> Welcome William left Halifax County and moved to North or South Carolina. Could this be the Welcome you're looking for? From: http://www.rootsweb.com/~scmarlbo/church/Welsh_Neck_Baptist.htm 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Hodges" <vhodges131@comcast.net> To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 10:24 AM Subject: [HODGES-L] Unified Family Theory 2003: Part 5 > Cumberland County, North Carolina > > I had said before that I thought the following 1735-41 records dealt with > the same Thomas Hodges: > > Sept. 13, 1735 patent of Benjamin Soul 320 ac. Bladen Co. South west side of > North West Branch of North West River, joining Mrs. Plumer, Thos. Hodges and > the river. Patent Book 3, page 351. [The North West River is the Cape > Fear. Hard to locate this without more, but read on. The southwest side of > the North West River would seem to refer to a location west of the main > branch of the Cape Fear. The other branch is still called the Northeast > Cape Fear River.] > > Sept. 15, 1735 patent of Benjamin Soule 320 ac. Bladen Co. South west side > of North West Branch of North West River, joining Mrs. Plumer, Thos. Hodges > and the river. Patent Book 3, page 351. > > Mar. 7, 1736/37 patent of Thomas Hodges 120 ac. in B. precinct on West side > of North West River above Swann's Creek joining Nath. Platt. Patent Book 3, > page 329. [There is no Swanns Creek in Powell's North Carolina Gazetteer, > but there is a Swans Creek on the west side of the Cape Fear in modern > Cumberland County, just above the Bladen line, that may be this one. It is > near where Cumberland, Robeson and Bladen meet. The closest town appears to > be St. Pauls]. > > NOV 18, 1740 Will of James Pollard of Long Creek, New Hanover Co, > mariner...my wife Ann everything...app't wife Ann sole exec...Wit: Thomas > HODGES, Joshua Granger Jr. Rufus Marsden. Codicil Nov 21, 1740...all such > wordly Estate as it shall please God my wife & Executrix to my Last Will & > Testament ___ mentioned to possess her with at the time of her departure on > this Earth to resign up to Thomas Devane & Margaret his wife of the place > afsd for I the subscribers use and do also make Thomas & Margaret my Exec. > of this Codicil after the death of my wife within mentioned....Wit: Rufus > Marsdon, Alice Marsdon, John Smithers. New Hanover (N.C.) Deed Book C, page > 83. > [This probably refers to Long Creek west of Rocky Point in present day > Pender Co., but there is a Long Creek that flows into Swan Creek in present > day Cumberland County. In 1740, however, Bladen County had already been > divided from New Hanover. This occurred in 1734. So while the Cumberland > location is more compatible with Thomas Hodges' involvement, the > geographical clues point to the location near Wilmington.] > > Nov. 20, 1740 deed from James Innis of New Hanover to John Smith of Bladen > for L100 640 aces in Bladen South West side of river 20 mi. above Rockfish > Creek adjoining upper side, Thomas Jones' corner. Wit. Thomas Hardjes. > Acknowledged Sept. 22, 1747. Cumberland Co. (N.C.) Deed Book 4, page 434. > [This is the most interesting and may suggest that all of these are related > to the same Thomas Hodges. There are two Rockfish Creeks. The two patents > below are on the one that is a tributary of the Northeast Cape Fear River > (itself a tributary of the main Cape Fear River) in modern Duplin County. > The other, probably the one mentioned here, flows into the Cape Fear itself > near Fayetteville. Not 20 but may 25 or 30 miles above the mouth of the > latter Rockfish is the area where Thomas and William Hodges are found -- > the Lower Little River and Upper Little River, which are two different > tributaries of the Cape Fear. So this may indicate that Thomas Hodges was > in the area as early as 1735 or 1740. These records show a pattern of > settlement in the area along the Cape Fear River from present-day St. Pauls > up into the watershed of the Little Rivers and over into the Deep River > watershed towards Chatham (then Orange) County]. > . > May 22, 1741 patent of Thomas Hodges 200 ac. New Hanover County on a branch > of Rockfish Creek at a place called Iron Mine between Jones and Cummings > land. Patent Book 8, page 99. > > [Bladen County was formed from New Hanover in 1734. If the original entries > were made in 1734 or before, they might still show New Hanover County.] > > Apr. 19, 1745 patent of Jacob Wells 300 ac. in New Hanover County near a > branch of Rockfish Creek at a place called Iron Mine and a point near Thomas > Hodges. Patent Book 5, page 331. [Present day Duplin County near Wallace.] > > I think the first two records refer to the Swanns Creek patent of 1737. > Patent dates may vary from the time of actual claim to or residence on the > land, due to the length of time required to complete all the paperwork for > the grant. So these records seem to show that Thomas Hodges was living on > the Cape Fear by 1735, and was there intermittently until at least > > The Duplin County records may relate to this Thomas or to a different