Again from the Alice D. Pritchard book "Pioneers of Coffee County Tennessee Their Ancestors and Descendants" - page 54 Alexander Hodge was appointed administrator for the estate of Charles W.L. Hodge. (Oct Court 1854, Pg. 76) Coffee Co. TN.Deed Bk. H, pg. 100 records Articles of agreement between Susan Hodge and Alexander Hodge. Susan surrendered the Farm "on which her late husband Charles Hodge resided, she also agrees to surrender to A. Hodge a note executed to her and her late husband C.L. Hodge, for fifteen hundred dollars given for the two slaves belonging to Mrs. Parkes..." in exchange Alexander promised to pay to her eighty dollars rent for the said farm for one year "and giving to her all the property of every description that she had when she married C.L. Hodge" After his father died, Alexander sold some land to Willis Blanton. The old HODGE family cemetery was on the plot of land sold. Willis Blanton later buried a child slave in the cemetery, which irritated A. Hodge so greatly that he took the case to Coffee Co. Court, where he lost. Alexander Hodge then pursued a verdict in his favor by taking the case to the Supreme Court. (May, 1858) This time he won. A news item (Manchester Times) for Supreme Court Land Sale, 17 May, 1873, adds a twist of irony to the Blanton vs Hodge case just mentioned. Eighty nine (89) acres of the very same plot of land was being sold, in Normandy, Tn. at public auction to the highest bidder, reserving space around the graves of William Hodge and his grand children in the field. This was the result of another court case, "Wm. Frierson & Jno. W. Burton. administrators, VS. Willis Blanton et els. Dec. 1872. The genealogy of Hodge land is interesting. This was part of a land purchase made 8 Jan. 1818. (Bedford Co. Deed Bk. J pg. 177). " submitted by Gerry HODGES Hackley in Houston "Gerry" Hodges Hackley 11714 S. Kirkwood Stafford, TX 77477-1308 281/495-6680 Fax:281/495-9395 http://www.hackley.com [email protected] Researching: HODGES, Gill, Walker, McClain, Ewing, McNutt, DeBenon, Price, Lack, Ferguson, Howard, Hackley