This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------CC636AE206036CD5F5B8779C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jim Powell, Jr. has provided this detailed information from Pulaski County, GA. We are searching for the father of 4 brothers from Pulaski and Dooley Counties that relocated to the Alachua County, FL area in the late 1850s. The 4 brothers are Peter, Thomas, John and William Hodge. Their mother was Milly Hodge Garrett (Garritt). Hope this information is helpful to others as well. Thanks goes to Jim and Debbie Powell for making the trip and sharing the information. --------------CC636AE206036CD5F5B8779C Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from ndmls01.mediaone.net ([24.128.8.198]) by stjohns.se.mediaone.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id GHBDWZ00.BZU for <[email protected]>; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:38:59 -0400 Received: from grucom2.gru.net (grucom2.gru.net [209.251.129.7]) by ndmls01.mediaone.net (8.11.4/8.11.4) with ESMTP id f6V1d0712136 for <[email protected]>; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:39:00 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [209.251.150.192] by grucom2.gru.net (NTMail 6.03.0009/NU4112.00.db1c8a4b) with ESMTP id bmnugaaa for [email protected]; Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:38:59 -0400 Message-ID: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 21:39:03 -0400 From: Jim Powell Jr <[email protected]> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; m18) Gecko/20010131 Netscape6/6.01 X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Marilyn E. Tarpley" <[email protected]>, "Betty J. Smith" <[email protected]>, Chuck Arnold <[email protected]> Subject: HODGE References: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Marilyn, Betty and Chuck... my wife, Debbie, and I went to Hawkinsville and spent most of today searching through books. I took a day off from wwork at our court house and went to another court house. We did not find anything conclusive about anything. Well, I guess we do know that our Hodge(s) that did leave, did not leave until very close to 1860, not 1845 as the paper said. There was a Joshua Hodges in Pulaski Co in 1814. Deed Book D page 292: He sold 202 1/2 acres drawn by Joshua Hodges of Bullock Co to John Sherrod for $600. The land was described on the plan of the 24th district of Wilkin(er)son Co (now and in 1814 Pulaski Co) as lot number 258. The deed is dated 17th February 1814. It was enetered into the deed book on May 29th 1816. Witnesses were Benjamin Hodges, Ann B. Cowart and Jarvis Jackson. There was John Hodges in 1818. Deed Book G page 88: John Hodges sells 101 1/4 acres to William Henington for $1200. This was part of lot 273, also in the 24th district of Wilker(in)son. Deed was dated 20th february 1818 and entered into the deed book Oct 5th 1821. Witnesses were Benjamin Hodges and Elizabeth Hodges (Elizabeth made her mark). John is seen again in 1821. He has power of attorney for John Moses of Henry Co, AL to sell a negor woman named Rachel. This is dated 6 January 1821 and is entered into the deed book on 12 August 1824. Witnesses were Ben Chaires and William Mayo. In 1829 I found Elisha Hodges. Deed Book I page 29: He sells land drawn by himself on the 4th day of February 1833, lying and being in the county of Cherokee, 17th District, first section, better known by the number 31 containing 160 acres. It was sold to John Rawls, James Jelks and Robert W. Halsted. It was dated 27th February 1833 and entered into the deed book 22 May 1835. Elisha made his mark in presence of J.J. Bracewell and john J. Taylor. Book I page 415: Francis I Hobby sells to Milly Garritt lot number 332 in the 21st district of Wilkerson 202 1/2 acres for $50. Dated 24 February 1833 and entered into the deed book 14 January 1839. Witneses Washington Lancaster and Asa Pipkin. Book I page 584: Milly Garritt sells to Samuel Garritt in consideration of $1 and "the natural love and affection which I have and bear to him the said Samuel Garritt. ..... "Provided that nothing in this instrument contained shall be construed as authorizing the said Samuel to take charge and possession of any of the aforesaid property until he arrives to the age of twenty one years"... No date... entered into deed book April 24th 1840. Deed Book I page 542: Arrington Phillips sells to James W. Mercer a lot of land in the 22 district of Old Wilkerson, now Pulaski C., known as the Burrell Phillips Land where John I. Hodges now lives. Dated 21 January 1835. Then page 543: James Mercer for "the good will and affection I have to Edmund Hodges, the son of John I. Hodges and my sister Charlotte Hodges, do give relinquish.... Land in the 22 district of Old Wilkerson known as Burrell Phillips Land. an exception is made that John I. Hodges can sell the land. Which he does... Dated 22 April 1837 and entered into the deed book on 4 February 1840. Then Briefly from the Minutes Book. Robert Hodges is the Administrator of Axum Phillips. Robert dies and John I Hodges is made the executor of both estates in 1827. Bondsmen for bond on Robert Hodges estate were Matthew Hodges, Samuel Nobles, Edmund Mercer and Darling Jones. January 3rd 1831... Matthew Hodges, one of the distributees of the Axum Phillips and Robert Hodges Estates pettions for division of the estates. March 7th 1831 Matthew Hodges petitions to be dismissed from J.I. Hodges bond on estate of Robert Hodges and Foreman Hodges petitions to be dismissed from J.I. Hodges bond on Axum Phillips estate. And a writ of partition is granted on the estate of Axum Phillips of North Carolina now in this state. Novemeber 14th 1831 petition of legatees to revoke the letters of administration to J.I. Hodges on the estate of Robert Hodges. January 9th 1832 Matthew Hodges appointed administrator of Robert Hodges and Axum Phillips. Sept 4th 1837 Henry Hodges appointed administrator of William Hodges. Well that is the majority of it. Please don't tell me if you already had that much. Does this give anyone any clues, or ideas on what next. BTW... Deed Book J seems to be missing. The people there knew nothing about it. Deed Book M, which would be the one that covers our Hodges leaving Pulaski Co. is in bad shape and can't be touched. No one has even made an index of it, or so they said. The LDS does not seem to have a microfilm of any of the Pulaski Co Deed Books. Jim --------------CC636AE206036CD5F5B8779C--