 1812 - 1886 (74 years)
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| Name |
Willis Aaron Hodges [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] |
| Birth |
1 Aug 1812 |
Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA  [1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Race |
White [9, 10] |
| Residence |
1850 |
District 9, Camden, Georgia, USA [7] |
| Age: 31; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; Industry: Agriculture |
| Residence |
1860 |
Dessert District, Charlton, Georgia, USA [8] |
| Residence |
1870 |
Fernandina, Nassau, Florida, USA [9] |
| Age: 57; CannotRead: Y; CannotWrite: Y; DisabilityCondition: Y; MaleCitizenOverTwentyone: Y; PersonalEstateValue: 200; RealEstateValue: 700; Occupation: Farmer |
| Residence |
1880 |
Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA [10] |
| Age: 69; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self |
| Death |
31 Aug 1886 |
Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA [2, 4, 6] |
| Burial |
Canaday Cemetery, Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA [2, 6] |
| Person ID |
I1739 |
tng Genealogy |
| Father |
William Henry Hodges, b. 19 Jun 1770, Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina, USA d. 24 Aug 1849, Tattnall, Georgia, USA (Age 79 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Ann Blitch, b. 1780, Effingham, Georgia, USA d. 1815, Tattnall, Georgia, USA (Age 35 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F1069 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Basheba Heath, b. 10 Jan 1845, Ware, Georgia, USA d. 3 Nov 1931, Charlton, Georgia, USA (Age 86 years) |
| Marriage |
4 Aug 1883 |
Charlton, Georgia, USA [4, 5] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Joel Lee Hodges, b. 18 Apr 1884, St George, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. 28 Aug 1959, Charlton, Georgia, USA (Age 75 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 2. Grover Cleveland Hodges, b. 31 Jan 1886, Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. 16 Mar 1979, Baker, Florida, USA (Age 93 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F801 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 2 |
Mahalia Johns, b. 17 Feb 1827, Camden, Georgia, USA d. 1880, Charlton, Georgia, USA (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage |
23 Feb 1843 |
Camden, Georgia, USA [1, 2] |
| Children |
| + | 1. Annie Hodges, b. 2 Nov 1843, Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. 10 Apr 1880, Charlton, Georgia, USA (Age 36 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 2. George Washington Hodges, b. 29 Nov 1845, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. 22 Oct 1908, Nassau, Florida, USA (Age 62 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 3. William J Hodges, b. 25 Jan 1848, Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. 6 May 1930, Nassau, Florida, USA (Age 82 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 4. Elishu Elihu Hodges, b. 8 Nov 1849, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. 23 Aug 1904, Nassau, Florida, USA (Age 54 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 5. John Charlton Hodges, b. 8 Aug 1854, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. Mar 1900, Charlton, Georgia, USA (Age 45 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 6. James B. Hodges, b. 11 Apr 1856, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. 27 May 1913 (Age 57 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 7. Lenora Senova Hodges, b. 7 Feb 1858, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. 1910, St George, Charlton, Georgia, USA (Age 51 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 8. Andrew Jackson Hodges, b. 19 Apr 1858, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. 10 Jul 1908 (Age 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 9. Daniel Robert Hodges, b. 3 Aug 1861, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. 14 Jun 1907, Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA (Age 45 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 10. Nathaniel Hodges, b. 3 May 1863, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. 16 Feb 1929, Nassau, Florida, USA (Age 65 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 11. Emily Hodges, b. 9 Feb 1864, Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. 3 Apr 1928, Charlton, Georgia, USA (Age 64 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 12. Mary Elizabeth Hodges, b. Nov 1869, Nassau, Florida, USA d. 1929, Charlton, Georgia, USA (Age ~ 59 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 13. Willis Alexander Hodges, b. 8 Nov 1852, Folkston, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. 16 May 1930, Duval, Florida, USA (Age 77 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 14. John Joshua Hodges, b. Jun 1867, Nassau, Florida, USA d. 1918, Baker, Florida, USA (Age ~ 50 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
