Forwarded. -----Original Message----- From: gerry@hackley.com <gerry@hackley.com> Date: Sunday, July 04, 1999 10:57 PM Subject: RE: [HODGES-L] Fw: Rev. Soldiers buried in Texas > > Gale - most of my information on Alexander Hodge has been posted in the > > past. You might check the archives. He was born in 1760 in > > Pennsylvania. While still a teenager, he moved with his family to South > > Carolina. At age 18, he volunteered and fought with Francis Marion's > > (the Swamp Fox) irregulars, against the British. Hodge enlisted as a > > private and quickly rose to be a Lt. because of his demonstrated valor > > and courage. > > > After the war, Hodge married Ruth and moved with her to Oglethorpe Co., > > GA. Later they moved to Kentucky where Hodge studied law. Moving > > further west, he became known as Judge as Magistrate in Arkansas. > > During this time, the family grew with the birth of ten (10) children, > > 6 sons and 4 daughters. It was there in Arkansas that he became friends > > with Stephen F. Austin. They served together in territorial government. > > It is certain that this friendship was instrumental in the Hodge > > family moving to Fort Bend County, Texas. Austin gave Hodge one league > > of choice land between the Brazos River and Oyster Creek (North of the > > present Sugar Land airport and west of Hwy. 6). It was about a mile > > wide and ten miles long. Wish I owned it today!!!!!! The property was > > for 4,428 acres, a league, which is a little over 7 sections. A section > > is a square mile of 640 acres. According to austin's Charter each > > settler who declared himself to be a farmer was to get a labor of 177 > > acres. If he declared himself to be a rancher, the grant was the much > > more generous league. All those farmers quickly figured that it would > > be better to declare as ranchers. > > > I do not know the children of Alexander Hodge except for sons Archibald > > and William (both Masons) who fought at San Jacinto. Alexander died 17 > > August 1836 and is buried next to Ruth who died in 1831. They are in > > the Hodge cemetery North of the Sugar Land airport across from the > > Pheasant Creek subdivision. > > > Hope this helps. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Joyce Feazell [SMTP:jfeazell@datasys.net] > > Sent: Sunday, July 04, 1999 1:32 PM > > To: HODGES-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] Fw: Rev. Soldiers buried in Texas > > > Hi Gale, > > Are you looking for an Alexander Hodges, if so I have a couple of them. > > Would be glad to share. > > Joyce