John Davison's daughter, Mary Ann, married Daniel's son, John Hillman, on May 18, 1812 in Mason Co., Kentucky.
Some researchers think John Hillman and his wife, Mary Ann (Davison) lived in Washington, Miami Co., Ohio in 1820 before moving to Pike Co., Indiana. There was a John Hillman in the 1820 Census for Miami Co., Ohio along with a Benjamin Hillman, age 45 or older, and family. John Hillman is about the right age, with a wife and one daughter, age beween 0 to 9. However the Pike Co.,Indiana 1830 Census shows that John and Mary Ann had two sons born between 1811 and 1815. The 1840 Census shows these two sons ages to be 20 to 20, requiring them to be born between 1811 and 1820. John Hillman is listed as a voter in Clay Twp., Pike Co., Indiana as early as 1828. So if John Hillman was in Miami Co.,Ohio, where were these two sons in 1820? Were they born in 1820, meaning the 1830 Pike Co. Census is way off in the estimate of their age? That would mean they were only 10 in 1830. But John had a daughter in 1830 whose age was between 10 and 14. The sons are listed as older than her.
John Hillman's brother, James Hillman, was a Justice of the Peace as
early as 1824 in Pike Co., Indiana. James and Henry Hillman were still
living in Mason Co., Kentucky in 1820. I could not find John Hillman
in Mason Co. in the 1820 census. Was he in Ohio or Indiana or somewhere else? However there was a Joseph Hellmun living in the Big Sandy Valley in 1793 along with Davissons, Lounsdales, Canes, Merandas, Calvins, and other interesting names relevant to the subject of this blog. The Big Sandy Valley was located in northeastern Kentucky and was once a part of Mason County in 1790.