| + | 15. Martha D Hodges, b. 8 Nov 1870, Charlton, Georgia, USA d. 3 Jun 1927, Georgia, USA (Age 56 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F800 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 1 Aug 1812 - Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA |
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 | Marriage - 23 Feb 1843 - Camden, Georgia, USA |
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 | Marriage - 4 Aug 1883 - Charlton, Georgia, USA |
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 | Death - 31 Aug 1886 - Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA |
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| Notes |
- Willis Aaron Hodges was the ancestor and progenerator of most all of the Hodges families that settled in Moniac Charlton, Georgia, and the Northeast Florida area of Nassau and Duval County, Florida. Willis Aaron Hodges was born in Tattnall, Georgia, Aug. l, 1812, son of William Hodges. He and his brother William R. Hodges came to Camden County as young men and married there (in the portion made into Charlton County in 1858). Willis A. married Feb. 23, 1843, in Camden County, Georgia, to Mehalia Johns, born 1827 in Camden County, daughter of George Johns and his wife Anna. They had fifteen children, so they were off to a good start of populating the surrounding counties of south Georgia and northeast Florida. The history of Willis Aaron's life portrays him as a "rough and ready" frontier man. Mr. Hodges, an Indian fighter, and served several enlistment's in the Indian Wars. His first wife died about 1880, Mr. Hodges married Mrs. Basheby Gainey, said to be a Cherokee Indian, born Jan.10, 1845, in Ware County, died in Charlton, Georgia, Nov. 3, 1931. Two children were born by her. Willis Aaron Hodges died Aug. 7, 1886, age 74 years, only a few months after the birth of his 17th child. He was buried in Canaday Cemetery near Moniac, Georgia. Ref: "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia", Vol. VII, pg. 196, 197 & 198. 1860 Federal Census, Charlton, Georgia 1880 Federal Census Charlton Co, GA "Charlton County Georgia Historical Notes - 1972", pg. 405 & 406. "History of Charlton County", by Alex. S. McQueen, pg. 42-46.
POWG Vol VII, p.145-146 has Henry Gainey, Jr., (1840-1864) son of Henry
(1810-1870) and Olive Gainey. He is listed as married to "Basheby Heath", and as
"killed in battle, 1864".
Willis A. Hodges is also in Vol. VII, p196. States his second wife was
"Basheby Gainey, b. Jan. 10, 1845, in Ware County, died in Charlton County, Nov. 3,
1931". Not clear if she was born in Ware County, or they were married in Ware
County. Two children:
Joel Lee, b. Apr. 19, 1884, m. Sarah Iola Robinson
Grover Cleveland, b. Jan. 31, 1886, m. Victoria Crawford.
The entry notes that Basheby Heath was in the 1860 census of Charlton County
as Basheby Heath, age 18. States Henry Gainey was killed at Battle of
Spottsylvania, May, 1864. Hodges died Aug. 7, 1886.
David Rowell is listed in Vol. VII, p355. His
first wife was Jane Howard. In 1890, he married Basheba Hodges. POWG lists one
son, Spencer M. Rowell, b. Aug. 15, 1891, died Sept. 21, 1950. Spencer's wife
was Katie Crawford. David, Basheba and Spencer are listed as
buried in Emmeus Church Cemetery, near St. George.
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| Sources |
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- [S238] Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 7, (Name: 1975;), Pages 355-356.
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http://stephgrohol2004.tripod.com/id4.html
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Record for W A Hodges
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Record for Willis Aaron Hodges
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Year: 1850; Census Place: District 9, Camden, Georgia; Roll: 62; Page: 393b
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- [S354] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;).
Year: 1860; Census Place: Dessert District, Charlton, Georgia; Roll M653_115; Page: 432; Image: 433.
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Year: 1870; Census Place: Nassau, Florida; Roll: M593_132; Page: 423B; Family History Library Film: 545631
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Year: 1880; Census Place: Ganeyville, Charlton, Georgia; Roll: 138; Family History Film: 1254138; Page: 261C; Enumeration District: 014; Image: 0084
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