One of Leroy H. Hodges' children's a son, Thomas Daniel Hodges who was born in Abbeville the old 96th Dist. , married are to be Full or Part Indian sisters, first wife was Elizabeth Susan Jones, after she died and he remarried her sister Murdough Jane Jones. This was in Jefferson Co., Ala. My Mother never spoke of this because of the Indian blood I am sure. She never wanted to look into the past. But a lot of us in the newer Generation's would like to know more about the past, if any one has Jones in their Family I would like to know. Elizabeth was born in 1838 in SC. and Jane was born in 1851 near Rome GA. All three are buried at the HODGES Cemetery in Jefferson Co., Alabama, this Cemetery has mostly Leroy's kin buried in the Cemetery. The name of the JONES sisters Mother was "May". The Jones did stay in Ga. for a while from SC before coming to Alabama. Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: "william moore" <wmoore6@cinci.rr.com> To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 12:45 AM Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] secret's untold they took to their grave > Bob; I know that we are suppose to use this for family research only but I > think this is part of what you are trying you are trying to say. These are > stories that I heard growing up in a Hodge family. This story was told to > me by my Mother a lot of time's even as I spoke to her last week. I had an > aunt that was a two years older than my mother who had fell deeply in love > with this boy in their last year of high school. They had decided to get > married.They said he was the most handsome and dark skined as well as smart > youngman in the class. Well when my grandfather found out he took my aunt > for a walk. He told her she could not marry this young man because he was > her first cousin part black and part Indian. She never seen the young man > again.. As I grew up as a child I was allowed to spend the > summer's with my grandparents. I would take a rifle and horse the first > thing and I might stay for a day are a week out in the woods and mountains.. > And one time as I had came in and was unsadleing the horse. He told me I > should belong to another part of the family because I was more Indian than > they were.But when I would ask anything about the Hodge family he would not > talk. I was also told of one of their black men drowning in a creek. They > hid so much of are history that sometime's I think we will never know are > find out the truth. Thank you for your time to read this and if you want > to know any please do not put it on rootsweb please contact me Bill Moore at > wmoore6@cinci.rr.com > > ' > > > ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager > Thou shalt not forward any chain letter, (unless it's funny or deals with genealogy). > AGE AND TREACHERY WILL ALWAYS OVERCOME YOUTH AND SKILL >