It's been a while since I posted my McGills, so thought I'd do so again. Peterson McGill, b. TN 1816, d. Lauderdale Co., AL Jan. 10, 1888. Married four times: Mahala Long, Oda Marbut, Sarah Sherwood, Catherine Daly. He had 17 children by wives 1, 2 and 4. In 1840 census, he was in Lawrence Co., TN; 1850-1870 in Giles & Limestone Co.s; in 1880, Lauderdale Co. Oldest child, Robert McGill, was born 1836; last child Dora b. 1885. Peterson apparently had six siblings, the names of three of whom are known definitively: Joel (moved to Johnson Co., ARK); Isaac (thought to have died in his 20's) and Eli (moved to west Tennessee, died in the 1890's). Parents of these McGill's were Robert & Elizabeth McGill. Robert is on the 1820 Giles Co., census. Estate records show Elizabeth died about 1826. No mention of Robert at that time. It is known that, as orphans, Eli & Isaac were raised by William Legg of Limestone Co. Joel was raised by William Hogan of Giles. Don't know who raised the rest. McGill's in Giles as of the 1810 census include Thomas, the only adult male McGill tallied in the county that year. He is known to have moved before 1820 to Franklin Co., AL, then eventually to TX. Is he Robert McGill's father? Allied families which were with the McGills in Giles included the Walkers & Porters. Some of those folks moved in parallel with Thomas McGill to AL then TX. There are several Walker-McGill land transactions in Giles Co., and a couple of the McGill children & grandchildren carried the middle name Porter. Would like to share info. Jim Davis