I am sorry I was not clear enough on this. Here are a couple of links. Will of John Hodges http://www.flash.net/~cavis/transcripts/hodge/hodge84.html Samuel Finley as executor: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacumber/finley/aaa-454.html Here is the piece on the William you were referring to: http://www.flash.net/~cavis/newhtml/william_hodge1.html Wills of William and John Hodge in Elbert County, Georgia: http://www.flash.net/~cavis/transcripts/hodge/hodge251.html Other sites on this family http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/o/l/Donna-Deckard-Hollowell/GEN E2-0001.html?Welcome=1041297212 http://www.angelfire.com/ar2/pbrooks/WmHodge.html http://www.flash.net/~cavis/transcripts/hodge/hodge61.html My point was that the family tradition and the wills (John Hodge's will was probated in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. William's will in Georgia mentions money from Pennsylvania) show that Douglas Fuller's theory that this was the line of William Hodges of Alabama is probably wrong. I don't fault the idea. These people are in the right place (Greenville-Spartanburg area of SC) at the right time (Revolutionary War) with the right names. Another thing that makes me skeptical is that the names used in this family are different from those traditionally seen in our family. An Asa, Isham, or Welcome would be more convincing than the Alexanders and Elliots. The name Johnson Hodges in the Sims Settlement suggested to me that we look back to Goochland for William Hodges' origins. Again, this is an idea that needs more study and development. One thing we see in the Hodges family is that the different family lines will criss-cross, as they do in East Tennessee and Lawrence County, Alabama. A couple of years ago I said I was skeptical that communication was kept up across the Atlantic between Scotch-Irish immigrants and their families back in Ireland. I have continued to read and learn, and now I think I was wrong. The evidence suggets to me that such communication was regular and continuous. I want to link a site that discusses this idea. It mentions the preacher Rev. William Hodge, but it is more important for its discussion of the familial links maintained in Scotch-Irish communities: http://spider.georgetowncollege.edu/htallant/border/bs10/conkin.htm Bob Hodges ----- Original Message ----- From: <SIMSACOMA@aol.com> To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 12:52 AM Subject: [HODGES-L] Wm. Hodges !754 > My apologies to all. The previous post was sent before I was able to pose > the question... > > > Who is this ... "WILLIAM HODGES, Sr., b. ca. 1733; m. ca. 1753; 1793 on tax > list Wilkes Co., Ga., as Executor of will of John Hodges; 1794 same in Warren > Co.; d. Sept. 1794, Elbert Co., Ga.; left will naming son John and Wm. > Appleby as executors." > > Who was the John Hodges whose will was read in 1794. > > Jim Sims ... lineage; Wm. Hodges & Eliz Kearby / Jane Hodges & Jon Fuller m. > 1804 Warren Co. Ga.moved 1831 from SC to Alabama/ Nancy Fuller b. Greenville > SC & David McG. Sims m. 1834 Morgan Co., Alabama , moved to Itawamba Co, Miss > by 1846 / son Jonathan Sims born 1835 in Morgan Co., Alabama > > > ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager > Thou shalt edit any quoted text down to the minimum thou needest. > DO YOU OWN A COPY OF A CENSUS?? THEN VOLUNTEER TO DO LOOKUPS!!! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~uslookup >