I've been looking thru the 1790 Frederick Co., Md., census and noticed the name Tallhill. This particular page has very imaginative spellings for the surnames ; ). Thought it might be the name being searched? Copied and pasted this for you.------- =;o) Carolyn http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/md/frederick/census/1790/page252.txt 4174 Tallhill Henry 1 3 1 Lots of Hill surnames, also.