Edmund and Patience Hodges, with four children under ten, arrived in Georgia from Pitt County, NC, sometime between 7 Jan 1795 and  5 June 1797 (date based on place of birth of their children, as reported in the 1850 census.)  They lived north of the Tarr river in Pitt.   Edmund and Patience were cousins as well as husband and wife; Hodges was also Patience's maiden name.  As far as we know, they came directly from North Carolina to the area that becameTwiggs County; but the first record we have of them in Twiggs County is in 1818. | Edmund & Patience Hodges chart | Family Bibles |  Hodges in Pitt County, NC, 1750-1800
 

The four children were: Hollon (perhaps from Holland, a Pitt Co. family) b. 14 Oct 1786;  Matthew  b. 20 Dec 1788 (Matthew was Edmund and Patience's uncle); Elizabeth b. 6 Dec 1790 (the name of both Edmund and Patience's mothers); and Robert b. 7 Jan 1795 (Edmund's father);

1797: June 5, daughter Mary, called Polly, born.   Both Edmund and Patience had sisters named Mary.
1799: Sept 29, son  Howell born.   Howell was the name of Patience's father.
1801: Nov 28, son  Edmund Keneda born.    Some genealogies say that father Edmund also had the middle name Keneda, but I doubt this.     Keneda may be from the Kennedy family who were neighbors in Pitt Co.
1803: Sept 1, son  John Little born.  John was Edmund and Patience's grandfather.   Edmund's sister Mary married a William Little.
1805: Nov 24, daughter Patience born.
1806: Sept 11, daughter Hollon married John Heard Gilmore, son of Samuel and Elizabeth.   See Gilmore Chart
1807: July 21, Hollon and John have daughter Elizabeth
1808: May 4, daughter Rhoda Ann born.     Rhoda was the name of Patience's sister.    June 23, Son  Matthew  marries Catherine (parents unknown).
1809: July 7, Matthew and Catherine have a son  Edmund William.  Nov 15, Hollon and John have daughter Patience.
1810: Oct 12, Edmund and Patience's daughter Elizabeth dies.    Matthew and Catherine have a child Lee (a girl I think) perhaps sometime in 1810.
1811: Aug 28, Hollon and John have a daughter, Hollon.   Nov 5, Matthew and Catherine have a son John C.
1813: Dec 20, Matthew and Catherine have a son  Matthew L.
1814: May 25, Hollon and John have a son, Henry.
1815: 17 Nov, Hollon and John have a daughter Nancy; John had a sister Nancy.  Dec 25, Matthew and Catherine have a son  Robert C.

1817: 26 Nov, Hollon and John have a daughter Rhoda.
1818: In 1818, Edmund was 53, Patience 51.   Edmund (or one of his sons) was a captain of the Militia, and the 1818 tax list shows Capt. Hodges' district as one of the divisions of Twiggs County.   In it were Edmund himself, owning 302 acres and 18 slaves ($6.48 tax), his sons Matthew, 30, with 118 acres and 2 slaves ($1.23 tax) and Robert, 23, with no land and no slaves ($0.31 tax).   Edmund K., 25, is not in the 1818 tax list.   He may have been living with his parents, as his brother John L. did until age 27 at least.

The 1818 tax list shows a Jno. H. Gilmore household and an Elizabeth Gilmore household.   These are next in the list to Robert Hodges.   These are probably Hollon's husband and his mother, now a widow.  Holland was 32.  John and Hollon moved away probably before 1826, and in 1833 were in Baker Co. AL, and John wrote a letter to Hollon's brother Robert.

I think Mary was with her parents in 1818.  The younger children John L., 15,  Patience, 13, and Rhoda Ann, 10, were living with their parents -- they still were in 1830.

In the 1818 tax, Edmund owned the most slaves, and paid the 5th highest tax, in his district.   The 4 who paid more were merchants, two of whom, Lawson and Durham, have names later given Edmund's grandsons.    The Hodges appear to have been planters.

1820:  Jan 4, Hollon and John have a son, Robert.   Edmund Hodges drew land in the Land Lottery.     The 1820 Federal census for Twiggs County is missing.

1821:  Land lottery:  A James Brown drew land.

1822:  Mary 'Polly' Hodges married James Brown.   In the 1818 tax list and 1820 land lottery; there is a Captain Jas. Brown's district.     In 1818, Mary was 21.   Their son James H. Brown was born in 1822, so they may have married about 1821.    James Brown is not in the 1830 census.

Mary and James Brown's son James H. Brown is born (he was 28 in the 1850 census).     There is no mention of a James or Jas. Brown in Twiggs after 1821 (not in the 1830 census) so they may have moved away.

1824:    Jan 4, Hollon and John have a son, John.

1826: Several male members of the family are mentioned as customers in the day book of Ira Peck, a Marion merchant.   Mentioned are: Edmund, Robert, Matthew, John L., and E. K. - also an Edmund E. Hodges.  The day book sometimes has one person giving an order for another customer, and thus can show friends and neighbors.  Connected with the Edmund Hodges family are A. G. Walker, Wm. Bryan, William Oliver, and H. Crittenden.

1828: We have a notice dated 5 Feb 1828 for the estate sale of Arnold G. Walker, handled by John L. Hodges, at the home of William Perry.

