This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hill Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/1UB.2ACE/4022.1 Message Board Post: I am looking for descendants of Benjamine Hinton Hill, born Sept 28, 1881, Taylor Co. Georgia. His father was Preserved Zarve " PZ " Hill, born Dec. 11, 1844, Macon Co. Ga. , died April 23, 1923, Schley Co. Ga. Benjamine Hinton had a brother named Gordon Hill, born March 18, 1886, Taylor Co. Ga. Gordon and Benjamine Hinton opened a small cafe in Benecia, Calif. about 1922. It is possible that their older brother George Archibald was with them at this time, but he returned to Georgia. Gordon Hill moved to Oroville, Bute Co. Calif. in 1926 and opened a furniture store and became quite wealthy. Gordon died in 1971 but still has a son , Jim Gordon Hill, who still lives in the house his father built in 1927. Im starting to ramble...Point is we have some very unusual name and place connections going on here. I dont know why you are looking in NC for your Hinton and Benjamine, but my Hills are from Robeson Co. NC 1803 and before. PZs father was Archibald Hill, who left N Carolina about 1830 and traveled to west central Georgia with his wife Samantha ( Barfield ) and two yr old son Lewis ( my ggrandfather ) and baby Nancy Catherine. Many other Hill family members and NC neighbors came with them or shortly after. Do you have the name Slaughter in your line? If you are not descended from Benjamine Hinton Hill, Benecia area ... we may be tied farther back in NC. I am only one of many Hill cousins researching . We are back to 1720 to Archibalds ggrand father. Give me a name and time line about your ancestors, and I'll see if I recognize any one...I live in Pioneer, Calif. later...Gary