This educator, author and soldier was part of a prominent South Carolina family that owned land, sawmills, and iron works near in the York area. Daniel Harvey Hill (c.1821-1899) graduated from the U. S. Military Academy at West Point in 1838. He fought in the Mexican War (1846-48). During the Civil War he led troops in battles in Tennessee, northern Virginia, along the North Carolina coast and at the infamous Battle of Antietam, Maryland.

After the war he came to Charlotte and, as a math professor at Davidson College, wrote math textbooks. He also authored scholarly religious books, and founded a magazine, The Land We Love. Hill was also president of Arkansas Industrial University from 1877-84. He was married to Isabella Morrison; they had nine children. When he retired, he returned to Charlotte. Gen. Daniel Harvey Hill is buried in the cemetery at Davidson College.