Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10117, John Hodges, S.C.
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE S. C.
Hodges, John
Frances
NUMBER W.10117

Born in Va
CONTENTS
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12.307
South Carolina
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John Hodges -
 of
Abbeville in the State of S. Car
who was a pr:- in the Compy commanded
by Captain Moore of the Regt commanded
by           in the S. Car:
une for 21 months - 
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Inscribed on the Roll of South Carolina
at the rate of 70 Dollars - Cents per annum
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
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Certificate of Pension issued the 20 day of April "3?
and Sent to Thos C 
Spierin.  Abbeville C H. S. Ca -
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Arrears to the                4th of March 1839               140 - 
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sept      "                     35
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                                                                                               $175-
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,⎨ 
⎨ Act June 7, 1832.       ⎨ 

Recorded by Nathaniel Rice Clerk,
Book E     Vol. 6       Page 69-

Lets 13 Apl 35 Pensioner}
---------------Pen agt    }     Susp
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9.615 
South Carolina
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Frances Hodges decd
widow of John
who was a private
in the Revolution
S.C.
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Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 72  Dollars 00
Cents per annum, to commence
on the 4th day of March, 1843.
& End 14" March 1844
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Certificate of Pension issued
the 21 day of July 1863
and sent to
J A.  Black
Columbia S.C
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[Acts of March 3, 1843, and
June 17, 1844]
Recorded in Book A
Vol. 2. Page 169.
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17732
John Hodges
Abbeville D
S.C.
Jane Miller
12 mos  [illegible]

Admit for 21 months
as a private from 1780
$70-

Thomas C. Spierin
Abbeville C. H.
S.C.
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BRIEF in the case of John Hodges
of Abbeville D  in the State of South Carolina
                          (Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? County
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity ?
3. How old is he? 67
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
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Period.   
Volunteer In 1780
        do            1781
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Duration  of Service.  
 Years,   Months,   Days. 
                 9
                 6
                 6                 

Rank.    
As a 


Names of General and Field Officer under whom he served.
Gen.
Capt.  Samual Rosamond
Capt    Samual  Moore
Capt    Robert Maxwell        

                 
5. In what battles was he engaged?  [illegible] other Indian villages

6. Where did he reside when he entered the service?  Ninety-six district, S.C.

7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?    Traditionary

8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect ? Correct

X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.

T E Bradford
Examining Clerk.
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State of South Carolina  SS
District of Abbeville 
On this seventeenth day of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty five personally appeared in open Court before the undersigned Judge of the Court of Ordinary for said District and which is a Court of Record, Mr Gabriel Hodges a resident of said District & State aged Sixty one years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following Declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed 7th July 1838 entitled "an act granting half pay & pensions to certain widows" & of such other acts & resolutions of Congress as apply to his case; That he is a son & heir at law of Mrs. Frances Hodges who was in her lifetime the widow of John Hodges deceased formerly of this District & State and who as a Revolutionary soldier drew a pension from the United States and under act of Congress of 7th June 1832 and received the same until just before his death which took place in said District & State on the twenty fourth day of December 1834 said father having drawn said pension at the rate of Seventy Dollars per annum and this declarant begs leave to refer to his said father's declaration & proofs for the details of his services in the war of the revolution. He further declares that his said
mother was married to his said father in the fall of the year of 1790 of which fact this Declarant is not aware of any private or public record but that the family is in possession of the Record of the births
of their parents children by which it appears that their eldest child was born on the twelfth day of
July Seventeen hundred and ninety and (see affidavit of G Hodges hereunto attached + affidavit
of Richard L Anderson also attached hereto)
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This declarant further declares that his said father John Hodges aforesaid died as aforesaid and
that his said mother Frances Hodges his widow as aforesaid remained a widow and died in the District and State aforesaid on the fourteenth day of March Eighteen hundred & forty four (14th March 1844) leaving as her only surviving children the present Matilda Sharpe, George W. Hodges, Gabriel Hodges this declarant, Drucilla Douglass, Sarah Magee, Margaret Leech, John A Hodges, Samuel A Hodges, Frances Weatherall, James Hodges, Mary Nash, Benjamin Hodges, Matilda McKellar, Absolom T Hodges, Robert H. W. Hodges & Mrs Lucy Davis This Declarant further swears that his said mother said Frances Hodges deceased did not in her lifetime apply for or receive her pension under any act of Congress, and that she died at the time above stated. All of which will more fully appear by the proof herewith submitted. Sworn to and subscribed the day & year first above written
[signed] Gab'l Hodges
Before me
William Hill
Judge of the Court of Ordinary Abb Dist So Ca

And I the said Judge do hereby certify that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited, by the
testimony of respectable & credible witnesses known to me before the said Court, which evidence is hereunto attached that John Hodges who was a pensioner of the United States & resided in this District died in the same on the twenty fourth day of December Eighteen hundred and thirty four and that Frances Hodges remained his widow until her death on the fourteenth day of March Eighteen hundred & forty four & that her now living children are the present Matilda Sharpe, George W Hodges, Gabriel Hodges, Drucilla Douglass, Sarah Magee, Margaret Leech, John A Hodges Samuel A Hodges, Frances Weatherall,
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, James A ,

Declaration of 
Gabriel Hodges
Act 7th July 1838,
for arrears due his
mother Frances Hodges
decd. widow of John Hodges
decd.  a Revolutionary pen
sioner 
_________________________
James A Black
Atty
Columbia
S. C.
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[remainder of document on page 7]
James Hodges, Mary Nash, Benjamin Hodges, Mahulda McKellar, Absalom T Hodges, Robert H. W. Hodges & Lucy Davis. And I further certify that I am wholly disinterested in giving this certificate. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of Office at Abbeville Court House in said District and State this seventeenth day of February in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred and fifty five

