Bob, Thanks for the reply. Let me ask you this question regarding your guess as to Thomas being the father of Isham. If that were the case don't you think that Isham would have named one of his son's Thomas? Only Edmund, John and Isham jr. were named in his will. None of these three men named a son Thomas yet both Edmund and John named sons William and John? I may be making a trip through Orange County NC this month and will try to do some more research. Pat >From: Bob Hodges <vhodges131@comcast.net> >To: HODGES-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] Unified Family Theory 2003: The William Problem >Date: Mon, Dec 30, 2002, 7:57 PM > > The short answer is, I don't know. I think it makes some sense that Isham > would be a brother to Edmund and John, but they were each born in North > Carolina, and he was born in between them in Virginia. Of course, my theory > is that Thomas, William and John moved back and forth between North Carolina > and Virginia, but I think it is peculiar that Philemon Hodges mentioned John > and Edmund, but not Isham. > > I think the most interesting fact on Isham is the record I found from > Chatham County, North Carolina. I have never seen this before. I think > there is more to be discovered in the Orange/Chatham records. > > If I had to guess today, I would say that Isham was a younger son of Thomas > Hodges. We know that Thomas had a daughter born about 1734. His sons > William and Thomas were adults by about 1762 (i.e., born not later than > about 1741). The basis for my guess is that Isham sold land in Chatham > County, and Thomas owned land that my be in Chatham County. That should be > any easy thing to run down in the records. We have these two: > > Aug. 13, 1765: Bartholomew Tucker to Thomas Hodges sale of 100 acres wit: > John Brantley > > Oct. 1, 1789 Isom Hodge of Marlborough Co., S.C. to Richason Swaner of > Chatham Co. for L200 a tract lying on the west side of Rocky River formerly > granted to Moses Gin and David Pone 100 acres. Wit. James Lawrence, John > Hurly. Chatham Co. (N.C.) Deed Book D, page 616. > > I will try to see if I can find the Gin and Pone grant in the Hoffman books, > or one or more conveyances to Tucker. I have only looked in the published > deed abstracts for Cumberland County, North Carolina, and Hoffman's > abstracts of the patent and land entry books. > > One thing I hope these ideas will stimulate people to do is to do more > research and post what they find. There is more information out there. Now > there is another Hodge family that comes into Orange County about the time > of the Revolution, so it may be hard to keep them straight. But we need to > get out there and find all the records. > > Bob Hodges > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Pat Adams" <nanapat@cfl.rr.com> > To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 3:12 AM > Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] Unified Family Theory 2003: The William Problem > > >> Bob, >> For days I have been reading with much interest your "Theory" regarding > the >> Hodges family. I descend from the Marlboro County SC branch. Isham b. > about >> 1750 in VA.(I don't know where) and who died in Marlboro Co. in 1798. I'm >> still confused as to just who you happen to think his father might be. I >> lean toward it being the older John Hodges who was in Marlbora Co. at the >> same time. Give me a little feedback on your theory relating to Isham. I > am >> descended from both of his sons, Edmund and John and of course, they BOTH >> named sons William!!!!!!! All of these names tie in so closely with the >> Pittsylvania Co., VA. bunch. You have done an outstanding job with this! > Any >> help in this will be much appreciated. >> >> Pat > > > > ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > Faye Dyess fdy@comcast.net Listmanager > HELP GET THE CENSUS ON THE INTERNET. VOLUNTEER TO TRANSCRIBE CENSUS FOR > THE USGENWEB PROJECT http://www.usgenweb.org/census > Thou shalt not use e-mail for any illegal or unethical purpose. >

1820 Pike County, MS Census: 4 Hodges recorded there: Edmond, Jesse, Sydney and William Hodges 1820 Wayne Co., MS Census: Recorded there is Thomas Hodges One William Hodges signed a 1802 Mississippi Territory Petition: believe this is probably the Petition relative to land titles prior to the 1804-1805 Land Commission hearings. It might also be the Petition from residents of the Chickasawhey River (later Wayne Co., MS formed in 1809). Prior to 1809, there were only two counties in what was to become AL; Washington County formed in 1800 (the first county) and Madison County on the Ala.-Tenn. State line. Also formed in 1809 were Baldwin Co., AL and Clarke Co., AL. Next were, if memory serves, Monroe and Conecuh Counties. When Sumpter Co. was formed (can't recall the date) it contained all that area which is contained in present day Choctaw County, formed in 1848-49. Later, Kaye