The ones I discussed were in Northampton County, North Carolina (northeastern part of the state) in the 1750s and Marlboro County, South Carolina (also northeastern part of the state) in the 1750s. Bob Hodges ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Sue Gaddis" <psueg@bellsouth.net> To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 9:41 PM Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] John and Richard Hodges > I have had Computer problems all week end and lost some messages, if any > one has emailed me personal please do again, > BUT, I still would like to ask are any of these Richard and John > Hodges' in Lauren's Co., SC? > Thanks > > Peggy Sue O'Shields-Gaddis > psueg@bellsouth.net > Researching for Leroy H. Hodges' Parents Names. > Born in Lauren's co., SC in 1806 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Hodges" <vhodges131@comcast.net> > To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 4:14 PM > Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] Unified Family Theory > > > > I am sorry if my discussion was not clear. I was saying that one clue > that > > William Hodges of Northampton County, North Carolina, was not part of the > > family I am talking about was his naming a son Richard, a name almost > > unheard of among the family originating in central Virginia. > > > > The deed you are referring to was part of my showing the line of descent > of > > the Pitt/Beaufort family of Hodges in Marlboro County, South Carolina, > which > > is the line that is NOT the one I am connecting to. The connection is to > > the other Hodges line in Marlboro (Isham Hodges, etc.). Thanks. > > > > Bob Hodges > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Elijah Hodges" <ehodges@kc.rr.com> > > To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 8:38 PM > > Subject: [HODGES-L] Unified Family Theory > > > > > > > Hello Bob, > > > > > > You said there were no Richard's! Then you show a deed between John and > > > Richard Hodges, John being the grandson. > > > I have agreed with your premise that most, or all of the Southern Hodges > > are > > > probably out of the same family for many years. I think that my Richard > > was > > > an older son of one of the early Hodges and not mentioned in the will > > > because he had distanced himself from the family. I believe that the > > > Richard you mention above is probably his cousin, but can't find any > > > support. My Richard was in Virginia in the 1740's and 1750's and moved > to > > > South Carolina where he died not several years later at the hands of > > Indians > > > who did not want him and his family on their land. If you read the Will > > of > > > Elizabeth Hodges, who signed it with an X, and who gives land to a few > of > > > her children it doesn't even mention Richard, her eldest in her will. > He > > > was in Indiana and she probably hadn't heard much from him. If she had > > then > > > she knew that he was established in Indiana and didn't need anything in > > her > > > will. > > > > > > I'll try to support my premis with what I can. First Richard had a son > > > Richard, he also had James L. Hodges, John Hodges, Sarah Hodges, Charles > > > Hodges, William Brooks Hodges, and Samual Hodges. James and John are so > > > common as names that I'd have to drop these from my list of why I > believe > > my > > > Richard was part of one of those three families. I believe that the > > > "Brooks" name is a maiden name for one of Richard's ancestors. The > reason > > I > > > believe this is that his wife's maiden name was Elizabeth Jones. > > > These lists are the grandchildren of Richard. > > > > > > Richard Hodges married Sarah F. Rosemond James L. Hodges married > > Nancy > > > Ware > > > they had; > > > John Rosemond Hodges 1780 Thompson Hodges > > > 10 Nov 86 > > > Elizabeth Hodges pos1784 Elizabeth > Hodges > > > 25 Mar 88 > > > Samuel Hodges 25 Oct 88 Mary Hodges > > > 5 May 90 > > > Richard Hodges 1791 John Hodges > > > 