At the very bottom of this email, there is a Stephen Hodges, does any one know of him, or his birth date or place, I have found one that came into Jefferson Co., Alabama in the mid 1800's, and he said that on his census that he was from Tennessee. Trying to find him. I have him after he came into Jefferson Co., or at least a Stephen Hodges, but trying to see if he is kin to Leroy H. Hodges. The Stephen in Jefferson Co., Al. married a Mary, <Polly>>, Snow. Peggy Sue O'Shields-Gaddis psueg@bellsouth.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Hodges" <vhodges131@comcast.net> To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 7:20 PM Subject: [HODGES-L] Unified Family Theory: Orange County, NC > One last record. > > I looked back through the early Chatham County, North Carolina, deed books > and found only one other Hodge/Hodges record: > > James Scurlock Adm'r of Thomas Scurlock Decd. of Chatham County to Joseph > Hodges of Orange Co. 55 acres on the line of Daniel Hogan's entry thence > North across Rocky River. Chatham Co., N.C. Deed Book D, page 441. > > Okay, who are these people? > > I think the early Thomas and William are the same ones I was dealing with in > my earlier posts. > > I think the John Hodge on Hyco Creek probably accounts for the "John Hodge > of Orange County, N.C."deeds in Halifax County, and is probably NOT from the > Halifax County, Virginia family. > > I think he is different from the John Hodge who appears in what is now > Alamance County. The latter group I can be pretty sure about. Here is a > link to a study of the area where they settled along the Trading Path: > > http://www.elon.edu/troxlerc/alacotp.htm#crossings > > One of the early Orange County entries for John Hodge is for 5 acres > including a spring and the Hawfields Meeting House. So we know it is this > family: > > Extracts from letter of Mr. E. G. Hodge, of Decatur, Ill., written in April, > 1887, to Mr. George Hodge, of Normal, Ill. > My great-great-grandfather was John Deboe Hodge, born Nov. 7, 1732, > died May 2, 1811. Supposed to be the father of Rev. Wm. Hodge, Sr., born > Sept. 17, 1752, died May 14, 1819, who had the following children: > > John Deboe (oldest son), William, Agnes, Charity, Ann, Jane, and Stephen > Hodge. > _______________________________________ > A letter from Mr. Geo. A. Hodge, of Holder, Ill., in 1905, says: > I went to see my Aunt, Mrs. Woodworth, who says she found among her > father's (Wm. Herron Hodge) papers , a book given him by your uncle, > Wm. F. Hodge. The London Quarterly, published by Presbyterian Board of > Missions; an account of the work of Rev. William Hodge (son of John > Deboe Hodge), Rev. McGready and Rev. McGhee, in Tennessee and > Kentucky from 1800 to 1820. Your uncle told Mrs. Woodworth that he > and this Rev. William Hodge mentioned, were related, but did not say how. > ________________________________________ > Aunt Sarah's father and brother, William and Robert were > born in the Hawfields, Orange Co., N. C. and all of them > removed to Sumner Co., Tenn. about the year 1795 - from > there the Rev. William and Robert went to Ky. - and > William died near Franklin or Bowling Green, Ky. in May > 1819. He had two sons - Stephen who never married, and > William who had three sons; he and they settled in Vandalia, > Ill., and now all are dead. Old Uncle William Hodge married > Miss Charity White in N. C. & a Mr William T. Copeland > who resided at Franklin, Ky. married a granddaughter of his > - with whom I correspond. > > This is an excerpt from the archives from the Hodges Letters at the Clayton > Library (dealing with the vast Hodge fortune in England). Rev. William > Hodge married Charity White and is frequently mentioned in connection with > the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. > > Here ia a link to a site on this family: > > http://www.justcallbob.com/Reports/wc05/wc05_137.htm > > > And here is one to Rev. William Herron Hodge: > > http://www.justcallbob.com/Reports/wc05/wc05_144.htm > > Windworth is probably Wentworth in Rockingham County, N.C. This seems to be > the Hodge family that we see in Person and Caswell (before the HodgeS with > the S come into Caswell from Halifax County, Virginia. I am inclined to > think that the John Hodge on Hyco has some connection to the very first > family I mentioned in these posts (the Pennsylvania Hodge family that moved > on to Georgia), because the name Archibald Hodge occurs in Person County in > connection with them. > > The Clayton Library materials make it clear that the two familes thought > that they were related. The John Deboe Hodge family was thought to have > come from Pennsylvania. > > In any event, neither seems to me to relate to the family from Central > Virginia that I am tracking. > > Bob Hodges > > > ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager > VOLUNTEER TO TRANSCRIBE CENSUS FOR THE USGENWEB PROJECT > http://www.usgenweb.org/census > Thou shalt read thine own message thrice before thou sendest it. > >