Luvenia Hill (maiden name unknown) was born on September 20, 1839, in South Carolina. She married Henry H. Hill, and they had at least five children: James, born on January 8, 1859; George, born around 1861; Henry, born on September 31, 1862; Carlous, born on July 21, 1866; and Alice, born on December 24, 1870. They lived in Walterboro, South Carolina, and her husband worked as a timber cutter. By 1860, they owned $2,500 of real estate and $665 of personal property. They eventually moved to Midway, South Carolina, and her husband died there on January 8, 1873. She remained in Miday and raised her family on her own. By 1910, she was living in her daughter Alice’s household in Bamberg, South Carolina. She died on August 17, 1919.