| | Hilton Family TreeHilton Family genealogy actually blossomed with launch of one of the first specialized family history/genealogy based websites of it's kind:  Hiltonfamilytree.com Launched in 2002, this hobby website has become a favorite site of Hilton's, Helton's, and Hylton's the world over.
More than 800 visitors per day visit this personal Hilton website. The Hilton Family Tree website has helped tie all of the Hiltons/Heltons/Hyltons together and it has helped trace the Hilton Family history by providing a home for Helton family DNA Testing. We now know that the Hilton Family had three DNA chains; the Viking Line (Conrad Hilton line), the English line (Peter Helton and Hylton Castle - a general and friend of William the Conqueror) and the Abraham Helton Native American line. Many of the North Georgia Helton's are Native American (Cherokee) or direct descendants of Peter Helton or his daughter who married a Cherokee Chief.
Using Hilton Family DNA testing, Census results, family bibles, and other data we have been able to trace our Hilton Family ancestors to their origin in America. The Native American bloodline can be traced back more than 5000 years.  My own Hilton Family farm in Randolph County GA was actually won in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery by James Helton, a soldier in George Washington's army, and one of Peter Helton's grandsons.
His first cousin, Abraham Helton won land at Spring Place (near Dalton) in the 1832 Georgia Gold Land Lottery. This land was subsequently taken from him when he was accused of being "not white" or half Cherokee.  The Hilton Family Tree Website also features a number of difficult to find maps of Georgia, as the State negotiated with the Cherokee to "acquire" land for westward expansion. Our own Dalton area played a significant role in this history with the creation of the Dawes Roll, a listing of all Cherokee who made the Trail of Tears Trek and the Guion Miller Roll, a compendium or list of all survivors of the Indian relocation. A number of my Helton ancestors participated in this migration and survived the enumeration afterward.
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