-----Original Message----- From: Dennis Boswell <dennisb@primenet.com> To: rlhodges@erols.com <rlhodges@erols.com> Date: Friday, April 16, 1999 11:06 AM Subject: Fwd: Re: Hodges of Pittsylvania - Franklin Counties, VA >Hello, Bob. I am guessing that you have been away from home for some time >now. So, what follows in this note also has attached all my prior notes >together in one place for you. > >In addition, let me tell you that I have come across a Hodges line in >Mississippi (where my Anna H. Hodges lived and died) that has names such as >"Townsend" and "Luther" in it. Shortly, I will have a more complete picture >of this line and am most interested in seeing if, at some point, it >coincides with the partial line you sent me several weeks ago that leads to >Luther Hartwell Hodges. I will, of course, send what I have found to you if >and when I am able to connect it to your line. > >When you are able, I would be most appreciative if you could send me a >fuller description of the former Governor's complete line of descendancy. >Thanks, Bob. I have a feeling that, with your recent help, I am getting >closer. > >>Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 13:53:08 -0700 >>To: rlhodges@erols.com >>From: Dennis Boswell <dennisb@primenet.com> >>Subject: Fwd: Re: Hodges of Pittsylvania - Franklin Counties, VA >> >>Hello, Bob. This note deals with the foremost shortcoming of e-mail. Namely, >>the fact that one never really knows the demands being placed on the time of >>the person with whom he is corresponding and, hence, the many, many >>justifiable reasons (vacation, illness, family emergency, etc.) that may >>exist and justifiably cause response delays. >> >>If this applies to your present circumstances, please disregard this note >>and trust that I am only trying to underscore my sincere interest in working >>further with you at some future time when it is convenient for you to do so. >> >>After contacts with many Hodges researchers you, alone, seem to be the only >>living relative of the former Governor I have been able to locate. In short, >>Bob (assuming Anna is Luther Hartwell Hodges' Aunt as I suspect her to be), >>my search for "Nancy" Anna H. Hodges parents, siblings, spouses, dates, etc. >>is, for the moment, completely dependent on you. >> >>I do look forward to hearing from you. >> >> >>>Date: Sat, 03 Apr 1999 09:11:08 -0800 >>>To: rlhodges@erols.com >>>From: Dennis Boswell <dennisb@primenet.com> >>>Subject: Re: Hodges of Pittsylvania - Franklin Counties, VA >>> >>>Hello, Bob. >>> >>>I looked over your very interesting note this morning. From what you >>>describe, my Anna H. Hodges could be either Elijah Hodges' (b. ca 1786-90) >>>sister or, his wife, Judith Hodges' sister assuming my belief that Anna was >>>Luther H. Hodges' great great aunt. Of course, over the years, a "great" >>>could have been dropped from her relationship with Luther and she could >>>really be his great great great aunt. If that were the case and based on the >>>birthdays you have shown, it would be a stretch to imagine her as Ejijah's >>>sister, but not too much of a stretch to imagine her as Robert Hodges' (b. >>>ca 1770) sister. I simply do not know. >>> >>>All we do know about Anna is that she was born 4 Feb 1788, location unknown; >>>married Hockaday Brister in 1805, location suspected to be Greenville, SC; >>>died 17 Aug 1875 in Holmes County, MS and was buried alongside Hockaday (who >>>died about seventeen years earlier) in what is known as the Hockaday Brister >>>Cemetery, Holmes County, MS. Her birth and death dates come right off her >>>headstone. We know nothing as to who her parents were. >>> >>>My personal search for Anna started in MS, then to Greenville District, SC >>>when I found the nearly 30 year-old reference to Luther H. Hodges; then to >>>NC where he was governor and then to Pittsylvania County, VA when the NC >>>State Librarian informed me Luther had been born in Pittsylvania County, >>>Virginia. I am now searching in VA. >>> >>>As I said in my note to you, Brister and Hodges researchers seem to hold >>>different views on who her parents were with the Hodges side thinking her >>>father was one William "Billy" Hodges and the Brister researchers claiming >>>that one Drury Hodges of Greenville District, SC was the father. I have much >>>data extracted from contemporaneous documents of the 1790s to 1810 period to >>>support the Drury assertion, but all they build is a circumstantial case. >>>None of them definitely pin it down. >>> >>>I have noticed that in Pittsylvania County, VA, from the mid-1700s up to the >>>early 1800s, there are many Williams, Drurys and a few other names that >>>match those found in the Brister line of descendancy, e.g., Moses, George, >>>Edmund, etc. Hodges researchers also