1.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195, William Boyd, d Apr. 14, 1816, aged 58y, 6m, 9d, Husband Isabel Hillis, sone William, Sr. and Mary Boyd.
2.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195, d 19 Apr 1852, aged 25y, 9m, 2d.
3.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195, d. 19 Apr 1852, aged 36y, 21d.
4.  1850 US Census, Van Buren Co., TN, District V, Household 215, James HILLIS, farmer ($2000), 69, m, NC, Mary, 60, f, NC, Sarah, 35, f, TN, Robert, (farmer), m, 19, TN, Eliza, 15, f, TN, Amanda, 9, f, TN; William ELLIS, (laborer), 21, m, TN.
5.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 196, James Hillis, d. Feb 8, 1816, aged 2y, 19m, 11d, Son James and Mary Boyd Hillis.
6.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 196, William W. Hillis, d. Oct. 15, 1848, aged 23y, 9m, Son of James and Mary Boyd Hillis.
7.  1850 U.S. Census, Van Buren Co., TN, Dist. VIII, Household 364, Isaac HILLIS, Farmer, ($2000), 59, KY, Jane, 36, f, TN, Squire, 18, m, Ann, 14, f, Lawson, 9, m, Woodson, 8, m, Lodemy, 6, f, Virginia 4, f, Parisada, 6/12, f.  All children born TN.
8.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 196, Rebecak Hillis, d Aug 30, 1836, aged 47y, 2m, 12d, Wife of Isaac Hillis, dau. Dickson Naylor.
9.  Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1,  (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #2599, Date of Import: 8 Feb 1998.
10.  Memorial and Biographical Record an Illustrated Compendium of Biography,  (Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Chicago, 1898), p. 475.
11.  1880 US Census, McLennon Co., TN.
12.  Memorial and Biographical Record an Illustrated Compendium of Biography,  (Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Chicago, 1898), p. 475.
13.  Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1,  (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #2599, Date of Import: 8 Feb 1998.
14.  Memorial and Biographical Record an Illustrated Compendium of Biography,  (Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Chicago, 1898), p. 475.
15.  Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1,  (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #2599, Date of Import: 8 Feb 1998.
16.  Thomas Barnes Papers., Cemetery Records..  Tennessee State Archives, Nashville, TN, Magness Memorial Library, McMinnville, TN
17.  Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1,  (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #2599, Date of Import: 8 Feb 1998.
18.  Martha Neal Gaines, 1305 Charleston, Garland, TX..
19.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195.
20.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195, James H. Boyd died 15 Apr 1858, aged 55y, 9d, Husband Nancy Hillis, son William and Isabel Hillis Boyd.
21.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195.
22.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195, Robert Boyd, d, 30 Dec 1830, aged 2y, 3m, 5d, Son James H. and Nancy Hillis Boyd.
23.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195, d.  2 Dec 1837, aged 29y, 10m, 19d.
24.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195, d. 22 Sep 1836, aged 3y, 1m, 19d.
25.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195, d. 14 Sep 1836, aged 1y, 10m, 7d.
26.  1850 US Census, Warren Co., TN, Dist.  4, #381, 19 Sep., HILLIS, Isaac   41, m, TN, Farmer, $1500, Elizabeth, 38, f, TN, Elijah, 20, m, TN, Sarah, 18, f, TN,  James, 15, m, TN, Isaiah, 11, m, TN, Elizabeth, 6, f, TN, Febe,   5, f, TN, Mary, 2, f, TN;  YORK, William L.,  16, m, TN, Silas R., 13, m, TN.
27.  Isaiah Thomas Hillis Family Bible.
28.  History of Tennessee, Goodspeed Publishing Co., Nashville, TN 1887, The GOODSPEED HISTORIES of Cannon, Coffee, DeKalb, Warren and White Counties,  (The Ben Lomond Press, McMinnville, Tennessee, 1972), p. 898.
29.  Eureka Cemetery, #30 Hwy., McMinnville, Warren Co., TN, Monuements.
30.  Richard Thayer Russell, 24 S. Germantown Rd., Chattanooga, TN.
31.  1850 U.S. Census, Van Buren Co., TN, District VIII, Household 374, Dixen HILLIS, farmer, ($1000), 42, m, TN, Mahaley, 30 f, TN, Frances M., 12, m, TN, James K.P., 7, m, TN.
32.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 133.
33.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195, Mary Drake, d. July 21, 1833, aged 20y, 2m, 20d, Wife John H. Drake, dau. James and Mary Boyd Hillis.