William Hill
Judge of the Court of Ordinary Abb Dist
So Ca
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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District ss
On this twenty third day of Octr 1832 personally appeared in open court before the Honble Richard Gautt Presiding Judge of the Court of Common Pleas & General Sessions for the said State & District now sitting John Hodges a resident of Abbeville District in the State of South Carolina aged sixty seven years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.-

That he entered the service of the United States at the age of fifteen as a volunteer and private on or about the first day of April one thousand seven hundred and eighty and was enrolled as such under the command of Capt. Samuel Rosamond who commanded a beat or militia company in the then District of Ninety six now Abbeville in the State of South Carolina that he was marched in the said company from Ninety six District to a place called Beach Island in this State near Augusta in the
State of Georgia where he was taken sick and left by his company under the care of one Capt. Tutt a regular Officer, under whose care be soon recovered and under whom he done and performed service and duty for at least the period of one month and then returned home, when he soon after rejoined Capt. Rosamond company who had also returned from an attempt to aid Charleston but who had heard of the fall of that place in May seventeen hundred and eighty on his march to its relief and then returned to the aid of the upper country where from the time of the fall of Charleston the Tories had become formidable and dangerous to the friends of liberty, by not only their own acts of murder rapine & plunder but by influencing inciting and exciting the Indians on the borders of South Carolina to every savage and rapacious act of cruelty and outrage towards the Whigs and they the Tories frequently themselves taking the lead in plunder and depredation, these
State of things existing at that time in full energy against the comparatively few friends of liberty in Carolina, gave to these friends almost constant and active employment in opposing in every manner they could this double enemy until a third enemy the British under Col Cruger effected
a lodgment of their force in the District of Ninety six at a place called Ninety six or sometimes Cambridge which he laid siege together with their allies the Tories and Indians kept the surrounding settlements or country and subjected state until the arrival of Genl Greene with his forces before
Cambridge to which he laid seige and to which place the Whigs of the country flocked to aid the besieged in driving or expelling the British the applicant was marched in Capt Rosamond Company
with all the whig Militia of the country who were all under the command of Col or Genl Pickens to succor and aid Genl Green in his advances against Col Cruger at Cambridge or Ninety six and continued there in active employment against the besieged British under Genl Green until he raised the siege in June (1781) Seventeen hundred and eighty one and marched his force as well as the force under Genl Pickens towards the Congaree River in this State at which place Genl Green ordered Genl Pickens with his militia to the Orangeburg Post
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Post, and to the upper part of South Carolina to check the Tories in that section of country according by the applicant in Capt. Rosamond company was marched back to the District of Ninety six and then soon after discharged. The applicant at the siege of Cambridge lost a horse saddle & bridle appraised at one hundred dollars which fell into the hands of the British & for which he never received one cent in any way towards the payment for his loss directly or indirectly and that from the best of his recollection be compute this tour of service and duty to be at least nine months.

The applicant John Hodges shortly after his return aforesaid with Capt. Rosamond, from Green's army, volunteered his services for six months under a Capt. Samuel Moore a partisan Officer of mounted men in whose company he performed active & constant duty for six months & towards the latter part of his service he acted as second Lieutenant of the Company but how long he done Lieut. duty in this corps, he cannot recollect he however continued in this company until Capt. Moore was killed while alone and unattended by a skirmishing party of Tories under the command of the notorious William Cunningham who is in South Carolina to this day distinguished by the name of Bloody Cunningham but when Capt. Moore was killed the applicant cannot tell, but thinks it was in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty one

The applicant subsequently then volunteered his services for six months under a Capt. Robert Maxwell a partisan officer of mounted men some time in the latter part of the year seventeen hundred & eighty one and be in Capt. Robert Maxwells company together with a number of other troops were ordered to march to the Cherokee country by Genl Pickens who in person conducted this expedition, against the Indians the army entered the Cherokee nation & arrived at Choota town where a battle was fought & terminated in the defeat of the Indians a large number of whom were put to flight, forty or fifty killed and about one hundred of them taken prisoners Choota town  burned, besides others Indian villages & their corn destroyed, after which the army returned to the settlements where peace was restored by the overthrow of the Indians the applicant remained in the said Robert Maxwells company the full term of the said six months guarding the frontiers & scouting from place to place to are the enemies of the country until peace was restored to it by its British enemies & the applicant discharged from further service in the defence of his country.-

Answers to certain Interrogatories
Answer to 1st Inty
The applicant John Hodges was born in Essex County in the State of Virginia, and from the information of elder branches of his family in the year 1765 seventeen hundred & sixty five
Ans to 22d Inty-The applicant has no record of his age, he says it was burnt in & with a house in the State of South Carolina

Ansr
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And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a
revolutionary soldier and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to them that Thomas A Rosamond who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman resident in the
District of Abbeville in the State of South Carolina and that Thomas Moore who has also signed the same is a resident in the same District and State and is a credible person, and that their statement
is entitled to credit.
Richard Gautt P. Judge

I James Wardlaw Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for the District of Abbeville in the State of South Carolina do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of John Hodges, for a pension

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of Office of the said Court this
twenty third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America
Jas Wardlaw
Clk
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As to 3d Inty
The applicant says he was living in the District of Ninety six, now Abbeville District when he entered the service of his country as a volunteer where he has since lives & where he now lives.-
And to 4th Inty
The applicant says he always volunteered his service that he never was drafted, neither did he ever substitute for any person whatever
And to 5th Inty
The applicant says that Genl Green is the only regular officer he distinctly recollects, & to the  balance of the Interrogatory, he refers to his declaration above for all his knowledge relating thereto
Ans to 6th Inty
the applicant says he never received a written discharge his discharges were always verbal
Ans to 7th Inty
the applicant is known to the Revd Hugh Dixon, Revd Thomas Rosamond, William Barron Esq, Samuel Agnew, James Agnew & the Revd James Willson all who can testify as to his character for veracity and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution & who all live in his present neighborhood.