claim (in an as yet undefined way) that >>>a Hodges named "Isham" figured into their view of Anna's line. >>> >>>Let me ask you, Bob, do you happen to know who your Elijah, Judith and >>>Robert (b. ca 1770) sisters and brothers were? That might be a starting >>>point. I appreciate your willingness to post this for me. Coming from a >>>Hodges, it might attract a bit more attention. Please let me know what web >>>address you do that on. >>> >>>Oh, by the way, the Anna who you mentioned appeared as a witness in Henry >>>Co. Court in the 1780s could not have been the Anna I am looking for based >>>on birthdate alone. >>> >>>I look forward to continuing this and seeing if we can get to the bottom of >>>a mystery that to my knowledge has been confounding many researchers for at >>>least fifty or sixty years. Thanks for your interest, Bob. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>At 10:58 PM 4/2/99 -0500, you wrote: >>>>Dennis, >>>> >>>>I will also post your message to the Rootsweb Hodges list to see if we get >>>>back any good information, but here is a sketch of mine. >>>> >>>>Luther H. Hodges was a son of John James Hodges (1860-1936). John James was >>>>a son of Willis Townsend Hodges (1831-1907). Willis Townsend's father was >>>>Elijah Hodges, and his mother was Judith Hodges. This is the generation for >>>>Anna/Nancy. Elijah (ca. 1786-90 - 1856) was the son of Robert Hodges (ca. >>>>1737-1832). Judith was the daughter of Robert Hodges (ca. 1770 - ca. 1844) >>>>and his wife Susannah Hall. They had about three children that I cannot >>>>identify, but since they married in 1791, they are not good candidates. The >>>>other Robert had children old enough to fight in the Revolutionary War and >>>>continued to have them up into the 1790's. He named a number of children in >>>>his will but I don't think that the list was comprehensive. One was a >>>>Nancy who married a Chandler and moved to Giles County, Virginia. There was >>>>an Anna in the records in connection with this Robert. I believe that she >>>>appeared as a witness in Henry County in the 1780's. I will try to find the >>>>record for you. Let me know if any of this syncs up with your data. >>>> >>>>Bob Hodges >>>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: Dennis Boswell <dennisb@primenet.com> >>>>To: rlhodges@erols.com <rlhodges@erols.com> >>>>Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 12:18 PM >>>>Subject: Hodges of Pittsylvania - Franklin Counties, VA >>>> >>>> >>>>>Hello, Bob. >>>>> >>>>>I located your name on the Hodges Family Genealogy Forum. If you don't >>>>>mind, let me tell you why I have sent this email. I am attempting to locate >>>>>an "Anna H. Hodges," also known by "Nancy" and "Annie.". I suspect she and >>>>>her family resided prior to her marriage in 1805 (to Hockaday Brister of >>>>>Greenville, SC) in and around the Pittsylvania Co.-Franklin Co.-Goochland >>>>>Co. areas of VA during 1700 to 1810. She was born 4 February 1788. Several >>>>>of the principal Hodges family names I believe were connected with her are >>>>>Isham, Drury, William, George, Edmond and Moses. >>>>> >>>>>Do any of these names sound familiar to you, Bob? >>>>> >>>>>The difficulty I face is that Hodges is not one of my primary lines. My >>>>>primary lines are Brister, Clark, Hackney and Boswell. As a means of >>>>>finding Anna, I am also searching for Luther H. Hodges (former NC Governor >>>>>from 1954-1961). This is because I have found a reference to the effect >>>>>that my "Anna H. Hodges" was Luther H. Hodges great great Aunt which >>>>>suggests she may be included in his family genealogy, if I am able to >>>>>locate it. He was born in Pittsylvania Co., VA in 1898 >>>>> >>>>>As it happens, Brister and Hodges researchers have had a long-standing >>>>>dispute over who Anna's parents were. Brister researchers believe her >>>>>father to be a “Drury Hodges” while Hodges researchers hold that “William >>>>>Hodges” was her father. I have a theory that Anna and William may have been >>>>>brother and sister, both Drury's children. After much searching, no primary >>>>>records referencing Anna have turned up. So, what I am trying to do is >>>>>construct a Hodges (from the southern part of the State of Virginia) family >>>>>genealogy that will hopefully include her and, having done that, attempt to >>>>>validate it. >>>>> >>>>>Any assistance you might offer would be most appreciated. Thanks, Bob. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Regards >>>>> >>>>>Dennis K. Boswell >>>>>301 Crow Canyon Drive >>>>>Folsom, CA 95630-2057 >>>>> >>>>>Call: (916) 987-3599 >>>>>E-Mail Address: dennisb@primenet.com >>>> > >Regards > >Dennis K. Boswell >301 Crow Canyon Drive >Folsom, CA 95630-2057 > >Call: (916) 987-3599 >E-Mail Address: dennisb@primenet.com