Hi, Folks: Want to refresh your memories about Giles Co. McGill's. The original members of the clan were apparently Robert & Elizabeth McGill, who settled there before ca. 1820. There were others, possibly Roberts siblings, there as well, incl. Thomas and C.T. A James McGill lived just across the state line in Limestone Co., AL. The McGill property, as best I can ascertain, was essentially the area around where the Booth Chapel church now stands. Robert & Elizabeth had seven or eight children, ones with known names being: Peterson, Joel, Isaac and Elihu. Peterson seems to have been the only one to have remined in the area indefinitely. Peterson, born 1816, died 1888, had four wives and 17(!) children. Wives were: Mahala LONG (m. 1836); Oda MARBUT (m. abt 1850); Sarah Sherwood (m. 1871); Catherine DALY (m. 1873). It's a pretty safe bet that most, if not all, of the McGill's in Limestone, Lauderdale, Giles and Lawrence Co. are branches of one of these lines. Would love to touch base with any McGill researchers. Would also like to know the name and mailing address of the family which lives in the house on the hill at the Booth Chapel Church, to write them and see if they know anything about the history of that immediate vicinity. Thanks, Jim Davis