The applicant John Hodge also hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State
[signed] John Hodges

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
Test Jas Wardlaw Clk

Thomas Rosamond a Clergyman residing in the District of Abbeville in the State of South Carolina and Thomas Moore residing in the same hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with John Hodges who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be sixty seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion
[signed] Thos A. Rosamond
Thomas Moore

Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid
J Wardlaw
Clk.
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March 26, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
JOHN HODGES
W. 10117
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. James Hambrick
501 West Front Street
Tyler, Texas

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record
of a Major John Hodges of the Revolutionary War who served from
Abbeville and Ninety Six Districts, South Carolina.

You are furnished herein the record of the only John Hodges found of
South Carolina pensioned as an officer. The data therein were
obtained from pension claim, W. 10117, based upon his service in the
Revolutionary War.

John Hodges was born in 1735 in Essex County, Virginia. The names
of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Ninety Six District, which was later Abbeville
District, South Carolina, John Hodges entered the service as a volunteer
sometime in 1780 and served as private in Captains Samuel Rosamond's
and Tutt's companies, Colonel Pickens' South Carolina regiment, was in
the battle of Ninety Six, after which he was discharged, length of this
tour nine months; shortly after his return home, he volunteered, served
a part of the time as private, but stated that towards the latter part 
of this six months' tour he acted as second lieutenant in Captain
Samuel Moore's South Carolina company. He volunteered sometime in the
latter part of the year 1781, served six months as private in Captain
Robert Maxwell's South Carolina company, went on General Pickens'
expedition to the Cherokee country where he was in the battle of Choota
Town, the town being burned, forty or fifty Indians killed, about
one hundred taken prisoners, their villages also burned and corn
destroyed.

In 1810, the soldier was residing in Abbeville District, South Carolina

John Hodges was allowed pension on his application executed
October 23, 1832, at which time he was a resident of Abbeville District,
South Carolina, where he died December 24, 1834.
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John Hodges married in the fall of 1790 in Abbeville District,
South Carolina, Frances Anderson who had moved from Virginia to
Abbeville District in May, 1790, with her father whose name was not
given, and her brother, Richard L. Anderson, then eleven years of age
who in 1855 was still a resident of Abbeville District, South Carolina,

Frances Hodges, soldier's widow, died in Abbeville District,
South Carolina, March 14, 1844. She was survived by children named
as follow: Matilda Sharpe, born July 12, 1791; George W. Hodges who in
1855 was living in Abbeville District, South Carolina, when he was
referred to as General George W. Hodges; Gabriel Hodges; Drucilla
Douglass; Sarah Magee; Margaret Leach or Leech; John A. Hodges;
Samuel A. Hodges; Frances Weatherall; James Hodges; Mary Nash; Benjamin
Hodges; Mahulda or Mahuldah McKellar; Absalom T. Hodges; Robert H. W.
Hodges and Mrs. Lucy W. Davis. The names of the husbands and wives of
the children who were married were not given.

Gabriel Hodges, aged sixty-one years, son of the soldier, John Hodges,
and his wife, Frances, while residing in Abbeville District, South 
Carolina, applied February 17, 1855, in behalf of himself and the other
heirs named above, for the pension which was due his mother, Frances,
as the widow of John Hodges. The claim was allowed.

The name of Isham Hodges appeared in the claim, but his place of
residence and relationship to soldier's family were not shown.

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
- 2 -
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1911 Apr. 8 Hist. to Geo.
C. Hodges, [illegible]
1934 Jan. 10 Hist to Mrs. G. P. 
Fowler,                                  MLB
1936 May 18- Hist to Mrs Deenie
Bruns                                     MLB
1938, Mar. 26 Hist to Mrs Jas Hambrick
                                                   MLB
Rev WIDOW, &c.
________
File No. 10117
Frances Hodges ┃
Wid
John Hodges
Privt Rev War
________
Act: Mrh 3d /43 [illegible]
Index: -- Vol. A, Page 344
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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15269
Frances Hodges, deceased
wid of John
South Carolina

Let James A. Black
March 2/55
Same May 26, 1855


Act July 7. 1838
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Frances or Sarah Hodges

John  - S. C.  Sus - 1838

[postal stamp]
COLUMBIA
6
JUL
S.C.

[illegible]

Hon. L.P. Waldo
Comn of Pensions
Washington City
D. C.
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John Hodges
SC - [illegible] 1832
B
[illegible postal stamp]
2
FREE
Hon. L P Waldo
Comm of Pen
Washington
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66.66
   3.33
   1.66
       33
________
72.00
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See the proofs of indent herein the petition of
John Hodges - See, also, the case of Sarah Rosamond
decd - widow of Saml (Capt) of [illegible] admitted, act
of 1838. &c
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Claim of Frances Hodges widow of John Act 7 July 1838
"   "  Thomas Hamilton (increase) 7 June 32
"   "  48 Mary Clements 7 July 38
Original Claim of Elizabeth Cross widow of Saml 4 July 36
Increase " " Frances Anderson 4 July 36
Jos. A Black Paper in the [illegible]
May 29 -55 all ex
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12307
South Carolina

John Hodges decd of --- in the State of --- who was a private in the --- commanded by Captain ---
of the --- commanded by --- in the Revolution line for Inc'd from $70

Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston at the rate of 72 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence of the 4th day of March 1831 and ending 24th Decr 1834

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of July 1855. and Sent to James A Black Columbia S.C.
Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending 
deduct payments at $70 to 4th March 1834.

Revouationary Claim,
June 7, 1832

Recorded by G.T. Getty Clerk
Book E Vol. C  Page 78
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11770
South Carolina

Frances Hodges decd widow of John who died on Dec 24 1834 of --- in the State of --- who was a private in the --- commanded by Captain ---
of the --- commanded by --- in the --- line for ---

Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston at the rate of 72 Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence of the 4th day of March 1836 

Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of July 1855. and Sent to James A Black Columbia S.C.

