Who was this HILL line? A brief bigraphy of my great grandfather appears in the "Dictionary of Alabama Biography" on page 1560. He was Rev. Alexander Theodore SIMS. I will quote the first portion of it pertaining to the HILL line. This biography was a direct rememberance of Rev. Sims. "SIMS, Alexander Theodore, Baptist minister, was born July 16, 1849, at Starlington, Butler Co. (AL); son of Arthur and Sarah Caroline (Austin) SIMS, the former (Arthur SIMS) who was a native of Charleston Co. SC, lived at Starlington, Butler Co. (AL) for many years, served in the Creek Indian War, and was a second cousin of Dr. James Marion SIMS; grandson of Stephen SIMS, who lived at Pine Flat, Butler Co., and of David and Elener (HILL) AUSTIN, who lived at Albany, GA, the latter (Sarah Caroline (Austin) SIMS) who was the first cousin of the mother of Gov. Thomas HILL WATTS, and was a relative of Gen. B. H. HILL. ......... We think that Albany was meant to be Athens because an exhaustive search does not locate this couple there. We also think the B. in B.H. HILL may be Benjamin. Does anyone have anything on this Gen. B.H. HILL or Gov. Thomas HILL WATTS. I'm trying to find out who this HILL line was and how Elener HILL ties into it. Any help or clues would be appreciated. Sincerely, Cynthia SIMS Kirkland - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit my web sites, GenTime.com: http://www.gentime.com/index.html and GenTime Genealogy http://www.gentime.com/genealogy/index.html SIMS Site: http://www.gentime.com/genealogy/namesite/sims_site/index.html My specific research includes these Genealogy lines: Sims 1,Vinson, Wright, Bottoms, Hartsfield, Wilmot, Nichols, Hamlin) SC>GA>AL Sims 2, Hilson, Odom, Austin, Hill, Ashburn, Forsyth, Falconer, Symes) VA>NC>SC>GA>AL. This line possibly originates in:Dorset, Somerset, Devon, GB Bradberry, O'Neal/O'Neill, Cogdell, Gilmore, Barksdale, Harvey, Burnley, Terrell, Randolph) GA>AL O'Neal/O'Neill, Bradberry, Sellers, Smilie, Raiford, McMillen/McMillin, Frizzell, Ellis, Edwards) GA>AL Kirkland,Singleton, Kellum, Tabor, Kuykendall, Hartfield)SC>TN>GA>AL>MS>LA>TX Singleton, Kirkland, Major) MO>TX