Edmund K Hodges may have married about 1828.   In the 1830 census, there is a female 15-20 and a male 5-10.    If these are Edmund K.'s wife and son, his marriage can't have been much before 1828 or his bride would have been unusually young.    Edmund K. had a son named James Oliver Hodges, and a James Oliver (and many other Olivers) lived in Twiggs.    In 1826 E. K. Hodges is associated with William Oliver.   So his wife was probably a relative of James Oliver.

1830:  22 April 1830, Matthew's first wife Catherine died.   His second wife was Susan Birdsong; there is a Birdsong family in Twiggs County.

The 1830 and 1840 censuses only name the head of household; others are counted only by age bands.  But we can work out that Edmund Hodges was living with his wife and three youngest children, aged 27, 25, and 22:

    Edmund Hodges 4Feb1765-11Jan1843?5 1830 census Twiggs GA
      =1 2Feb1780/6 Patience Hodges 24Nov1763--15Sep1835
       |—John Little Hodges 1Sep1803--24Mar1866
       |—Patience Hodges 24Nov1805--1Jun1848
       \—Rhoda Ann Hodges 4May1808-->1835

Another household lists "Robert G. Hodges Jr. & Sr.", with a male aged 30-40 and one aged 20-30.   Robert, 35, would fit the top age band.  The other man might be Matthew's son Robert C. Hodges, although he would have been only 15.    Both the Edmond and Robert households have many slaves.

    Robert Hodges 7Jan1795--27Jun1864   1830 census Twiggs GA
    Robert C. Hodges  25Dec1815--13Oct1836

In 1830 a Matthew Hodges was listed in nearby Laurens County, GA, with a male 40-50, a male 20-30, and a female 15-19.    This matches our Matthew, if his daughter and oldest son were the only children living with him.   (Catherine would have died before the census, which was taken 1 Nov).

   Matthew Hodges 20Dec1788--27Sep1866        1830 census Laurens GA
    =1 23Jun1808 Catharine Hodges  30Jun1793--22Apr1830
     |-- Edmund William Hodges 7Jul1809:Twiggs--24Jul1867
     |-- Lee Hodges
     |-- John Cunyus Hodges 5Nov1811--15Jan1864
     |-- ? Matthew L. Hodges 20Dec1813
     \-- Robert C. Hodges  25Dec1815--13Oct1836

Edmund K. Hodges is in adjoining Houston County in the 1830 census.   The data is consistent with the 1840 census, except for the age of the wife: either there is an error or he remarried.   Also, son James Oliver Hodges would have been 8, but only a boy
aged below 5 is listed.

    Edmund K. Hodges 28 Nov 1801--14Jul1862       1830 Houston GA
    = wife? b. 1810-15
    \-- son b. 1825-30

The 1830 census lists a Howell Hodges, age 20-30, living in Henry Co. AL, with another white male age 20-30, and three slaves.    This just might be an unknown son of Matthew born in 1810, but it seems unlikely.

In 1830 there are Browns but no James Brown in Twiggs.   The only Galimore can be ruled out.    So by 1830 Hollon and Polly were probably both married and neither was living in Twiggs.

1 June 1830 John L. got a letter from Noah Walker in Washington, Beaumont County, NC.   Washington is just over the line from Pitt County.   The letter concerned the settlement of Noah's bother's estate, presumably the Arnold G. Walker whose estate sale John L. handled in 1828.   Noah mentions that John's uncle Floyd Hodges died "last February."   In August of 1830, John L. travelled to Beaufort Co. NC to buy slaves and collect the inheritance from Uncle Floyd.  He wrote to his brother Col. Robert Hodges, in Marion.   He writes "The question concerning my father’s business is not yet decided as I wrote you last nor wont be until the first Monday in Sept   At that time theare will be Sup.r Court in Greenville.  Mr Gastin was not at hoalm nor wont be until then."

1833: 14 April 1833, Patience Hodges, dau. of Edmund and Patience, marries a John Hamiter.   He was 30, she 29.  Another daughter, Rhoda Ann, married David Hamiter, but we don't know when.   This name is given in some sources as David Hamilton.   There is a William Hamilton in the 1830 census, and Hamiltons are mentioned in the 1826 daybook.   No Hamiters in Twiggs; there is a Hamiter in Houston County (which adjoins Twiggs) in 1840.

In 1833 a letter from  Jno. H Gilmore was addressed to Col. Robert Hodges.  The letter was from Alabama, but I can't make out the town name: it may be Leman's.   There was a Leman's Store, in Henry Co. AL.  The letter begins  "Dear Brother I wrote to you some time past from Biran Baker County enclosing to you some money."   There was a Baker County in Alabama in 1833, since renamed Chilton; Byron was the county seat at one time.  The letter is addresed to Hawkinsville, GA., so Robert may have moved there by 1833.  Hawkinsville is in Pulaski Conuty, adjacent to Twiggs.   In a letter dated 1840 Matthew wrote from Randolph Co. GA, to John L. "I was at Sister Hollons about four weeks ago".
[ much information on Hollon and John Gilmore sent me by Mary Ann Caldbeck ]

1835:     John and Patience Hamiter's first child, daughter Harriet, was born 25 May 1835.    14 June 1835, Matthew's second son John marries Frances D. Cunyus; he was 23, she 16.   For Matthew's oldest son, I do not know the date of his marriage.

15 Sept 1835, Patience Hodges died, age 72; her obituary says she is survived by 4 sons and 4 daughters; this is all the children living in 1818, so all of them lived at least to 1835.

