David Hall Hilliard

1805 - 1877  (71 years)

• Name	David Hall Hilliard
  Born	3 Dec 1805	Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LCXM-W2X
  	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LCXM-W2X
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	80751762
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80751762
  Group	Descendant of Revolutionary War Veteran
  	DAR or SAR Eligible Descendant of a Revolutionary War Veteran
  Group	Hall Direct Descendant
  	A person who is a direct descendant of any colonial New England Hall Family
  Group	Halls of Yarmouth - DNA Family 020
  	Descendants of John Hall of Yarmouth, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
  Died	10 Jun 1877	Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
  Buried	Aft 10 Jun 1877	Comings Cemetery, Cornish City, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
  Person ID	I103235	New England Hall Families Master Tree
  Last Modified	16 Jul 2019

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Franklin Hilliard,   b. 16 Mar 1774, Preston, New London County, Connecticut ,   d. 4 Jul 1858, Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Roxana Hall,   b. 12 Jan 1778, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire ,   d. 26 Nov 1866, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire  (Age 88 years)
  Married	Bef 1805
  Family ID	F38650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah E. Smith,   b. 26 Sep 1816, New Hampshire ,   d. 17 Apr 1908, Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire  (Age 91 years)
  Married	10 Sep 1835	Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire
  Last Modified	15 Jul 2019
  Family ID	F38652	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 3 Dec 1805 - Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire Married - 10 Sep 1835 - Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire Died - 10 Jun 1877 - Cornish, Sullivan County, New Hampshire Buried - Aft 10 Jun 1877 - Comings Cemetery, Cornish City, Cornish City, Sullivan County, New Hampshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Badges		Halls of Yarmouth Hall DNA Family 020
  		Revolutionary War Patriot or Soldier Descendant

  
  

• Notes

  From FindaGrave: Gun Maker, died at 71 years. David Hall Hilliard 1805- 1877 (Benjamin, Samuel) B 3 Dec. 1805, m 19 Sept. 1835, Sarah E. Smith. Dau. Of Joseph and Judith (Savory) Smith. b. 26 Sept. 1816. Excepting for a few years in Claremont, he spent the most of his life in Cornish. Was prominent in the town affairs, a leading Democrat, a ready debater, public spirited and deeply interested in everything that tended to promote the welfare of the town. He was a gunsmith by trade and carried his art to a high state of excellence, and had a wide reputation of manufacturing rifles and other firearms of as good quality as any manufactures of his time. He died 10 June, 1877 and is buried in Comings Cemetery in Cornish, NH. After Mr. Hilliard's death his widow m Cleb H. Pool, a blacksmith, who d. June 3, 1888. She died in Cornish April 17, 1908. Children: Charles Nelson , b June 5, 1836, in Claremont, NH George Elbridge, b Aug. 26, 1838, in Ludlow, VT. Notes: DH Hilliard's gun designs are similar to Nicantor Kendall's for the simple reason that Hilliard worked with Kendall before starting his own gun factory in Cornish sometime around 1840. The Cornish Historical Society has a diary of DH Hilliard documenting his activity in the area to collect various parts for his guns. He made rifles (0.36 caliber) shotguns and pistols. His Fowler shotguns are sought by collectors today. It is said that during the civil war he brought a wagon load of his guns to Concord, NH for the war effort. The buildings he used as his factory can be seen today in Cornish.