Arrears to the 4th of
Semi-annual allowance ending


Revolutionary Claim,
June 7, 1832

Recorded by G.T. Getty Clerk
Book D Vol. 1 Page 307
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John Hodges paid to 4 March 1834
Robt J Atkinson,
Auditor

Pension Office
May 24, 1855
4 M 54

Sir

Please state to what
time the pension of John
Hodges, S.C. roll act of 32, $70-
was paid

Very respectfully
L P Waldo
Commissioner

Robt J. Atkinson Esq}
                    3d Audr.    }
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Pension Office
May 24, 1855
4 M 54

Sir

Please state to what
time the pension of John
Hodges , S.C. roll Acy of '32 $70-
was paid

Very respectfully 
L P Waldo
Commi of Pensions

Robt J Atkinson Esq }
                    3rd Audr   }

John Hodges paid to 4 March 1834
Robt J Atkinson
Auditor
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260
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$33
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England
England
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SOUTH CAROLINA,    }                                Letters of Administration.
ABBEVILLE DISTRICT.}  ORDINARY'S OFFICE
By WILLIAM HILL, Esquire, Ordinary,

TO Gabriel Hodges.
WHEREAS, Mrs Frances Hodges  late of Abbeville,
...............deceased, late ly died intestate, having whilst she lived, and at the 
time of her death, divers goods, rights and credits within the State aforesaid, by means
whereof the full disposition and power of granting the Administration of all and singular
the Goods, Rights and Credits of the said Deceased, and also auditing the accounts, calcula- tionsand reckonings of the said Administration, and a final dismission of the same to me is
manifestly known to belong. I, desiring that the Goods, Rights, and Credits of the said
Deceased, may be well and truly administered, converted and disposed of, do hereby grant
unto the said                         Gabriel Hodges
in whose fidelity, in this behalf, I very much confide, full power by the tenor of these
presents, to administer the Goods, Rights, and Credits of the said Deceased, which to her
in her life time, and at the time of her death, did belong; and to ask, levy, recover, and
receive the same, and to pay the debts in which the Deceased stood obliged, so far forth as
her Goods, Rights, and Credits will extend, according to their rate and order of Law, being
first sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, to make a true and perfect Inventory
thereof, and to exhibit the same into the Ordinary's Office, in Abbeville, in order to be
recorded on or before the   Second                                        day of September
now next ensuing; and to render a just and true account, calculation and reckoning of the
said Administration, when thereunto required: And I ordain, depute and constitute you
the said                    Gabriel Hodges                                                          Administrator of
all and singular the Goods, Rights, and Credits of the said Deceased.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal, this                  second
day of July                                                           in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and
                                   fifty five and in the seventy ninth               Year of American Independence.

William Hill, O,A,D   SEAL L. S. 

(see over)
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The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District  In the Court of Ordinary
---
I. William Hill, Judge of the Court of ordinary for the District aforesaid, do certify, that the within
contains a true and correct copy of Letters of administration of the Estate of Mrs Frances Hodge deed granted by this Court to Gabriel Hodges, and that the said Gabriel Hodges has entered into bond with good sureties in the penal sum of Twelve hundred dollars for the faithful discharge of the trust

Given under my hand and seal of office at Abbeville H. So Ca this second day of July 1855
William Hill
O.A.D.
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State of South Carolina  
Abbeville District 
Personally appeared before me an acting Magistrate in & for said District Richard L Anderson who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose that he is now seventy five years past of age and that his father emigrated to this District from Virginia when this Deponent was in his eleventh year of age and settled in the same neighborhood in which deponent now lives and in which John Hodge then & afterward lived still his death: That his father so settled here as deponent well recollects sixty four years ago last May viz in May 1790 and that early that fall that is of the year 1790 said John Hodges married this deponents sister Frances Anderson and that they continued to be together as husband & wife until said Hodge's death which took place about twenty years ago: That deponent was not personally present at their marriage yet he knows distinctly that they went to a Justice of the Peace of the neighborhood for that purpose and returned & were afterwards received & believed by the community in which they lived to have been lawfully married. That said John Hodges drew a pension from the United States and died as above stated, leaving this Deponents said sister his widow
& that she remained such until about ten years ago when she died  in this District: That this Deponent

The word "when she died "above interlined before signing
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is enabled to state positively as above of the date [of] the marriage aforesaid from the fact of having [illegible] record of his own birth and his distinct recollection of the time of his father's removal from Virginia to this District. That the said John and Frances Hodges have now of their surviving children the present Mathilda Sharpe, George W Hodges, Gabriel Hodges, Drucilla Douglass, Sarah Magee, Margaret Leach, John A Hodges, Samuel A Hodges, Frances Weatherall, James Hodges, Mary Nash, Benjamin Hodges, Mahulda McKellar, Absolom T Hodges, Robt H W Hodges + Lucy W Davis. - That this Deponent is now + has been wholly disinterested in giving this testimony. Sworn to and Subscribed this 10th day of February 1855 Richard L Anderson
Before me
William W Higgins
Magistrate

State of South Carolina}
Abbeville District} Personally appeared Col Joseph Dickson and Seyburn Lomax who being duly sworn depose that they have long long the above deponent Richard Anderson + that their a gentlemen of excellent character + one to whose statements as above are due full faith + credit + that these deponents are wholly disinterested in giving this testimony. Sworn to and subscribed this 10th day of February 1855
Seyburn Lomax
Joseph Dickson
Before me
William W Higgins Magistrate
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State of South Carolina}
Abbeville District} Personally appeared before me an acting Magistrate in + for said District, Genl. Geo W Hodges who being duly sworn according to law doth depose that he has a Family Record of the dates of the births of his father John Hodges + Frances his wife's children and that the date of the birth of deponent's sister their eldest child Matilda is recorded as having taken place 12th July 1791 and that said Record shows also the date of his father John Hodges death on the twenty fourth December 1834 and of his mother's Francis Hodges widow of said John who drew a pension, her death having taken place fourteenth day of March 1844 - 
Sworn to and subscribed this 10th day of February 1855
G W Hodges
Before me
William W Higgins
Magistrate

