This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: wreluvsthesea_yahoo_com Surnames: HILTON - MARTIN - DRAPER - EDMONDSON Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.northcarolina.counties.bertie/3381/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Seeking contact with HILTON descendants, in particular the above family. My GG G/Mo, Frances H. [m-n-u] (b-July 1814), married David C. Martin (b~1805). They raised a family of 8 kids in the Bertie - Martin Co area. David died after the 1850 census, where family was recorded in Bertie Co. Youngest son, Robert, was b-Jan 1851. Widow Frances & 6 kids were recorded in Hamilton, Martin Co, NC 1860 census records. She died Sept 1865, & is buried in Hamilton Meth. Church cemetery, along with family members. Family "talk' suggests that her maiden name might have been HILTON. Her oldest son, James H. Martin (b-1832) initially found as 'h-o-h' in Bath Township in the 1860 census, was with new wife Mary Ann Draper (b-1837-Wash., Co), and infant dau Elethia Carthine (b-1860). I recently found three of GG G/Mo Frances' younger kids, living with Horace & Elizabeth HILTON, in the 1870 Bath, Beaufort Co census records. This could be strong evidence that these kids were in the care of famil! y members, in a nearby county, following Mother's death in 1865. Any help in filling in the missing puzzle pieces would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Bob Edmondson Chatsworth, CA Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.