I just discovered this website and am delighted to learn that so many Hiott descendants are engaged in the search for their roots. My grandfather was William Adger Hiott, who died in the flu epidemic of 1918. He was married to Elva Angeline Burgess. My father, J. C., was their oldest son. This branch of the Hiott family has lived in Anderson County, South Carolina, for at least a century.
I am interested in learning all I can about the family, especially the origin of the name and when the first Hiotts appeared in the United States.