unsubscribe HODGES-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Subject: > > HODGES-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 333 > > Today's Topics: > #1 Re: [HODGES-L] Drury Hodges [Kenneth Hodge <khodge@gdi.net>] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from HODGES-D, send a message to > > HODGES-D-request@rootsweb.com > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] Drury Hodges > Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 06:02:43 -0400 > From: Kenneth Hodge <khodge@gdi.net> > To: HODGES-L@rootsweb.com > > Hi Mike, > > Some of this info came from descendants of Drury, Wayne Langston and Wayne > Hodge. Birthdates, when only the year is stated, are derived from census > reports with the understanding that there are the usual census inaccuracies. > > Franklin Co. was formed in 1786 from Bedford and Henry Co.'s.. Henry was > formed in 1777 from Pittsylvania which was formed in 1767 from Halifax. > I'm not sure where Wayne found the children's births in Halifax. Many > times the early settlers would go to the nearest county seat whether or not > they actually resided in that county. > > I show Anderson as the 6th child of Drury and Diana. > VI Anderson b. 1808 > m. 11/25/1831 Frk. Co. sur. Joel Hodges > sp. Nancy Hodges b. 1810 in Halifax Co., Va. > > Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, Kniffin 1st ed., > 1885 Reprinted 1972 by Kentucky Reprint Co., Murray, KY. Graves Co. > > MARTIN B. HODGES was born April 7, 1818, in Hopkins County, Ky., > and was taken by his parents, in 1822, to Calloway County, and in > 1826 brought to Graves County, where he has continued to reside to > the present time. He is the son of Drury Hodges, a native of > Virginia, who died in Missouri. Drury's wife was Diana, daughter > of George Griffith, of Virginia. He was twice married and his > children are Hiram, Miriam (Farmer), George W., James, Irvine, > Anderson, Matilda (Swafford), subject, Barbara (Arant), Dinah > (Davidson) and Mary. Subject's educational advantages were > limited, but he is a constant reader. He was married, in 1846, to > Miss Louisa Cargill, of Graves County, who bore him one child, > George W., and died in 1847. Mr Hodges was next married, in 1854, > to Miss Nancy M., daughter of Daniel T. and Sarah (Pryor) Cargill, > and the result of this union has been the birth of Bettie (Barton), > Sarah F. (Stafford), Susan M., Nancy M. (Coffee), Jemmey A., Thomas > B., Ella May, Jonathan and Adella. Subject is a farmer, owning > eighty acres of fair land in a good state of cultivation. He is a > member of the Masonic fraternity and co-operates with the > Democratic party. > > The Drury you list in Jones Co., Ga. appears to be the following: > 1. Drury (or Drewry) Hodges d. 1843 > Susannah Gunn d. abt. 1846 > <<Both Drury and Susannah are believed to be from North Carolina. They > were probably born in the 1780's. > > Their Children: > 1.1 Mary Hodges b. 1804 North Carolina > Dennis Bradley d. Apr. 2, 1844 > 1.1.1 Samuel M. Hodge *** b. Mar. 10, 1821 Jones Co., GA > d. Nov. 9, 1887 Jones Co., GA > [note the "s" was deleted in Samuel's name] > > I believe that I have Wayne Langston's address if you would like to contact > him. I'll send it under private E-mail if you wish. > > Ken in Orlando > > At 10:59 AM 06/16/1999 -0500, you wrote: > >Hi Ken, > > > >Drury is my GGG-grandfather through George W. Hodges, Martin G. Hodges, > >Murray T. Hodges, and George M. Hodge, my father. > > > >A few questions. > > > >1) The dates on Drury's child how were they arrived at? > > > >2) The place and date of Drury's death. > > > >3) Halifax as a birth place for some of his children. > > > >4) Anderson's marriage is this Drury child? > > > >This what I have on Drury, it is long may be more than you wanted: > >