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I was very fortunate to meet John Spencer some time back on the Hodge message board. John, a descendant of Dr. Alphonso Hodge, had been trying to tie his great grandfather into our family. All of that is now history since Alphonso was proven to be the son of James Hodge and his wife Mary J.W. Campbell. I would like to thank my cousin Cindy Wilcoxen for her outstanding research ability during our long hours of work on our William and Nancy (Dancy) Hodge family. Also, a special thanks to Mrs. Carolyn (Campbell) White, a descendant of James and Mary (Campbell) Hodge, a very competent and thorough researcher. Earl Hodges of Liberty Hill, Texas for his details on the family of John Allen Hodges. Finally, I would like to thank Dr. Thomas Hamm of Spiceland, Indiana, a descendant of Thomas Hodges Esq. of Edgecombe Co., NC., for sharing his vast research. Few children obtained land through inheritance. If the father died intestate, all the land went to the eldest son under the law of Primogeniture. Younger males would obtain land grants or migrate to the new frontier. You worked and farmed or learned a trade until adulthood. Then you would marry and while raising a large family to help with the farm; you would attempt to obtain more land. If you were fortunate, and owned slaves to engage in the farm work then you could educate your children. If by the age of 50 you were still alive, you would retire by selling your established plantation and moving to town. If you were fortune enough to have someone in the family who could read and write then you would maintain a family bible to record the marriages, births and deaths. If not one in the family could read or write, which usually was the case, than the only record of your existence would be from government or church records.
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History of By Marty K. Hodge The town of
During the early and violent history of Livingston County Indians still roomed the countryside. The settlers, in the hope of protecting their family and property, formed a local militia. The 24th Infantry Regiment of the Kentucky Militia was commanded by Captain Robert Hodge Sr. who had received his commission in 1803. The regiment drilled at Salem and was ready at a moments notice in the event of any attacks by Indians. The regiment would later serve under General Isaac Shelby, first governor of Kentucky, and saw action at the Battle of Thames in the War of 1812. The Salem stood near the intersection of U.S. Hwy 60 ( During the Civil War the old county seat at Who exactly saved the bell has been lost to history. It came into possession of Frank Wolfe, who had the bell for a number of years. He eventually gave it to Vernon Norman who in turn sold it to Felix Edgar Tyner. Felix was the son of William Cullen Tyner and Nancy Josephine Hodge. Felix's widow, Cora (
Felix Edgar Tyner and his wife Cora. (The last owners of the bell) Another local son was Colonel Gustavus Adolfus Christian Holt (1840-1910). Gustavus was the son of Dr. James Patternson Holt and Julia Allen Hodge. Prior to the beginning of the war he was a practicing law at
Captain Hugh M. Hiett On July 12, 1860 twenty-six year old Hugh M. Hiett, also spelled Hiatt/Hyatt, was working on the farm of David P. Bennett near After being mustered out of the Union Army in December 1864 at Bowling Green he returned to
A Special thanks to James and Gwen Hyatt for relating this story to me.
James Hugh Hyatt, great grandson of Cpt. Hugh M. Hiett, standing next to the historical marker at Salem. Visit the Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog by Brenda Joyce Jerome for more local history and research. Brenda has more than 40 years experience in genealogical research and is the author of numerous genealogical source books for Caldwell, Livingston and Crittenden Counties. Brenda's work is used as reference throughout this website. Her work has been instrumental in solving many of the Hodge and related allied family mysteries and I encourage any and all researchers to seek out her source books prior to making a trip to any of the courthouses at Marion, Princeton or Smithland. Her work has saved myself and other family reseachers countless hours of research. GENEALOGY IS MY PASTIME Genealogy is my pastime, I shall not stray, It maketh me to lie down and examine half-buried tombstones, It leadeth me into still Courthouses, It restoreth my ancestral knowledge, It leadeth me into the paths of census records and ship's passenger lists for my surnames' sake, Yea, though I wade through the shadows of research libraries, I shall fear no discouragement, For a strong urge is within me, My curiosity and motivation, they comfort me, It demandeth preparation of storage space for the acquisition of countless documents, It annointeth my head with burning My family group sheets runneth over, Surely birth, marriage, and death dates shall follow me all the days of my life, And I shall dwell in the house of family history seekers FOREVER! Anonymous
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