"Hillis Family",Chapter III,by Peggy Allison,161 Rocky Top Lane,Morrison,TN 37357. Compiled from census records,Wes Dodson & Acklen's notes and annotated by Margie Tucker,circa 1988.
"Samuel is the Blame for it All!",by the noted Middle-Tennessee historian and researcher, Robert A. C. Hillis (1919-1990). An unpublished collection of his notes provided by his wife, Leona Martin Hillis. p. 13