Leigh: I too, am a descendent of James Hodges who m Ms. Echols (I have Elizabeth, Rebekah and now Martha as given names), through their son Jesse Hodges who m Elizabeth Collins and through their son, Josiah B who mar. Mary Wilson, and their son William T. who mar. Harriet Shackleford and their son Ludie Henderson Hodges who mar. Elizabeth Diane Carroll, and their son, Benjamin Dorris Hodges, Sr., (my grand father) sho mar. Eva Lee Stokes.... and on and on and on. I'll be happy to share any data I have on the above ancestors. Please let me know how you are related after Jesse Hodges and Elizabeth Collins. Thanks for the information on the paper written by Milner Echols and the address of Edith Bolin. Charles M Duncan Dallas, Tx -----Original Message----- From: Leigh B Terrell <t7789ter@gte.net> To: HODGES-L@rootsweb.com <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, September 03, 1999 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] Hodges/Echols >I am a descendant of this same James Hodges m Martha Echols through son >Jesse Hodges m Elizabeth Collins. > >Leigh B Terrell, t7789ter@gte.net >http://home1.gte.net/t7789ter/index.htm , Do we have >common ancestors or relations?... > >-----Original Message----- >From: KHodges630@aol.com <KHodges630@aol.com> >To: HODGES-L@rootsweb.com <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> >Date: Friday, September 03, 1999 11:59 AM >Subject: [HODGES-L] Hodges/Echols > > >>Aug. 8, 1798 court, Halifax County: William Carr pltf. vs William Glass & >>Sarah, his wife, Robert Shaw & Patsy, his wife, Hailey Shaw & Rebecca, his >>wife, Jesse Hodges, Joseph Hodges, Chainey Hodges (maybe Christina), and >>James Hodges, heirs of James Hodges dec'd. on motion of pltf. by his >>attorney, ordered that the proceeding had cause to be set aside and be >>reinstated- Reason, Jesse Hodges was no longer inhabitant of this county. >>(This James Hodges m. Martha (Patty) Echols. Comment by a Hodges >researcher: >>This is the first official record giving children of James Hodges other >than >>Jesse who m. Elizabeth Collins). A paper written by Milner Echols, 1850 "A >>Short History of Our Family", mentioned as a comment after this court >record. >>Personally I don't know anything about this paper. The Hodges researcher I >>have contacted who sent it to me was a descendant of Jesse Hodges. Her name >>is Edith Bolin, 316 S. Prarie, Pilot Point, Tx 76258 >> >> >>==== HODGES Mailing List ==== >>Searchable Archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >>Archives help at: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm >>New threaded Archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >> > > >==== HODGES Mailing List ==== >Searchable Archives at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >Archives help at: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm >New threaded Archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > >