I'm all for it (DNA testing) but sadly I have not found one single male Hill in my lineage that is still alive or that I know personally. I will have to find some noble soul from the list that is my distant cousin to be able to participate. So far no luck. Maybe eventually. Paulette in NM
Does anyone have any information on the ancestors of Birdwell Hill married to Frances Davis? Birdwell Hill is my ggg-grandfather. 1. BIRDWELL1 HILL was born October 15, 1793 in Pendleton District, SC, and died November 24, 1855 in Cherokee, GA. He married FRANCES DAVIS 1815 in SC, daughter of ELIPHAS DAVIS and CATHERINE LESIR. She was born 1800 in Pickens, SC, and died 1882 in Cherokee, GA. Children of BIRDWELL HILL and FRANCES DAVIS are: i. ELIZA2 HILL, b. Abt. 1816, Pickens, SC; d. GA; m. ISAAC A. MCWHORTER, December 1838, Pendleton Co., SC; b. October 12, 1815, SC; d. Aft. 1850, GA. ii. BENJAMIN HILL, b. Abt. 1823, Pickens, SC; m. NANCY ANN BROCK, August 03, 1842, Cherokee Co., GA; b. Abt. 1825, SC. iii. WILLIAM HILL, b. 1825, Pickens, SC; m. ROSANNA MAYFIELD, December 04, 1843, Cherokee Co., GA; b. SC. iv. HARRISON DAVIS HILL, b. 1828, Pickens, SC; d. Bet. November 20, 1862 - July 24, 1863 (during Civil War; exact date/location unknown); m. MARTHA JANE MOSS, October 01, 1846, Cherokee Co., GA; b. Pickens, SC; d. Bet. December 10, 1870 - June 09, 1880. v. THOMAS HILL, b. June 11, 1831, Pickens, SC; d. January 14, 1897, Hill Co., TX; m. MARTHA FRANCES DYER, October 15, 1848, Cherokee Co., GA; b. November 19, 1835, Cherokee, GA; d. January 19, 1927, Whitney, Hill Co., TX. vi. NANCY E. HILL, b. Abt. 1833, Pickens, SC; m. W. R. D. OR WARREN RAIFORD DAVID MOSS, January 07, 1847, Cherokee Co., GA; b. Abt. 1831, Pickens, SC. vii. SIMPSON TINKHAM HILL, b. July 06, 1836, SC; d. July 12, 1872, Hill Co., TX; m. MARTHA ELLEN BARTON, Abt. 1856, Clifton, Bosque, TX; b. September 22, 1840, SC; d. February 07, 1902. 1. Birdwell Hill, 10/15/1793 - 11/24/1855 2. Harrison Davis Hill, 1825 - abt. 1862-1863 3. Warren Lesir Hill II, 9/29/1849 - 1/10/1912 4. Warren Lesir Hill III, 7/19/1886 - 11/13/1966 5. James Richard Hill, 5/10/1910 - 7/29/1986 6. Patricia Anne Hill, 1/13/1947 - Patricia Anne (Hill) Tift