Rash's Surname Index


Notes for John Hartwell HILLMAN

John H. Hillman was a lineal descendant of Samuel Hillman, of Trenton, New Jersey, the "fighting Quaker" who was dismissed from the Trenton Meeting for joining the Continental army. He was an iron manufacturer, but abandoned both his business and his creed to join the army. He served for seven years. His son daniel went south, where he engaged in the manufacture of iron in Alabama. His son, Daniel, continued in the business and founded the great "Hillman Iron Works." His sons also became iron
masters. One of them, T.T. Hillman, became president of the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company. J. Hartwell Hillman, son of Daniel, was the head of J. Hillman & Sons, iron brokers, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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