It was passed down through my Hodges line that there was Cherokee Indian in our Hodges line, but in all my research I have not found any evidence of it. I am descended from Aaron Hodges son of Isham Hodges. These are Franklin County, Virginia Hodges. I am a distant cousin of Bob Hodges who posts so very much of his research on this list. I had a contact recently from a descendant of Aaron's brother Asa Hodges who claimed Cherokee Indian in their line. I have not found any indication of the Indian in Asa's line either. One thing that does bother me though is that I have not been able to connect Aaron's wife Elizabeth Frances Markham with any of the Markham lines. Asa Hodges, Aaron's brotherm married a Chloa Marcum/Markham. I don't have proof but I have always contended they were sisters there in Franklin County, Virginia living near the Hodges family. Aaron and Elizabeth were married August 13, 1792 and Asa and Chloa were married in 1796 in Franklin County. IF there was Indian in the two brothers line it could have come thru these Markham ladies for as I mentioned earlier I have not been able to place either one of them to a Markham family. ALL other lines of marriage have been connected to family in the descendancy of Aaron and Asa Hodges. No one in mother's Hodges family knew from where the Indian blood came. I remember them only speculating as to what surname it came from. Although I seem to recall they always went back to Aaron in these conversations. Lowell Brown wgayle39@aol.com wrote: > > Was there any indian blood in the Hodges line except through the Jones line? > Gayle > > One of Leroy H. Hodges' children's a son, Thomas Daniel Hodges who was > born in Abbeville the old 96th Dist. , married are to be Full or Part > Indian sisters, first wife was Elizabeth Susan Jones, after she died > and he remarried her sister Murdough Jane Jones. This was in Jefferson > Co., Ala. My Mother never spoke of this because of the Indian blood I am > sure. She never wanted to look into the past. But a lot of us in the newer > Generation's would like to know more about the past, if any one has Jones > in their Family I would like to know. Elizabeth was born in 1838 in SC. > and Jane was born in 1851 near Rome GA. All three are buried at the > HODGES Cemetery in Jefferson Co., Alabama, this Cemetery has mostly > Leroy's kin buried in the Cemetery. > The name of the JONES sisters Mother was "May". The Jones did stay in > Ga. for a while from SC before coming to Alabama. > > Peggy > > ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager > HELP GET THE CENSUS ON THE INTERNET. VOLUNTEER TO TRANSCRIBE CENSUS FOR THE USGENWEB PROJECT http://www.usgenweb.org/census > Thou shalt not use e-mail for any illegal or unethical purpose.