34.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195.
35.  1850 U.S. Census, Van Buren Co., TN, District VIII, Household 367, Archabald HILLIS, farmer, ($1000), 32, m, Elizabeth, 26, f, Samantha, 6, f, Amanda, 4, f, Aminda, 3, f, Ibby, 1, f; Hannah LOGUE, 69, f, VA.  All others born TN.
36.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 84.
37.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p.  84.
38.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 284.
39.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 82.
40.  Eugene Wiseman, The HILLIS FAMILY and ALLIED LINES,  (Bradenton, FL, 1987), p. 48.
41.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 23.
42.  1850 U.S. Census, Van Buren Co., TN, District VIII, Household 364, Oliver HILLIS, farmer ($350), 27, m, TN, Cansada, 17, f, TN.
43.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 133.
44.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 290.
45.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 134.
46.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 84.
47.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 88.
48.  Dewey Hillis, July 1984.
49.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 88.
50.  Dewey Hillis, July 1984.
51.  1850 U.S. Census, Van Buren Co., TN, District VIII, Household 364, John SUTHERLAND, farmer, ($200), 25, m, TN, Elizabeth, 19, f, TN.
52.  Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1,  (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #2599, Date of Import: 8 Feb 1998.
53.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195.
54.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195, Nancy Boyd, d. 10 Aug 1856, aged 52y, 20d, Wife James H. Boyd, dau. Isaac and Rebecca Naylor Hillis.
55.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195.
56.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 195, Robert Boyd, d, 30 Dec 1830, aged 2y, 3m, 5d, Son James H. and Nancy Hillis Boyd.
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58.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), pp. 282, 283, and 284.
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60.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), pp.  282, 283, and 284.
61.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 282.
62.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 283.
63.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 284.
64.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 285.
65.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 283.
66.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 196.
67.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 82.
68.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 51.
69.  1900 US Census, Warren Co., TN, Dist. 3, # 151.
70.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 51.
71.  Jennifer Bailey Ritchie,  (Mon 28 Dec 1998), "Electronic."
72.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 26.
73.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 84.
74.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 83.
75.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 82.
76.  Memorial and Biographical Record an Illustrated Compendium of Biography,  (Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Chicago, 1898), p. 475.
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78.  Memorial and Biographical Record an Illustrated Compendium of Biography,  (Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Chicago, 1898), p. 475.
79.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 24.
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81.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 24.
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83.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 28.
84.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 284.
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86.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 284.
87.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 35.
88.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 34.
89.  Brøderbund Software, Inc., World Family Tree Vol. 2, Ed. 1,  (Release date: November 29, 1995), "CD-ROM," Tree #2599, Date of Import: 8 Feb 1998.
90.  Clara Barton Hillis Smith.
91.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 27.
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93.  Memorial and Biographical Record an Illustrated Compendium of Biography,  (Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Chicago, 1898), p. 475.
94.  Eugene Wiseman, The HILLIS FAMILY and ALLIED LINES,  (Bradenton, FL, 1987), pp.  vi,  ix,  34 and 41.
95.  Eugene Wiseman, The HILLIS FAMILY and ALLIED LINES,  (Bradenton, FL, 1987), pp. 34 and 41.
96.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 158.
97.  "SOUTHERN STANDARD.  McMinnville, TN," Monday 12 Mar 1973, p. 7-A., Obituary.
98.  Eugene Wiseman, The HILLIS FAMILY and ALLIED LINES,  (Bradenton, FL, 1987), pp. 47 and 64.
99.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 29.
100.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 159.
101.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983).
102.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 159.
103.  Mrs. G. H. Kell, "Kell Family Notebook."
104.  "SOUTHERN STANDARD," McMinnville, TN, 27 Apr 1951, Obituary.
105.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 85.
106.  Memorial and Biographical Record an Illustrated Compendium of Biography,  (Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Chicago, 1898), p. 475.
107.  Dr. Margaret Rhinehart, OUR  PEOPLE,  (Spencer, TN  1983), p. 85.
108.  Memorial and Biographical Record an Illustrated Compendium of Biography,  (Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Chicago, 1898), p.  474.
109.  Memorial and Biographical Record an Illustrated Compendium of Biography,  (Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Chicago, 1898), p. 475.
110.  Collie Hillis, August 1984.
111.  Memorial and Biographical Record an Illustrated Compendium of Biography,  (Geo. A. Ogle & Co. Chicago, 1898), p. 475.