This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HODGES Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/YeB.2ACI/297 Message Board Post: Do any of you have the John or Leroy Hodges in your files? If any one can enlighten me on these people. Thanks Peggy Sue O'Shields-Gaddis [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- John is found in Laurens County in 1820: (page 019) 2 males (age <10) *born since 1810 2 males (age 10-16) *probably Leroy -16, and another son about age 10 (born c. 1810) 1 male (age 45+, John) *By comparing the 2 census listings, John must be at least 36, as he was at least 26 in 1810 1 female (age <10) *born since 1810 1 female (age 10-16) *By comparing the 2 census listings, this daughter was born 1804-1810 1 female (age 26-45) *This would be John's wife. She has aged 10 years since 1810, and is still under age 45. Therefore, she would have been age 26-35 in 1810, and age 35-45 in 1820 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- John is found in Laurens County in 1830: (page 220, line 8) 2 males (age <5) *Born since 1820 1 male (age 5-10) *Born about 1820 1 male (age 10-15) *Born 1815-1820 1 male (age 15-20) *This would be the son born about 1810 1 male (age 50-60, John) *Would be age 55-60 (born 1760-1765) 1 female (age <5) *Born 1825-1830 1 female (age 5-10) *Born 1825-1830 1 female (age 15-20) *Born 1810-1815 1 female (age 20-30) *Would be age 20-26 (born 1804-1810) 1 female (age 40-50) *Wife would be age 46-50 (born 1780-1784)