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Free Hill(s) was a historic Black community established northeast of Celina before the Civil War by people formerly enslaved by Virginia Hill. Hill brought her slaves from North Carolina to what was then Overton County, purchased 2,000 hilly and rough acres, settled them there, and freed them. The freed Black residents took the surname Hill, giving the community its name. After 1865, other Black residents of Clay County also settled in the area.
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