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Willis Longstreet Hodges

Male 1872 - 1924  (52 years)


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  1. 1.  Willis Longstreet Hodges was born on 21 Jan 1872 in Charlton, Georgia, USA (son of George Washington Hodges and Living); died on 24 Nov 1924 in Baker, Florida, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Willie
    • Race: White
    • Residence: 1910, Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA; Age: 39; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head

    Family/Spouse: Arizona Green. Arizona (daughter of Owen Alfred Green and Jane Sellers) was born on 22 Nov 1878 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; died on 5 May 1930 in Nassau, Florida, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Mattie Zona Hodges was born on 31 Mar 1897 in Nassau, Florida, USA; died on 27 Jan 1977 in Duval, Florida, USA; was buried in Bethel Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA.
    2. Laura Hodges was born in 1900 in Nassau, Florida, USA.
    3. Herman Lee Hodges was born on 24 Oct 1901 in Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA; died on 2 Dec 1962 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA; was buried in Bethel Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA.
    4. Jannie Odesi Hodges was born on 5 Mar 1905 in Nassau, Florida, USA; died on 26 Sep 1969; was buried in Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Nassau, Florida, USA.
    5. Wade Hampton Hodges was born on 11 Aug 1907 in Nassau, Florida, USA; died on 11 Dec 1980 in Nassau, Florida, USA; was buried in Bethel Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA.
    6. Alfred Hodges was born on 2 Jan 1910 in Nassau, Florida, USA; died on 23 Oct 1924 in Nassau, Florida, USA; was buried in Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Nassau, Florida, USA.
    7. Dellie Mae Hodges was born on 19 May 1912; died on 26 Feb 1999; was buried in Old Still Cemetery, Nassau, Florida, USA.
    8. Raymond Longstreet Hodges was born on 4 Oct 1914 in Nassau, Florida, USA; died on 16 Oct 1982 in Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA; was buried in Bethel Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA.
    9. Bertha Theresa Hodges was born on 18 Mar 1917 in Nassau, Florida, USA; died on 26 Sep 2007 in Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA; was buried in Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Nassau, Florida, USA.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Washington Hodges was born on 29 Nov 1845 in Charlton, Georgia, USA (son of Willis Aaron Hodges and Mahalia Johns); died on 22 Oct 1908 in Nassau, Florida, USA; was buried in Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Nassau, Florida, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1850, District 9, Camden, Georgia, USA; Age: 4
    • Residence: 1860, Dessert District, Charlton, Georgia, USA

    George + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Living
    Children:
    1. Lucian Alexander Hodges was born on 16 Jan 1884; died on 7 Dec 1945; was buried in Edgewood Cemetery, Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, USA.
    2. 1. Willis Longstreet Hodges was born on 21 Jan 1872 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; died on 24 Nov 1924 in Baker, Florida, USA.
    3. David Lee Hodges was born on 8 Nov 1869 in Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA; died on 31 Mar 1933 in Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA; was buried in Bethel Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Hilliard, Nassau, Florida, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Willis Aaron HodgesWillis Aaron Hodges was born on 1 Aug 1812 in Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA (son of William Henry Hodges and Ann Blitch); died on 31 Aug 1886 in Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA; was buried in Canaday Cemetery, Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Race: White
    • Residence: 1850, District 9, Camden, Georgia, USA; Age: 31; Farmer Occupation: Farmer; Industry: Agriculture
    • Residence: 1860, Dessert District, Charlton, Georgia, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Fernandina, Nassau, Florida, USA; Age: 57; CannotRead: Y; CannotWrite: Y; DisabilityCondition: Y; MaleCitizenOverTwentyone: Y; PersonalEstateValue: 200; RealEstateValue: 700; Occupation: Farmer
    • Residence: 1880, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 69; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self

    Notes:

