William Henry Hodges

1770 - 1849  (79 years)

• Name	William Henry Hodges  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	19 Jun 1770	Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Aug 1849	Tattnall, Georgia, USA   [1, 2]
  Burial	Old Anderson Church Cemetery, Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA   [2, 4]
  Person ID	I2369	tng Genealogy

  
  

  Father	John Robert Hodges, Sr,   b. 26 Jun 1736, North Carolina, USA d. 1822 (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Tabitha Little,   b. 17 Mar 1744, North Carolina, USA d. 1780, Barnwell District, South Carolina, USA (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F15121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ann Blitch,   b. 1780, Effingham, Georgia, USA d. 1815, Tattnall, Georgia, USA (Age 35 years)
  Children	+ 1. Willis Aaron Hodges,   b. 1 Aug 1812, Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA d. 31 Aug 1886, Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural] + 2. James A Hodges,   b. 2 Nov 1799, Bulloch, Georgia, USA d. 1885, Florida, USA (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural] + 3. William Riley Hodges,   b. 8 Feb 1808, Bulloch, Georgia, USA d. 8 Feb 1858, Georgia, USA (Age 50 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Cynthia Hodges,   b. 1806, Bulloch, Georgia, USA  [Father: natural]   5. Elizabeth Hodges,   b. 1806, Bulloch, Georgia, USA  [Father: natural] + 6. Samuel Hodges,   b. 25 Jan 1810, Tattnall, Georgia, USA d. Jan 1848, Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA (Age 37 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F1069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah Colson,   b. 1 Oct 1787, Screven, Georgia, USA d. 30 Aug 1870, Tattnall, Georgia, USA (Age 82 years)
  Marriage License	15 Jan 1827	Tattnall, Georgia, USA   [3]
  Marriage	11 Mar 1827	Tattnall, Georgia, USA   [1, 3]
  Children	+ 1. Seaborn Randolph Hodges,   b. 26 Apr 1816, Tattnall, Georgia, USA d. 11 Oct 1899, Tattnall, Georgia, USA (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Samantha Mariah Hodges,   b. 17 May 1819, Georgia, USA d. 27 Jun 1902 (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]   3. Irvin Jackson Hodges,   b. 25 Dec 1824, Georgia, USA d. 10 Nov 1897, Georgia, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Phillip Powell Hodges,   b. 24 Mar 1830, Georgia, USA d. 30 Aug 1861 (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F12643	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 19 Jun 1770 - Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina, USA Marriage License - 15 Jan 1827 - Tattnall, Georgia, USA Marriage - 11 Mar 1827 - Tattnall, Georgia, USA Death - 24 Aug 1849 - Tattnall, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  William Hodges and Hannah Colson had four children, three of whom were born before their marriage. An Act of the General Assembly approved Dec. 31, 1838, changed the name of the first three from Colson to that of "Hodges" and legitimatized them. SOURCE: Folks Huxford Volume 5 of Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia page 209.

  
  

• Sources

  [S236] Folks Huxford, Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Vol. 5, (Name: 1967;), Page 209. [S568] Ancestry.com, Web: Georgia, Find A Grave Index, 1728-2012, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34904765. Record for William Henry Hodges http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WebSearch-3897&h=2601173&indiv=try http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WebSearch-3897&h=2601173&indiv=try [S529] Ancesrty.com, Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;). Record for William Hodges https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4766&h=564895&indiv=try [ View marriage certificate] https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=4766&h=564895&indiv=try [S78] Moses M Coleman, Jr and Emilie K Hartz, Cemeteries of Tattnall County Georgia, (Name: Vesco, Inc 2001;), Page 19.