The will was filed in Beaufort County, in Anson County, and in Charleston. If I am not mistaken, South Carolina did not have a provision for probate of wills at the county level so all wills were filed in the capital. I think that Richard probably resided in Beaufort, but owned land in the Marlboro area. Because the border between North and South Carolina was uncertain then, his executors took the precaution of filing both in South Carolina and in Anson County, North Carolina. As nearly as I can tell, the Hodges family to which Richard belonged, which traces back to Isle of Wight County, Virginia, is entirely different from the other Hodges family found in Marlboro County, SC, which goes back to Cumberland County, NC, and appears to have some connection tot he Virginia Hodges. Bob Hodges ----- Original Message ----- From: Josephine Lindsay Bass <jbass@digital.net> To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 12:14 PM Subject: [HODGES-L] help Please on Will > Can anyone tell me why a will of Richard HODGES was dated 1747 in Beaufort > NC and was proven in Beaufort Co. NC in 1752 and on record in the court > house in Charleston. Also was recorded in Anson Co. NC. > > There is a deed of a purchase to a Richard Hodges 5 Sep 1750 in Marlboro > Co. SC of 350 acres. (there was no Marlboro Co. then) . > > I do not have copie of the Will or the deed. > > Problem: there is a Richard Hodges in Beaufort, who made a will in 1749 - > tradition says he moved to SC and d. 1752. Had a son John in Beaufort and > some other children, tradition says this son John then went to SC and took > up his father's property. > > But there is also, a John I b 1720 and Rebecca in Old Cheraw Dist. SC with > a son John II. There is a record of a Richard there. > This John I b VA has a brother William identified in Cumberland Co. NC. > > "Richard Hodges baptized a Dec 2, 1752 as son of John Hodges & Rebecca at > Parish Prince Frederick Winyah, being 3 weeks old". (Nat'l Soc of Col > Dames 1916 p. 37). > > Question: Would John I living in Long Bluff, Old Cheraw Dist, Craven Co. SC > - (1785 became Marlboro & Darlington Cos.) - have traveled to this Parish, > Frederick in Winyah, to baptize a 1st born in 1752, and no others of their > children baptized there. > > John I and John II attended the Welsh Neck Church in Cheraw Dist. SC. > John II later attended the Cashway Ch in Darlington. > > appreciate any help > > thank you josie > > > > > > jbass@digital.net > 216 Beach Park Lane > Cape Canaveral, FL 32920-5003 > > Home of The *HARRISON* Repository & *MY FAMILY* > http://moon.ouhsc.edu/rbonner/harintro.htm > Our Family WWW: http://moon.ouhsc.edu/rbonner/index.htm > LINDSAY & HARRISON Surnames & CSA-HISTORY Roots Mail List > GENCONNECT: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/indx/FamAssoc.html > > Data Managed by beautiful daughter Becky Bass Bonner and me, Josephine > Lindsay Bass > > > ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > Please remember that it is okay to post any information on any Hodge/Hodges/Hedge to the list. The more info we post, the more likely that we will find connections. > >