McGill's Hill

By Col. Alton R. Barnes Sr.

McGill's Hill/LowndesboroMcGill's Hill is a novel. The story is built around historical facts. Jade McGill, a nineteen year old from Mount Harmony, North Carolina graduates from high school with plans to marry and settle down to growing tobacco like his relatives before him.Jade is in love with Selena Cartwright, a high school classmate.An incident of intimacy happened that changed their lives. With the Creek Indian War approaching, Indians creating problems, Jade and a friend join the US Army, took training at Fort Wilkinson in Georgia. They received an assignment to the Northwest territory. Jade becomes so obsessed with the military, he fails to communicate with Selena.The military assigns Jade to various US Army posts where he serves as a Master Sergeant in charge of a scout platoon. He is called upon to help survey the first Federal Road.His assignments involve him in the Creek Indian War, being assigned at Fort Mims where the Massacre took place.Jade leads the reconnaissance element that gathers information for General Andrew Jackson's famous attack at Horseshoe Bend. He is present at Fort Jackson when William Weatherford surrenders. Leaving the army, he leads a wagon train to the Alabama Territory, establishes a town at McGill's Hill. He becomes a successful plantation cotton farmer, eventually marrying Selena. He leads seventeen families to McGill Hill, and establishes the oldest Presbyterian Church in Alabama. The book's unusual ending keeps the reader in suspense until the last page.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1539763498
• ISBN13: 9781539763499
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"