First, let's deal with Moses. We know from Franklin County records that George is his son. In the Census of 1810, his family looks like this (remember George is already on his own): m26-45 Moses b. 1765-1784 2m10-16 b. 1794-1800 f26-45 b. 1765-1784 f10-16 b. 1794-1800 3f0-10 b. 1800-1810 In 1820: m>45 Moses, b. bef. 1775 2m16-26 b. 1794-1802 (because there are no males inthe16-18 bracket) 2m10-16 b. 1804-1810 2m<10 b. 1810-1820 f10-16 b. 1804-1810 f16-26 b. 1794-1804 f26-45 b. 1775-1794 f>45 wife b. bef. 1775 If we make a few assumptions, we see that these could be the same family. Moses b. 1765-1775 son b. ca. 1794-1800 (10-16 in 1810 and 16-26 in 1820) son b. ca. 1794-1800 (10-16 in 1810 and 16-26 in 1820) son b. ca. 1804-1810 (not in 1810 and 10-16 in 1820,so might be twins b. ca. 1810) son b. ca. 1804-1810 (not in 1810 and 10-16 in 1820,so might be twins b. ca. 1810) son b. ca. 1810-1820 (not in 1810 and <10 in 1820) son b. ca. 1810-1820 (not in 1810 and <10 in 1820) wife b. 1765-1775 an unmarried daughter b. ca. 1794 (10-16 in 1810 and 26-45 in 1820) daughter b. ca. 1800-1804 (<10 in 1810 and 16-26 in 1820) daughter b. ca. 1804-1810 (<10 in 1810 and 10-16 in 1820 daughter b. ca. 1800-1810 (not in 1820, possibly infant mortality) daughter b. ca. 1810-1820 (not in 1810; <10 in 1820) With the exception of the two boys in 1820 age 10-16,this is a pretty good fit. In addition to these, there are at least three other children. One is George. George Hodges b. 1784 (16-26 in 1810, 26-45 in 1820) married Elizabeth Flowers August 25, 1808. Giles County Marriage Register 23. In 1820 I think that George is in the census of Adams Co., Ohio. A second is Ransom. Ransom appears in the Franklin Co., Va. personal property tax list of 1814. As shown above he is on the Giles County list in 1815 (both he and George are in the area that is today Mercer Co., W. Va.). He is on the Kanawha Co., Va. list in 1818. Finally he is on the Adams Co., Ohio Census with George in 1820. He appears on the 1830 and 1840 Censuses of Scioto Co., Ohio. Ransom Hodge b. ca. 1794-1800 (based on 1820, 1830 and 1840 censuses. This Ransom died in 1849. The Kanawha Trace forms a nice thread tying that pattern of residence together. The third additional child is Sally: Sally Hodge married Nimrod Smith April 7, 1807. Giles County Marriage Register 23. In the 1815 tax list of Giles County, three names in sequence are George Hodge, William Murphy, and Nimrod Smith. One last marriage record: Mose Hodges married Elizabeth Jarell, April 29, 1816. Giles County Marriage Register 26. Whether this is a son or Moses himself remarrying is a good question. Now the next little piece about Moses. He gave his age as 44 when he enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1814. In the Boland Cemetery in Nile Twp., Scioto Co., Ohio is this grave: Hodges, Moses, died 20 January 1838, age 69 years, 14 days; native of Virginia. Placing him among the known ages of Isham Hodges' sons would suggest he was born 1768-1770. His enlistment record suggests he was born about 1770. His tombstone suggests he was born Jan. 6, 1769. So I think up to this point we have a fairly good fit. We can't be sure we have the same Moses in Giles in 1810 and in Grayson in1820, but it looks close. One of the mysteries about Moses is what he was doing between 1797 and 1806. In 1797 he was arrested for horse-stealing. Although he was acquitted, he may have had a reason to leave the county. The following tax records are interesting in this context: 1799: Grainger County, Tennessee, Moses Hodge 1804: Grainger County, Tennessee, Moses Hodges 1805: Grainger County, Tennessee, Moses Hodges 1802: Russell Co., Va.: Moses Hodge There was a Moses Hodge who married Delilah Ivey in Grainger Co., Tenn., Aug.11, 1797, who probably accounts for these records (it could not be Moses Hodges of Franklin Co., who was in jail at the time), but Mesheck Hodge was in Grainger in 1804, probably the same one from Franklin County.