle lasted 2 hours.

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