I've been reading the chain of postings about the various William Hodges on the list with great interest, and I'd like to throw another William Hodges into the mix. This is the William Hodges who was in the Old 96 District of SC, in the area that later became Abbeville County. The 1790 census of the Abbeville County, South Carolina shows only one William Hodges, and only one other person is in his household, presumably his wife. His wife's name was Elizabeth based on a Family Group Sheet from Rose-Marie Williams prepared in 1992, and a small privately published book, "The Hodge Family" compiled and edited by Hazel Jan Hodges Parsons. These two sources, which appear to be independent, are in agreement on her given name. In her book, Hazel Parsons states, "From Virginia we have a record of William Hodges, who was born about 1767 and his wife, Elizabeth, moving to South Carolina, ..." Since Elizabeth is not identified by her maiden name, it appears that Ms. Parsons was not aware of the maiden name of William Hodges wife Elizabeth. I have located two separate records that indicate she was Elizabeth Barmore. The first is a marriage record from "Old 96 and Abbeville Districts, South Carolina, Marriages 1774 - 1890" complied by Paul R. Sarrett, Jr. and posted in the USGenWeb Archives for Abbeville County, SC. This record shows William Hodges married Elizabeth Barmore Hill in 1883. The second reference is the will of John Hill, Sr. and a paper filed in a court case some years after his death by his granddaughter Nancy Hill Richey. In the document, "Estate of John Hill Senior, Pack 3375, Bill for Account, Clerk of Courts Office, Abbeville, SC", it quotes the will of John Hill Senior and references one of his sons, Samuel Hill as follows: "Samuel Hill, now dead, who left as his only heirs and distributees a widow Elizabeth who has since intermarried with Wiliam Hodges, and two children, to wit, Nancy your oratrix who has intermarried with your orator Robert C. Richey, and Elvira who has since died unmarried and quite young. Administration of Samuel Hill's estate was granted to William Barmore." This Hill family has many ties to my Rosamonds in Abbeville, SC. John Hill's daughter Susannah Hill was the first wife of my gg-grandfather Benjamin Rosamond, and another of his daughters Frances "Fanny" Hill was the wife of Samuel Rosamond, brother of Benjamin Rosamond. Benjamin Rosamond was the grandfather of Sarah Frances Rosamond who later married the Rev. William Henry Hodges, a grandson of this William and Elizabeth Hodges. In 1826, the Walnut Grove Baptist Church was founded near Hodges, SC and Ware Shoals, SC. The founding fathers (and mothers) of this church contained members of the Hill family including Samuel Hill, the Rosamond family (Benjamin and Susannah Hill Rosamond), and a William Hodges and James Hodges. I believe the William Hodges in this record is the William Hodges, Sr., who along with Benjamin Rosamond was a charter member of the Walnut Grove Baptist Church, founded 24 June 1826. As with Benjamin Rosamond, he is mentioned at least twice in the church minutes, which are contained in Volume 2 of "Greenwood Historical Society Scrapbooks" and reprinted in the series of newspaper articles "Our Old Roads" by Harry L. Watson. The following are taken from those articles. ---------- From "Our Old Roads" -------------- No. 101, Year referenced in text 1826. Newspaper article 6 November 1943. (Regarding the Walnut Grove Baptist Church) "The original minute book begins with this entry: A Record of the proceedings of the Baptist Church of Christ at the Walnut Grove on Mulberry Creek in Abbeville District, S. C., constituted on the 24th day of June 1826 by the Rev'd Arthur Williams and Chesley Davis, both of the district aforesaid and the Rev'd Moses Holland, of Pendleton District." The names of the members constituted are as follows: Samuel Hill Nancy Hodges Richard Gaines Mary Youngblood William Graham Peggy Henderson Valentine Young Dicey Sharp Thompson Hodges Jincy Gaines Benjamin Rosemond Susanna Roseman Robert Gaines Francis Roseman William Hodges Jane Huskerson James Hodges Tabitha Hodges It will be noticed the names of the male members are in the first column and the names of the female members are in the second column. And that was the way the members in all the churches sat in the early days and even within the recollection of people of middle age and better today, the men on one side, usually the right side after entrance, and the females on the left side after entrance. No. 1666, Date referenced in text, January 1834. In January of 1834, William Hodges, Sr., a charter member died. The record made in June ... the highly esteemed man died "sometime in January last." He was the father of William Hodges, Jr. and others and his home was near the church. Many older residents remember William Hodges, Jr., one describing him as a "very tall, erect old man who wore a beaver." He was 70 years old when he died. I will post a four generation register report for this William Hodges in a separate email as it is quite long. At least this is how I have his family worked out. Jimmy Rosamond jdrosamond@adelphia.net