And I said Magistrate do hereby certify that I have examined the dates of the respective entries as stated in foregoing affidavit + find them all correct - and I further certify that said G W Hodges is worth of full faith + credit. Given under my hand day + year aforesaid.
William W Higgins
Magistrate
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State of South Carolina}
Abbeville District} Personally appeared before me an acting Magistrate in + for said District Col. Joseph Dickson who being duly sworn according to law doth depose that since his earliest recollection (deponent being now forty Eight years of age) John + Frances Hodges lived near neighbors of deponent as husband + wife + were so believed + reputed undisputedly in the community in which they lived - that said John Hodge, drew a pension + died about twenty years ago + his wife Frances, Hodges, lived his widow till her death about ten years ago leaving as their now surviving children Matilda Sharpe, Geo W Hodges, Gabriel Hodges, Drucilla Douglass, Sarah Magee, Margaret Leach, John A Hodges, Saml A Hodges, Frances Weatherall, James Hodges, Mary Nash, Benjamin Hodges, Mahulda McKellar, Absolom T Hodges, Robt H W Hodges + Lucy Davis - That this Deponent is disinterested in giving this testimony. Sworn to + subscribed this 10th February 1855
Joseph Dickson
Before me
William W Higgins
Magistrate
And I do hereby certify that said deponent Col. Joseph Dickson is worthy of full faith + credit Given under my hand day + year aforesaid.
William W Higgins
Magistrate
Febr 10th 1855
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and I said Magistrate do hereby certify that I have long known all of the three foregoing deponents & that they are all highly respectable citizens of this District & Gentlemen to whose statements as above are due full faith & credit & that I am disinterested in giving this certificate

Given under my hand day & year aforesaid
William W. Higgins
Magistrate
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John Hodges, deceased
So Carolina
Abbeville Dist
Act June 7, 1832

Admitted
Priv. of Infantry 21 mos 18 das
at $72.00 per annum, from
March 4th, 1831 to Dec 24th
1834, when he died -
deducting former payments
from Mar. 4th 1831 to March
4th, 1834, (when payment of his
pension was suspended at $70.00
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Frances Hodges, deceased,
widow of John -
So Carolina - Abbeville Dist.
Act July 7. 1838, +c
Admitted
at $72. per annum
from March 4. 1836, to March
14th, 1844, when she died -
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Certificates payable to
Gabriel Hodges - adms
of Frances Hodges, deceased
for the benefit of
(over)

Gabriel Hodges,
Matilda Sharpe,
Geo W Hodges,
Drucilla Douglafs,
Sarah Magee,
Margaret Leach,
John A Hodges,
Samuel A Hodges,
Frances Weatherall,
James Hodges,
Mary Nash,
Benjamin Hodges,
Mahuldah McKellar,
Absalom T Hodges,
Robert W Hodges, + 
Lucy Davis,
only surviving children
Atty
James A Black
Columbia
S. C.
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Brief in the case of John Hodges, deceased
County and State of So Carolina
act June 7, 1832.

Claim, for restoration
Proof exhibited, (if original.)

Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
John Hodges was pensioned under the act of June 7, 1832, at $70 for 21 months service as private of Infantry - and his pension was paid to Mar 4th 1834, when it was suspended, upon a re-examination, for want of proof of service

It is now proved that John Hodges, who did not receive pay for his service, applied to the S.C. Legislature in 1810, claiming that certain Indent for [pounds] L33. 11.5 Sterling, of principal, which had found in his name, had been drawn by one Isham Hodges without authority from him. The committee reported in favor of his claim, but it was not paid and it appears from other papers examined that the State did not then pay such claims. It is shown by a certificate of the Comptroller of S.C. that such an indent did issue, and for militia service in 1780 - 81 2 & 3. and that no other indent for such service as Hodges claimed to have rendered. It is clear from the residence of Hodges in the neighborhood of his Captain (Samuel Rosamond) who it appears married his sister, and from his own description of his service, as well as from an inspection of the admitted claim of Sarah Rosamond, widow of Samuel, of Ga. under the act of 1838, that this indent covers a service of almost exactly the duration claimed by Hodges, and that the payment of his pension arrears should be resumed. The indent covers a service of 21 months & 18 days Death of John Hodges, Decr 24th 1834. of his widow, March 14th, 1844. and names of surviving children. proved by parol & family record.

(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

S. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.

Name and residence of Agent
James A. Black
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[math computation only ,no framework -- not transcribed]
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Brief in the case of Frances Hodges, deceased, widow of John
Abbeville Dist. and State of So Carolina
act July 7. 1838

Claim, (original" )
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.

See brief in accompanying case of John Hodges, deceased, Act of 1832-

Marriage, as early as 1791 proved by oaths as to to entries in family record, of date of birth of first child, and evidence of cohabitation

Death of John Hodges Decr 24th 1834. proved by record and parol

Death of widow and March 14th 1844. and names of surviving children (16 in number) proved by parol

Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?

S. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.

Nam and residence of Agent
James H. Black
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admission of Pension Claims, of which these answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of        John Hodges of Abbeville District, S.C.                                                             which require                                               further proof or explanation. 

I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides?  Yes

II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides?  Yes

III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? 

IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes

V.* Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amout of pension he is entitled?                                                       Yes

VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? 
                                                                  Yes
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832?                                                        Yes

VIII. Has the Court given their opinion?         Yes       

IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate?    Yes

X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?                                  Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolu-       tionary service? Yes 

XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtain-
ing it? 

XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?  

 XIV. +If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? Yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? 
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?  

XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? 

XVI. ++Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?           Yes 

XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?                           all answered                                                                                                                                                                    ____________________________                                                             

E XPLANATORY NOTES. 

QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words: "Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recolcannot with election he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For_____year _____months, and ______days, I served as a __________ For_____months and _________days, I served as a________________; and for such service I claim a pension.
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service.  The use of the phrase about three or four months is too  indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.  Some persons who apply for pension merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embolied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either the field or  in garrison and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged.  The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
‡QUERE XVI.  Mode of authenticating papers. 
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper  authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying oflicer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate. 