1836:  14 Aug, John C. and Francis Hodges have a son, Matthew H.   This is Edmund's  great-grandson.

In September of 1836, Robert and John L. Hodges, and Mr. Bryan (perhaps Joseph) went to NC to buy people: In 1836, in Washington NC., a James Hodges sold a ten year old boy, Elick, to a J. M. Williams, who  resold him 5 Sept 1836 to "R & J. L. Hodges", and in 1837 he was transfered to John L. Hodges alone.   James Hodges may have been a relative although we have not traced it.

In October 1836, John L. Hodges wrote a letter to General J. O. K. Williams, telling him "we arrived home safe with our negroes no accident occurred on the road only Mr. Bryan was taken sick near the line of N.C. & S.C. he was so ill that he could not travel  my Brother stopped with Mr. Bryan."   This letter was perhaps never sent, as we still have it.

1837: 24 July 1837, Penelope Patience dau. of Robert and Jeanette Hodges is born.   9 Aug 1837, Catherine dau. of John and Patience Hamiter is born.

25 Oct 1837, Edmund remarried; he was 72.   The bride was Sarah Miller, dau. of Jonathan Miller and Clarissa Shine.    There are no Millers in the Peck book, none in 1830 census, a James Miller b. 1800-10 in the 1840 census.

1838: 27 Sept 1838, John Joseph "Bud Johnny" son of Robert and Jeanette Hodges is born.   This is the first appearance of the name Joseph in the Hodges family - it may have been for Joseph Bryan.

27 Jun, Edmund W. Hodges, son of Matthew, buys land in Houston Co. GA.  5 Feb, Matthew L. Hodges, another son of Matthew, buys land in Randolph Co.; Matthew and John C. Hodges were wittnesses, the seller was George W. Taylor of Henry Co. AL.

1839: 11 Feb, John Hodges Hamiter, son of John and Patience Hamiter, is born.  13 August 1839, John Little Hodges married Mary Bryan Hamilton.   He was 36, she 21.   She was dau. of Maj. William Hamilton, and grand-daughter of Penelope Bryan.  (and thus neice to Robert's wife Jeanette.)

1840: By the 1840 Edmund was alone, according to the census (he is in the 80-90 category though he was only 75).  I don't know what happened to Sarah Miller.  Col. Robert Hodges was in nearby Laurens County, where Matthew was in 1830. The Laurens County census showed ages consistent with:

    Robert Hodges 7Jan1795--27Jun18641840 census Laurens GA
    =15Jun1836 Jeannette Virginia Bryan 23Apr1806--8Sep1873
     |-- Penelope Patience Hodges 24Jul1837
     |-- John Joseph "Bud Johnnie" Hodges 27Sep1838--26Sep1873
     |-- Elijah Bryan Hodges Nov1839(est)--24Dec1840
     \-- Mary Ann Elizabeth Hodges 6Dec1840 Houston Co.--27Oct1881

Robert's daughter Mary Ann Elizabeth was born 6 Dec 1840 in Houston County, GA, which is just west of Twiggs, and was where Edmund K. Hodges lived..   The census does not reflect Mary's birth, nor Elijah's death, as they occured in December.

The title Colonel was given to the chief of the county militia, and in 1840 it is John L. who is a Colonel in Twiggs County.   By 1840 John L. Hodges had a household; his wife was born 1818, but the census says b. 1820-25.   The census showed one baby daughter.   John L.'s eldest was born 26 May 1840.

      Col. John L. Hodges   1Sep1803--24Mar1866         1840 census Twiggs GA
      =1 13Aug1839 Mary Bryan Hamilton   21Oct1818--22May1854
       \---Octavia Carolina Hodges   26May1840--12Jan1894

Although Robert was in Laurens, there was a household in Twiggs headed by a Robert C. Hodges in 1840.   This Robert C. was born 1810-20; another male in the household was born 1820-25.   Robert C. Hodges, born 25 Dec 1815, son of Matthew would fit this age band.    But this Robert C. Hodges died in 1836.   No other Robert Hodges of the right age is in the family tree.

In May of 1840, Matthew wrotefrom Cuthbert, Randolph County, Georgia, to Col. John L. Hodges in Marion.  Matthew says: "I am in the crop now and has bin for some time with Edmund he has more than his force can well manage."  This was probably Matthew's son Edmund, who would have been 31, rather than his brother Edmund K. Hodges.   Matthew also writes "I expect to be in by the first of next month without fail" and also "I wish to bring my wife out with me to spend some time here with me."    This would be his second wife Susan Birdsong.    He also writes " I was at Sister Hollows about four weeks ago. They were all well. Brother Robert left here last monday. and we are now looking for him to return."   Finally he writes " all are well amongst us present My due respect to your wife Father Mother Mr. McAllum and friends."   "Mother" must be Sarah Miller, even though she is not in the census.  Archibald McAllum is in the 1840 census for Twiggs Co. on the same page, and the next line, to Edmond Hodges.

Although he wrote from Randolph County, in 1840 Matthew was in not in the census anywhere in Georgia, Alabama, nor Louisiana.   There is a Matthew L. Hodges in Lee county, whose age fits Matthew's son.   Matthew L. Hodges' wife was born 1820-25, and they had no children in 1840.  They had 8 slaves.

Edmund K. Hodges was in Houston County for the 1840 census, as he had been in 1830.  The 1840 census has a male aged 15-20, who may have been son James Oliver Hodges.  Edmund K. had 12 slaves.

