I would appreciate help from anyone on the list with further suggestions and insights into the Robert Hodges of the late 1700's. My examination of the available records seems to suggest that there were two Robert Hodges in late 1700's South Carolina; one predominately in the eastern part of the state, one in the west. The western Robert Hodges was probably the brother of Elias Hodges and the uncle of Drury, lived in Granville County, SC where he served in the militia during the Revolutionary War, and had moved into Georgia relatively early, i.e. by 1785. It has been suggested by John Harrell that this group may have been descended from Elias Sr., son of Robert Hodges and Ann Branch, based on Elias Jr.'s will being witnessed by a Daniels, and Pitt County records suggesting that Elias Sr. was grandfather of John Daniels of Greenville, S.C. Bob Hodges has produced records, however, suggesting that some of the Hodges in the Greenville, S.C. area at that time could also have been from the Virginia/Cumberland North Carolina Hodges line. The eastern Robert Hodges seems to have lived in and around Marlboro County and the Georgetown District; he was still living in Georgetown District in the 1790 census, near James and Joseph Hodges. This was probably the Robert who served as a sergeant in Marion's Brigade in eastern S.C. during the Revolution; the following record suggests that this was the same Robert Hodges who is listed in DAR records as having married Mary Lide: (Welsh Neck Baptist is in present day Marlboro County): AN ABSTRACT OF THE RECORDS OF WELSH NECK BAPTIST CHURCH SOCIETY HILL, S.C. A List of the members of the Church 1775-1778-1779 26. Welcome Hodges .... 57. Robert Hodges 58. John Hodges .... 105. Elizabeth Hodges ...... 110. Elizabeth Lide ..... 171. Mary Lide ...... 184. Rebekah Hodges This Robert living in Marlboro County, SC would make you want to believe that he was either a later son of Richard Hodges, son of Robert Hodges and Ann Branch; or perhaps more likely a son of Richard's son John, who is known to have settled in Marlboro County. However, the possible association of this Robert with Welcome Hodges in the Welsh Neck records might also make you wonder if he was not of the Robert Hodges/Ann Branch line, but that perhaps Bob's theory that some of these Marlboro County Hodges could have been from a different line, perhaps originating in Virginia and Cumberland County, NC; Bob's suggestion that some of them could have been from Robert Hodges of Franklin County, Virginia is particularly interesting. There was another Robert Hodges; who was still living in Pitt County, NC as late as 1802. It has been suggested by John Harrell that this Robert was a brother of Howell, John Jr., and Henry, and son of John Sr., (son of Robert Hodges and Ann Branch), and the records would certainly seem to suggest this, although I haven't found a record that directly states this. So that is a summary of the three main Robert Hodges in question after Robert Hodges and Ann Branch in the late 1700's. I would appreciate any further help or input on them. Jeff Armstrong

May I add my Robert Hodges in the mix? Robert Hodges died in Sumter Co., AL in 1843 leaving a will naming children: Allen, James and Cely Ann Hilson. There was another son, Robert Hodges, Jr., who predeceased his father. Descendants of Allen and wife, Elizabeth ___, moved on to Kemper and Lauderdale Co., MS while James moved his family to Arkansas. In the 1850 Census, James was listed as being born in 1890 in NC. Allen served in the local militia while living in Jones County, GA between 1811 and 1821. In 1821 he qualified to draw land in the Georgia Land Lottery; he drew Lot 92 in Section 5, situated in Irwin County. In the 1830 Census, Robert, Allen and James Hodges were in Autauga Co., AL. I would love to compare notes with interested persons! Jeanette JKHowell@digitalexp.com http://home.digitalexp.com/~jkhowell/Jeanette's%20Genealogy.htm Southern Families from VA & SC to AL & MS: BRUNER BYRD DILLARD DUKE FILMER FOLLIOTT GREEN HACKWORTH HALL HANSFORD HICKS HODGES HOWELL HOWZE/HOUSE ISBELL JAMES JONES KING MARVEL MARSTON MILLER MURFIELD PARKER PARTIN PLUMMER RADFORD RAINEY RANSOM RAWLINGS RIVERS ROBERTS ROSS SISSON SLAYDEN/SLATON TILL VAUGHAN WHEATLEY WHITLEY WOOD/S YARBROUGH YARRELL