Land/Tax

Historical Collections of Georgia (pub. 1855)
(C. Avis Catalog entry #371)

p. 439
William Hodge was among the first settlers of Elbert Co.
 

Historical Collection of Georgia D. A. R.
(C. Avis Catalog entry #239)

Vol. III
Elbert Co.

p. 3-4 - Abstract of will of William Hodge 1794

William Hodge test. on deeds:

    p. 196 - 4/10/1791 
    p. 172 - 2/20/1794
    p. 207 - 2/18/1797, with Elliott Hodge     Folio 111

Alexander Hodge test. on deeds:
    p. 157 - 3/20/1792
    p. 188 - 1/29/1794

p. 216 - John Hodge's 200 acres to be renewed - 10/3/1791 (Land Court Records 1791-1822)
p. 191 - Alexander Hodge deeded 200 acres on Fork Creek 3/27/1792, William and Francis Hodge, test.   Folio 91
p. 143 - John Hodge an executor of estate of William Hodge, dec'd -10/3/1794
p. 145 - Alexander Hodge an executor of estate of John Hodge, dec'd - July term 1801
 

Fort Bend Co., Texas Tax Rolls 1838
(C. Avis Catalog entry #48)

"Texas, County Tax Rolls, 1837-1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-4J98-5W?cc=1827575&wc=M63D-M2W%3A161501501%2C161394702 : 22 May 2014), Fort Bend county > 1838 > image 5 of 18; State Archives, Austin.

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History of Fort Bend Co., Texas (Wharton, Clarence R., 1939)
(C. Avis Catalog entry #43)

[The map in the front shows that Santa Ana's line of march crossed the Alexander Hodge grant on 4/15/1836 from west to east, north of Oyster Creek.]

p. 40

"Three years later [1824] Austin, who had withheld these five locations in his first Colony, decided to release them for settlement and they were located for and granted to Jane Wilkins, Jesse H. Cartwright, Mills M. Battle, Alexander Hodge and S. M. Williams in 1827 and 1828."

p. 137

"Alexander Hodge was born in Pennsylvania in 1760 and died in Texas in 1836.  He was one of Marion's men in the American Revolution.  He came to Austin's second Colony and his league was on the Austin reservation.  In 1850 his sons and grandsons were living on it."

p. 165

The 1850 & 1860 censuses show the Archie Hodge plantations valued at $13,000 and $25,000 respectively.

The History of Fort Bend Co., Texas (Sowell, A. J.)
(C. Avis Catalog entry #52)

p. 19 
Land titles issued:

4/12/1828:  Alexander Hodge - one league 
7/14/1831:  Robert Hodge - one league 

p. 340 
Robert Hodge resident of Richmond, born Galveston Island 5/18/1836.  Parents were some of S. F. Austin's colonists who settled near Damon's Mound

p. 355 
2/27/1838 - Elliott Hodge among prospective jurors

p. 357
2/28/1838 - John Hodge a juror on grand jury

Fort Bend Co., Texas Tax List 1839
(C. Avis Catalog entry #49)

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John Hodge
1 labor - tax $1
Oyster Creek $1665
Mill Creek $4444
1 Negro man $1000
2 Spanish colts $20
20 cattle $160
Total $7289

A. E. Hodge
1 league - tax $4
Montgomery $5925
Fort Bend $1665
55 cattle $440
Total $8070

A. E. Hodge
Montgomery $8888
Fort Bend $1665
2 Negros $1800
11 horses $825
55 cattle $440
Total $13618

Abstracts of Franklin Co., GA Deed Book K
(C. Avis Catalog entry #50)

Georgia Genealogical Magazine #19

p. 1215
Witnesses to a deed, 3-24-1792:
Wm. Hodge, J.P.  and  Alexander Hodge

Early Records of Georgia - Wilkes County
(C. Avis Catalog entry #211)

p. 53
Tax Digest 1792-1794
Archibald Hodge   1 poll   850 acres   Wilkes Co.
 

The Second or 1807 Land Lottery of Georgia
(C. Avis Catalog entry #206)

Oglethorpe County

          Name                            Militia Dist.       Lot #        District        County of land

p. 91  Archibald Hodge              Hatchett's        131              16                Wilkinson

p. 92  Alexander Hodge              Hatchett's         96              18                 Baldwin

p. 92  Alexander Hodge              Hatchett's       205              22                Wilkinson

p. 92  William Hodges (orphan)  Hudson's         63                 6                 Baldwin

1805 Georgia Land Lottery - Persons Entitled to Draws
(C. Avis Catalog entry #928)


Compiled by Paul K. Graham 
The Genealogy Company
Decatur, Georgia
 

p. ii

At the lottery, a "P" (Prize) or "B" (Blank) was placed by the name of each participant representing the result of each draw.

p. v

Eligible Drawers

The following categories of people were entitled to draws in the 1805 Land Lottery.  Participants had to be white, United States citizens, and a resident of Georgia for one year prior to the land lottery law in May 1803.

White male, 21 years old    One Draw
White male, 21 years old with wife and legitimate children under the age of 21    Two Draws
White female, widowed, with legitimate children under the age of 21   Two Draws
Orphaned family, whose parents were both deceased, or whose father was deceased and mother remarried   One Draw

p. 260
Number  Name                County       Draw    Prize
1593    Hodge, Alexander    Oglethorpe    B B
1595    Hodge, Archibald    Oglethorpe    B B
1285    Hodge, Elias        Jefferson     B B
1239    Hodge, Elliot       Jackson       P B    Wa D1 L4
 587    Hodge, Isaac        Franklin      B B
 633    Hodge, James        Franklin      P      Pa D3 L54
1666    Hodge, James        Oglethorpe    B B
1378    Hodge, John         Liberty       B B
1581    Hodge, John         Oglethorpe    B B
1735    Hodge, John         Screven       B B
1362    Hodge, Joseph       Liberty       B
1935    Hodge, Mathew       Washington    B
1734    Hodge, Nathan       Screven       B
1731    Hodge, Samuel       Screven       B
1252    Hodge, William      Jackson       B B
1543    Hodge, William      Oglethorpe    B B
 991    Hodges, Andrew      Hancock       B B
  25    Hodges, Benjamin    Bulloch       B B
2026    Hodges, Benjamin    Washington    B B
1979    Hodges, Edward      Washington    B B
1853    Hodges, Fleming     Warren        B B
2045    Hodges, Forman      Washington    B B
 138    Hodges, Francis     Burke         B
1653    Hodges, Francis     Oglethorpe    P B     Wi D4 L5
 110    Hodges, Handley     Burke         B B
1231    Hodges, Hiram       Jackson       B
1591    Hodges, Jacob       Oglethorpe    B
1958    Hodges, John        Washington    B
  24    Hodges, Joseph      Bulloch       B B
  20    Hodges, Joshua, Junr.               Bulloch    B B
1377    Hodges, John, orphans of            Liberty    B             
1919    Hodges, John & Charles, orphans     Washington B