Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 10117, John Hodges, S.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
S. 6
Hodges, John Frances
W. 10112
Born in Va.
CONTENTS

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John Hodges - of Abbeville in the State of S. Car. - who was a Pr. - in the - Comp. commanded by Captain Moore of the Regt commanded by - - - - - in the S. Car. line for 21 months -
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.
Certificate of Pension issued the 20 th day of April 1831 and South Carolina - Spurrier, Abbeville C.H. S. Car.
Arrears to the 4th of March 1833 140 - Semi-ant. allowance ending 4th - - 35 $175 -
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Nathaniel Rice Clerk, Book E Vol. 6 Page 69 -

9615 South Carolina Frances H. Dodges, dec d widow of John, who was a private in the Revolution S. C.
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 th March 1844.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of July 1863 and sent to
J. A. Black. Columbia S. C.
[Acts of March 3, 1843, and June 17, 1844.]
Recorded in Book A Vol. C. Page 669.

17732 John Hodges Abbeville D. S.C.
June 1880 12 mo. interest
Admrs for 21 months as a private from 1780 $70-
Thomas C. Spierin Abbeville C.H. S.C.

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? court  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. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     Volunteer In 1780 9 As a Gen. Capt. Samuel Rosamond   do 1781 6 Capt Samuel Moore   6 Capt Robert Maxwell  
 5. In what battles was he engaged? (Chota town) other Indian villages, siege of Ninety-Six  6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Ninety-six distric, S.C. 
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? traditional
 8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? court 
I Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J. E. Bradford Examining Clerk.

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 Sixtyone 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 7 th 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 whom in her lifetime the widow of John Hodges deceased former of this District & State and who as a Revolutionary Sol- ier drew a pension from the United States and under act of Congress of 7 th June 1832 and received the same until just before his death which took place in said District & State on the twentyfourth 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 father 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 one (see affidavit of G. W. Hodges herewith attached & Affidavit of Richard L. Anderson also attached hereto)

This declarant further declares that his law 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 Eight hundred & forty four (14 th March 1844) leaving as her only surviving children the present Matilda Sharpe, George W. Hodges, Gabriel Hodges the declarant, Duceilla Douglass, Sarah Magee, Margaret Leech, John A. Hodges, Samuel A. Hodges, Frances Weatherall, James Hodges, Mary Nash, Benjamin Hodges, Mahulda W. Keller, Absalom 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 proofs herewith submitted. In witness whereof the declarant has hereunto set his hand and subscribed the day & year first above written.
Before me
William Hill
Judge of the Court of Ordinary Abbeville Co.
Gab l Hodges
And 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 herunto 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, Duceilla Douglass, Sarah Magee, Margaret Leech, John A. Hodges, Samuel A. Hodges, Frances Weatherall,

Declaration of Gabriel Hodges act 7 th July 1838, for arrears due his mother Frances Hodges du te widow of John Hodges du te a Revolutionary pen- sioner.
James A. Black atty Columbia S.C.

James Hodges, Mary Nash, Benjamin Hodges, Ma- hulda McKellar, Absalom T Hodges, Robert H. 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 Abbeville S.C.

State of South Carolina Abbeville District } ss
On this twentythird day of Oct r 1832) personally ap- peared in open court before the Hon ble Richard Gantt Presiding Judge of the Courts 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 sixtyseven 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 7 th 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 e Samuel Rosamond who commanded a heat or militia company in the then District of Ninetysix, now Abbeville in the State of South Carolina that he was marched in the said company from Ninetysix District to a place called Beach Island in the State near Augusta in the State of Georgia where he was taken sick and left by his company under the care of one Capt e Sutt a regular Officer under whose care he 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 e Rosamond's company who had also returned from an attempt to aid Char- leston 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 for- midable 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 fre- quently themselves taking the lead in plunder and depredation these state of things existing at that time in full energy against the com- paratively 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 o Cruger effected a lodgement of their force in the District of Ninetysix at a place called Ninetysix or sometimes Cambridge which force together with their allies the Tories and indians kept the surrounding settlements or country in a subjected state until the arrival of Gen l Greene with his forces before Cambridge to which he laid siege and to which place the whigs of the country flocked to aid the besiegers in driving or expelling the British. The applicant was marched in Capt e Rosamond's company with all the whig militia of the country who were all under the com- mand of Col o or Gen l Pickens to succour and aid Gen l Greene in his advances against Col o Cruger at Cambridge or Ninetysix and continued there in active employment against the besieged British under Gen l Greene until he raised the siege in June 1781/ seventeen hundred and eightyone and marched his force as well as the force under Gen l Pickens towards the Congaree River in this state at which place Gen l Greene ordered Gen l Pickens with his militia to the Orangeburgh Post

