Part I Introduction (first of 8 parts) Some notes on the mIgration of the family of William Hodges, b. ca 1754 possibly Halifax Co., Va.-d. 4/4/1843 Lawrence Co., Al. Note is also given to the familes of Kearby and Davis who were the family of his wife, Elizabeth Kearby of Henry Co., Va. Elizabeths parents were Francis and Elizabeth Davis Kearby. Francis was the son of John and Joanna Owens Kirby; Elizabeth Davis parents were Samuel and Sarah (?) Davis of Pittsylvania Co., Va. Family lore from relative in north Alabama says that most likely Elizabeth Kearby Hodges is buried at Lacys Spring in near the Tenn River in Morgan Co., Alabama. An elderly descendent of Wm. Hodges says that as a boy in the early 1930s he and his father visited with Davis and Kearby relatives in northern Alabama. A second line cited is the Sims line of Culpeper Co., Va. into Laurens Co., SC, Lincoln Co.,Tenn. and then into Morgan Co., Alabama. William Hodges in 1830 married the widow of Joel Sims who had died in 1827. At an elderly age Wm Hodges became the step-father of six sons and two daughters. These Sims step children became active in the blacksmith shop of Hodgesand latter as adults participated with Hodges step children in farming and trade in Alabama and Mississippi. Three Sims children married sons or daughters of Jane Hodges Fuller and their descendents are therefore also of the Hodges line. My line derives from a marriage of David Sims (step-son of Wm. Hodges) and Nancy Fuller (grandaughter of Wm. Hodges). Some posted data on the second marriage of Wm. Hodges 1754 in error lists the second marriage of his son William. (Many of the sources cited are from the Hodges Msg. Board file in Roots-L. I hope that this adds to the note of Bob Hodges re Hodges Digest #318 on the migration of families and I would like to thank Bob Hodges as his work is most often cited. Any error is mine, Jim Sims simsacoma@aol.com) Speculative lineage for research is, going backwards William Hodges 1754-1843 William M.(?) Hodges/2, circa 1733-1794 established by will John Hodges/3, established by will Robert Hodges/4 William Hodges/5