   Edmund Keneda Hodges 28Nov1801--14Jul1862 1840 census Houston GA
   ``= wife b. 1800-10
    /—James Oliver Hodges b. 1822
    |—son b. 1825-30
    |—1 dau. & 2 sons b. 1830-35
    \—2 daughters b. 1835-40

30 May 1840, Mr. John L. Hodges of Marion got a letter from a friend John Brinkley in Washington, Beaufort Co. NC.   The mother-in-law of John L.'s sister Patience, was a Brinkley.   Brinkley writes: "Please present my respects to Mrs Hodges and your father and mother and to the Major and family and Mr Joseph Bryan and all the good Whiggs in your State."  "Mother" was again Sarah Miller.   "The Major" might be Maj. William Hamilton.  "Mr Joseph Bryan" is interesting.   There is no Joseph Bryan on the Penelope Bryan side of the family who fits.   But Joseph Bryan the son of Susan Bryan would fit.   Penelope and Susan were sisters, the daughters of James Blackshear and Catherine Franck.   They both lived near Marion and both were widowed by 1830.   Although the Hodges marriages were with Penelope Bryan's family, there were also connections between the Susan Bryan family and the Hodges and Hamilton ones.

1841:  John L. and Mary name a son Robert Edmund Hodges, born 27 Oct.   He dies 12 June 1842.  They did not write 'born in Bossier Parish Louisiana' in the Bible, as they did for subsequent children, so they may have still been in Georgia when he was born.

A family story says that Robert and John L. Hodges endorsed a bill of John's father-in-law, Maj. William Hamilton. (Who was also Robert's wife's sister's husband.)  When Maj. Hamilton defaulted on the bill, the Hodges brothers lost all their belongings except some of their slaves. They ran the slaves to Bossier Parish, Louisiana, and settled, John at Spring Hill, Robert at China Nook.    By 1840 they were again rich.

1843:  Jan 11th, Edmund Sr. dies, age 79.   Jan 16th, Robert Edmund, son of John and Patience Hamiter, is born.  April 3rd, Robert and Jeanette have a daughter they name Harriet Catherine; she was born in Louisiana.   April 29th, John L. and Mary have a son they name Joseph Jackson Durham Hodges.  They write 'born in Bossier Parish' in the family bible.   So the brothers moved to Louisiana sometime between 6 Dec 1840 and 3 Apr 1843, probably after October 1841.   The name Durham may come from Hardy or John Durham, who were in the 1818 tax list in Capt. Hodges' district.   There are various Jacksons as you might expect.    Perhaps Joseph was for Joseph Bryan.

1844:  John L. and Mary name a daughter Mary Patience Hodges, 5 Sept.

1846: In 1846 John L. names a son Lawson Kenedy Peck Hodges, born Aug 23rd.   Ira Peck was the merchant at Marion.    Roger Lawson was an early Twiggs County settler, in 'Capt. Hodges district.'   Kenedy was perhaps the same as Edmund K. Hodges middle name - in any case there were no Kenedys in Twiggs.

In 1857, Edmund William Hodges wrote his uncles R. and J. L. Hodges, from Butler County, Alabama.   The address is not given but it seems that all the Edmund Hodges family had left Georgia for Louisiana by that time; there are none in the 1850 Twiggs census.   Edmund was traveling to Minden, Louisiana, and had been on the road a week; likely he was coming from Randolph County in Georgia, where his father lived in 1840.

[ Notes: Hawkinsville is in Pulaski Conuty, adjacent to Twiggs.  That Col. Robert (John Little Hodges elder brother) lived there in 1833 is otherwise unconfirmed.  A letter was sent to him in Marion in 1830.  There was a Baker County in Alabama in 1833 - since renamed Chilton.      'Lemans' may be Leman's Store in Henry County, AL. ]
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Lemans? Ala           18 3/4 May 18 Col.     Robert Hodges      Hawkinsville                 Ga.

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14th May 1833.         Dear Brother I wrote to you some time past from Biran Baker County enclosing to you some money  I have heard nothing on the subject I would be to know something about it  be so good as to afford me information so soon as you can    I was taken sick have had a severe attack however recovered so as to attend to my business   high water impeded my progress or I should have endeavored to have seen you    The prospect of crops not so good owing to the quantity of Rain which we are under at the present for the 3rd time this spring    All in common health                   You spoke of the difficulty likely to come to our common country it is painful to reflect on appearances. a moderate course may succeed I hope will   A restrictive system in time, no doubt will be adopted in the time allowed to you and me I think a plan of that sort to be oppression and wrong We must oppose Let us however be carefull Once we are shackled in our political affairs, we will find difficulty in restoring harmony that will be durable

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history goes to show that many States and Kingdoms has been brought into existence by the designs of a few men each wishing to be foremost. finally forming a colusion among them selves after tiring the people they all agree to guarantee to each a portion of power and maintain him in it                  Shall the American people be thus duped I hope not We have honest well informed men among us besides those clamoring  And I do hope the clamoring will be discontinued And a dispassi onate course pursued under a course of that sort we will be safe otherwise we will burst the cabinet   let me hear from you when at leasure             As usual Yours &c. Col. Robert Hodges               Mrs. F. Gilmore

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To mourn an irreparable loss, are left her aged spouse, with four sons and four daughters, the youngest of whom our departed friend was permitted to see arrived to mature age. These with numerous sincere friends, and other kindred, will long lament the breach now made among them; but to them all we say, in the language of revealed truth, "Blessed
are the dead that die in the Lord: for they rest from their labors."
           "Far from this world of toil and strife,
              They're present with the Lord,
              The labors of their mortal life
              End in large reward."

