I was at this site & it says that Tillman & Dinah had no children but as you can see below thats not the case. http://www.rootsweb.com/~daisy/hitt.htm Descendants of Tillman KEMPER Generation No. 1 1. Tillman11 KEMPER (John II10, Johannes [John]9, Hans Joerg [Johann George]8, Johannes [Johann]7, Johann [Schmyt]6, Friedrick [Schmyt]5 Schmith, Tilman [Schmyt]4 Schmit, Jacob [Schmyt]3, Gerhart [Schmyt]2 Smith, Hans1 Smyt) was born April 11, 1759 in Fauquier Co., Virginia, and died December 03, 1836 in Fayette Co., Kentucky. He married Dinah Hitt October 22, 1779 in Fauquier Co., Virginia. Notes for Tillman KEMPER: Tillman Kemper, at the close of the Revolution, re-enlisted in the US Army, & was sent with a detachment to Garrison the frontier town of Vincennes, Indiana. When his three year enlistedment period expired, he went back to Virgina through Kentucky. He married in Virgina & returned to Kentucky. Children of Tillman KEMPER and Dinah Hitt are: 2 i. Thomas12 KEMPER, born September 19, 1780. 3 ii. Anna KEMPER, born January 13, 1782 in Fauquier Co., Virginia; died 1858 in Clark Co., Indiana. + 4 iii. Benjamin James KEMPER, born July 17, 1783 in Fauquier Co., Virginia; died December 10, 1859 in Owen Co., Kentucky. 5 iv. Sarah KEMPER, born January 15, 1786. 6 v. Jonathan KEMPER, born January 13, 1788. 7 vi. Nimrod KEMPER, born November 03, 1789. 8 vii. Elizabeth KEMPER, born March 03, 1791. 9 viii. Polly KEMPER, born February 28, 1793. 10 ix. Nancy KEMPER, born March 02, 1795. 11 x. Charles Weaver KEMPER, born April 01, 1797 in Lexington, Kentucky; died 1877 in Owen Co., KY. He married Philadelphia Yancy September 17, 1817 in Gallatin Co., KY. + 12 xi. Joel KEMPER, born June 21, 1799. + 13 xii. Peter KEMPER, born June 25, 1802 in Fayette Co., KY; died April 07, 1873 in Boone Co., MO. 14 xiii. Meriam KEMPER, born March 07, 1804. 15 xiv. Levi B. KEMPER, born March 10, 1806. 16 xv. Reuben Hitt KEMPER, born March 19, 1808. Generation No. 2 4. Benjamin James12 KEMPER (Tillman11, John II10, Johannes [John]9, Hans Joerg [Johann George]8, Johannes [Johann]7, Johann [Schmyt]6, Friedrick [Schmyt]5 Schmith, Tilman [Schmyt]4 Schmit, Jacob [Schmyt]3, Gerhart [Schmyt]2 Smith, Hans1 Smyt) was born July 17, 1783 in Fauquier Co., Virginia, and died December 10, 1859 in Owen Co., Kentucky. He married Sally Adams November 18, 1803 in Fayette Co., Kentucky. Children of Benjamin KEMPER and Sally Adams are: 17 i. Absolom Adams13 KEMPER, born July 02, 1804 in Kentucky; died in prob Callaway Co., Mo. He married Sophia Wainscott March 21, 1825. + 18 ii. Tillman Holtzclaw KEMPER, born December 12, 1805 in Fayette Co., Kentucky; died August 1879 in Grayson Co., Kentucky. 19 iii. Fanny KEMPER, born February 06, 1807 in Kentucky; died February 14, 1807 in Kentucky. + 20 iv. Eliza KEMPER, born January 01, 1808 in Kentucky. 21 v. Fethergill A. KEMPER, born October 06, 1809 in Kentucky; died April 11, 1824 in Kentucky. More About Fethergill A. KEMPER: Cause of Death: Kicked in the head by a colt. 22 vi. Mary Polly KEMPER, born February 12, 1811 in Kentucky; died Aft. 1896. She married Robert Slaughter November 13, 1833. 23 vii. Joel Hitt KEMPER, born September 15, 1812 in Owen Co., Kentucky; died Aft. 1880 in Owenton, Kentucky. He married Milly Ann Garnett. + 24 viii. Jonathan KEMPER, born January 10, 1814 in Owen Co., Kentucky; died April 08, 1880 in Bates Co., Missouri. 25 ix. Elizabeth KEMPER, born November 24, 1815 in Kentucky; died March 15, 1817 in Kentucky. She married John Spangler July 19, 1842. 26 x. Benjamin D. KEMPER, born September 12, 1817 in Kentucky; died Aft. 1896. He married Lucy Hardesty. 27 xi. James F. KEMPER, born July 05, 1819 in Kentucky; died Aft. 1870 in Gratz, Kentucky. He married Eliza J. Kemper Unknown. 28 xii. Jeptha A. KEMPER, born January 24, 1821 in Kentucky. 29 xiii. Levi Bouri KEMPERII, born January 04, 1822 in Kentucky; died January 19, 1822 in Kentucky. 30 xiv. Nancy S. KEMPER, born January 03, 1823 in Kentucky. 31 xv. Levy Reuben KEMPER, born November 26, 1824 in Owen Co., Kentucky; died Aft. 1896. He married Milly A. Maddux December 25, 1844 in Scott Co., Kentucky. 32 xvi. Sally KEMPER, born November 15, 1826 in Kentucky; died November 24, 1826 in Kentucky. 33 xvii. Cyrus W. KEMPER, born October 02, 1827 in Kentucky; died October 07, 1827 in Kentucky. 34 xviii. Isaac Foster KEMPER, born March 27, 1830 in Kentucky; died Abt. 1853 in Missouri. -- **************************************** Pauline [Neeley] Phelps Bakersfield CA 93304 ============================================== Mailing List owner for NEELEY-L@ROOTSWEB.COM Neeley Web Site http://www.genweb.net/~neeley/ Washita Co.OK URL http://www.rootsweb.com/~okwashit/ ============================================== Mail list FOUNTAINE-l@rootsweb.com Carter-Dalbey-Tucker, Critchfields-Kemper,Fountain/Fontaine, http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/5716/index.html *****************************************