☞In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the
certifying officer, should accompany the papers.
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John Hodges
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Comptroller General's Office
Columbia So. Ca. May 14th 1855.
No. 461
Lib N
Issued 11 April 1785 to Mr. John Hodge for two hundred and
fifty one pounds of 9 ½ Sterling provisions for Continental and
Militia use in 1780 and 1781 pace of audited.

Principal L 251:10.9 ½ No 31 Interest 17;R,1 "
"No 461 Book N John Hodges L251.10.9 ½ Stg- Original
Voucher del Comp Genl 5 August 1813 to prepare thereon
report to the Legislative Test T.L."

"No 501
Lib. O
Issued the 25th of April 1785 & Mr John Hodges
for thirty three pounds, eleven shillings & five pence
Sterling for Militia duty from 1780 to 1783 as pr account
Audited Principal L 33: 11:5. Annual Interest 12.6:11-
No. 28-

"No 501-0.
"John Hodges Original voucher delive Mr Lee the Compt
29 Jany 1810 "

I do hereby certify the foregoing to be true
Copies as taken from the Records of this office & that the
name of John Hodge or Hodge thee our being for duty as
Commissary" another for 13 for duty in Brandon's Regiment-
& the this for duty under Capt Wm Standard & Colonel Benton in
1781 the period of 10 days

For Comptroller General
Thos P. Walker
Deputy Comp Genl
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Columbia S.C.
21st Feby 1855.

Hon. L P. Waldo
Commr. of Pensions

Dear Sir

Please find enclosed Declaration & proof of Gab'l Hodges heir of Mrs Frances Hodges decd for pension under act 7 July 38, as the widow of John Hodge decd a revolutionary pensioner of
the United States

Very respectfully
Your Obt Sert
James A Black
for heirs of Frances Hodges
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Columbia S.C.
5th July 1835.

Hon L P Waldo
Commr of Pensions

Dear Sir

Agreeably to your letter of 26th May last in the claim of John Hodge Act 7th June 1832 & of his widow Francis act 1838, I now send you certified copy of letters of Administration granted by the Court to Gabriel Hodges & also the certificate of the Court on back thereof of the amount of his Bond as such. Mr Dodge examined this case When I was in Washington
Very respectfully
Obt Sert
James A Black
for Gab. Hodge Admr

P.S. John Hodge was paid to 4 March 1834 & died 24th Dec. 1834. The amount due on his account from the former to the latter rate should be embraced in the certificate due his widow. The dates of
their deaths & of their now surviving (16) children have been furnished.
J. B.
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Declaration of John
Hodges an applicant
for a pension under the
act of Congress 7 June 1832

22 - months service & upwards

State of South Carolina
17732
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State of South Carolina
Abbeville District } SS
I William Wardlaw do solemnly swear that I was personally acquainted with John Hodges/ whose declaration for a pension under the act of Congress 7th June 1832 accompanies this affidavit / during the revolutionary War, that he was a true whig and esteemed by all who knew him as a devoted friend of his country. That the statements he has made in his declaration are substantially, true and correct, that the deponent was personally with Hodges at the seige of Ninety six, was with him under Capt. Moore, and Capt. Maxwell, and was in the indian battle of Choota town with him as he has stated in his declaration, that the declarant or applicant John Hodges, has always sustained the character of a man of veracity honor and morality, and has always been esteemed a true revolutionary Patriot.
Wm. Wardlaw
Sworn to this 12 September 1832
Before Moses Taggart J.L.

The State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
I James Wardlaw Clerk of the Court of Sessions & Common Pleas for the District of Abbeville aforesaid do hereby certify that Moses Taggart Esq who hath signed the above affidavit is an acting Justice of the Quorum in and for said District, that all due faith and credit are to be given to his attestations as such and that the signature to the above affidavit is the genuine signature of the said Moses Taggart.
Given under my hand and seal of Office at Abbeville Court House this twenty third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
Jas. Wardlaw
Clk.
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John Hodges.
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(Copy)
State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
To the Honorable the President & members of the Senate of the General Assembly of this State. The petition of John Hodges of the District of Abbeville humbly sheweth that he served as a private in the service of this State under Captain Samuel Rosemond during part of the Revolutionary War and as he is informed provision was made for his services by an Indent amounting to Thirty three pounds eleven Shillings & five pence Sterling which Indent he never recieved but is informed that it was drawn out of the office by a man of the name of Isham Hodges & your petitioner avers that he never gave any orders to any man of that name to draw the said Indent nor has he ever recieved the same or any part thereof. Therefore your petitioner prays your Honorable Body to make such provision and grant such relief to your petitioner as in your wisdom shall seem meet. 
(Signed) John Hodges.