    Willis Aaron Hodges was the ancestor and progenerator of most all of the Hodges families that settled in Moniac Charlton, Georgia, and the Northeast Florida area of Nassau and Duval County, Florida. Willis Aaron Hodges was born in Tattnall, Georgia, Aug. l, 1812, son of William Hodges. He and his brother William R. Hodges came to Camden County as young men and married there (in the portion made into Charlton County in 1858). Willis A. married Feb. 23, 1843, in Camden County, Georgia, to Mehalia Johns, born 1827 in Camden County, daughter of George Johns and his wife Anna. They had fifteen children, so they were off to a good start of populating the surrounding counties of south Georgia and northeast Florida. The history of Willis Aaron's life portrays him as a "rough and ready" frontier man. Mr. Hodges, an Indian fighter, and served several enlistment's in the Indian Wars. His first wife died about 1880, Mr. Hodges married Mrs. Basheby Gainey, said to be a Cherokee Indian, born Jan.10, 1845, in Ware County, died in Charlton, Georgia, Nov. 3, 1931. Two children were born by her. Willis Aaron Hodges died Aug. 7, 1886, age 74 years, only a few months after the birth of his 17th child. He was buried in Canaday Cemetery near Moniac, Georgia. Ref: "Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia", Vol. VII, pg. 196, 197 & 198. 1860 Federal Census, Charlton, Georgia 1880 Federal Census Charlton Co, GA "Charlton County Georgia Historical Notes - 1972", pg. 405 & 406. "History of Charlton County", by Alex. S. McQueen, pg. 42-46.

    POWG Vol VII, p.145-146 has Henry Gainey, Jr., (1840-1864) son of Henry
    (1810-1870) and Olive Gainey. He is listed as married to "Basheby Heath", and as
    "killed in battle, 1864".

    Willis A. Hodges is also in Vol. VII, p196. States his second wife was
    "Basheby Gainey, b. Jan. 10, 1845, in Ware County, died in Charlton County, Nov. 3,
    1931". Not clear if she was born in Ware County, or they were married in Ware
    County. Two children:

    Joel Lee, b. Apr. 19, 1884, m. Sarah Iola Robinson
    Grover Cleveland, b. Jan. 31, 1886, m. Victoria Crawford.

    The entry notes that Basheby Heath was in the 1860 census of Charlton County
    as Basheby Heath, age 18. States Henry Gainey was killed at Battle of
    Spottsylvania, May, 1864. Hodges died Aug. 7, 1886.

    David Rowell is listed in Vol. VII, p355. His
    first wife was Jane Howard. In 1890, he married Basheba Hodges. POWG lists one
    son, Spencer M. Rowell, b. Aug. 15, 1891, died Sept. 21, 1950. Spencer's wife
    was Katie Crawford. David, Basheba and Spencer are listed as
    buried in Emmeus Church Cemetery, near St. George.

    Willis married Mahalia Johns on 23 Feb 1843 in Camden, Georgia, USA. Mahalia (daughter of Living and Living) was born on 17 Feb 1827 in Camden, Georgia, USA; died in 1880 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; was buried in Canaday Cemetery, Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Mahalia Johns was born on 17 Feb 1827 in Camden, Georgia, USA (daughter of Living and Living); died in 1880 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; was buried in Canaday Cemetery, Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Race: White
    • Name: Mahalia Hodges
    • Residence: 1850, District 9, Camden, Georgia, USA; Age: 22
    • Residence: 1860, Dessert District, Charlton, Georgia, USA
    • Residence: 1870, Fernandina, Nassau, Florida, USA; Age: 45; CannotRead: Y; CannotWrite: Y; DisabilityCondition: Y; Occupation: Keeping House
    • Residence: 1880, Gaineyville, Charlton, Georgia, USA; Age: 53; Marital status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife

