If you live in a place long enough, you begin to think you know it. Or that it defines you or becomes part of your DNA. And if you were born there, its role in your identity is official. But that certainly wasn’t how I felt at the March 8, 2022 regular meeting of the Hill County Commissioners Court in Central Texas,
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Historical Commission To Meet At Hill County Pioneer Home The Hill County Historical Commission will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 25, at the Hill County pioneer home of Drs. Jerry and Jana Burch in Brandon. In addition to regular business, members will hear a program on the home, located at 992 FM 1243. The home s history began in 1846, when Elisha Smith Wyman, a native of Maine who was recently affiliated with the United States Army, arrived in present-day Hill County with a 640-acre land grant from the State of Texas. The Wymans built a dog-trot cabin on the Old Government Road. This home still stands proudly as the oldest structure in Hill County and the home of Drs. Jerry and Jana Burch.