Thanks Lynda and Gerry for your replies; I had been wondering who the brother of Robert and Elias could have been that was the father of Drury; your suggestion that it could have been Able seems like a good one. I haven't been able to find much on Drury Hodges in Georgia; I wonder if in the following record, Drury "Hobbs" could really be Drury Hodges: From the book "Records of Washington County, Georgia" compiled by Marie De Lamar and Elisabeth Rothstein; page 3; Headright and Bounty Grants, Washington County: Hodge, Robert 1785 Hodges, Redding 1841 Hoges, Lemuel 1818 page 26; List of persons living in Washinton County who registered for the drawing-1805 lottery Persons entitled to draw Bachelor 21 years or older, one year residence 1 draw in Georgia, citizen of US Married man, with wife and/or child, one year residence 2 draws in Georgia and citizen of US Widow with minor child, one year residence in Georgia 2 draws Minor orphan, or family of minor orphans, with father dead 1 draw and mother dead or re-married Drury Hobbs one blank, one prize .... Hodges, Benjamin 2 blanks Charles and 1 blank James, orphans Edward 2 blanks Foreman 2 blanks John 1 blank Robert 1 blank Samuel 1 blank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerry Hackley" <gerry@hackley.com> To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 12:28 AM Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] Robert Hodges; late 1700's Granville Co. South Carolina> died 1827 Pulaski Co. Georgia > Good going there, Jeff. If DRURY HODGES is a cousin to Elias, wonder if > the other Hodges who are in Districe 96 and or Greenville in 1790 Federal > Census, makes me wonder who Abel, and John do fit in this picture? I have > an Isaac Hodges (b. 1790 in SC), whose wife is Rebecca McClain (b. GA > 1805), whose parents I am still seeking. I thought it might be Abel; > however, I do not "proof" of that either. My web site, www.hackley.com, > shows some of my lineage. Do you have any thoughts or comments??? > I have followed a Drury Hodges to Alabama then to Missouri. I think > sometimes I find info on the son or the father and they get mixed up > because these folks tend to name their sons after themselves and their > brothers. > Gerry HODGES Hackley in Corpus Christi, TX, the ALL AMERICAN CITY or > "Sparkling CC by the Sea" > > > At 10:52 PM 6/23/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >I think it is very likely that the Robert Hodges who died in Pulaski > County, Ga in 1827 was the same Robert Hodges described in the the will of > Elias Hodges: "Hodges, Elias, dec'd, of Granville Co., S.C., LWT dtd. > 8/19/1779, proved 10/25/1800, leaves cousin Drury Hodges 16 cattle, etc; to > Mary, wife exrs.; wife Mary, and bro. Robert Hodges; Effingham Co. > (Georgia) miscellaneous records. > > > >If this was indeed the same Robert Hodges, South Carolina records indicate > the Robert and Elias Hodges served together in the Granville County, SC > militia under Capt. Garvin from 1779-1781. > > > >Georgia records indicate that this Robert Hodges was in Georgia as early > as 1784, where he obtained bounty land in Washington County. He also > apparently obtained bounty land in Liberty County in 1803. > > > >By 1817, he was a Captain commanding US troops in the First Indian > Expedition. In 1818 he was Captain of the Twiggs County, Georgia militia, > sheriff, and tax collector. > > > >Numerous Laurens County court documents clearly demonstrate numerous > dealings between the Laurens County courts and Robert Hodges as Twiggs > County, sheriff, and the court documents indicate that he moved to Pulaski > County between 1824 and 1825. Apparently many of the early legal functions > of the fledgling Pulaski County were provided by Laurens County. > > > >It has been pointed out by John Harrell and others that the Elias who > moved to Granville County, SC, (and by default this Robert) must have been > the son of Elias Hodges, Sr.of Pitt County, NC, son of Robert Hodges and > Ann Branch. Pitt County records support this, with a Pitt County deed from > John Daniel of Granville, SC deeding former property of Elias Sr. There is > other evidence supporting this contention also, such as the 1801 Pitt > County, NC deed of Benjamin Hodges and John Hodges of Washington County, > Georgia to George Little. There are numerous Georgia records for this > Benjamin and this Benjamin was Benjamin Jr., son of Elias Sr. The fact that > later generations of this Robert intermarried with the Parker line related > to the Catherine Parker who married Elias Sr.'s son Benjamin also supports > this theory. > > > >Any further input or suggestions appreciated. > > > >Jeff Armstrong > > > > > >==== 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. > > > > ______________________________