[ John Brinkley left a will probated in Beaufort Co., NC, but I don't know when. ]

    Although the signature was transcribed as Edmund K. Hodges, I think this was Edmund William Hodges
    (b. 7 Jul 1809) writing to his uncles Gen. John L. Hodges and Major Robert Hodges, based on matching
    the information it contains with my charts. --J.B.H.

Greenville, Butler Co., Ala. 20th Dec., 1857 Messrs R. & J. L. Hodges,

Dear Uncles,
am now one week on the road & am well & have got on thus far without any difficulty. The roads are somewhat heavy, but if they get no worse I hope to get through in say six weeks from the time I started if I am not providentially detained. I have done as Uncle John L. Advised me in the last letter I received from him that is I have laid out the most of my money in negroes. I am aware that I should be in an awkward situation to get provisions and a home. But so it is and I must take the chances. I have acted in accordance with his directions, ect. My brother Matthew L. and Father are all along with me. The last one of our immediate relatives have now left Georgia.

I should be glad for you to write me to Minden provided you cannot meet me there but would much prefer seeing you there to let me know what would be best for me to do provided you have not made some arrangements, for a place for me, ect.

If I can have good health and good weather I hope to get through safe and in good time. No more now I will write you again in a few days, ect.

As ever yours Truly ect.
Respectfully Edmund K. Hodges

                                         --------

    Letter in possession of John L. Young, First National Bank Bldg. Dallas, Texas

    document: Letter from Edmund W. Hodges
    physical: 1/3 page elite typed on 1 sheet ruled paper.
    location: black binder, 1261 Campus Dr.
    scanned & corrected by John B. Hodges (10 Nov 1951) in June 1998.
 

Died, on the 8th August, at the residence of her son James H. Brown of Bossier parish, La. Mrs. Mary Brown in the sixty-first year of her age.

Mrs. Brown was loved and esteemed by all who knew her. She was, and had been, for several years, a member of the Baptist church, and gave many proofs of Christian fortitude, resignation and hope.

{ Luella Virginia Snyder adds: "I know nothing about Mary Brown--never remember hearing her or her husband or children mentioned as the other relatives were. Will look for her on the 1850 census when I can."  These two obituaries from the 19th century are from the collection of Luella Virginia Snyder. Neither clipping    carried the name or date of the newspaper, but were labeled in pencil "1835" and "1857". Patience was the wife of Edmund, and Mary was their daughter. Amazing how little information they could pack into so many words back then! --JBH. }

The sale of Elick from James Hodges to J. M. Williams was witnessed by Arnit Latham.  By 1849 James Hodges had died, leaving widow Jenny and (at least) dau. Sophie Jane, who was married to McGilbrey Mitchell.    Mitchell sold his interest in James Hodges' slaves to Thomas Latham.

Deed Book 26, page 37, Beaufort County, NC, Registry

            DEED FROM MCGILBREY MITCHELL TO THOMAS LATHAM

Know all men by these presents that I McGilbrey Mitchell of Beaufort County
North Carolina for and in consideration of the sum of Seventy five dollars
$75 to me in hand paid by Thomas Latham of Said County the receipt of which
is hereby acknowledged, have given granted bargained sold assigned and
transferred and by these presents do give grant bargain sell assign and
transfer to Said Thomas Latham all the right title interest and estate,
which I have in rights of my wife, Sophie Jane or other wise in and to the
personal estate and Negroes. Said negroes now in possession of Mrs. Jenny
Hodges, Widow of James Hodges. Negroes named Tom, Jordan & Sarah formerly
the property of James Hodges—to which said personal property and
Negroes my wife became entitled to a part as due of the children of James
Hodges.

To have and to hold said personal property and Negro slaves, and the
interest and Estate of my wife and myself in Said property and Sales to him
the said Thomas Latham, his Executors, administrators and assigns.

Witness my  hand and seal  this the  8 th day  of October 1849.

Witness: C. J. Latham                    McGilbrey Mitchell (Seal)

State of North Carolina
Beaufort County Court of Pleas & Qtr Session
December Term 1849

Then was the within deed from McGilbrey Mitchell to Thomas Latham proved in
open Court And the execution Thereof duly proved according to law by the
oath of C. J. Latham the Subscribing Witness thereto. Let it be registered.

                                                         Sun 12:38 PM

 Subject:
        Willis Hodges, children and grandchildren
     To:
        sandyhodges@attbi.com
 
 
 

There may be an older son ?(see 1810 Pitt Census).