    Children:
    1. Annie Hodges was born on 2 Nov 1843 in Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA; died on 10 Apr 1880 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; was buried in Canaday Cemetery, Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA.
    2. 2. George Washington Hodges was born on 29 Nov 1845 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; died on 22 Oct 1908 in Nassau, Florida, USA; was buried in Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Nassau, Florida, USA.
    3. William J Hodges was born on 25 Jan 1848 in Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA; died on 6 May 1930 in Nassau, Florida, USA; was buried in Mill Creek Cemetery, Nassau, Florida, USA.
    4. Elishu Elihu Hodges was born on 8 Nov 1849 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; died on 23 Aug 1904 in Nassau, Florida, USA; was buried in Live Oak Baptist Church Cemetery, Callahan, Nassau, Florida, USA.
    5. John Charlton Hodges was born on 8 Aug 1854 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; died in Mar 1900 in Charlton, Georgia, USA.
    6. James B. Hodges was born on 11 Apr 1856 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; died on 27 May 1913; was buried in Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Nassau, Florida, USA.
    7. Lenora Senova Hodges was born on 7 Feb 1858 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; died in 1910 in St George, Charlton, Georgia, USA.
    8. Andrew Jackson Hodges was born on 19 Apr 1858 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; died on 10 Jul 1908; was buried in Brandy Branch Cemetery, Bryceville, Nassau, Florida, USA.
    9. Daniel Robert Hodges was born on 3 Aug 1861 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; died on 14 Jun 1907 in Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA; was buried in Emmaus Church Cemetery, Charlton, Georgia, USA.
    10. Nathaniel Hodges was born on 3 May 1863 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; died on 16 Feb 1929 in Nassau, Florida, USA; was buried in Mill Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery, Nassau, Florida, USA.
    11. Emily Hodges was born on 9 Feb 1864 in Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA; died on 3 Apr 1928 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; was buried in Boones Creek Cemetery, Charlton, Georgia, USA.
    12. Mary Elizabeth Hodges was born in Nov 1869 in Nassau, Florida, USA; died in 1929 in Charlton, Georgia, USA.
    13. Willis Alexander Hodges was born on 8 Nov 1852 in Folkston, Charlton, Georgia, USA; died on 16 May 1930 in Duval, Florida, USA; was buried in Mill Creek Cemetery, Nassau, Florida, USA.
    14. John Joshua Hodges was born in Jun 1867 in Nassau, Florida, USA; died in 1918 in Baker, Florida, USA; was buried in Emmaus Church Cemetery, Charlton, Georgia, USA.
    15. Martha D Hodges was born on 8 Nov 1870 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; died on 3 Jun 1927 in Georgia, USA; was buried in Emmaus Church Cemetery, Charlton, Georgia, USA.

  3. 6.  Living
    Children:
    1. 3. Living


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Henry Hodges was born on 19 Jun 1770 in Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina, USA (son of John Robert Hodges, Sr and Tabitha Little); died on 24 Aug 1849 in Tattnall, Georgia, USA; was buried in Old Anderson Church Cemetery, Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA.

    Notes:

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

    William + Ann Blitch. Ann (daughter of Abraham Blitch and Judith Griffis) was born in 1780 in Effingham, Georgia, USA; died in 1815 in Tattnall, Georgia, USA; was buried in Old Anderson Church Cemetery, Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Ann Blitch was born in 1780 in Effingham, Georgia, USA (daughter of Abraham Blitch and Judith Griffis); died in 1815 in Tattnall, Georgia, USA; was buried in Old Anderson Church Cemetery, Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Min
    • Name: Ann Hodges

    Children:
    1. 4. Willis Aaron Hodges was born on 1 Aug 1812 in Reidsville, Tattnall, Georgia, USA; died on 31 Aug 1886 in Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA; was buried in Canaday Cemetery, Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA.
    2. James A Hodges was born on 2 Nov 1799 in Bulloch, Georgia, USA; died in 1885 in Florida, USA; was buried in Sasser Landing Cemetery, Jennings, Hamilton, Florida, USA.
    3. William Riley Hodges was born on 8 Feb 1808 in Bulloch, Georgia, USA; died on 8 Feb 1858 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; was buried in Old Anderson Church Cemetery, Collins, Tattnall, Georgia, USA.
    4. Cynthia Hodges was born in 1803 in Bulloch, Georgia, USA.
    5. Elizabeth Hodges was born in 1806 in Bulloch, Georgia, USA.
    6. Samuel Hodges was born on 25 Jan 1810 in Tattnall, Georgia, USA; died in Jan 1848 in Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, USA.

  3. 10.  Living

    Living + Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Living
    Children:
    1. 5. Mahalia Johns was born on 17 Feb 1827 in Camden, Georgia, USA; died in 1880 in Charlton, Georgia, USA; was buried in Canaday Cemetery, Moniac, Charlton, Georgia, USA.



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