A couple of final notes on this Edmund. There are two files in the 1998 archives that give more detailed information on his family (search 1998 with "Edmund and Hodges and Sevier"). Ken posted the information from a chancery suit that gives a lot of data on his descendants in the next couple of generations. Ken's work also tells us his ancestry. Edmund's marriage to the daughter of Aaron Pearson establishes that he is the Edmund who was a son of the Isham Hodges of Marlboro County, SC. Ken noted this in the abstract he posted from the court minutes of Marlboro County. It says in the notation to Isam Hodges and Aaron Pearson being appointed to a grand jury: "It is interesting to note that Isam and Aaron appear together for the first time just nine months after their son and daughter's wedding." I apologize if this was clear to everybody else but me, but I am happy to connect up these branches. i feel like I have a lot more information on the descendants of Isham Hodges. Now can someone explain his ancestry? Bob Hodges