Descendants of Willis HODGES

    1   Willis HODGES   1767 NORFOLK CO_ VA? until 1787>?       1848 TWIGGS
C0_GA
..      +Lydia BALDWIN  May 13, 1785 PITT CO(?).,_ NC,(1860 CEN b 1770 NC)
January 21, 1861 CUTHBERT,  RANDOLPH CO,_ GA
.........   2   W.Josiah HODGES 1808 PITT CO., NC       1874 HOUSTON CO,GA
.............       +Deborah SMITH  1811 GA 1832    1882
....................    3   Mary HODGES 1834 TWIGGS CO,GA       1857
........................       +John H. ALLEN  1854    1852    1902
....................    3   Harriet HODGES  1835
....................    3   Martha HODGES   1837
........................        +L. B. ALEXANDER    Abt 1835
....................    3   Louisa D. HODGES    1839        1891
........................        +William COOMBS 1832    1859    1864
....................        *2nd Husband of Louisa D. HODGES:
........................        +Zacariah J. EDMONDSON  1838    1868
....................    3   Josiah Frank HODGES May 15, 1846 HOUSTON CO_GA
April 10, 1937 BUR:  Evergreen Cem., HOUSTON CO_GA
........................        +Olivia DAVIS   January 19, 1848 GA Abt 1870
April 7, 1926 BUR:  Evergreen Cem., HOUSTON CO_GA
....................    3   William HODGES  1849
.........   2   John B(aldwin) HODGES   1810 PITT CO., NC       1844 SUMTER
CO GA
.............       +Elizabeth TOMLINSON    1815    1832 Houston Co._GA 1874
....................    3   John F. HODGES  1833
....................    3   Robert HODGES   1839
....................    3   Susan HODGES    1840
....................    3   Juliette HODGES 1841
........................        +B.F. BRIMBERRY 1839    1860
....................    3   Henrietta HODGES    1844
.........   2   William W. HODGES   April 9, 1813 PITT CO NC >TWIGGS CO_GA
1818, occupation mining     February 3, 1848 TWIGGS CO,GA
.............       +Mary Ann HALE  August 10, 1820 October 8, 1839 Crawford
Co._GA  July 21, 1853
....................    3   James Willis HODGES February 20, 1841 TWIGGS
CO,GA       1916 CLIMAX,GA
........................        +Lovinnia Elizabeth BROWN   Abt 1838 SUMTER
CO,GA   January 23, 1868 SUMTER CO,GA   March 12, 1881 CHICOPEE,GA (NEAR
GAINSVILLE,GA)
....................    3   Mary Louisa HODGES  July 5, 1842
....................    3   William Baldwin HODGES  December 10, 1843
....................    3   John Thomas HODGES  December 28, 1845
....................    3   William Josiah HODGES   March 15, 1848
........................        +Mary E. N. CROSBY      December 14, 1876
FULTON CO, GA
.........   2   Robert James HODGES December 28, 1815 PITT CO,NC        May
8, 1883 SUMTER CO,GA
.............       +Rebecca J. DAVENPORT   1824    1839 <Houston Co_GA>
1852 SUMTER CO,GA
....................    3   Albeanna F. HODGES  1841
........................        +David Thompson WILSON  Abt 1840    Abt 1860
....................        *2nd Husband of Albeanna F. HODGES:
........................        +John M. SHIVER     November 22, 1866 SUMTER
CO_ GA
....................    3   Arabella E. HODGES  1842
........................        +Robert A. BROWN    Abt 1840    October 16,
1866 SUMTER CO GA
....................    3   Henrietta HODGES    1844
........................        +WILLIAM R METHVIN      December 7, 1863
SUMTER CO GA
.........       *2nd Wife of Robert James HODGES:
.............       +Matilda Caroline HILL  1828    September 1, 1853   1912
SUMTER CO.GA
....................    3   Robert J. HODGES    1854 SUMTER CO,GA       1885
SUMTER CO, GA
....................    3   David Hill HODGES   1856 SUMTER CO, GA      1862
SUMTER CO, GA
....................    3   Willis Spencer HODGES   1857 SUMTER CO, GA
1862 SUMTER CO, GA
....................    3   Benton Hill HODGES  1861 SUMTER CO, GA      1880
SUMTER CO, GA
....................    3   Randolph V. HODGES  1863 SUMTER CO, GA      1951
SUMTER CO, GA
....................    3   Algernon Freneau HODGES November 14, 1865 SUMTER
CO, GA      November 3, 1934 SUMTER CO, GA
........................        +Emma Rebecca BATTLE    December 7, 1865
SUMTER CO,GA    October 29, 1890    June 14, 1937 SUMTER CO, GA
....................    3   Matilda HODGES  Aft 1866
.........   2   Samuel J. HODGES    1818 Pitt Co._NC> Sumter Co._GA >PO
Staves, Dallas Co._AK       Children in Sumter Co_GA @ Robert J. HODGES 1870
Census
.............       +Mary J. MELTON 1834 GA 1856 Sumter Co,_ GA Owned Land
1861 Dallas Co,_AK
....................    3   Mary E. HODGES  1857 GA
....................    3   Robert J. HODGES    1859 GA
....................    3   Leonna ( or Lonora?) HODGES 1863
.........   2   Martha HODGES   1820 TWIGGS CO,GA       Aft 1860
.............       +Unkown HENDRIX     Abt 1838 ........ Lived in Cuthbert,
Randolph Co._GA c 1860  Bef 1860 DIED: 1855-1860
....................    3   Mary J. HENDRIX 1840
....................    3   Sarah E. HENDRIX    1842
....................    3   Susan L. HENDRIX    1844
....................    3   Martha P. HENDRIX   1846
....................    3   Martin P. HENDRIX   1855
.........   2   Henrietta HODGES    Abt 1822 Twiggs CO.,GA      Bef April 1859
.............       +John C. EPPS
.........   2   Celina HODGES   Bef 1830 TWIGGS CO, GA
.............       +Henry FALK June 30, 1822   Abt 1850    January 4, 1860
?TWIGGS CO, GA

Thanks for the imformation you sent.
       JB

1818:  Tax List: Ben Hodges paid in Capt. Smith's district.