person > entirely. Someone will need to check the deed records to see when that > property was sold to see if the records suggest that we are dealing with one > man. > > Orange County, North Carolina > > Now here is where I think things get interesting. We have seen William and > Thomas Hodges acquiring land from the Cape Fear up toward the Deep River in > present-day Lee County. The next county to the north is Chatham, which, > along with part of Lee County, was Orange County before 1771. > > The earliest deed books of Orange County, North Carolina, are lost (I think > the story is that they were buried to save them from Cornwallis in 1781 and > got wet and deteriorated). Anyway, all that is left is the register of > deeds, but that includes these records: > > Dec. 14, 1756: Bartholomew Hodges to Henry Shaddock sale of 200 acres > May 14, 1765: James Ray to Teasley Hodges sale of 60 acres wit: Charles > Clanton > Aug. 13, 1765: Bartholomew Tucker to Thomas Hodges sale of 100 acres wit: > John Brantley > > So we have Thomas and Bartholomew showing up in Cumberland and Orange > (N.C.), in circumstances that I think suggest that the two families may be > one and the same. So I would hypothesize that the William and Thomas who > appear in the Cumberland County records are the William and Thomas who are > the sons of Thomas Hodges who died in Cumberland County, Va. in 1749. That > would lead to the further hypothesis that the John Hodges of Marlboro County > who is known to be related to William (probably his brother) is the son John > in Thomas's 1749 will. > > We also find Bartholomew in Halifax County, Virginia, where we also > encounter several children named in Thomas's will.. > > March Court 1755. Bartholomew Hodges to work on the Road from Joseph May's > to John Law's in Bannister, with others, under John Anderson, surveyor > appointed. Halifax Co., Va. Pleas Book, #2, Part 1, Pg 10. > > Halifax County, Virginia Pleas Book #4, Pg 32, May Court 1763. Mary Echols, > Adm. of Isaac Echols decd pltf. against William Murphy, Bartholomew Hodges > deft., on a petition. Suit dismissed, the Co-Defendants not being summoned. > > We have some additional evidence of the relation of this family to North > Carolina. About 1756, William Murphy moved to Orange County, N.C. William > Murphy married a Hodges (probably a daughter of Welcome William). He > transferred land for which he had received a patent dated March 4, 1756, in > three deeds: > > July 8, 1756 William Murphy of Orange Co., in the Province of North > Carolina, to William Laws of Halifax Co., Colony of Virginia, for L12 , 100 > acres on the north side of Banister River part of a patent of greater > quantity dated March 4, 1756, beginning on sd river. Wit. George Watkins, > Isaac Eckhols, Thomas (T) Smith. Rec. Aug. 19, 1756. Halifax Co. (Va.) > Deed Book 1, page 199. > > July 8, 1756 William Murphy of Orange Co., North Carolina, to Thomas Smith > of Halifax Co., Virginia, for L17, 100 acres on the north side of Banister > River part of a patent of greater quantity dated March 4, 1756, beginning nr > the sd river. Wit. Geroge Watkins, Chesley Davis, Wm. Roysdon, William (x) > Laws. Rec. Aug. 19, 1756. Halifax Co. (Va.) Deed Book 1, page 203. > > July 8, 1756 William Murphy of Orange Co., North Carolina, to George Watkins > of Halifax Co., Virginia, for L30 paid by sd George Watkins to Welcom > William Hodges & aforesaid William Murphy, 200 acres on the south side of > Banister River (the river being the division line from the part sold to > William Laws), beginning at a red oak on the river. Wit. Thos. Watkins, Wm. > Roysdon, Chisley Davis, William Laws. Rec. Nov. 19, 1756. Halifax Co. > (Va.) Deed Book 1, page 223. > > Welcome William left Halifax County and moved to North or South Carolina. > My contention is that he returned befor emoving west, first to what is now > Franklin County, Virginia, then to Surry County, North Carolina about 1770. > Other shave a different interpretation. This record is listed to show the > connection of the Hodges family of Halifax to the Carolinas. > > Aug. 26, 1757 Welcom William Hodges of Carolina Province, to Edmund Hodges > of Halifax Co. for L8, 100 acres on both sides of Bradleys Cr, being part of > a patent of 430 acres granted to him by patent 10 September 1755, which part > is bounded, beginning at James Hodges corner. Wit. Joseph Collins, Peter > Trible, Lucy (x) Collins. Rec. Nov. 17, 1757. Halifax Co. (Va.) Deed Book > 1, page 354. > > We also have a record (which, like the record above, names the Collins, who > intermarried with the Hodges in Halifax), that shows a transaction between a > grantor from Cumberland County, North Carolina and a grantee from Amelia > County, Virginia, for land in Halifax County, North Carolina (in this case > on the Staunton River in present-day Pittsylvania County). Note that this > is the same basic route we postulate for Thomas Hodges (generally, U.S. 501 > from South Boston to Pittsboro, N.C., then N.C. 87 into Harnett and > Cumberland Counties). > > Oct. 13, 1763 