Life History

Notes

• Lunetta Compton was the first of three wives of William Buster Hill.  Her name and the name of the second wife were unknown to us until a new round of searching in November 2018 revealed the name of Nancy Sullins, found through a Social Security record reporting her and W B Hill as her parents.  Updated notes and reconfigured family relationships led to additional records, and shortly thereafter the name of an earlier wife named Lunetta Compton.
  
  The 1880 census reported William with his wife Nancy, then after adding new information about John Briggs Hill, the oldest child found in that census, Briggs' mother was found, thanks to FamilySearch, where the family relationship and the marriage record for Lunetta Compton were found on 29 November 2018.
  
  Texas Marriages, 1837-1973
  W B Hill
  Lunetta Compton
  Marriage 05 Feb 1874 Fannin County, Texas
  
  In 1860, Lunetta was enumerated with her parents in Giles County, Tennessee, where she was apparently born.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee, 13 July, Northern Subdivision, P O Lynnville (Campbellsville), page 111, Hse/Fam #772
  Compton, John B 43 M Farmer $0 Real Estate $1300 Personal Estate born S Carolina Cannot read or write [b abt 1817]
  Compton, Cintha N 42 F Keeps House born Tennessee [b abt 1818]
  Compton, Lizza [sic] A 17 F born Tennessee [b abt 1843]
  Compton, Smith 15 M born Tennessee [b abt 1845]
  Compton, Mary J 11 F born Tennessee [b abt 1849]
  Compton, Amanda J 8 F born Tennessee [b abt 1852]
  Compton, Gideon B 6 M born Tennessee [b abt 1854]
  Compton, Lunetta 2 F born Tennessee [b abt 1858]
  Compton, Cissiro [Cicero] 7mos M born Tennessee [b abt 1859]
  
  In 1960, there is another Compton family enumerated on the same page, two houses before John and Cynthia Compton.  Head of household is reported as D C Compton, born in Tennessee, age 25.
  
  1860 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee, 13 July, Northern Subdivision, P O Lynnville (Campbellsville), page 111, Hse/Fam #770
  Compton, D C 25 M Mechanic $0 Real Estate $250 Personal Estate born Tennessee [b abt 1835]
  Compton, Nancy M 26 F Keeps House born Tennessee [b abt 1834]
  Compton, Joseph C 1 M born Tennessee [b abt 1859]
  Compton, George M 3 M born Tennessee [b abt 1857]
  
  Some time before 1870, John and Cynthia Compton moved their family to north Texas, and were enumerated in the 1870 census in Fannin County.  The enumerator recorded Lunetta as Lou N, apparently hearing her name as a first and middle name, Lou Netta.
  
  1870 Federal Census, Fannin County, Texas, 26 August, Precinct 2, P O Bonham, page 48, Hse/Fam #310
  Compton, John B 54 M W Farmer $400 Personal Estate born S Carolina [b abt 1816]
  Compton, Cynthia 52 F W Keeping House born Tennessee Cannot write [b abt 1818]
  Compton, Mary J 20 F W born Tennessee Cannot write [b abt 1850]
  Compton, Johnnie 18 M W born Tennessee [b abt 1852]
  Compton, Cicero 10 M W born Tennessee Cannot write [b abt 1860]
  Compton, Lou N 13 F W born Tennessee [b abt 1857]
  Compton, Robt C 9 M W born Tennessee [b abt 1861]
  Compton, Smith 23 M W Farmer $500 Personal Estate born Tennessee [b abt 1847]
  
  It was there in Fannin County that Lunetta married William Buster Hill.  She had one child, John Briggs Hill in 1875.  Her son was probalby named after her father, found in censues as John B Compton.  Lunetta died by 1878, since John's first child with his next wife, Nancy Sullins, was born in October 1879.

Sources

• 1. 1860 Federal Census, Giles County, Tennessee
  • 13 July, Northern Subdivision, P O Lynnville (Campbellsville), page 111, Hse/Fam #772
• 2. 1870 Federal Census, Fannin County, Texas
  • 26 August, Precinct 2, P O Bonham, page 48, Hse/Fam #310
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, Fannin County, Texas
  • 14 June, Precinct 2, District 24, page 9 (scan 351), Hse/Fam #79
• 4. Texas Marriages, 1837-1973
• 5. Find a Grave Memorial Registry