Post, and to the upper parts of South Carolina to check the Tories in that section of country, accordingly the applicant in Capt. Rosamond's 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 he computed his tour of service and duty to be at least nine months.
The applicant John Hodges, shortly after his return afterwards with Capt. Rosamond from Greene's Army, volunteered his services for six months under a Capt. Samuel Moore, a Partizan 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 eightyone.
The applicant subsequently then volunteered his services for six months under a Capt. Robert Maxwell a partizan officer of mounted men sometime in the latter part of the year seventeen hundred & eightyone and he in Capt. Robert Maxwell's 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 Chota 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, Chota town burned, besides other 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 Maxwell's company the full term of the said six months, guarding the frontier, scouting from place to place to awe 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 1 st Int. - The applicant John Hodges was born in Essex County in the State of Virginia, and from the information of elders branches of his family in the year 1765, seventeen hundred & sixtyfive.
Ans to 2 nd Int. - The applicant has no record of his age, he says it was burnt in Swetts a house in the State of South Carolina.
Ans 7

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. Poorman 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 Gault P. Ladd
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 thirtytwo, and in the fifty seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.
Ja. Wardlaw Clerk.

Ans to 3 rd Int g . - 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 lived, where he now lives.
Ans to 4 th Int g . - The applicant says he always volunteered his service that he never was drafted, neither did he ever substitute for any person whatever.
Ans to 5 th Int g . - 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 6 th Int g . - The applicant says he never received a written discharge, his discharges were always verbal.
Ans to 7 th Int g . - The applicant is known to the Rev d Hugh Dixon, Rev d Thomas Rosamond, William Barmore Esqr, Samuel Agnew James Agnew & the Rev d James Willson all whom 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 Hodges 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.
Sworn to and subscribed { John Hodges the day and year aforesaid Test J a Wardlaw Clerk.
We Thomas A 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 sixtyseven 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.
Sworn to and subscribed { Thos A. Rosamond the day and year aforesaid { Thomas Moore J a Wardlaw Clerk.

March 26, 1938
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Mrs. James Hambrick 501 West Front Street Tyler, Texas
JOHN HODGES W. 10117 BA-J/MLB
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.

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 Mahulda 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

1911 Apr. 8 Hist. to Geo. B. Hodges V. L. Ch. 1934 Jan. 10 - Hist. to Mrs. G. P. Dowler — N.H.B. 1936 May 18 - Hist. to Miss Orenia Buehler — M.C.B. 1938 Mar. 26 Hist. to Mrs. Geo. Hambrick — M.C.B.
Rev WIDOW, &c.
File No. 10117
Frances Hodges
Wid
John Hodges
Print Rev. War
Act: Mark 5 th / 43. June 1771
Index: — Vol. A , Page 344

15269
Francis Rodgers, deceased wid of John South Carolina.
Lt. James A. Black March 2/55 same May 26. 1855
Ad. July 7. 1838

Frances or Sarah Hodgins
John - S.C. - Aug 2 1838
Cole
Hon. S. P. Waldo Commr. of Pensions Washington City D.C.

John Hodges Dec - 5 1832
Am. L. P. Waldo Commr. of Ten Washington

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See the proofs of indent herein - the petition of John Hodges - See, also, the case of Sarah Rosamond dec d - widow of Sam l (capt) of Ga admitted, act of 1838. etc.

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Claim of France Hodges, widow of John, Act 7 July 1838 or 1832 Thomas Hamilton (increase) " 7 June '32 or 1848 Mary Clements " 7 July '38 Original Claim of Elizabeth Crof widow of Paul " 4 July '36 Increase " " Francis Anderson " " "
Ms. A. Black
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12307 South Carolina John Hodges, dec d
of _____ in the State of _____ who was a private in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Revolutionary line for Vac d from H is
Inscribed on the Roll of Charleston at the rate of 72. Dollars 00 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831, and ending 24 th Dec r 1834.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21. day of July 1855. and sent to James A Black Arrears to the 4th of Columbia, S. C.
Semi-annual allowance ending deduct payments at $70 to 4 th March 1834.
Revolutionary Claim, } Act June 7, 1832. } Recorded by J. G. [Signature] Clerk, Book 6 Vol. 6 Page 78.

