Linda, do you know if your Hodges stopped in Alabama going to Mississippi? And what names do you have if any did stop in Alabama. Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "linda Hodge" <LHodge@NYCAP.RR.COM> To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 12:13 PM Subject: [HODGES-L] Hodges-SC > Dear List, > I have been reading alot about the Hodges family from SC. I am the descendant of > Isham Hodges -1795-SC that moved into Jones Co. MS in 1830. > He was married to Mary Terrell of SC. Right now it is rumored that this Ishom had 9 > children. And I am still getting information on these children. I know for a fact > that John Hodges is one of them. > John Hodges was born ca. 1808-SC. He first married Mary Blackledge. Then he married > Trecy Blackledge. Then he married my gggrandmother Milly(last name unknown). Milly > is rumored to be a Gatlin. In first researching John in the 1870 Wayne Co. Ms. > Federal census. He was listed with his mother Mary and 9 children. One of these > children was Wiley Robinson. Wiley was the child of Trecy Blackledge and Wiley > Robinson Sr. that died during the Civil War. One of the other children that was > listed was Jersusha Hodges. She was born ca. 1855 in MS. She married a McDonald and > moved to La. In searching for more info in the 1880 census data in the LDS site I > found Jerusha and it states that her father was born in TN. This was a big surprise > sine I knew that John Hodges was born in SC. One of the researchers that is also > researching my family told me that John went to court for guardianship of three > children. So Jerusha may be one of the children that he raised as his own for one > of his siblings. But to the best of my knowledge, I have found no evidence that > John or any of his siblings ever went to TN. So my question is: How do I go about > finding Jerusha's father? She died in 1936 in La. And is buried in the New > Campground Cemetery. > Thanks for any helps that you can give. > Linda Hodge > > > > ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager > Thou shalt not curse, flame, spam or USE ALL CAPS. > Researching the following families: Arnold, Alsobrook, Benton, Booth, Bradwell, Colson, Curles, Dailey, Davis, Dyess, Etheridge, Fort, Fuller, Gregory, Hodge, Hooks, Hudnall, Jackson, Mitchell, Shinholster, Thigpen, Thompson, Treadwell, Wall >