I'm searching for information on my grandmother, Martha Elizabeth Hill, and her brother, Thomas P. Hill. Bettie was born in Mississippi on December 29, 1876 and Tommy was born in Mississippi 19 December 1878. I remember Grandmother telling us that she was born in Mississippi then, after both parents died, she and her younger brother came to Texas to live with an uncle in Nacogdoches County. My younger brother remembered her mentioning coming from Tupelo, Mississippi. The uncle in Texas must have died between1890 and 1900. Grandmother went to live with friends, the Doak Crawford family, who lived north of Appleby, TX near the Holly Springs community. I interviewed Doak Crawford’s son, ’Little’ Doak, in 1983. He told me that grandmother’s uncle was named Caldwell. He added that Bettie was a Caldwell. I challenged that and he then said Bettie’s mother was a Caldwell. That’s possible. The 1880 census of Lee Co., MS, shows the family of Wm. T. Hill, 28, in hh140. Also shown are his wife Susan, 25; and their children, Bettie, 3 and Thomas, 1. The ages of Bettie and Thomas match the information I had about Grandmother and Uncle Tommy. In the household next door, hh 141, there was E.G. Hill, 71 and Sarah M.S., 68. In 1870 census of Lee Co., MS there is an Edwin G., 61; Martha, 59; and their children Albert G., 23, Wm. T., 19 and Julia A, 16. In 1860 in Pontotoc Co., MS there was this same family, Edwin G. 51 and Sarah M.S., 49; with the same children, Albert, W.T. and Julia A., plus four older children, George W., 23; Frances S., 21; Mary E., 18; and Richard J, 16. A logical assumption here is that Edwin G. and Sarah Martha S. Hill are the parents of William T. Hill and the grandparents of Bettie and Thomas. George W., Richard J, and Albert G. Hill are candidates for the uncle in Texas where Bettie and Tommy went to live. I discussed these findings with Uncle Tommy’s son, Thomas Parker Hill III. He said His father, Thomas Parker Hill, Jr. was from Aberdeen, Monroe Co., MS. I have found no documentation to support Little Tommy’s Information except that his fathers tombstone reads, “Thomas Parker Hill, Jr.” Census data shows “Thomas P. Hill.” Knowing the maiden names of Edwin G.'s wife, Sarah Martha S., and Wm. T.'s wife, Susan, might help. Edwin and his wife were born in Virginia. Is anyone on this list researching any of these families? Vaughn