11770 S. Carolina Frances Hodges. dec. d widow of John who died on the 24 th Dec r 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 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21 day of July 1836. and
Arrears to the 4th of J. A. Black Semi-annual allowance ending Columbia S. C.
Revolutionary Claim, Act July 7, 1838. Recorded by G. G. Clerk. Book Vol. Page 307

Pension Office
May 24, 1855
Mr 54
Sir
Please state to what time the pension of John Hodge, S. C. roll act of 32, 870 was paid.
Very respectfully
L. Arnold
Commissioner
Robt J. Atkinson Esq. 3 d andr }
John Hodge paid to 4 March 1834
Nottingham
Decatur

Pension Office
May 24. 1855-
11 M 34
Sir Please state to what time the pension of John Hodges, S. b. roll act of 32,570 was paid
Very respectfully
LT. Mulas
Commissioner
Robt J. Atkinson Esq. 32 Under
John Hodges paid to 4 March 1834.
Robert Atkinson
Auditor

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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, lately 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, calculations and reckonings of the said Administration, and a final dismissal 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, ord.  L.S.
(see over)

The State of South Carolina } Abbeville District }
On 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 Letter of Administration of the Estate of Mrs. Frances Hodges dec d . granted, by this Court to Gabriel Hodges, and that the said Gabriel Hodges has entered into bond, with good security 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 C. H. S o a this second day of July 1855
William Hill
O.A.D.

Sta Date of South Carolina - Personally appeared Abbeville District. Before me an acting Mag- istrate in said District Richard L. Anderson who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath depose that he is now seventy five years 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 Hodges then & afterwards lived till 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 deponent's Sister Frances Anderson and that they continued to live together as husband & wife until said Hodges' 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 neighbor- hood for that purpose and returned & were at 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 Deponent's said Sister his widow & that she remained such until about ten years ago when she died in this District. That this Deponent The words "when she died" above interlined before signing

is enabled to state positively as above of the date the marriage occurred from the fact of having a 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 Matilda Sharpe, George W Hodges, Gabriel Hod- ges, Duncilla Douglas, Elizabeth Sarah Magee, Mary Leach, John A Hodges, Samuel A Hodges, Fran- cis Weatherall James Hodges, Mary Nash, Ben- jamin Hodges, Mahulda McRella, Absalom Hodges, Robt H W Hodges, Lucy W Davis. — That this Dep- onent is now has been wholly disinterested in giving this testimony. Sworn to and subscribed this 18th day of February 1855
Before me
William W Higgins Magistrate
Richard L Anderson
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 L Anderson & that he is a gentleman 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 18th day of February 1855
Before me
William W Higgins Magistrate
Seyburn Lomax Joseph Dickson

State of South Carolina } Personally appeared Abbeville District } 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 & France, his wife's children and that the date of the birth of deponent's sister then eldest child Matilda is recorded as having taken place 12 th 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 France Hodges widow of said John who drew a pension, her death having taken place fourteenth day of March 1844. — Sworn to and subscribed this 10 th — day of February 1855 } G. W. Hodges
Before me
William W. Higgens 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 further certify that said G. W. Hodges is worthy of full faith & credit. Given under my hand day & year aforesaid.
William W. Higgens Magistrate

State of South Carolina } Personally appear Abbeville District } 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 fifty eight years of age) John & Frances Hodges lived near neighbors of deponent as husband & wife & were so believed & reputed indisputedly in the community in which they lived - that said John Hodges drew a pension & died about twenty years ago this wife Frances Hodges lived his widow till her death about ten years ago leaving as then now surviving children Matilda Sharpe, Leoll Hodges, Gabriel Hodges, Duncilla Douglass, Sarah Magee Margaret Leach John A Hodges, Saml. A Hodges, Frances Weatherall, James Hodges, Mary Baker Benjamin Hodges, Mahulda McKellar, Abilone J Hodges, Robt. H W Hodges & Lucy Davis. That this deponent is distinguished in giving this testimony. Sworn & subscribed this 10 th February 1835
Before me
William W Higgins Magistrate
Joseph Dickson
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 10-1835.

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 whom statements as above are due full faith & credit & that I am disinterested in giving this Certificate Given under my hand this day & year aforesaid.
William W. Higgin Magistrate

John Hodges, deceased South Carolina Abbeville Dist. Act June 7, 1832
Admitted
Priv. of Infantry 21. Mts 18 da at $72 00 per annum, from March 4 th , 1831, to Dec r 24 th 1834, when he died.
deducting former payments from Mar. 4 th 1831 to March 4 th , 1834, (when payment of his pension was suspended) at $70 per annum
Frances Hodges, deceased, widow of John - South Carolina - Abbeville Dist. Act July 7, 1838, &c.
Admitted at $72. per annum from March 4, 1836, to March 14 th , 1844, when she died.
Certificates payable to Gabriel Hodges - adms of Frances Hodges, deceased for the benefit of (over)
Gabriel Hodges, Matilda Sharpe Geo. W. Hodges, Oncilla Douglass, Sarah Magee, Margaret Seach, John A. Hodges, Samuel A. Hodges, Frances Weatherall, James Hodges, Mary Nash, Benjamin Hodges, Mehulda McHeller, Absalom T. Hodges, Robert W. Hodges, & Lucy Davis, Only surviving children.
Atty James A. Black Columbia S. C.

