Hi Myrtle and list, thank you for the input - this family is quite a puzzle, so many like names very easy to mix them up - I have he died in 1848 - possbile more than one Philemon - all i have identified in his family is below: Winifred is a dau but have her m. to Presley FLOYD. I find a Philemon in court records of Marlboro and on Census in Cumberland same year. I have not determined what the Hicks connection is, but there are Hicks in GA with the middle name of Hodges. 1790 Cumberland Co. NC Census-Key: Column A - Free white males of 16 years and upward, including heads of families Column B - Free white males under 16 years Column C - Free white females, including heads of families Column D - All other Free persons Column E - Slaves "Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution" by the N. C. D. A. R. Wilmington District was composed of: New Hanover, Onslow, Duplin, Cumberland, Bladen and Brunswick Counties. Lieut. Philip Hodges (page 391) of the Wilmington District in Militia voucher. Philmon Hodges (page 388) Wilmington District in Militia voucher. Phil Hodges (page 388) of the Wilmington District in Militia voucher. Name A B C D E Hodge, Philemon 1 1 3 0 9 Hodge, Joseph 2 1 2 0 1 ®982 Marlboro Co. SC 27 09071790 Philemon S Philemon Hodges vs Peter Smith Jr. Case. Jdgmt by default 27 09071790 Philimon S Philimon Hodges vs Peter Smith Jr. Writ of inquiry ordered 28 09091790 Isham App Isham Hodges informd Court likely to suffer from Security 29 12061790 Philimon S P.Hodges vs Peter Smith Jr. Writ of Enquiry found for Pltf 73 03021795 Philimon S Exors of Col.Hicks vs Philimon Hodges; Judgement confessed 73 03031795 Welcom S Exors of Col. Hicks vs Welcom Hodges; Judgement confessed Abstracts from the State Gazette of NC: P. Hodges, membr of Assembly, Cumberland Co. Colonial Records of NC,Vol. 15, p 209 Petiltion of Inhabitants of Cumberland Co. the Gen. Assembly 1780: Philip Hodges, William Hodges, Jr. and Jno. Hodges. The Early Court Records of Columbia Co. GA--A John Hodges was a clerk in 1827. CNIDR Isearch-cgi 1.20.06 (File: 416) Philemon Hodges, b. Cumberland Co., NC, 1760 d. 1848. He enlisted in Rev.War 1776 under Capt. Samuel Wise and was at the battle of Sullivan's Island. In 1832 he was placed on the pension roll of Baldwin Co., GA. He served several short tours and when Capt. was killed by the Tories in 1781 he was commissioned Capt. of Light Horse serving to the close of the war under Col. Thomas Armstrong. Senate Document Pension Roll 1st Session 23rd Congress Vol. 3 1833-1834 Hancock Co. GA Philemon Hodges Private & Capt. annual allowance $380.00 Sums received $1140. Mil. service in NC Cont. Line Placed on Pension roll 3/6/1834. Pension commenced 3/4/1831. The following is from the pension application of Philemon Hodges, born 1760, Cumberland Co., NC. S32326 Applied Baldwin County, GA.Frame 859 "In April 1776 John Hodges my cousin living near Long Bluff, So Ca came to my father's house in No C., a recruiting officer. my brother William, George Draughan & Robert Draughan & myself enlisted & went with him to his father's house in So Ca thence to Nilson's ferry Santee River, about forty miles from Charleston. There we joined Col Thompson's regiment, was sworn in for six months service, remained there for a few days then we ------the return of the soldiers, who having gone home on a fulough as I understand returned, the said John Hodges and his bros (sic brothers) Edmund and Joseph being part of the company, we marched near Charleston to a place called the Ten Mile House and remained there a few weeks. We then marched to the city & on boats went to Sullivan's Island in the night. Our regiment was stationed on the lower end of the Island. etc." NOTE: Long Bluff is near Society Hill in Marlboro Co., SC, in the Welsh Neck Section. There are Welsh Neck Church records that document many Hodges names (including a Welcome). (Sorta wrong: Long Bluff & Welsh Neck area is in the old Cheraw Dist & Darlington Co. there was no Marlboro Co. at the time, formed in 1785 - Society Hill is still in Darlington Co. Long Bluff was renamed Greenville for awhile after Gen Green of the Revolution. Philemon Hodges b. ca 1760 Cumberland County, NC. Enlisted in Rev. War 1776 under Capt. Samuel Wise and was at the battle of Sullivan's Island. He served several short tours and when Capt. Thomas Hadley was killed by the Tories in 1781, he was made Capt. of Light Horse to suppress the Tories. He served to the end of the war under Col. Thomas Armstrong. In 1832 he was placed on the pension roll of Baldwin County, GA, for two years of active service as a private and Captain in NC line. He married Winifred Kittrell, died in Cumberland Co., NC 10/14/1825. Issue: 1. Samuel Kittrell Hodges - (The Rev. Samuel K. Hodges) of Baldwin Co., GA. m. Elizabeth DeSassure Smith 1. Clara Matilda Hodges m. Charles Edward Dexter (1) Bettie Blake Dexter m. Charles S. Jordan b. Columbus, GA. 2. Martha Ann Hodges m. Richard Patten (1) Henrietta H. Patten m. Henry Bruce a. Annie Mae Bruce b. Jannie (Bruce) Freeman 3. Mary Fountain Hodges m. William Pope Harrison, D.D.; L.L.D. b. Columbus, GA. Philemon