My grandmother's maiden name was Hill, and the family was from Dandridge TN (eastern TN). But I just found in my Husband's tree: Cynthia A. Hill married pater Ray in 1895. She was b 4/862 and he was b10/1839... she was the 2nd wife, my husband's line coming from the first wife. Cynthia and Peter had 2 boys, b 11/1896 and 1/1899. Hope this helps someone out there! Also, and info you have about the Ray family would be welcome...we are having problems tracing them. They were from Mississippi (Belzoni, I believe) and Arkansas. jo