Isaac H. Hilliard (1811-1868) was an American planter and cotton factor in the Antebellum South.
[1] Hilliard inherited land in southern Chicot County, Arkansas from his grandfather, Hardy Murfree.
[1] In 1844, he moved to Chicot County to establish a plantation near Grand Lake, Arkansas, which he co-owned with his brother-in-law George W.
[1] He was a Partner of Hilliard, Summers and Company, a cotton-factoring firm based in New Orleans, Louisiana,[3] where he spent much of his time.
[1] During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, he moved to Texas, where he took his brother-in-law's African slaves, and later Louisiana.
[1] Miriam, who kept a diary, spoke French fluently and attended balls, for example in Jackson, Mississippi in 1850.
[1] His plantation was inherited by his eldest son, Isaac H. Hilliard III,[4] who married his cousin, Carolina Polk, in 1880.