This refers to Sophia Ann Hancock Tillman daughter of George Hancock and Martha Oliver, sister of Dionysius Oliver, Sr. “Edgefield County, SC Wills 1787-1836” by James E. Vivian Wooley p. 252 “1 March 1827... I, Martha Hancock, being of sound & disposing mind & memory but weak in body. I give my library of books to my grandchildren, I wish each to have the book with their name written therein which was done in the presence of my daughters....I give to my daughter Sophia Ann Tillman one mahogany bureau and one half dozen silver table & tea spoons, sugar tongs on her paying $50 into the whole of my estate...I give to my granddaughters Martha Ann & Sophia Ann Sulivan one silk quilt not quilted, two knotted, two carded, & two needle work counterpanes. I desire that my daughters, Harriett Curry, Martha Still & Sophia Ann Tillman to take all my & bed covering except what is already given. I also desire that all my china, covers, and clothes of every kind to be equally divided between my daughters above named... I give to my two grandchildren the sum of $25 each.. I also give to Dionysius Oliver Jr. the son of Seaborn Oliver, deceased the sum of $100 at the age of twenty-one years on his making personal application for the same himself to my executors...I desire that my executors as soon as possible sell all my property both real & personal..I also desire that the proceeds be divided into four parts, and three parts equally divided among my daughters, viz. Harriett Curry, Martha Still & Sophia Ann Tillman, and the other fourth part to be divided among my daughters, viz. Martha Ann & Sophia Ann Sullivan...I appoint my daughter Harriett Curry with her husband John Curry jointly & Martha Still, Sophia Ann Tillman with her husband Benjamin Ryan Tillman as executors. Wit. Henry Tate, Lewis Lanier & George A. Lanier this 26 Nov 1827 & same time qualified Martha Still, John Curry, Benjamin Ryan Tillman as executors.. Jn. Timkins, O.E.D” “Early Settlers of AL” “Sophia Hancock b. 1808 d. 1876 m. 1823 Benjamin Ryan Tillman, Edgefield County, SC. He died 1849. “No one ever had greater fondness for family history, or was more loyal to her blood than she,” writes her distinguished son. “ She was the strongest minded, best balanced woman I ever met, and to her I owe whatever of ability and judgment I have in life, though my father was also very bright!” He adds that his mother visited Wm. T. O. Cook, her cousin, in GA, in 1865, and they went over, together “the whole matter of the family and its history, with many anecdotes of family traits,” Mary ************** Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the U.S. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002)