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 > >