Gerry: Regarding the Abel Hodges from SC. I believe that he is my line. 1790: South Carolina Censis - 96th Dist. Greenville County, Head of Family - Abel Hodges- 1 white male bl=elow 16, 1 white female including head, and 5 slaves. 1800: South Carolina Census - Pendleton Dist. SC. 13 - Abel Hodges 1811: Jefferson County Ga. - marriage of Abel Hodges to Charlotte Harrell on 1 Aug 1811 1820: Census Heads of Families - Abel Hodges (044 NO TWPL) Baldwin County 1825: Abel Hodges in Tax Digest in 98th Dist of Washington Co. Ga 1830 Census Washington Co. GA. Abel Hodges Lists 2 adults, 7 children (3 mle & 4 female) and 8 slaves. 1840: Census Washington Co. Ga. Abel Hodges 1 male (50-60), 1 female (40-50) 1 male, 2 females (15-20), 1 male (5-10), 1 female (under 5) 56 slaves (98th GMD p. 209 Articles from Union Recorder - Vol V 1843-1847 Tue Oct. 17, 1843 - Died at this residence in Washington Co of typhus fever on Tue the 3rd instant. Mr. Abel Hodges in his 70th year of age. He left an aged widow and several children to morn his lost. He was for the last 17 yuears an orderly and exemplary member of the Methodist Church. Abel Hodges (1775-1843) & Charlotte Harrell (1795-...) Children: Augustus George Washington Hodges (1813-1879) Elizabeth Hodges (1815 - Abel H. Hodges (1821- Barbara Hodges (1824 Sarah R. Hodges(1827 Mary E. P Hodges (1828 Lemuel A. Hodges (1830 Charlotte Hodges (1836 Augustus George Washington Hodges(1813-1879) Ann C. Avant (1824 Morgan Augustus Hodges (1847-1924) Married Emma J. Reese Rebecca Hodges ( 1849 John Richard Hodges (1851 Mary Hodges (1854 Abel Hodges (1857 Robert Hodges (1860 Jessie Hodges (1862 Morgan Augustus Hodges was my great grandfather. He fought in the Civil War and lost a leg. This Hodges line is buried in the Hodges Family Cemetery on the old Indian Trail Road in Southwest Washington County where they lived and farmed since about 1820. Lynda Hodges Wasden Birmingham, Al