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