William Mason Hodges (1754 - 1843)

Born 14 Apr 1754 in Halifax, Halifax County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (McGlathery) Hodges — married 9 Feb 1830 in Morgan County, Alabama, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Apr 1843 at age 89 in Lawrence County, Alabama, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Hodges Name Study.

William was born before 1754. He was the son of Isham Hodges and Nancy Hill.

Residence

• Left what is now Franklin County in 1780.
• Was in North Carolina in 1787.
• Fact: Residence (1790) Pendleton, South Carolina, United States
• In Georgia about 1800
• Fact: Residence (1816) Mississippi Territory Census, Monroe County, AL
• Fact: Residence (1820) Alabama

Research Notes

This William, son of Isham, is not the William who lived in Franklin County and died in 1817.^[1]

Middle name of Mason is asserted by FAG, but no source is given.

Died Y. 1759

This profile is part of the Hodges Name Study.

William Hodges was born in Halifax County, Colony of Virginia in 1754. [No parents are cited in this source.]^[2]

Military Service

William served as a private under Colonial Thomas Brandon's Spartan Regiment, South Carolina Militia. ^[2]

Pension - Application No. R-5090 National Archives, Washington DC^[2]

Bounty Land Warrant - Heirs filed for bounty after his death which was rejected R-5090. ^[2]

Residences

Marlboro or Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Warren County, Georgia
Greene County, Tennessee
Cotaco, Morgan County, Alabama
Lawrence County, Alabama^[2]

Marriages and Children

William Hodges married Elizabeth Kerby abt. 1775 in Henry County, Virginia. Their children were:

1. Captain John Hodges b 1775 d 24 November 1849 Henderson Co. NC; Captain in War of 1812 & Seminole War; m 6 January 1800 Sarah Merritt, daughter of Benjamin Merritt, Sr. NC Rev. Soldier^[2]
2. Fleming Hodges b ca. 1778 d 1827; m 1)Elizabeth Johnston 2) Martha Looney ^[2]
3. Jane Hodges 1785 Warren County, Georgia; m 23 January 1804 Jonathan Fuller^[2]
4. Andrew Hodges b ca. 1787 Warren County, Georgia d before 1843; m Elizabeth Potter^[2]
5. Moses Hodges to Green County, Tennessee^[2]
6. William Hodges b ca 1790 Warren County, Georgia d 25 March 1835; m 1) Janet Daughtery 2) Sarah Walker, widow of Thomas Thompson - served in war of 1812^[2]
7. Elizabeth Hodges b 1797 Warren County, Georgia: m 1812 David Wiget^[2]
8. Frances Hodges b 1798 Warren County, Georgia d 10 April 1871 Wolf Springs, Lawrence Co. AL; m in Shelby County, Alabama to Samuel Wallace^[2]

James L Hodges ^{[citation needed]}

After the death of Elizabeth in Morgan County, Alabama in 1824, William married Elizabeth McGlathery. She was the widow of Joel Sims and the daughter of David McGlathery and Honora Yeager of Laurens County, South Carolina.^[2]

Death

William Hodges died at the age of 89 on 14 April 1843 at the home of Frances Wallace in Wolf Springs, Lawrence County, Alabama. ^[2]

Burial

William Hodges

Event Place: , Lawrence, Alabama, United States of America

Cemetery: Masterson Cemetery^[3]

More information on Find-A-Grave profile:

Pvt William Mason Hodges

Birth: 14 Apr 1754

Birth Place: Halifax County, Virginia, USA

Death: 14 Apr 1843 (aged 89)

Death Place: Wolf Springs, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA

Burial: Masterson Cemetery, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA^[3]

Research Notes

There is no marriage to Mrs. Mary Brent indicated in the biography of William Hodges in the book, Louise Milam Julich [Alabama Society Daughters of American Revolution]. Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots in Alabama (Parchment Press, Montgomery, Alabama. 1979), pp 294-296 - The removal of this profile is suggested.