State of South Carolina
Abbeville District
Personally came John Hodges of the District & State aforesaid and being duly sworn deposeth & saith that he never recieved from the State of South Carolina either directly or indirectly any compensation for his services in the Revolutionary War, under Captain Samuel Rosemond, nor did he ever recieve an Indent for the same or authorize any person of the name of Ishom Hodges or any other name to draw the same for him or and [crossed out] on this account, nor did he ever sell, dispose of, assign or transfer in any manner the said Indent to any person of the name of Ishom Hodges or any person whomsoever. Sworn to before me October 30th 1810.
(Signed) John Hodges
Wm Ware J.P.
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The Committee on Claims on the petition of John Hodges report that they have had under their consideration the claim of said petitioner against the State for a certain amount which he was entitled to for his services during the Revolutionary War amounting to thirty three pounds eleven Shillings & five pence which he never recieved and from the testimony that has appeared before this Committee a man by the name of Ishom Hodges presented an order to the Treasurer signed by John Hodges and recieved the amount of said Indent, but your Committee is of opinion that the said John Hodges could never have given the order, as it was proven before said Committee that he could not write his name at that time. Therefore your Committee recommend that the amount of said Indent be made provision for in the appropriation bill. (Signed) Samuel Fickling Chrm.
Office of Clerk of Senate
Columbia So. Ca.: May 15th 1855.
I do hereby certify the foregoing to be true copies of petition, affidavit, & report of Committee in the matter of John Hodges' application for payment of an Indent issued to him for Revolutionary Services, ad that said petition &c are on file in this office among other Reports of Committees on which no action appears to have been taken.
W. F. Arthur
State House Keeper
& L. Librarian
[circle inscribed "No Seal of Office"]
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Greenwood, S.C.
April 3, 1911
U. S. Pension Office
Washington, D.C.
Sirs: -
My grandfather, Maj. John Hodges served as a soldier in the Revolutionary.
I need documentary proof of this fact. I have records in Old Abbeville District, S.C. that prove that my grandmother Mrs. Frances Hodges of Abbeville District (now County) drew a pension from the United States Government.
I write to ask your office to consult your records and find out
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whether you have in your office proof of the military service of Maj. John Hodges of Old Ninety Six District (later Abbeville District) S.C. in the War of Revolution.
Your kindness and promptness will greatly oblige
Yours respectfully,
Geo. C. Hodges,
Greenwood, S.C.
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1109 13th Ave.
Hickory N.C.

Hickory, N.C.
Dec. 31, 1933 -
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sirs,
Will you please give me the Revolutionary War Record, of Major John Hodges, of Abbeville District state of S.C. Is it correct that he held a Majors Commission under Gen. Washington? Did Anderson Hodges, father
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of Major John Hodges of same state and District serve in the American Revolution? I am sure he served against the Indians and Tories, & was later killed by Indians, but am not positive he served in the Revolution. Did any Fowlers from S.C. serve in the American Revolution?
I will thank you greatly for this information.
Very truly
Mrs. G. P. Fowler
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After
5 days, return to
Miss Deenie Bruns
605 N. Calhoun St.
Tallahassee, Fla.
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RECEIVED
MAY 9 1936
MAIL SUB-DIV.
VETS ADM
READER #  8

605 North Calhoun St.
Tallahassee, Florida
May 7, 1936

Record Division
Bureau of Pensions
Department of Interior
Washington, D. C.

Gentlemen:

I have in my possession part of a letter
addressed to Mr. Geo. C. Hodges, Greenwood, S. C.,
concerning the military history of John Hodges, a
soldier of the Revolutionary War. However the major
portion of this letter has been lost and I am there-
forewritting to you to see if it will be possible
for you to give me a full statement of the military
history of this soldier as contained in your records.

It is my impression that he was enlisted
in the Ninety Six District, S. C. and applied for
a pension Oct. 23, 1832. His claim was allowed some - 
time during that year. After his death his widow
also received a pension but I am unable to say what
date her pension was applied for or to give you any
other information on the subject other than that 
the date of soldier Hodges birth and death seem to
be during the years 1765 and 1834.

will appreciate any information you can
give me on the subject as to the military history
of John Hodges or as to means of obtaining this inform- ation.
.
Very truly yours
Deenie Bruns

P.S. The letter I refer to in the first part
was written by your division and signed by
Mr. J. L. Davenport, Commisioner.
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President
MISS INEZ RUDY
502 W. Live Oak
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Date stamped as received Feb 28, 1938

Historian
MRS. JAMES HAMBRICK, [Chairman] crossed out
501 W. Front St.
TYLER, TEXAS
Feb. 24, 1938

Bureau of Pensions
Washington
D. C

Dear Sirs:
Will you kindley furnish me
with a record of pension granted
Major John Hodges of Revolutionary 
War. I think he resided at - Abbeville 
at time of enlistment. Which was 
about oct. 1832. I amm his Great
Grand daughter and tracing my line
to become member of the D.A.R.

Thanking you, I am
Sincerely
Mrs. James Hambrick
501 W Front St.
Tyler
Texas
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information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. John Hodges W.F. 10117
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[table: five column headings, two sub-headings]
DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. | LENGTH OF SERVICE. | RANK. | OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. [CAPTAIN.; COLONEL.] | STATE

Apr. 1 1780 | 9 mos. | Pvt. | Samuel Rosemond; Tutt - Captain; Pickens - Colonel | S. C.

1781 | 6 mos. | [blank] | Samuel Moore - Captain | [blank]

1781 | 6 mos. | [blank] | Robert Maxwell - Captain | [blank]
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Battles engaged in, Ninety-Six and Choota Town.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Abbeville, then Ninety-Six Dist. S.C.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 23, 1832  His cl. was at
Residence at date of application, Abbeville Dist. S.C.
Age at date of application, b. Essex Co. Va. in 1765 died Dec. 24, 1834 in Abbeville Dist. S.C.
Remarks: Soldier married in the fall of 1790 Frances Anderson who died Mch. 14, 1844 [illegible] children here. Matilda Sharpe, George H. Gabriel, Drucilla Douglass, Sarah Magee, Margaret Leach, John A., Samuel A., Frances Weatherall, James, Mary Nash, Benjamin, Mahulda McKellar, Absalom T. Robert H.W. and Lucy W. Davis.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
31793b5m1C-07
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May 18, 1936
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
JOHN HODGES
W. 10117
BA-J/MLB

Miss Deenie Bruns
605 North Calhoun Street
Tallahassee, Florida

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolu-
tionary War record of John Hodges who was born in 1765, enlisted in
Ninety Six District, South Carolina, applied for pension October 23,
1832, and died in 1834, leaving a widow.

The record of John Hodges follows as obtained from the papers on
file in pension claim, W. 10117, based upon his service in the Revolu- tionary War,

John Hodges was born in 1765 in Essex County, Virginia; the names
of his parents are not shown.

