Has anyone tried to trace the following names and identify the families of the following? James Hodges, 10 March 1756, Lunenberg Co., Va.. ( This County later became Halifax) 182 Acres on both forks of Bradley's Creek. Patents 32, Page 692. Halifax Co. Pleas Book 2, Part 2, Page 360. March Court 1759. Joseph Collings (Collins ?) is appointed Surveyor of the road leading from Booker's Ferry on Staunton River to this Courthouse, beginning at Bannister extending to the Mill Stone Road, and it is ordered that he with William Pearman, William Beach, William Wilson Holmes, Thomas Hornsby, Frederick Hicks, JAMES HODGES, William Murphy, Edmund Hodges, AMBROSE HODGES (my ancestor), Welcom Hodges, William Lavour, John Rounden, and Peter Tribble do forthwith clear and keep the same in repair according to Law. Inventory of goods for estate of Edward Dean, appraised by James Hodges, Welcome Wm. Hodges, and Joseph Collins, 20th day of August 1761. (Halifax Co., Va.) Exerpted from Milner Echols History of the family of James and Jesse Hodges: About 1982, Laurent Hodges of Ames, Iowa was in possession of a typescript version. The original was apparently brought to Texas after the War Between the States, probably by the grandson of the author. The history was written by Milner Echols June 14, 1850. [[Old English John Echols had three daughters which I could have inserted had I known enough about them to give any satisfactory account of them. I only know they married outlandish men, one an Englishman named Nicholas Gilington. Of their family I know nothing. The second daughter married an Irishman named Murphy. ** We see in other records that William Murphy married a Martha Hodge. Could she have been a widow of another Hodge and born Echols?** I know nothing of their family only they had two sons, Joseph and William, that was called the greatest Baptist preachers that ever was known in Virginia of their day. Old English John Echols third daughter married a Scotchman named Marshbank. I know nothing of their family only the family of Deens in DeKalb and Floyd County sprang from that family. ]] [[ Old Abraham had one daughter married James Hodges, a very worthy man, his family moved to Tennessee. He had one son named Jesse and he [Jesse] had a son named James who was a commanding officer in Tennessee and got drowned in the Cumberland River near Cairo. Jesse had one daughter named Tabitha - that is all I know of the family.]] **Tabitha Hodges married Thomas Barton.** The Bartons mentioned are of one family. Rev. Isaac Barton b. 8/16/1746 Fredrick, Md. d. 11/10/1831 Jefferson Co., Tn. buried Springvale, Hamblen Co., Tn. In Rowan Co., NC. c1753; Halifax Co., Va. 1760; Pittsylvania Co. to Henry Co., Va. to Greenville, Jefferson Co., Tn. c 1780. Was a Baptist Preacher. On 3/25/1786, Isaac and Jonathan Mulkey organized the Lower French Broad Church, 3 miles northeast of Dandridge, Tn. md. 10/9/1772 Pigg River area of Franklin Co., Va. sp. Keziah Murphy d/o William and Martha (Hodges) Murphy b. 8/7/1754 Va. d. 7/29/1845 bur. Springvale Cem. Hamblen Co., died in Grainger Co., Tn. Mary Barton b. 11/20/1781 d. 6/1/1852 Claiborne Co., Tn. m. 1/23/1807 Jefferson Co., Tn. by David Barton sp. James Hodges [From S.C. ?] bond James Hodges, Sr. Sarah Barton b. 5/8/1748 d. 3//1817 (Masonic Cem., Farmington, Mo.) m. c 1767 Pittsylvania Co., Va. sp. William Murphy f/o Keziah [ William was previously married to Martha Hodges, he was probably b. ca 1730;; "About 1780 Rev. William Murphy moved over the mountain to what is now Tennessee, bringing with him his then grown children as well as Sarah Barton Murphy and her young children 1. Material Towards a History of the Baptists Vol 2 by Morgan Edwards. [This material was collected by Morgan Edwards about 1771 or 1772. The material was compiled by Mary B. Warren and Eve B. Weeks and published in 1984.] P. 50. Church at Blackwater in Pittsylvania Co. [Blackwater is now in Franklin Co.] "... "beginnings by means of preaching of Wm. Morphy (sic)...who in the year 1761 ... were constituted into a church." p.50-51. Born 1732 in Spottsylvania. Converted to Baptist principles 1757 at Deep river {This was the Church at Sandy Creek} in NC. Ordained 4/1/1761. "He married first a Hodge, then a Barton [by whom he had children], and has children, John, Kesiah, William, Joseph, Tabitha." p.94-95. Pastor of the Little River Church in NC was Joseph Morphy (Murphy) William's brother. He later moved to Yadkin River area. Thomas Barton b. 11/26/1785 Franklin Co., Va. Wm & Hannah d. 8/7/1816 Rutherford Co., Tn. md. 10/6/1811 Wilson Co., Tn. sp. Tabitha Hodges d/o Jesse and Elizabeth (Collins) Hodges b. 7/18/1792 Pittsylvania Co., Va. d. aft 1880 census Henderson Co., Tn. living with William H. Barton. Elizabeth Barton b. 11/20/1751 Fredrick, Md. m. c 1765 sp. Ambrose Hodge b. c 1741 Any ideas or comments on the connections? Ken