The Giles Prong The Giles County prong of the problem is this. In the 1830 census, there is a William Hodge who appears in Giles. His family is as follows: m50-60 William, b. 1770-1780 2m10-15 b. 1815-1820 2m5-10 b. 1820-1825 m<5 b. 1825-1830 f40-50 wife Mary Ann, b. 1780-1790 f10-15 b. 1815-1820 f20-30 b. 1800-1810 [The Hodge in the 1830 Census of Giles is often listed as "Philey" but looks to me like Pheby (f20-30). I think is the same Pheby Hodge in the census of neighboring Monroe Co., [West] Va. in 1820.] >From looking at the personal property tax records, it seems like a reasonable inference that William came to Giles County about , that he dies about 1838, that his wife was Mary Ann, and that Andrew, Elijah, and Gabriel are three of the five sons of William Hodge. What do we know about them? Well, Mary Ann Hodge appears in the 1840 census of Giles Co. with this lineup: m20-30 b. 1810-1820 m15-20 b. 1820-1825 m10-15 b. 1825-1830 m5-10 b. 1830-1835 m<5 b. 1835-1840 f40-50 b. 1790-1800 f20-30 b. 1810-1820 f<5 b. 1835-1840 I think this indicates one of the sons and his wife and young children living with the widow Mary Ann. Andrew appears in the 1840, 1850, and 1860 censuses of Pulaski Co., Va., usually in the community of New Bern, and his widow Cynthia is there in 1880. In 1870, he was in Montgomery Co. (Auburn Twp.). He is 20-30 in 1840 (1810-1820); 42 in 1850 (1808), 56 in 1860 (1804), 62 in 1870 (1808) and dead in 1880. Elijah was in Giles Co. in 1840 (age 20-30, with f20-30 and f<5) (b. 1810-1820); in Montgomery Co. (Blacksburg) in 1860, age 43 (1817); same in 1870, age 52 (1818), and in 1880, age 64 (1816). I don't have the 1850 Census. Gabriel may be the Gabriel in the 1880 census of Lawrence Co., Ky. (Louisa), p. , b. Va. ca. 1816, both parents b. Va., living with his son William, age 28, b. Ky. both parents b. Va. Others who may belong to this family are George Hodge in the 1840 Census of Pulaski Co., (age 30-40; b. 1800-1810); James Hodge in the 1850 Census of Pulaski Co. Va., age 45 (b. 1805); and Joseph Hodge in the 1880 Census, Montgomery Co., Va. (Christiansburg), b. ca. 1816. All we need is a William, b. 1770-1780 in Virginia, who married wife Mary Ann about 1810-15,and died about 1838, and we have the whole family. Does anybody have any idea who these people are? I have a couple of clues. I did the work on Andrew Hodge with wide Cynthia because I thought he could be the Andrew Hodges of the Franklin Co., Va. marriage bond to marry Cynthia Clowers, dau. John, Sept. 22, 1829, surety Jacob Clowers, Jr. (Wingfield, Marriage Bonds of Franklin Co., Va. 1786-1858, p. 116. The names fit. It is hard to tell much else. There are two Andrews in the personal property tax lists of Franklin Co. in 1834 and 1845. In other years, it is not possible to tell which Andrew might be referred to,but my assumption is that Andrew Hodges usually refers to the son of William Hodges who married Amey Hall in Franklin Co. in 1796,and their son Andrew born about 1795. That Andrew married Avarilla Hodges and appears to have spent his life in Franklin County. The other is the name of Elisha Hodges William's son that appears on the Franklin County lists of 1836 and 1837. Just as with Andrew and Cynthia, I have found no other reference anywhere to this man. The one in the Valley was named Elijah, but Elisha and Elijah are names regularly confused. Both are used in Franklin County (Elisha Abednego's son and Robert's sons Elisha and Elijah).