This is Al Metts, Dennis Blackmon, I read your message on the list and I understand your confusion. I read with interest The Hodges Family Papers, sent in recently. I found them very interesting and useful. That Hodges family is not the same as our John Hodges family of Abbeville. We know as proved the parents of John of Abbeville and the names of his 20 children - George Washington Hodges was one. In the Hodges research, there has always been the problem that there were at least three men named John Hodges in SC during Revolutionary times. Our Richard Hodges and his wife Elizabeth Jones Hodges came from Essex County, VA, to Abbeville County. The value of the Hodges Family Papers is that they will help us in our search back in Virginia to find out where Richard was born before he wandered into Essex County and married Elizabeth (for which he was given 50 pounds sterling - eventually!) Al Metts

This may not be your Richard, but thought I would take a chance and post it. If it does not help you, maybe it will help someone else. Best regards, Betty Hodges Green Polombo Search Results Land Office Patents & Grants/Northern Neck Grants & Surveys : CATALOG CARD MULTIMEDIA Image or other media information available GRANTEE Hodges, Richard. grantee. DATE 15 June 1773. NOTE Location: Princess Anne County. NOTE Description: 292 1/2 acres in Blackwater, adjoining on Jones Creek. NOTE Source: Land Office Patents No. 41, 1772-1773, p. 349 (Reel 40). NOTE Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia. OTHER FORMAT Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41. SUBJECT Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Princess Anne County. SUBJECT Princess Anne County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century. SUBJECT Land grants -- Virginia -- Princess Anne County. aat. ADDED ENTRY Virginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774. ADDED ENTRY Library of Virginia. Archives. Betty P -----Original Message----- From: Albert C Metts, Jr. [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 3:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [HODGES-L] John Hodges of Abbeville This is Al Metts, Dennis Blackmon, I read your message on the list and I understand your confusion. I read with interest The Hodges Family Papers, sent in recently. I found them very interesting and useful. That Hodges family is not the same as our John Hodges family of Abbeville. We know as proved the parents of John of Abbeville and the names of his 20 children - George Washington Hodges was one. In the Hodges research, there has always been the problem that there were at least three men named John Hodges in SC during Revolutionary times. Our Richard Hodges and his wife Elizabeth Jones Hodges came from Essex County, VA, to Abbeville County. The value of the Hodges Family Papers is that they will help us in our search back in Virginia to find out where Richard was born before he wandered into Essex County and married Elizabeth (for which he was given 50 pounds sterling - eventually!) Al Metts ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== Faye Dyess [email protected] Listmanager Thou shalt edit any quoted text down to the minimum thou needest. DO YOU OWN A COPY OF A CENSUS?? THEN VOLUNTEER TO DO LOOKUPS!!! http://www.rootsweb.com/~uslookup