Hello Mel-- I believe you'd found your Hill's traced to England, which was what my mother had always been told was her history. I could never find that connection, especially since she knew her family, (almost all of it), had come to Iowa from MO, TN and KY. (Her Turpen, Gore, Acton, Hill had mostly been in Iowa since mid 1800's.) I haven't found any connections to Ohio, MD or PA. My mother believed there was an Indian connection which no one in her family discussed. She was grown before her aunt started "confiding" in her, but Mom wasn't interested in genealogy, at least not hers, and not in anything that contradicted what her mother had told her. She would "hint" at Aunt Ollie's stories, tell us it was "possible" that "someone in the family connected with an Indian Chief"---but "physical attributes" aside, she never pursued any REAL knowledge, maybe even believed it was something that should be "kept secret". She told us stories of my father's family, what history she knew and always told us we were English (she and Dad), Welsh (Dad) and possibly a little Scottish(my great-grandmothers family) and French (as it turned out, the only "French connection" I've unraveled was in the kidnap of Mom's gggrandmother, Jane, by Indians in KY, late 1700's that found her traded to a Frenchman before she was finally found and returned to her family. She was later married to Moses Turpen, and they were the parents of Aaron & Moses Turpen, two of several children, early settlers in Iowa.) Mom's Turpen's trace to England, but her Hill's all trace to N.C. and the BEST evidence is that they are connected to the Kesiah/Kissire/Kizzire/Cashiah families that moved from there AFTER the Rev. War. Whether her Hill's have the same Indian connection as the Kizzire's hasn't been determined yet. Good luck to you---if I find a OH, MD or PA link I'll let you know. I hope you'll do likewise if you find connections to any of the family listed in Elizabeths story. Best, Sherry > [Original Message] > From: Mel <mghill@Verizon.net> > To: <balowmsg@earthlink.net> > Date: 2/23/2005 9:52:13 PM > Subject: Re: [IADECATU] Writings of Hazel Jones Uthoff -- Elizabeth Hill(Hampton) Jones > > Sherry, I have Hill's in southeastern Iowa they moved here from Ohio and to > Ohio from MD and to MD from Pa. > Any one in you Hill line from these places. > Mel > www.iowaghosttowns.com > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sherry Balow" <balowmsg@earthlink.net> > To: <IADECATU-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 5:13 PM > Subject: [IADECATU] Writings of Hazel Jones Uthoff -- Elizabeth Hill > (Hampton) Jones > > > > Quite some time ago I received copied pages from another researcher. He > > thought they would be useful as I searched for my KIZZIRE family. They > > are > > the writings of Hazel Jones Uthoff done several years ago as she > > researched > > information on her grandmother Elizabeth Hill. Elizabeth Hill was the > > eldest child of John C. and Polly (Kizzire) Hill and a sister to my > > gggrandfather, Jackson Hill. I'll be posting it here, in segments. I > > hope those that haven't read it will enjoy it, especially since it does > > offer quite a bit of insight into what life was like in northern Missouri > > and southern Iowa. I've retyped Hazel's writings exactly, but have added > > notes of mine, especially since this is definitely not to be considered > > completely factual, and since I'm researching PAST where she left off. > > The > > writings should be subject to revision as documentation or other proof > > might become available. Hazel "surmised" when documentation wasn't > > available, "handed down" stories of family, and did much as I've (and I'm > > sure many others have) had to do with the bits and pieces that genealogy > > leaves you holding. I hope anyone that has anything to contribute to this > > family story, (or to any of the families mentioned), will > > comment--especially if you think you might have something that supports or > > adds to Hazel's work--but also if absolute errors are found, (hers or > > mine). For those NOT wanting to follow this, I'll put ELIZABETH HILL in > > the subject line, followed by Part 1, Part 2, etc. Elizabeth Hill lived > > from 1830-1893. She's buried in the Bethel Cemetery, Decatur Co., IA. I > > believe that is in the New Buda Township. > > > > Sherry Balow > > > > > > > > Sherry Balow > > balowmsg@earthlink.net > > > > > > > > > > ==== IADECATU Mailing List ==== > > Stacey Dietiker, Momdit@aol.com: Decatur County List Administrator, > > Website Coordinator, Decatur County IA Genweb - > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~iadecatu > > > > ============================== > > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >