Father: Judge Junius F. Hillyer (1807-1886)
Mother: Jane Selina Watkins (1807-1880)]
11/07/1850 - Lived, Division 88, Walton Co., GA (lived with the Warren J. Hill family - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as "Eben Hyllier")
- Attended undergraduate schools in Athens, GA, and Penfield, GA
- Attended Mercer University, Macon, Bibb Co., GA
1852-1854 - Attended, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1854 - M.D. degree, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA (from: Monroe, Walton Co., GA; preceptor: Dr. Ira DeLamater; thesis: "Hernia inguinalis")
1854 - Set up his practice of medicine, Rome, Floyd Co., GA
07/29/1857 - Married, Georgia Elizabeth Cooley (1834-1913), Fulton Co., GA
07/09/1860 - Practiced medicine and farmed, Rome District, Floyd Co., GA (lived with wife, Georgia E, and two children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as Eben Hillyer)
08/31/1862 - As a private citizen, sold fodder and corn to the Confederate Quartermaster Dept. for use of the 2th MS Infantry and AL Cavalry [a.k.a., 8th Confederate Regiment], Rome, GA
08/01/1863 - Enlisted as Pvt., Capt. Taliaferro's Co. of Mounted Infantry, Floyd Legion, Georgia
08/21/1863 - Mustered-in as Pvt., Capt. Taliaferro's Co., Floyd Legion
09/04/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Floyd's Legion, Georgia State Troops
10/22/1863 - Received payment for 760 pounds of fodder, Rome, GA
12/01/1863 - As a private citizen, leased a wagon , 2 mules, & driver to the Confederate Government for 43 days at $4.50/day
12/16/1863 - Signed contract with Surgeon S.H. Stout, Medical Director of Hospitals, Army of Tennessee, at Rome, GA, to serve as an Acting Asst. Surgeon at $80/mo.
12/16/1863-01/23/1864 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Bell Hospital (?Rome, GA, or ?Greensboro, GA)
01/07/1864 - Passed Confederate Army Board of Medical Examiners for the position Surgeon, Charleston, SC
01/21/1864 - "Surgeon Eben Hillyer will report without delay to Surgeon E.A. Flewellen, Medical Director at Dalton, Georgia for assignment to duty" [S.O. 17/17]
02/01/1864 - Mustered-out as Pvt. Cavalry Co., F, Floyd Legion, Georgia State Guard, Rome, GA
02/05/1864 - Ordered to report to E. A. Flewellen, then ordered to report to Maj. Gen. B. F. Cheatham
03/16/1864 - Ordered to report of Gen. W.J. Hardee for assignment as Surgeon, 8th MS Infantry,
Gen. M.P. Lowrey's Brigade, Army of Tennessee
04/21/1864 - Surgeon, 8th MS Infantry, near Dalton, GA
05/05/1864 - Surgeon, 8th MS Infantry, Jackson's Brigade, Walker's Division, Hardee's Corps, Army of Tennessee
05/31/1864 - Surgeon, 8th MS Infantry
06/01/1864 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank
from 01/07/1864
06/01/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon from GA by the Confederate States Senate
06/04/1864 - Left with the wounded behind Federal lines
06/28/1864 - Hired local transportation for wounded men and himself from Carroll Co., GA, to Newman, GA, because the "wounded men were left in the Enemy's lines and not being able to procure transportation [he] had to hire from the Citizens" This was further substantiated by the following statement by an unknown individual, "The circumstances of this case, Dr. Hillyer stated to me. He was left behind with prisoners. The Yankees did not visit his hospital, and he left with his sick and was obliged to hire transportation." Dr. Hillyer was reimbursed $38 for this transportation.
08/25/1864 - Surgeon, 8th MS Infantry, East Point, GA
11/07/1864 - Surgeon, 8th MS Infantry, Tuscumbia, AL
12/05/1864 - As Surgeon, 8th MS Infantry, ordered to report for duty to the Conscript Medical Examination Board [S.O. 161/10 Army of Tennessee]
12/20/1864 - "Surgeon Eben Hillyer is relieved from duty in the Army of Tennessee and will report, without delay, to Surgeon [Samuel Hollingsworth] Stout, Medical Director of Hospitals Montgomery Alabama for assignment" [S.O. 301/7]
00/00/1865 - Treated wounded from the Battle of Selma [AL]
1866 - Professor of Medicine, Atlanta Medical College, Atlanta, GA
1867 - Returned to Rome, Floyd Co., GA, to practice medicine
06/04/1870 - Retail dry goods merchant, Ward 3, Rome, Floyd Co., GA (lived with wife, Georgia E, and two children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Eben Hillyer)
1875 - President, Rome Railroad Co., Rome, Floyd Co., GA
02/11/1880 - Mother, Jane, died in Georgia (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA)
06/02/1880 - President, Rome Railroad Co., Rome, Floyd Co., GA (lived with wife, Georgia E., and one daughter - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as Eben Hillyer)
1885 - Retired from the practice of medicine to pursue other business interests
06/21/1886 - Father, Junius, died in Decatur, DeKalb Co., GA (buried: Oakland Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co., GA)
~1888 - Retired as President, Rome Railroad Co.
06/06/1900 - Retired, Ward 3, Rome, Floyd Co., GA (lived with wife, Georgia E., one daughter, and one granddaughter - indexed in the 1900 U.S. Census as Eben Hillyer)
04/19/1910 - Retired doctor, Ward 3, Rome, Floyd Co., GA (lived with wife, Georgia E., one daughter, and one granddaughter - indexed in the 1910 U.S. Census as Eben Hillyer)
- Supporter of the Democratic Party
- Member, Baptist Church
- Member, Georgia Historical Society
- Member, United Confederate Veterans
12/20/1910 - Died at his home, Rome, Floyd Co., GA "from the effects of shock following a fall in which he sustained a fracture of a leg and internal injuries" (buried: Myrtle Cemetery, Rome, GA)
11/08/1913 - Widow, Georgia, died in Rome Floyd Co., GA (buried: Myrtle Cemetery, Rome, GA)

David Hillyer and Michael Angelo provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
10/10/2018. Updated 07/20/2019
Unpublished database.

The following was added by Evening Blues, the creator of this memorial:

Son of Congressman Judge Julius Hillyer

inscription:
OH! How we loved him.

As he lived so he died --
True to his friends, whom he cherished from youth to old age.
Devoted to his family, whose well being was his constant care.
Faithful to his church, whose service was his soul's delight.
Loyal to his country, which he served as soldier and surgeon.
Obedient to his God, whom he adored and worshipped.
And could say with the Apostle:
"I know who I have believed in and I am totally persuaded
He is able to keep that which I have committed
Unto Him against that day."