1820:  Land lottery: John Hodges and Howell Hodges, of Capt. Smith's district, drew land.

1826:  Peck book mentions:
 

1830:  1830 census

Susan was one of the three Blackshear sisters who married Bryan cousins.  Edward Bryan = Susanna Blackshear chart

1826:  Peck book mentions:

1830:  1830 census does not have a Susan Bryan; and I don't know where she was.    She is said to have died in 1835

1800-1823:  According to some accounts, Edward and Penelope Bryan came to the Twiggs area as early as around 1800, from Craven County, NC.    They had married in 1789.    One of Penelope's uncles was named Daniel Shine.

Their daughter Mary Bryan married Maj. William Hamilton b. 22 May 1789 sometime before 1816, when they had a son.   Mary Bryan died, perhaps in 1820, and Maj. Hamilton married her sister Elizabeth Bryan, b. 1797, probably before 1830.

Edward and Penelope's son Blackshear Bryan married Temperence, sometime before 1828.   They seem not to remain in Twiggs, although they later returned.

Edward and Penelope's dau. Ann Laura Bryan married a Dennis Downing Sanders, sometime before 1818.

1824:  Elijah Bryan son of Edward and Penelope, marries Elizabeth Bryan, dau. of Penelope's sister Susan, also of Twiggs.   But Elijah and Elizabeth do not remain in Twiggs.

1825:  Nov 5th, Edward Bryan, age 61 and by then a Major, dies and is buried in a family graveyard.

1826:  Estate of Maj. Edward Bryan is mentioned in Ira Peck's day book.

1828:  Blackshear and Temperence Bryan have a son Joseph N. Bryan, August 15th.      Also in 1828, Edward & Penelope's son James Jackson Bryan graduates from the University of Georgia.

1830:  Census shows Penelope living with 6 others aged 15 to 30.   These could have been:

    Penelope 13 Apr 1773 - 10/19 Aug 1839                   1830 census
     |--Penelope Bryan, b. ~ 1800
     |--Katherine Bryan b. 1800-10
     |--Jeanette Virginia Bryan 23 Apr 1806 - 1873
     |--James Jackson Bryan 1808 -- 27 Feb 1866
     |--Joseph David Bryan b. 1810-15
     \--Edward "Neddie" Bryan b.1810-15

The Blackshear Bryan family is not in the 1830 census.   Dennis D. Sanders is in the 1830 census, wife aged 30-40, presumably is Ann Laura.

25 May 1830, Blackshear and Temperance Bryan have a son Elijah B. Bryan.

1836: In June of 1836, Robert Hodges, son of Edmund and Patience, married Jeannette Bryan.   He was 40, she was 29.
 
 

1839:  19 August, Penelope, age 66, dies; burried in the family graveyard.

1840:  Census shows a Penelope Bryan family, with the oldest person a woman aged 40-50.

1850:  Cen

 Joseph L. Bryan chart
 

    |—Edward Bryan 4Jan1764:Jones-8Nov1825 Twiggs 3rd son  bio;bio2; obit
    |      =29Sep1789 Penelope Blackshear 13Apr1773-10/19Aug1839 Her Page; Parents; link to Blackshear line
    |       |—Anne Laura Bryan b. 1790-1800 Source
    |       |—Elijah Bryan, ~1792- Florida  Smallwood
    |       |—Thomas Jefferson Bryan, ~1794->1840 Twiggs Co. Ga.
    |       |—Blackshear Bryan, ~1793 wiggs Co. Ga.->Bossier Pt La. ~1839  bur:Bryan,Twiggs
    |       |—Jeanette Virginia Bryan 23Apr1806-1873 Washington Co. Ga.
    |       |      = Maj. Robert Edmund Hodges, 1795-1864 link to Hodges line
    |       |—James Jackson Bryan, 1808:Twiggs-27Feb1866 burr. Mt Zion Cem. BA Athens Ga bio
    |       |—Mary Bryan (6th)  1791:NC-1820/8
    |       |      = Maj. William Hamilton 22May1789-15Aug1870 dirt  Link to Hamilton line
    |       |—Katherine Bryan
    |       |      = Dr. R. Stuart
    |       |—Harriett F. Bryan 1819-Mar1859
    |       |      =1 James E. Heam
    |       |      =2 Alexander Everett
    |       |—Elizabeth "Betsey/Lizzy" Bryan 9Nov1797-22Apr1875:Minden
    |       |      = William Hamilton  (same one)
    |       |—Joseph David Bryan 1841-
    |       |      =1 Harriet Hamister, BRG
    |       |      =2 Caroline Johnson b.1820, Marietta, Fla.
    |       |—Edward "Neddie" Bryan, bachellor
    |       |—Frank Bryan, NI BRG
    |       |—Hamilton Bryan, BRG
    |       |—Penelope Bryan, BRG
    |       \—Robert Bryan, BRG

Edward Bryan, Jan. 4, 1764 - Nov. 8, 1825.  A Patriot of the
Revolution.   He bore arms at the age of 16 defending his country.