Zachariah Green of the Carolina Province, Cumberland Co. to > John Chisum of Amelia Co., Va. for L45, one certain tract or parcel of land > on Stanton River opposite to the Long Island adjoining the land first > surveyed and granted by patent to Joseph Collins. Wit. Joseph Collins, > James Collins, John Hurt. Rec. Feb. 16, 1764. Halifax Co. (Va.) Deed Book > 5, page 7. > > So, my theory is that these records show that there is a connection between > William and Cumberland, and Thomas moving back and forth between Amelia and > Halifax Counties in Virginia, and Cumberland County, North Carolina. The > relation between this William and John is based on the Revolutionary War > pension declaration of Philemon Hodges, a son of William Hodges of > Cumberland County, North Carolina: > > The following is from the pension application of Philemon Hodges, born 1760, > Cumberland Co., NC. S32326, Applied Baldwin County, GA.Frame 859: > "In April 1776 John Hodges my cousin living near Long Bluff, So Ca came to > my father's house in No C., a recruiting officer. my brother William, George > Draughan & Robert Draughan & myself enlisted & went with him to his father's > house in So Ca thence to Nilson's ferry Santee River, about forty miles from > Charleston. There we joined Col Thompson's regiment, was sworn in for six > months service, remained there for a few days then we ------the return of > the soldiers, who having gone home on a furlough as I understand returned, > the said John Hodges and his bros Edmund and Joseph being part of the > company, we marched near Charleston to a place called the Ten Mile House and > remained there a few weeks. We then marched to the city & on boats went to > Sullivan's Island in the night. Our regiment was stationed on the lower end > of the Island. etc." > > Philemon does not specifically give the name of his cousin's father, so the > idea that it was John Hodges is based on several inferences. First is that > by "cousin" he means first cousin. The fact that it is John is inferred > from several records. First, we have the Cheraw District jury lists of 1779 > and 1783. In 1779, we have Isham, John, John Senr., John Junr., Richard, > and William. In 1783, we have John (Cashaway), Robert (Cashaway), and > Wilson (possibly an error for Welcome). In my opinion, the evidence for > which we will explore below, Isham, John and William are from the > Cumberland/Virginia branch, while John Senr., John Junr., and Richard are > from the Beaufort County, North Carolina branch. > > Then we have this record: > Page 238 "St David's Parish [S.C.], August 8th, 1775." "Whereas, I, John > Mitchell, of Meldrum, in the said parish, merchant, having sent three > judgment bonds to Thomas Phepoe, Esq., to be by him entered up, and having > received three executions of the said gentleman in may last, one of which > has been since personally served by the Sheriff on John and Bartholomew > Hodges, and one other on Enoch James, contrary to the Resolves of the first > session of the Provincial Congress..............." > > Thus, in all three places, we find Bartholomew. > > We have seen how William Hodges had land up toward what is now Chatham (then > Orange) County, N.C., and Thomas acquired land in Orange County. So how > about this one? > > Oct. 1, 1789 Isom Hodge of Marlborough Co., S.C. to Richason Swaner of > Chatham Co. for L200 a tract lying on the west side of Rocky River formerly > granted to Moses Gin and David Pone 100 acres. Wit. James Lawrence, John > Hurly. Chatham Co. (N.C.) Deed Book D, page 616. > > The west side of Rocky River doesn't narrow this down much. It could be > almost anywhere along the River. But it is tempting to think it might be > the same 100 acres Thomas Hodges acquired in 1765. > > I found two other Hodges connections in Chatham County. Welcome Hodges was > a witness to the will of James Anderson in 1793: > > http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/nc/chatham/wills/jamandwi.txt > > Edmond Hodges was a Revolutionary soldier from Chatham County. He does not > tell who his father was, but when he moved to West Tennessee, one of his > neighbors was Wade H. Hodges from Pittsylvania County, greatgrandson of > Edmund Hodges, who is generally thought to be the Edmund named in Thomas > Hodges' will in Cumberland Co., Va. in 1749. Wade H. was the son of Polly > Hodges and grandson of Jesse Hodges, b. ca. 1814. In his will dated Jan. > 20, 1816, proved Feb. 19, 1816 (11 Pittsylvania Co. Deeds & Wills 430), > Jesse names his seven children: Dorcas Parrish, Susannah Grubbs, Polly, > Nephanah Bowling, Nancy Hundley, James, and Sally Grubbs. Wade m. Nancy W. > Giles Nov. 15, 1838. > > While he did not identify his family, Edmund did relate the places in which > he had lived: > > B. 3/20/1756 in Chatham Co., NC. and lived there until 1772 > in 1782 moved to Jefferson Co., Tn. until 1794 > in 1794 moved to Bedford Co., Tn. until 1829 > in 1829 moved to Obion Co., Tn. where he applied on 10/9/1833 > > Next we need to closely analyze the records from Halifax County, Virginia. >