Hodges not in 1820 GA census. ®995 Fort Sullivan Battle Roster 1776-1780 HODGE: Philomel 3SC, 24Jul76 >SCMARLBO-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 18 >______________________________X-Message: #3 >Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 11:21:45 -0400 >From: Josephine Lindsay Bass <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-Id: <[email protected]> >Subject: [SCMARLBO-L] Look up in Books >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Hi all, i read the previous messages about Bright & Adams > >i have a Simon BRIGHT married to a cousin, Elizabeth GRAVES of VA & Craven >Co. NC >no other info on the line except one dau Elizabeth who m. Francis Harper. >Elizabeth's line goes back to Francis Graves, son of Capt. Thomas GRAVES of >Jamestown. > >I am trying to unravel the HODGES (HODGE) of Marlboro (Old Cheraw-Long >Bluff & Society Hill). > >Please look up in the books mentioned for HODGES. My John m. Ann STANDARD >who was the dau of William Standard, Capt in the Rev War around the area - >he was from Edgecombe, NC; his sister Rachel m. Abel WADDELL who died in >1798 Marlboro. > >My John has been confused with another John of Beaufort NC who m. a Rebecca >CHERRY. >I also research that line as they are in my son-in-law's ancestry. > >My John was born in Long Bluff 1755 - his parents: John Hodge and Rebecca >of Long Bluff belonged to Welsh Neck Church; > >his brothers are likely ISHAM, JOSEPH, EDMUND, & RICHARD - his sisters >prob. ELIZABETH m. Thomas EVANS, jr. , SARAH m. 1st a MALONE then Jacob >BUCKHOLTZ, HANNA m. Joseph DABBS, & LUCY m. Joshua DAVID. > >Philemon HODGES of Cumberland Co. NC in his pension app states his cousin >John Hodges came to his house from Long Bluff and recruited him. > >"In April 1776 John Hodges my cousin living near Long Bluff, So Ca came to >my father's house in No C., a recruiting officer. my brother William, >George Draughan & Robert Draughan & myself enlisted & went with him to his >father's house in So Ca thence to Nilson's ferry Santee River, about forty >miles from Charleston. There we joined Col Thompson's regiment, was sworn >in for six months service, remained there for a few days then we ------the >return of the soldiers, who having gone home on a fulough as I understand >returned, the said John Hodges and his bros (sic brothers) Edmund and >Joseph being part of the company, we marched near Charleston to a place >called the Ten Mile House and remained there a few weeks. We then marched >to the city & on boats went to Sullivan's Island in the night. Our >regiment was stationed on the lower end of the Island. etc." > >Philemon's parents were: William Hodges & Patience HAWKINS of Bladen - Now >Cumberland Co. NC. His brothers prob. Welcome, William & Joseph Hodges. >This Joseph's pens app: Pension App:W 3995 BLW 14989 >Wife Sarah; from Cumberland co. NC born there, 1 Oct 1765; Pvt in Cavalry. >Torn out page from a book or bible: >John Hodges his book b 30 Nov 1755 >Philemon Hodges son of Joseph & Sarah b 9 Jul 1795 >Esther Allen Hodges dau of Joseph & Sarah b 5 Oct 1793. > >John Hodge, Sr b 1720 was the John Hodges pioneeer of SC Outback lived in >Old Cheraw. About 1800 the family starting migrating to GA & the new MS >Territory, where >plenty of SC surnames of these families are found in Wilkinson, Amite, Pike >Cos MS and E. Feliciana & St. Helena Parishses of Louisiana. > >appreciate any clues on any of the above and any look-ups - any possible >cousins please write. > >thank you, josie >______________________________X-Message: #4 >Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 13:13:25 -0400 >From: "Howard Bridges" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Message-ID: <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [SCMARLBO-L] Look up in Books >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Josie, >I have these 'tidbits' which sounds like it might fit your HODGES line. They >are from my book, 'Scattered Seed'. > >c1819 Winifred Campbell [m. 1st, James Campbell, the oldest son of >Farquherd Campbell of Cumberland County] m. 2nd John Hodges the son of >Philemon Hodges (1760-1839) whose father William arrived in North Carolina >from Virginia during the mid 1700s. Children of Winifred & John are >Catherine Winifred Hodges, born 6 January 1820; James Philemon Hodges, b. 11 >Nov. 1821; John W. Hodges, b. 23 Dec. 1823; Jane Penelope, born 9 Sept. >1826 [Bible Recs of John Hodges of Averasboro] > >1827 Dec John Hodges is appointed guardian to Elizabeth, Ferquhard, Sarah, >and Mary Campbell, heirs of James Campbell, deceased. [Cumberland County >Guardians Bonds] > >1830 Jan 14 Married at the seat of Col. John Hodges in this county, Mr. John >C. Smith, of Johnston County, to Miss Elizabeth Campbell, oldest daughter of >the late James Campbell and granddaughter of Ferquhard Campbell. [Bondsman >was A.S. McNeill. Wit. D. McDiarmid] Microfiche at NCA - Raleigh / The >Carolina Observer > >Myr URL is http://home.att.net/~hbridges/myrtle.htm if you want to know >more about this book. 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