Kenneth Have you definitely connected Thomas Hodges of Hodges Gap to the Welsh brothers? I thought I recalled a post a few months ago from someone tracing him to Augusta County, Va. I know those facts are not mutually exclusive. The Watauga history says that he was a Tory. The Holtzclaws are a Germanna family. I will post the Watauga Holtzclaws if anyone thinks it will help them with the Hodges. Bob Hodges ----- Original Message ----- From: Kenneth Hodge <khodge@gdi.net> To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 2:58 AM Subject: [HODGES-L] Re: Unidentified subject! > Hi Harold, > > The following is Thomas' older brother John. I posted this a while back > but you may not have seen it. I have more on his line if you have an > interest. > > "These Hodges were natives of Wales and emigrated to America through a > (North Carolina Port" ?). It is believed that there were four brothers but > no information on two of them. [new info states that John Sr. came through > Pa. to NC and then to the Watauga Area. > [ note:: From "King's Mountain Men".. White Allison, Jr. settled in > Sullivan Co., Tn. in 1773; married Miss Hodge whose father was from Wales, > as did his son John, who also lived in Tn.. [ It looks as though these > were Hodges. ]] > > Thomas Hodges settled in Hodges Gap, two miles west of the town of Boone, > North Carolina. This is in the Valle Crucis area. Thomas and James > Holtzclaw built cabins in 1781. > > On 4/11/1776, John Hodges Sr. purchased 330 Acres of land in Washington > County on the south side of the Watauga River. This land was conveyed in > one deed by Charles Carson from Notche Settlement of the Dominion of Spain. > > Ken > > At 03:38 PM 07/25/1999 -0500, you wrote: > >Llew, so nice seeing your note on the Hodges page. We believe my > >GGGGrandfather Thomas came to America around the mid 1770's along with his > >brothers John, David and Joseph. They came from Wales and settled in > >Virginia before migrating into North Carolina. We are also uncertain as to > >his brothers and where they went. Thomas's parents never came into the USA > >dieing in Wales. As far as we know the boys never went home to stay. I > >would certainly like to know about Thomas's brothers and parents but I don't > >know how to begin. Do you have any Ideas? > >Have you traced your family back to Wales? > >By the way my name now is Hodge as my fathers generation dropped the S from > >their name. We have traced the family back and know definitely the name was > >Hodges. > >It was really nice to see your posting and if you would care to answer I > >would like to talk farther. > > Harold Hodge > > > > > > > ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > Have you considered joining the Rootsweb Genealogical Data > Cooperative? http://www.rootsweb.com/ > >