Michael Cody (1768 - 1832)

Born 23 Apr 1768 in Prince Edward County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hodo) Cody — married about 1791 in Wilkes, Georgia, United States

Husband of Rebecca (Rogers) Cody — married 12 Jan 1818 in Warren, Georgia

Descendants

Died 8 Mar 1832 at age 63 in Warrenton, Warren, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Descendant of James Archdekin of Cody I.

Michael Cody was a Virginia colonist.

Michael Cody was a Georgian.

Michael Cody served with Georgia during the American Revolution.

Michael was a farmer in Georgia

Michael was born in 1768 in the Virginia Colony to James Cody III and Sarah Womack. He had at least 9 siblings: Ailsie, Jesse, John, Jacob Sr, Edmund, Richard, David, Alsey, and Sarah Womack. He was a first generation American. His father migrated from Ireland to America. His mother may have been born in the Virginia Colony.

He was about 7 years old when his father moved the family to Caswell County, North Carolina, about 1775. Due to the desolation of the country by the British and the Tories, times were difficult, and he probably did not have a proper education. He was considered "large for his age and strong of limb" and had to work on the farm from early to late to earn his "daily bread".

About 1789, he moved to Wilkes County (now known as Warren County), Georgia, settling on Briar Creek.

He married about 1791/2 in Wilkes County, to Mary Hodo, daughter of Peter Hodo and Susannah Moses. He was about 23 years old. They had at least 5 children together:

1. James Cody
2. Mary Cody
3. Peter Cody
4. Elizabeth Cody
5. Green Womack Cody

• Fact: Residence (1794) Neals District, Warren County, Georgia

He married in 1818 in Warren County, to Rebecca Rogers, daughter of Reuben Rogers Sr and Temperance James. He was about 49 years old. They had at least 5 children together:

1. Marion Michael Cody
2. Louisa Amanda Cody
3. Temperance Sophronia Cody
4. Jeptha Melton Cody
5. Madison Derrell Cody

• Fact: Residence (1820) Capt H Williamses District, Warren, Georgia

1 WM 45 and over; 1 WF 26-44; 1 WF 16-25; 1 WF Under 10; 1 WM 16-25; 2 WM Under 10; and 23 slaves

• Fact: Residence (1830) Warren, Georgia

1 WM 60-69; 1 WF 40-49; 1 WM 20-29; 1 WF 20-29; 1 WM 10-14; 1 WF 10-14; 2 WM 5-9; and 41 slaves

3 Aug 1831 Warren County, Georgia: Will dated and signed by Michael Cody, names wife, Rebecca; grandson, James Madison Gray; son, Peter Cody; children of son, James Cody; children of daughter, Elizabeth Neal; son, Green Cody; son, Michael M. Cody; daughter, Louisa Amanda Cody; sons, Jeptha M. Cody and Madison D. Cody. Names son, Peter, and wife, Rebecca, as executors. Witneses: Drury A. McCullars, Ezekiel Hillman, William Castleberry. Probate: 7 May 1832. Recorded 25 May 1832.

Michael passed away in Warren County in 1832 at the age of 63.

• Fact: Burial (1832) Cody Family Cemetery, Warrenton, Warren County, Georgia

8 Jan 1833 Warren County, Georgia, Administrator Bond: Rebecca Cody, Thos Lockett, and Elias Williams.
6 May 1833 Warren County, Georgia, Administrator Bond: Peter Cody and Green Cody.

Links

FamilySearch PID: 2CB1-F78
Find A Grave: Memorial #105961530 Headstone Photo: Yes

Sources

• Ancestry.com. Georgia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. record for Michael Cody, 1794.
• "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWCY-D6T : 11 February 2018), Michael Cody and Rebecka Rogers, 17 Jan 1818; citing , Warren, Georgia; FHL microfilm 219,569.
• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJK-68J : 23 July 2019), Michael Cody and Rebecka Rogers, 17 Jan 1818; citing Marriage, Warren, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 219,569.
• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLW-HBT : accessed 28 August 2019), Michael Cady, Capt H Williamses District, Warren, Georgia, United States; citing p. 282, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 175,766.
• "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGB-L33 : 24 August 2017), Michael Cody, Warren, Georgia, United States; citing 214, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 21; FHL microfilm 7,041.
• Ancestry.com. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. record for Michael Cody, 1831/1832.
• Ancestry.com. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Administrator Bond record for Michael Cody, deceased, entry for Rebecca Rogers, 1833.
• Ancestry.com. Georgia, Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. entry for Peter Cody and Green Cody in the record of Michael Cody, 1833.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 August 2019), memorial page for Michael Cody (Apr 1768–8 Mar 1832), Find A Grave Memorial no. 105961530, citing Cody Family Cemetery, Warrenton, Warren County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Emily Mixon Pentecost (contributor 46843071).
• History of Warren County, Georgia, 1793-1974 (Wilhoit, Georgia, 1976), pages 39-44, record for James Cody and Sarah Womack.
• Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. entry for Michael Cody and Rebecca Rogers in the record of Jeptha Milton Cody.
• Ancestry.com. North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 database on-line. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. entry for Michael Cody and Rebecca Rogers in the record of Louisa Amanda Cody.
• The Boaz Family/Ancestors and Descendants by Robert V. Boaz, 1999, pages 234-235.
• "A History of Our Irish American Cody Family" by William Howard Wright
• Family Tree Maker: Cody Ancestors
• http://books.google.com/books?id=xJQyAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA304&lpg=RA1-PA304&dq=%E2%86%91+Sarah+D.+Hubert%27s+complete+genealogy+of+the+Cody+family.&source=bl&ots=_hT0Vs7sqX&sig=KPfhsY1Mza5ItwWEE3cSqc1yxsU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=4BmCVMXnDoGrNou6gdgG&ved=0CCEQ6AEwAg The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volumes 33-34] edited by Richard Henry Greene, Henry Reed Stiles, Melatiah Everett Dwight, George Austin Morrison, Hopper Striker Mott, John Reynolds Totten, Harold Minot Pitman, Charles Andrew Ditmas, Louis Effingham De Forest, Conklin Mann, Arthur S. Maynard, Page 300-304
• Rand, Hale, Strong and allied families compiled by Nettie Hale Rand, page 121, entry for Michael Cody in the record of James Cody and Sarah Womack.
• Sarah D. Hubert's complete genealogy of the Cody family.
• Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers in Georgia, Vol. I page 211. entry for Michael Cody in the record of James Cody.
• Cody Rogers of Georgia, by L. L. Cody, 1915
• Womack Genealogy Archdeacon Cody Family
• Gedcom from Lorri Carter as given by Eowyn Langholf

Acknowledgement

Thank you to Johnnie Franceta for creating WikiTree profile Cody-280 through the import of BBJoiner.ged on 21 Sep 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Johnnie and others.