Roy Lee Hill (1902 - 1940)

Born 29 Mar 1902 in Wise, Virginia, United States

Died 19 Dec 1940 at age 38 in Beckley, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States

Biography

Roy Hill is a part of US Black heritage.

Roy was a Coal Miner in West Virginia, USA

Roy Hill was killed in the Raleigh Coal and Coke No. 4 Mine Disaster, along with his brother, Ernest Henry Hill,due to a explosion on 17 December, 1940

He was killed in the 1940 of Raleigh Coal and Coke No. 4 Mine Disaster, 1940 in Beckley, Raleigh County, West Virginia

Hir brother, Ernest henry Hill died instantly.

• Fact: Residence (1900) Richmond District (Gilley Precinct), Wise, Virginia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Richmond, Wise, Virginia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1930) Town, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States
• Fact: Residence (1935) Same Place
• Fact: Residence (1940) Town Magisterial District, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States
• Fact: Ethnicity Black or African American

Sources

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJX-9NK : 9 March 2022), Roy Hill in entry for Albert Hill, 1900.
• "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8LSV-J3T2 : 21 January 2022), Roy Hill, 23 May 1920; citing Marriage Registration, Russell, Virginia, United States, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7Z5-B5R : 8 January 2021), Roy Hill, Town Magisterial District, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41-40A, sheet 5A, line 9, family 64, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4443.
• "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMQQ-9CQ : 10 March 2018), Roy Lee Hill, 19 Dec 1940; citing Raleigh, West Virginia, County Records, 16712, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,557.

See Also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 June 2022, 21:17), entry for Roy Lee Hill (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LKDX-Q7B ); contributed by various users.