Hello All, I've been going through a hardcover book I've had for some time but am now going back through it slowly and carefully to see if I can pick up additional information and clues. The book, "Austin Colony Pioneers" by Worth S. Ray, was first pub. in 1949, again in 1970 and more recently reprinted in 1995. The book includes histories of Bastrop, Fayette, Grimes, Montgomery and Washington Counties, Texas. On page 122 in the section for Washington Co., TX, there is the following mention of Rev. Noah Hill. "An account of the HILL Family of the Austin Colony would be incomplete without mention of Rev. Noah HILL, whose monument stands in the Prairie Lee cemetery at Brenham, with the inscription showing he was born in 1811 and died in 1867, which has been heretofore given. Although he died in Austin County, he was brought to Brenham, his home, and buried. His biographr in "Links" (vol. 1, p. 212) says that part of his boyhood was spent in North Carolina and part in Georgia, and that he married Miss J. C. Heefly, July 25, 1833. He was a student of Mercer University at old Penfield, in Greene Co., GA and came to Texas with his old friend and associate Elder Henry L. Graves, one time President of Baylor University at Old Independence. He was a Baptist minister and his last charge as a preacher was at Brenham, where he was buried. He preached also at Wharton, Matagorda, LaGrange, and various places in and contiguous to Austin's Colony. His wife died in 1887, and they left a number of children, whose names have not been identified. This writer is confident that Noah Hill was descended from the same family as that of the ISAAC HILL who is ancestor to the James Monroe Hill and Asa Hill heretofore mentioned in these notes." This last sentence caught my attention. As a researcher of the Isaac Hill, Sr. line and a direct descendant of Asa Hill, I am curious about this Noah Hill. I have never, ever seen the name "Noah" among this particular Hill line. What the author bases his confidence on concerning the connection between Isaac Hill and Noah Hill, other than similarities in location, is unknown to me. Does anyone know anything more of this Rev. Noah Hill? Any descendants out there who can clarify this? And has anyone seen this publication "Links" Vol. 1 to which reference is made? Regards, Jackie ______________________________________________________________ Get Your Free E-mail at http://www.prontomail.com