https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Hodges-388 for John Robert Hodges
Born 26 Jun 1736 in Beaufort, Carteret, Province of North Carolinamap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died May 1829 in Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States
says:
Biography
John Hodges ... [1] TATTNALL COUNTY LOOSE PAPERS These loose records were all found in the Tattnall County Court House and were transcribed in a book located in the Ladson’s Genealogical Library, Vidalia, Toombs Co., GA in 2006. Information in bold print added for clarification or identification. (162) October Term 1826 [Indictment] The Grand Jury charged William Hodges, a single man, with fornication. On 07 June 1826 he lived with Hannah Colson. Geo. W. Crawford, Atto. Genl. Witnesses: Edward Kennedy, Samuel Dampies, Samuel Hodges. The defendant married to Hannah Colson. William Henry HODGES, son of John Robert HODGES and Tabitha LITTLE. Hannah COLSON, was the daughter of Benjamin Martin COLSON and Hannah GOLDWIRE. At the time of this indictment, he was 56 years old and Hannah was 33. Page 3 (165) 06 Apr 1827 [Warrant] A bill of indictment was found true against Hannah Colson for fornication. You are to take her into custody. Geo. W. Crawford, Atto. Genl.
"The Hodges Family
Floral City Florida February 14, 1910
I am Lela Hodges, daughter of William Lee Hodges and Victoria Sweat. I am writing the history of my Hodges family as told to me by my Daddy today.
"I am William Lee Hodges, I was born on September 30, 1843 in Charlton Co. Ga. My father was William Riley Hodges and my mother was Nancy Leigh. They were married in Camden Co. in about 1842. I have four Brothers and 2 Sisters all of us born in Charlton Co. Ga.
Father died when I was 15 years old but I can remember the story of our family he told us children the year before he died. He told us the story of the Hodges family as he had been told by his father, William Henry Hodges at the time my Father ,W.R., and his brother Willis had left home to move to Camden Co, and later to Charlton Co. Ga."
"My Father William Henry Hodges told me and Willis that his Father, John R. Hodges was born on June 26, 1736 in England and he could not remember for sure who his (John R.'s) Father was but he thinks he remembers it was Joseph and that he was a rich man in England. My Father William Henry told me and Willis that his Father, John R. came to America before the Rev War and settled in the eastern part of North Carolina with two Brothers, William and Howell. They had been given land grant by the King of England, and though he (William Henry) was only 6 years old at the time of the beginning of the Revolution, he remembers that his Father and Uncle William were loyal to the King. There was some bad words between the Brothers, because Uncle Howell was for the revolution. My Father (John R.) And his brother William were called Torries and the other settlers treated them bad, so they hooked up their wagons and started for the Spanish Territory in Florida. They traveled in the waterways to cover their tracks and finally reached the east part of South Carolina.
My mother, Tabitha, who was a Little before she married Daddy, took sick with fever and died in S.C. Everyone was very sad and Daddy John never got over her death. The family decided to move on to Spanish Territory where they felt they would be safe. They crossed the Savannah River and stayed in Burke Co. which later became Screven Co. for awhile and then all except my Brother John R. Jr. moved on to Florida. John Jr. liked it there in Screven. They attempted to cross the river and Daddy's wagon overturned and Julia drowned. We went on and farmed in the eastern part of Florida for awhile, but when we heard the war was over, we wanted to go back to our mountain home in N.C. When we got back to Screven Co. where John Jr. was living we liked it except Daddy, he wanted to go back to N.C. and after a few years he did. I met this girl in Screven Co. named Ann Blitch and after awhile we got married. Nathan and I moved on over to Tattnall Co. and John Jr. and Uncle William and his family stayed in Effingham Co. I am telling you and Willis this so you can be proud of your family"
Now this is the story as i remember my Father W.R. told me before the Civil War. Now a long time after the civil war, I heard that there a large sum of money that had been left in the bank in England for the Hodges family, but I did not know how to look into it.
Now I hope you girls and boys will always do the right thing and never bring shame to the Hodges name.
[The following notes are added by Lela Hodges. My Father died 3 years after telling me the story of the Hodges family.]
I took care of my mother Victoria Sweat Hodges who was the second wife of my Father William Lee Hodges. Mother passed away at my home in Jacksonville, Fla. On May 21, 1959 age 91.
[(John WHITEFIELD) found the information while "going through composition books and boxes of records left to him by my Aunt Lela." (Sent to Bob Peavy from John WHITFIELD, 506 S. Pioneer St., Mesa, Arizona 85204-- Lela HODGES was his Aunt. This verifies what the family bible says.) ]"
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John Robert Hodges, Sr. ( 1736-1810 ) John Robert Hodges, Sr. was the first child born to Richard and Sarah Hodges of North Carolina on June 26, 1736. The 1747 will of his father, Richard Hodges of Beaufort County, NC he inherited "one plantation of 400 acres on Chocowinity Bay" near Washington in Beaufort County, NC. He sold part of the property he had inherited in Beaufort County in 1756, the year he married Tabitha Little who was born in Beaufort Co., NC on March 17, 1744, daughter of Thomas Little (1700-1764). They married in Beaufort or Pitt Co. ( Pitt Co. was formed out of Beaufort County). He was a Revolutionary Soldier during the period from 1776 to 1781 and received a land grant for that service. In 1779 John Hodges of Washington County, NC (not GA) appointed his brother, Howell, as power of attorney and in 1780, Howell sold this land in Pitt Co, NC on the North side of the Tar River for John.
John Robert Hodges, Sr. and Tabitha had five children; John Robert, Jr. born August 26, 1768, Howell, Robert, Matthew and William Henry born June 19, 1770 and died August 24, 1849. William Henry married Ann Blitch first and second Hanna Colson.
Sources
↑ Entered by Brandi Binion, Jun 12, 2011
http://tobetsy.blogspot.com/2010/12/john-robert-hodges-1735-1810.html (Regarding John Robert Hodges and his family).
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