Mrs. Temperance Bryan, Jan. 24, 1812 - Oct 12, 1842

Elijah B. Bryan, Son of Blackshear & Temperance Bryan, May 25, 1830 -
Sept. 16, 1857

Harriet F.  wife of Alex Everett Daughter of Ed. and Penelope
Bryan.  Ex 4th, March 1859 - Age 40

Penelope Bryan April 13, 1773 - Aug 19, 1839

Blackshear Bryan Died in 46th year of his age

Joseph M. Bryan Son of Blackshear and Temperance Bryan Aug. 15, 1828 -
Nov. 20, 1857

     DIED - At his residence in Twiggs county on the 9th ult. Maj. EDWARD BRYAN, in the 62nd year of his age. In contemplating the life of the deceased veteran, the illustrious era in which the first kindlings of his youthful soul were summoned to aid the sacred cause of liberty, we cannot suppress the emotions of regret nor the burst of enthusiastic sorrow.  The many virtues that he possessed, which were exhibited by his generous and benevolent intercourse with society, evince the attractive turn of his disposition and the unblemished train of his character. Though his spirit is borne from this vally [sic] of distress, and his body consigned to the dark vault of the dead, yet long will his memory be cherished and revered as the sacred impulse of his virtues.

     Georgia Journal. 22 Nov. 1825. Special Collections Department The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia 30602

 Twiggs County, Georgia
 Nancy: From the book "Abstracts Of Some Documents Of Twiggs County
     http://www.rootsweb.com/~gatwiggs/peckbook.htm
 Soldiers:
     "Slappey Guards"  48th GVI Company G      SLAPPEY GUARDS
     TWIGGS COUNTY VOLS
     TWIGGS COUNTY GUARDS
     FAULK INVINCIBLES

 1921 Death Index for Randolph, Stewart, Terrell and Twiggs Counties, Georgia
 1924 Death Index for Randolph, Stewart, Terrell and Twiggs Counties, Georgia
 

 History of Twiggs County

Jacob Anderson m. Patience Hodges 27 May 1825 Henry Co. AL.  Alabama Marriages before 1825  Database An

                    "CHARLES WUNDERLICH" <wunderphil@email.msn.com>
                To:
                    <SandyHodges@attbi.com>
             Subject:
                    Hodges
               Date:
                    Fri, 6 Sep 2002 14:55:08 -0500

Sandy, thank you so much for your Hodges info.  I really feel my Patience is in this line somehow
because she had about 9 children  born in Ga,  named Lucinda Caroline, Simon Cisero, John H,
Rhoda Ann, Patience, Betheah (?), Celia Jane, William,  Cornelia,and last Correndia C.A. b in Al. I
found Jacob Anderson in Randolph Co Ga in 1840 census, and in Henry Co Al in 1850. Actually I
understand his land was just across the river in Al.  The 1850 census lists Patience at 39 making
her born in 1811 in Ga, marrying in 1825 at age 14.   Jacob Anderson & Patience E. Hodges chart

The 1855 Al State census lists Jacob in Al with the children. Land records show he purchased land
in 1852 & 3. But, in 1860 he has removed to Jasper Co Ms with the children and no wife. So
apparently Patience Elizabeth died in early 1850s.

I have been following the Howell Hodges line out of Pitt Co NC to no avail.  Jacob And Patience's
Rhoda Ann married James Neville Toney in 1859 Henry Co Al. James' father was Col Wm Toney of
Greenville SC thru Fl then Clay Co Ga (just across the river from Henry Co Al and just south of
Randolph Co. Ga.)

James and Rhoda Ann had 4 children, Patience, Benjamin, Rhoda Anna, and Eliza.  Eliza apparently
died in infancy as she is on the tombstone with her father in Mar 1858, buried at Ft Gaines Clay Co
Ga with his father and bro. Rhoda Ann married Simon Williams, moved to Ms and had Emma, John,
and George Williams. She is buried in the same plot with her daus Rhoda Anna and Emma.
Rhoda Ann lived to be 91.

Rhoda Anna maried Robert Bailey, raised children in Pike Co Al, and moved to Elmore Co by 1900. I
believe to be near their daughter Rhoda Mae (my dad's mother) who had 8 children and did at
childbirth.

You can readily see my interest in tracing the Rhoda name beyond Patience Hodges. Oh, Rhoda
Anna Bailey and Robert had a child Albert Howell who apparently died at young age.  Also a William
Pascal who died at 12.
The name Howell sounds like an old family name, but I can't tie Patience with Howell Hodges yet.
The custom at their time was to name children after fathers, bro, and uncles.

One other interesting tidbit - seen posted in a query that Patience Elizabeth Hodges was 100%
Choctaw.  I have not found any rolls with her name.  But,  I found a Jacob Anderson, full Choctaw,
 children John H, Rhoda Ann, and Lucinda Caroline.  Haven't found where they were living, but
strange same names as Jacob and Patience Elizabeth.  I noted in the will of Col Wm Toney (Nov
1857) he left substantial money, slaves, etc., in the name of his younger son Washington's wife
Salley and her children.  There was a mere mention of Rhoda Ann as to provisions for her care and
her children.  I suspect since he was a man of wealth and distinction in the community, the slight
could have been if Rhoda Ann was indeed part indian.  Just my guest-a-ment at this point.

I am in the process of entering dates, names, etc., into my family tree program. and will be happy to
pass on to you as soon as done.  I am processing a diaster loan at this time from heavy rain causing
damage to my TH in SATx.  I live in Ft Worth area and want to revisit the National Archives here that
has much indian records.

Thanks again and lets stay in touch.  Best wishes Rhoda Philby
 
 

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