The people of Hodges SC are not related, or don't know of a relationship to the original family. The town is named after General George Washington Hodges who was an active member of the SC state militia all of his adult life and fought in several battles. GW Hodges is buried in the grave yard that is part of the Go-Kart track outside of Hodges, SC. I've asked several people in SC to look into cleaning up the sight but the state won't have anything to do with it because it isn't public land. The list of we won't do anything goes on, but I won't. The people of the town are friendly and will tell you about GW Hodges who built the nicest house the town has ever seen. He or his descendants built the only bank the town has ever seen. The old building still stands, but a nicer building has been built and other descendants sold the bank to a larger concern. There is a bank in Hodges, SC, but they know nothing of the history in there. The people in the Delli/Gas station are friendly and know a little about the history. They pointed out a man at the back who was able to talk about the history of the town before the Civil War. He grew up there and knew the Hodges family who lived in the house. He was able to tell me where to find the cemetary. The trip over to Abbeville isn't to bad. The road is known as the "Hodges Road." When I was there everything was closed. Time was short, so I wasn't able to talk to anyone in Abbeville. They have a historic society where I had hoped to get more information about the history. Al Metts points out that there is a University nearby where most of the history of the area is easier to find. I've found this to be true here in Missouri too. A good place to start looking for the history of a place is at a University. I hope I've helped. Elijah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy Rosamond" <jdrosamond@adelphia.net> To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 5:52 PM Subject: [HODGES-L] Another William Hodges No. 1 > I've been reading the chain of postings about the various William Hodges on the list with great interest, and I'd like to throw another William Hodges into the mix. This is the William Hodges who was in the Old 96 District of SC, in the area that later became Abbeville County.

Cousin Jimmy, I'm now writing about the third generation. First Gen being Richard Hodges and Elizabeth Jones. Second Gen for this writing is Charles Hodges 5th child of Richard and Elizabeth. (Some have him as 8th child) Charles Hodges born Essex Co, VA abt 1771, married Sarah Anderson abt 1795 died Abbeville Dist, SC Mar 1845. Children of Charles Hodges and Sarah Anderson are; William Hodges born abt 1795 at Mulberry Creek, Abbeville Dist, SC and married Elizabeth (Betsy) Baremore about 1829. They lived, had their family and died in the area of Hodges, SC. I think they are buried next to each other out behind the Go-Kart track. I'd have to look at my list again to be sure. I'm not sure where the list is. I have several piles of notes... Charles Hodges and Sarah Anderson had as many as twelve other children who's names we do not have. Sorry. William Hodges and Elizabeth Barmore, (Baremore) had at least three children: Sarah Jane Hodges born May 20 1830, married William Walker Higgins abt 1859 in or around Hodges, SC. William Charles Coleman Hodges born abt 1832 and Charles Hodges born abt 1843. Because of the three we do have I believe that there were others. Perhaps there were several unsuccessful pregnancies for what ever reason. My cousin has Elizabeth Baremore with parents William Baremore and Nancy Dodson. Because of her research I have changed my records to read Baremore. I'm sorry if I don't give you all of the deed registers, cencus report numbers etc. I haven't kept that information in my genealogy book, but created a seperate book with plenty of notes. My letters to the Hodges won't normally include proofs, I can tell you all however that I have that information for almost everything I put on the list. If I don't have it then my cousin does. I hope this helps someone! Elijah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jimmy Rosamond" <jdrosamond@adelphia.net> To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 5:52 PM Subject: [HODGES-L] Another William Hodges No. 1 > I've been reading the chain of postings about the various William Hodges on the list with great interest, and I'd like to throw another William Hodges into the mix. This is the William Hodges who was in the Old 96 District of SC, in the area that later became Abbeville County.