Brief in the case of John Hodges, deceased
County and State of South Carolina act June 7, 1832.
Claim, ("original," or "for increase.") For restoration
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, 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 4 th 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 a certain indent for £33 £ 33. 11. 5 Sterling, of principal, which had gone in his name, had been drawn by one John Hodges without authority from (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
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 & 15 days. Death of John Hodges, Dec 24 th 1834 - of his widow, March 14 th , 1844. and names of surviving children. Proved by parole & family record.
Name and residence of Agent
James A. Black
S. G. Dodge Examining Clerk.

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Brief in the case of Frances Hodges, deceased, widow of John Abbeville Dist. County and State of South Carolina act July 7, 1838
Claim, ("original," or "for increase." )
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 entries in family record, of date of birth of first child - and evidence of cohabitation. Death of John Hodges Decr 24 th 1834. Proved by record and parole. Death of widow and March 14 th , 1834, and names of surviving children (16 in number) Proved by parole. (If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
James A. Black
S. G. Dodge
Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those 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 amount 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

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 revolutionary service? yes XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining 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
 EXPLANATORY 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 recollection 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."

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 pensions 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 shewn 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 embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in 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 officer, 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.

John Hodges

Comptroller General's Office Columbia S.C. May 14. 1835.
no 461 } Lib. A } Issued 11 April 1785 to Mr. John Hodges for Two hundred and fifty one pounds 10 of 9 1/2 Sterling provisions for Continental and Militia use in 1780 and 1781 per acct. Audited.
Principal £ 251: 10: 9 1/2 no 31 Interest £ 17: 0: 11 " No 461 Book of John Hodges £ 251: 10: 9 1/2 Stg - Original Voucher del d Comp Genl 5 August 1813 to prepare thereon report to the Legislature Test J. L."
no 501 } Issued the 25 th of April 1785 to Mr. John Hodges Lib. O. } for Thirty three pounds, eleven shillings & five pence Sterling for Militia duty from 1780 to 1783 as per account Audited. Principal £ 33: 11: 5. Annual Interest £ 2: 6: 11- no. 28
"no 501-O.
" John Hodges Original Voucher deliv d Mr. Lee the Comp t . Genl. 29 Jan y 1810."
I do hereby certify the foregoing to be true Copies as taken from the Records of this Office & that there are but three other indent accounts on file in this Office in the name of John Hodge or Hodges, the one being for duty as "Company" another for £ 13 for duty in Brandon's Regiment - & the third for duty under Capt Wm. Standart & Colonel Benton in 1781 the period of 110 days.
For Comptroller General. Thos P. Walker Deputy Comp Genl.

Columbia S.C. 21 st Feby 1855.
Hon: S P Waelde Comm r of Pensions Dear Sir,
Please find enclosed Declaration & proofs of Capt. Hodges, heir of Mrs. Frances Hodges, dec d . for pension under act 7 July '38, as the widow of John Hodges, dec d . a revolutionary pensioner of the United States.
Very respectfully Your ob t Serv t . James D. Mack for heirs of Frances Hodges

Columbia S.C. 5 th July 1855.
Hon. S. P. Waldo Commr. of Pensions Dear Sir,
Agreeably to your letter of 26 th May last in the claim of John Hodges act 7 th June 1832 & of his widow Francis Sarah act 1838 I now send you certified copy of letter 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 Yr. Ob t Serv t James A Black for Gab t Hodges Adm r
P.S.
John Hodges was paid to 4 March 1834 & died 24 th Dec. 1834. The Amount due on his account from the former to the latter date should be embraced in the Certificate due his widow Francis Sarah. The date of their deaths & of their now surviving (16) Children have been furnished.
P.

Declaration of John Rodgers an applicant for a pension under the act of Congress 7 June 1832.
3
22 - months service upwards
State of South Carolina
17732

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 7 th 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 siege of Ninety Six, was with him under Capt. Moore, and Capt. Mapwell, 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 Faggart J.P.
The state of South Carolina } James Manceau Clerk of the Court Abbeville District } of Sessions & Common Pleas for the District of Abbeville aforesaid do hereby certify that Moses Faggart 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 Faggart.
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.
J. Manceau Clerk

John Hodges.