While residing in Ninety Six District, which was later Abbeville
District, South Carolina, he volunteered sometime in 1780 and served as
private in Captains Samuel Rosamond's and Tutt's companies, Colonel
Pickens' South Carolina regiment, was in the battle of Ninety Six,
after which he was discharged, length of this tour nine months; shortly
after his return home, he volunteered, served a part of the time as
private, but stated that towards the latter part of this six months'
tour he acted as second lieutenant in Captain Samuel Moore's South Carolina company. He volunteered sometime in the latter part of the
year 1781, served six months as private in Captain Robert Maxwell's
South Carolina company, went on General Pickens' expedition to the
Cherokee country where he was in the battle of Choota Town, the town
being burned, forty or fifty Indians killed, about one hundred taken
prisoners, their villages also burned and corn destroyed.

In 1810, the soldier was residing in Abbeville District, South 
Carolina

John Hodges was allowed pension on his application executed
October 23, 1832, at which time he was a resident of said Abbeville
District, South Carolina. He died there December 24, 1834.
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John Hodges married in the fall of 1790, in Abbeville District,
South Carolina, Frances Anderson who had moved from Virginia to said
Abbeville District in May, 1790, with her father whose name was not
given and her brother, Richard L. Anderson, then eleven years of age,
who in 1855 was still a resident of Abbeville District, South Carolina.

Soldier's widow, Frances Hodges, died in Abbeville District,
South Carolina, March 14, 1844.

The following children of the soldier, John Hodges, and his wife,
Frances, survived their mother: Matilda Sharpe, born July 12, 1791;
George W. Hodges who in 1855 was residing in Abbeville District, South Carolina, and was referred to as General George W. Hodges; Gabriel Hodges;
Drucilla Douglass; Sarah Magee; Margaret Leach or Leech; John A. Hodges;
Samuel A. Hodges; Frances Weatherall; James Hodges; Mary Nash; Benjamin
Hodges; Mahulda or Mahuldah McKellar, Absalom T. Hodges; Robert H. W.
Hodges, and Mrs. Lucy W. Davis.

On February 17, 1855, Gabriel Hodges, aged sixty-one years, son of
the soldier, John Hodges, and his wife, Frances, while residing in
Abbeville District, South Carolina, applied in behalf of himself and the
other heirs named in the preceding paragraph, for the pension which was
due his mother, Frances, as the widow of John Hodges. The claim was
allowed.

The name of one Isham Hodges appeared in the claim, but his place
of residence and relationship to the family were not shown.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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January 10, 1934
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
JOHN HODGES
W. 10117
BA-J/MLB

Mrs. G. P. Fowler
1109 - 13th Avenue
Hickory, North Carolina

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the
Revolutionary War records of John Hodges and of his father,
Anderson Hodges, of Abbeville District, South Carolina, and in
which you ask if any Fowlers from South Carolina served in the
Revolutionary War.

Revolutionary War data furnished by this office are obtained
from claims for pension and bounty land made to the United States
based upon military service of soldiers in that war.

A careful search of the records fails to show such claims on
file on account of the Revolutionary War service of an Anderson
Hodges, under any spelling of the name.

In order to identify the record of any particular soldier of
the Revolution with surname Fowler in whom you may be interested,
should it be on file, his full name is essential and you should
give as much as possible of the following data in regard to him:
approximate dates of birth and death, places of residence at
enlistment and after service and given name of widow.

The record of a John Hodges of Abbeville District, South 
Carolina, was found, which is given below as found in the papers on
file in pension claim, W. 10117, based upon his service in the
Revolutionary War.

John Hodges was born in 1765, in Essex County, Virginia; the
names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Ninety Six District (which was later time
Abbeville District), South Carolina, he volunteered about April 1,
1780, served as private in Captains Samuel Rosamond's and Tutt's
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companies, Colonel Pickens' South Carolina regiment, was in the
battle of Ninety Six, after which he was discharged, length of
this tour nine months; shortly after his return home, he volun-teered, served a part of the time as private, but stated that
towards the latter part of this six months' tour he acted as
second lieutenant in Captain Samuel Moore's South Carolina
company. He volunteered sometime in the latter part of the year
1781, served six months as private in Captain Robert Maxwell's
South Carolina company, went on General Pickens' expedition to
the Cherokee country where he was in the battle of Choota Town,
the town being burned, forty or fifty Indians killed, about one
hundred taken prisoners, their villages also burned and corn
destroyed.

In 1810 the soldier was residing in Abbeville District, South Carolina.
.
John Hodges was allowed pension on his application executed
October 23, 1832, at which time he was a resident of said Abbeville District, South Carolina.

He died December 24, 1834, in Abbeville District, South Carolina.

John Hodges married in the fall of 1790, in Abbeville District,
South Carolina, Frances Anderson who had moved from Virginia to
said Abbeville District in May, 1790, with her father (name not given) and her brother, Richard L. Anderson, then eleven years of age, who in
1855 was still a resident of Abbeville District, South Carolina.

Soldier's widow, Frances Hodges, died in Abbeville District,
South Carolina, March 14, 1844.

The following children of the soldier, John Hodges, and his wife,
Frances, survived their mother: Matilda Sharpe, born July 12, 1791;
George W. Hodges who in 1855 was residing in Abbeville District,
South Carolina, and was referred to as General George W. Hodges;
Gabriel Hodges; Drucilla Douglass; Sarah Magee; Margaret Leach or
Leech; John A. Hodges; Samuel A. Hodges; Frances Weatherall; James Hodges; Mary Nash; Benjamin Hodges; Mahulda or Mahuldah McKellar;
Absolom T. Hodges; Robert H. W. Hodges, and Mrs. Lucy W. Davis.

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On February 17, 1855, Gabriel Hodges, aged sixty-one years,
son of the soldier, John Hodges, and his wife, Frances, while
residing in Abbeville District, South Carolina, applied in behalf
of himself and the other heirs named in the preceding paragraph,
for the pension which was due his mother, Frances, as the widow of
John Hodges. The claim was allowed.

The name of one Isham Hodges appeared in the claim, but his
place of residence and relationship to the family were not shown.

Very truly yours

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator

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