Seven children, five mothers, a former spouse and an estate worth ‘hundreds of millions’: a look at the court battle over cigarette baron Ken Hill’s mysterious will

For the better part of three decades, a Six Nations cigarette company has managed to keep its financial affairs secret.

That streak may soon be over.

Ken Hill

Grand River Enterprises co-founder Ken Hill died unexpectedly in January 2021 in Miami, Fla., at age 62.

Jerry Montour

Jerry Montour is a longtime close friend and business partner with Hill in a number of ventures dating back decades. In December, a judge ordered the GRE co-founder to sit for an examination under oath led by on the lawyers for Ken Hill’s children and their mothers. 

GRE drone

Ohsweken-based Grand River Enterprises has been ordered to turn over financial documents as part of a legal challenge to co-founder Ken Hill’s will.

Monthill

Monthill Golf and Country Club, south of Caledonia, is among the assets the mother of one of Hill’s children, Brittany Beaver, claimed Hill owned in a protracted family court case. Beaver and her son are part of the group now challenging the will.

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