Dear Listers and fellow researchers: Finally, someone has posted a message with my HODGES lines. Note to Lynda: You sent me a message a few months ago and, thru a glitch, I lost it. Am so happy to see you post to the list as I would like to collaborate with you on our mutual ancestry. Lynda wrote: You mentioned connections to Abel Hodges. My Hodges line begins with Abel Hodges ( I believe the one on the SC 1790 census) who married Charlotte Harrell Aug 1, 1811 in Jefferson Co. GA. There were also marriages in Jefferson Co at the same time for Elias Hodges and Sarah Gilliam, Geo. C. Hodges to Sarah Hayley, Richard Hodges to Eliz. Jordan and Jemimah Hodges to Laird Fleming. It would seem that they were all of the same family. The following four marriages in Jefferson County, GA are siblings. Elias Hodges m. Sarah Gilliam, 18 July 1811 George C. Hodges m. (1) Sarah C. Haley, 18 August, 1823 Richard Hodges m. 5 July, 1823, Elizabeth Jordan Jemima Hodges m. 7 November 1814, Laird Fleming.............. (my line) All four are children of Elias Hodges and his wife Elizabeth DuBose, sister of James DuBose who married Elizabeth Hodge(s) and resided in Baldwin County, GA. It is my belief that Elizabeth Hodge(s) is the sister of our Elias. Also, certain published materials erroneously identify the spouse of the said Elizabeth DuBose as James Hodges. James DuBose and his wife, Elizabeth Hodge(s) are enumerated in Baldwin County, GA in 1820 with one male child under the age of 10. James DuBose and his wife, Elizabeth Hodge(s) had a son named Lemuel DuBose who died young. Following the death of his wife Elizabeth Hodge(s), James DuBose removed to Conecuh County, AL, where he is enumerated in 1830, and married (2) Darkiss (nee Redd) and had two daughters children. In 1839 (can't recall month off top of my head), Laird B. Fleming wrote a letter to his daughter Jane Beatty Flemming Buchannan, who resided in Nachitotoches, LA, wherein he relates the marriage of Aunt Darkiss Dubose to Glidewell (Archibald who first married Elizabeth Jones, 6 October 1808, Greene County, GA), the birth of twins, who had subsequently died. Many of the early Conecuh County records were destroyed by fire, thus the loss of marriage records. James DuBose and Elizabeth DuBose are children of Peter Dubose II m. Sarah (nee unknown) and died in Washington County, GA. Several of his children removed to Alabama. Back to HODGES: 1820 WASHINGTON County, GA Census John Hodge age 26 to 45 Lewis Davis, Sr. Reuben DuBose Nicholas Curry George C. Hodges, a single male Holiday Hayley Jefferson County, GA Will Records: Will of Richard HODGES, written 21 Jan 1823, probated 11 Feb 1824, Jefferson Co, GA Will Book A wife Elizabeth Hodges . . . lawsuit to est of Jesse Gordon dau Martha Hodges bro George C. Hodges, excr. Wit: Ann Goodgame, Ann Ballard, John Herring Will Book A, Jefferson Co, GA: Elias HODGES Probated 5 Nov 1821 wife Sarah . . . to purchase a piece of land in Alabama sufficient to raise and support for her and the children son Elias bros Richard George C. to be executors Indebted to Mr. Cowart. Exrs: Richard HODGES, George C. HODGES, Sarah HODGES Wit: Moses Sinquefield, Rebecca Wheeler, John FLEMING JP 1819 & 1820 Tax Rolls of CONECUH CO. AL: Elias Hodges Elias Hodges, Jr. Philemon Hodges Laird B. Fleming 1820 Census Records for Conecuh County, AL are available only at Alabama State archives. 1830 GREENE COUNTY, AL; Page 410 Philemon Hodges, age 60-70 with son Philemon Hodges, Jr. age 30/40, wife age 20/30 and male child under age 5. Philemon Hodges m. 15 February 1828 Marengo Co., AL Eliza Ann Caroline Brewer by Henry Chiles, JP 1840 SUMPTER CO., AL; Page 153 Philemon Hodges, age 40/50; spouse Eliza Ann Caroline Brewer, male child age 10/15; female child age 5/10 and female child under age 5. 1840 MUSCOGEE CO., GA. Census, Page 146 & 1840 Pensioners Census, age 83 Philemon Hodges m. Winifred Kittrell, was residing in the home of his son, Samuel Kittrell Hodges who died around this time. 1820 Cumberland Co., NC (Excluding Fayetteville Town) CENSUS Capt Folsom's Dist. - Dist. 3: James Hodges, age 26-45 Col. John Hodges, 2 males age 26-45 Capt. Walker's Dist. - Dist. 5: Philemon Hodges, age over 45 and one male age 16-26 Joel Hodge Capt. Ray's Dist - Dist. 7: William Hodges, age 26-45; overseer fro B. W. Williams I don't know how many Philemon Hodges there are, and the Philemon Hodges in 1820 Conecuh Co., AL Tax Rolls could be a child of our Elias Hodges and Elizabeth Dubose. We know from the records that our Elias Hodges had at least the following children: Elias Hodges, Jr. m. Sarah Gilliam Richard Hodges m. Elizabeth Jordan George C. Hodges m. (1) Sarah Hayley (2) Sarah J. Bledsoe 21 December 1848, Barbour County, AL; she died 1849 in Childbirth May have had wife between Sarah Hayley and Sarah Bledsoe. Jemimah Dubose Hodges m. Laird B. Fleming James D. Hodges m. unknown; died leaving orphan son, Richard Hodges Pulaski P. Hodges m. 1839, Sarah Jane Bradley (the Widow Turk) Homer Virgil Hodges m.1837, Jane Elizabeth Dean, daughter of Aylett Dean and Frances Jones. Sometime between 1830 - 1835, Jane Beatty Fleming m. Wilson Buchannan, received a letter from a HODGES kinswoman from Washington County, GA who had been to Alabama for a visit and had returned home. The HODGES kinswoman mentions Jane's Uncle, Pulaski Hodges in the letter. We learn from letters written by Jane Beatty Fleming and her sister Mary Anna A. Fleming Amos that Pulaski P. Hodges was a younger brother of my ancestress, Jemima D. Hodges m. Laird Fleming. Land purchases in Conecuh County, AL place Elias Hodges and his two sons, on adjacent parcels of land along with Laird B. Fleming. Lastly, the gravestone of Pulaski P. Hodges, SON OF WILLIAM ELIAS HODGES b. August 1, 1813 GA - d. July 5 1895 Falls County, GA Like Lynda, I am hopeful that others of this HODGES line will help us more fully identify the parents and associations of our ancestors who lived in GA during this time. Sincerely, Kaye Watts Collier