(Copy) State of South Carolina 3 To the Honorable the Abbeville District 3 President & members of the Senate of the General Assembly of this State. The petition of John Hodges of the District of Abbeville humbly represents 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 received 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 order to any man of that name to draw the said Indent, nor has he ever received 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 3 Personally came John Abbeville District 3 Hodges of the District & State aforesaid and being duly sworn deposes & states that he never received 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 receive an Indent for the same or authorize any person of the name of Isham Hodges or any other name to draw the same for him or and 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 Isham Hodges or any person whomsoever. Sworn & before me October 30 th 1810 Wm Ware J.P. (Signed) John Hodges

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 indent which he was entitled to for his services during the Revolutionary War amounting to thirty three pounds eleven shillings & five pence which he never received and from the testimony that has appeared before this Committee a man by the name of John Hodges presented an order to the Treasurer signed by John Hodges and received 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 Stickling Chm
Office of Clerk of Senate Columbia S.C. May 15 th 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, and 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. H. Arthur State House Keeper H. L. Librarian My Seal of Office

Asst. Secy.
Greenwood, S.C.
April 3, 1911
U.S. Pension Office, Washington, D.C.
Sir: -
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 for military service of John Hodges United States Government.
I write to ask your office to consult your records and find out

whether you have an your office proof of the mili- tary 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. P. Hodges, Greenwood, S.C.

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. As I covered that he held a Major's Commission under Gen. Washington? Did Anderson Hodges, father

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 certain he served in the Revolution.
Did any more etc  Forsters from S.C. same John Hodges
Serve in the American Revolution?
I will thank you greatly for this information.
Very truly
Mrs. G. P. Forster.

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Miss Deenie Bruns 605 N. Calhoun St. Tallahassee, Fla.

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 therefore writing 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 sometime 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.
I 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 information.
Very truly yours
Deenie Bruns
P.S. The letter I refer to in the first paragraph was written by your division and signed by Mr. J. L. Davenport, Commissioner.

A Music Club In Every City In Every County In the State Junior Girls' and Boys' Clubs-Auxiliary
Texas Federation Of Music Clubs
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Historian MRS. JAMES HAMBRICK, Chairman 501 W. Front St. TYLER, TEXAS
President MISS INEZ RUDY 502 W. Live Oak Bowie, Texas
Feb. 24, 1938
Bureau of Pensions Washington D. C.
Mr. Hambrick as an officer
Dear Sirs: Will you kindly furnish me with a record of pension granted Major John Hodges of Revolutionary War. I think he resided at Abbeville then Ninety Six District, South Carolina at time of enlistment, which was about Oct. 1832. I am his Grand daughter and tracing my line to become member of the D. A. V. R. Thanking you, I am Sincerely,
Mrs. James Hambrick, 501 W. Front St. Tyler, Texas.

information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau. John Hodges W.F. 10117
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Apr. 1 1780 9 mos. Pvt. Samuel Rosamond Tutt Pickens Sc.   1781 6 mos. Samuel Moore   1781 6 mos. Robert Magrath  
Battles engaged in, Kings Mountain Residence of soldier at enlistment, Abbeville Dist. S.C. Date of application for pension, Oct 23 1832 Residence at date of application, Abbeville Dist. S.C. Age at date of application, b. Essex Co. Va. in 1765 - d. Dec 24 1834 in Abbeville Dist. S.C. Remarks: Soldier married in the fall of 1790 Frances Anderson who died Mar. 14, 1844. Children were: Matilda Sharpe, George H. Gabriel, Drucilla Douglass, Sarah Magee, Margaret Leach, John A. Samuel A. Frances Weatherall, James, Mary Nash, Benjamin, Mahulda McRellar, Absalom T., Robert H.W., and Lucy W. Davis. Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

May 18, 1936
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Miss Deenie Bruns 605 North Calhoun Street Tallahassee, Florida
JOHN HODGES W. 10117 BA-J/MLB
Dear Madam:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request the Revolutionary 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 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 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.
Mailed this three without proof

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 Mahulda 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

January 10, 1934
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Mrs. G. P. Fowler 1109 - 13th Avenue Hickory, North Carolina
JOHN HODGES W. 10117 BA-J/MLB
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 not time  became  time  in  in Abbeville District), South Carolina, he volunteered about April 1, 1780, 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 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 Mahulda McKellar; Absolom 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 Assistant to Administrator