24 Mar 92 > > > Jane Hodges 1795 James > Hodges > > > 27 Jul 94 > > > Sarah H. Hodges 1790 Nicholaus Ware > > > Hodges 1 Jan 97 > > > Margaret Hodges 1790 Reuben Hodges > > > 23 Jul 99 > > > William Hodges 1800 Mahala > Hodges > > > 25 Apr 1801 > > > Reuben Bert Hodges 8 Jun 1804 Martha Hodges > > > 2 Apr 03 > > > Mary Hodges 1810 Nathaniel > Ware > > > Hodges 20 Feb 06 > > > > > > Ezekial Hodges 28 May 08 > > > > > > John Hodges married 1786 1st Margaret Long, 1790 2nd Frances Anderson > > > they had; > > > Lucy Hodges 24 Dec 87 > > > Reuben Hodges 1 Feb 90, (Margaret Long probably > died > > in > > > childbirth with Reuben). > > > Matilda Hodges 12 Jul 91 > > > George Washington Hodges 9 Sep 92 > > > Gabriel Hodges 6 Jan 94 > > > Drucilla Hodges 10 Sep 95 > > > Elizabeth Hodges 19 Feb 97 > > > Sarah Hodges 18 Nov 98 > > > Margaret Long Hodges 10 Jan 1800 > > > John Anderson Hodges 18 Jul 01 > > > Samuel Anderson Hodges 1 Oct 02 > > > Armstrong Jones Hodges 4 Feb 04 > > > Frances Hodges 7 Mar 05 > > > James Hodges 1 May 06 > > > Mary Hodges 30 Sep 07 > > > Benjamin Hodges 17 Jan 08 > > > Mahulda Hodges 6 Apr 10 > > > Absalom Turner Hodges 10 Jan 12 > > > Robert Henry Wardlaw Hodges 11 Apr 13 > > > Lucy Wardlaw Hodges 1815 > > > > > > >From John's family I see that he honored his first, and deceased, wife. > > > Then Frances had honors with John and Samuel, then John's mother > Elizabeth > > > Jones was honored by Armstrong Jones Hodges. The George Washington > Hodges > > > name was popular at the time for obvious reasons and family tradition > had > > it > > > that John named his last two children after a friend, Henry Wardlaw. > > > > > > So I believe that Richard's mother may have been a Brooks, his wife was > a > > > Jones and was honored by her son, but not the first son. John stayed in > > SC > > > and was in Elizabeth's will. Richard went to Indiana and wasn't > > mentioned. > > > So Richard the first could easily have been overlooked if he left home > as > > a > > > young man and found Elizabeth Jones willing to marry him. He eventually > > > moved to SC as did other Hodges families. > > > > > > This is a quote from an email Al Metts posted several years ago; > > > As a youth James Hodges lived near Mulberry Creek. He served several > > > different enlistments in the Revolutionary War and in 1786 married Nancy > > > Ware. His will dated 27 Feb 1826 names his wife Nancy, and these > > children: > > > Betsy, Martha Weatherall, Polly, Nicholas, Ezekial, Thompson, Reuben, > > James > > > and Elizabeth Jones. > > > Charter members of Walnut Grove Baptist Church in 1826 included James, > > Nancy > > > and Thompson Hodges, and others of the family were among the early > church > > > members. > > > In 1830 church letters were granted to James Hodges and his wife Polly, > > > "being about to remove to Alabama State." He was probably a son of > James > > > and Nancy Ware Hodges. The will of John Weatherall, probated in 1824, > had > > > named one of his children as Polly, wife of James Hodges Jr. Walnut > Grove > > > Church granted letters in 1833 to Nancy Hodges, Sr., (sic), Polly Hodges > > and > > > Ezediel Hodges who were leaving for Mississippi. > > > This shows how members of the family migrated West through the South. > It > > > could easily have been due to the influence of other family members who > > had > > > moved, or it may have been the Baptist Church trying to establish itself > > > throughout the country. Richard went to Indiana and held Baptist > Meetings > > > in his home until many years later when a church was established in > Ripley > > > County Indiana. > > > I still think that Richard was related to other Hodges who moved to > South > > > Carolina. > > > > > > Elijah > > > > > > > > > ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > > > Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager > > > HELP GET THE CENSUS ON THE INTERNET. 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