The reference below is referring to William Hodges' (b. 1754) sons: Fleming Hodges (b ca 1778) and William Hodges (b ca. 1790).^[2] William Hodges, II had a son Fleming. He is also referenced in material below. William Hodge, Sr.'s daughter, Frances married Samuel Wallace^[2] The removal of the information below is suggested to remove the confusion between the father, William and the son,William.

The Hodges were prominent in the first settlement of the county. Fleming was the eldest of two brothers who came together. He first married Miss Johnson of Madison, and secondly, Miss Loony of the same county. Col. Fleming Hodges was a member of the General Assembly (Senate) in 1819, 1820, 1821. He died about 1823. His wife survived him.

Col. Wm. Hodges was the younger brother and was a member of the house of Representatives in 1828-29. His eldest son, Fleming, had considerable talent for trade, and moved to Mississippi. Wm. (Buck) Hodges of the Sixteenth Alabama Regiment, who made so much reputation in the late war, was his son. Another, Asa, was a lawyer, he moved to Arkansas. Two sons, Moses and James, moved to Mississippi. A sister of Fleming and William Hodges married Samuel W. Wallace in Shelby county, where she happened to be on a visit. They resided in to Dallas county, and were there when the State was organized and then removed to Shelby county again. Thence to Oakville, in Lawrence county, and, in 1840, to Wolf Spring. The old gentleman is now in his 85th year; but is vigorous in mind, and, having been a school teacher, can still write a fine hand.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Proof positive: Isham and William Hodges
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16} Louise Milam Julich [Alabama Society Daughters of American Revolution]. Roster of Revolutionary Soldiers and Patriots in Alabama (Parchment Press, Montgomery, Alabama. 1979), pp 294-296
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/30938837/william-mason-hodges : accessed 01 March 2022), memorial page for Pvt William Mason Hodges (14 Apr 1754–14 Apr 1843), Find A Grave: Memorial #30938837 citing Masterson Cemetery, Lawrence County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Tommy Neathery (contributor 47874331) .
4. ↑ EARLY SETTLERS OF ALABAMA By Col. James Edmonds Saunders

See also:

• Ancestry Profile accessed 16 June 2018, profile for William Hodges.
• Ancestry Profile
• Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890; Name: William Hodges; State: VA; County: Halifax County; Township: 06 00; Year: 1782; Record Type: Continental Census; Page: 24; Database: VA Early Census Index.
• Virginia, Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850; Name: William Hodges; Gender: Male; Spouse Name: Amey Hall; Spouse Gender: Female; Marriage Date: 16 Mar 1796; County: Franklin; State: Virginia.
• 1790 United States Federal Census
• Alabama, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1890; Ancestry Record 3531 #468647; Name: William Hodges; State: AL; County: Monroe County; Township: Mississippi Territory census; Year: 1816; Database: AL 1810-1819 Tax Lists Index.
• Alabama, County Marriages, 1805-1967
• Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969
• Alabama, Marriage Collection, 1800-1969
• U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; Find A Grave: Memorial #30938837
• U.S., Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files, 1800-1900; Ancestry Record 1995 #29588; Name: William Hodges; Application State: Virginia; Applicant Designation: Rejected Pension Application File; Second Applicant Name: Amelia Hodges; Archive Publication Number: M804; Archive Roll Number: 1296; Total Pages in Packet: 9. Image — Media Samuel W. Wallace, administrator for Probate of William Hodges estate. Proof of named children of William Hodges: John Hodges, Moses Hodges, Jane Hodges (married Jonathan Fuller), Elizabeth Hodges (married David Wiger?) and Frances Hodges (married Samuel W. Wallace). Asserts William Hodges was a "private in the War of the Revolution and served in the State Troops and Militia of South Carolina for a period of upwards of two years in tours of different directions in Col Brandens Regiment and in other towns not known to declarant. Filed for purpose of obtaining arrears or unclaimed pensions due William Hodges. Page 2: Media; Page 3: Media
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970; Ancestry Record 2204 #1035857; Name: Reverend William Hodges; Birth Date: 1754; Birth Place: Larkstroke, Gloucester, England; Death Date: 14 Apr 1843; Death Place: Lawrence, Alabama; SAR Membership: 95728; Role: Ancestor; Application Date: 30 Jun 1969; Spouse: Elizabeth Kirby; Children: John Hodges. Image
• Web: Alabama, Find A Grave Index, 1755-2012
• Web: Alabama, Find A Grave Index, 1755-2012
• Web: Lawrence County, Alabama, Burial Index, 1835-2014; Ancestry Record 70732 #33708; Name: William Hodges; Birth Date: 1754; Death Date: 18 Apr 1843; Death Age: 89; Cemetery: Masterson; Burial Place: Lawrence, Alabama, USA; Notes: PVT SC Militia REV WAR.
• Early Settlers Of Alabama; By Col. James Edmonds Saunders.
• Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Eastern Arkansas: Comprising a Condensed History of the State, a Number of Biographies of Distinguished Citizens of the Same, a Brief Descriptive History of Each of the Counties Named Herein, and Numerous Biographical Sketches of the Prominent Citizens of Such Counties; Goodspeed Publishing Company, Goodspeed Publishing Company Staff; Southern Historical Press, 1890 - Reference - 708 pages; Page 417; Quote: Asa Hodges was born in Lawrence County, Ala., January 22, 1822. His father was Hon. William Hodges, a brave son of North Carolina, who, smarting under the would be tyranny of the mother country, bore with his father an active share in the colonies' struggle for independence. Great-grandfather Hodges was of sturdy Scottish birth, ...
• Biography: The Hodges Pioneers of Lawrence County, Alabama; By: Donna R Causey; The Hodges Pioneers, Biography And Genealogy: Col. Fleming Hodges, Sr. (b.1792 – d. 1827); Col. William Mason Hodges (b. ca. 1793 – d. 1835); Lawrence County, Alabama. Quote: The Hodges were prominent in the first settlement to the county. Col. Fleming Hodges was the eldest of two brothers who came together and he fought in the War of 1812 and Col. William Mason Hodges was the younger. They were the sons of William (b. ca. 1753) and Elizabeth (Kerby) Hodges of Virginia and South Carolina.
  Elizabeth Kirby Hodges died 1824 in Monroe County, Alabama. William married 2nd Sarah (Walker) Thompson, widow of Thomas Thompson and sister of Dr. Tandy W. Walker of Oakville, Alabama. William Hodges died 1843.
• Old Settler’s Cemetery, Oakville Indian Mounds Education Center, Oakville, Alabama; Quote: Elizabeth Whitted was the granddaughter of William Hodges and Elizabeth Kerby. Elizabeth Kerby was the daughter of Francis Kerby and Elizabeth Davis.
  William Hodges was the son of William Hodges. William and Elizabeth Hodges married abt. 1755 in Henry Co., VA. William Jr. was born abt 1754, and died in Lawrence County about 1843. Elizabeth died in Morgan County in 1824.
  After Elizabeth died he married Sarah Walker Thompson, the widow of Thomas Thompson and the sister of Dr. Tandy Walker, in 1834. William had Revolutionary War service in the South Carolina Militia in Colonel Thomas Brandon’s Regiment for two years. He was living with his son-in-law Samuel W. Wallace in 1842 in Lawrence County, where he fell and broke a hip in the winter of 1842 and died of pneumonia soon after. Residences: Greene Co., S. 13 C., Limestone Co., Al., 1810; Monroe Co., MS Territory., 1816; Lawrence Co., AL.
• Source will be added by Carol Barber by 10 Mar 2021.

See Also:

• Family Search Profile for William Mason Hodges