State of Georgia On this 20th day of November, personally appeared in open
court, before Charles Dougherty, presiding Judge of the Superior Court of said
County, now sitting, William Hodge, a resident of the county of Madison and
State aforesaid, aged 70 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 under the following named officers, and served
as herein stated: He was born on the 1st April 1762 in York County, Pennsylvania.
His father kept the record of his children’s ages in a family Bible, which
was so worn out that he had the ages copied upon a paper which deponent has &
excepting which he has no other record. He was living in 96 district South Carolina &
lived there till 1790, whence he removed to Georgia where he has lived ever
since & where he now lives in Madison County of said State. He volunteered
at 16 in & about the month of May 1778 & marched under the command of
Capt. John Hayles in South Carolina Ninety six District to Packet River before
the surrender of Charleston from thence he marched down near Charleston to Bacons
bridge on Eddisto. About the 6th or 7th of October 1780
he served another tour as a volunteer under Genl Brannon, Col. Farr & Capt.
John Thompson. They ranged about through the district but was in no engagement.
In the winter Genl Morgan arrived on the Packet river in Ninety six district.
Having heard of about 300 tories being at Hammonds store, Col. Washington &
Lieut. Luck with about 100 men & a few militia went & took part of the
tories prisoners & their baggage waggons & returned back to Genl Morgan
at Grendol Shoals & give up the prisoners. In January 1781 Morgan marched
up to the cowpens near the line of North Carolina & there prepared for battle,
on the 16th of the same month & year above mentioned Capt. Thompson &
his company joined Morgan & on the 17th we had an engagement
where Col. Washington & a few us run the British to old Gandilocks &
then returned back to Morgan. During the engagement he was slightly wounded &
left to take care of the wounded. He was sent to Morgan in North Carolina at
the Island ford to know what to do from whence Morgan sent him back with a flag
in the Spring & there he enlisted for ten months under Capt. Jacob Barnett &
from thence marched down to the Couganee to Friday’s Ferry near to the
place where Columbia now stands & their joined Genl Sumpter & Col. Hampton &
from thence they marched down & met the army under Brannon & Marion
at Thompson fort on the Couganee, took the fort & from thence they went
on & took Orangeburg, from thence they returned back towards North Carolina
where deponent was taken sick & left the army nor did not join it, till
the battle of Eutaw Springs & from thence they marched to Orangeburg &
from thence to the fourhole bridge on Eddisto & remained there till they
were discharged to go home. In the Spring of 1782 deponent volunteered &
went down towards Charleston with an officer whose name he does not recollect,
from Camden district, & joined Genl Wm. Harderson. From thence he was sent
to Genl. Huger to be his life guard & was there wounded by a musket ball
in his shoulder & has got the ball there yet & was afterwards discharged
by Genl Huger after having served in all upwards of two years & six months.
He mentions the names of M. W. Dobbins & A. L. Clayton who can testify as
to his veracity & their belief of his services as a Revolutionary soldier. As additional proof of this deponents being a Revolutionary soldier,
he begs leave to refer to a statement of facts, some of which he has stated
above, which was made out by this deponent several years ago, & at that
time, he never for one moment believed that he should ever have it in his power
to obtain a pension from his country, & when he would have had no motive
for deception. He would mention that some of the minor facts related in his narrative
hereunto attached did not come under his immediate observation but he was informed
of them by the soldiers with whom he associated, with the exceptions of those, &
some corrections, which this deponent has made upon the papers. The balance
came immediately under his observation & which this deponent swears are
true. This deponent attaches the only documentary testimony he now has
in his possession, which are writings from under the hands of Daniel Morgan,
Brig’r. Gen’l. & G. Huger, Br. Gen’l. All which are most
respectfully submitted to the war department. He 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. William Hodge Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. We, Moses W. Dobbins residing in Clarke County and A. L. Clayton
residing in the same, hereby certify that we are well acquainted with William
Hodge, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration, that we believe
him to be 70 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. M. W. Dobbins Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid. And the said court do hereby certify and declare their opinion, after
the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogations prescribed
by the War Department, that the above applicant was a Revolutionary soldier,
and served as he states. And the court further certifies that it appears to
them that Moses W. Dobbins, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a resident
in the county of Clarke, and that A. L. Clayton, who has also signed the same,
is a resident of the same county, and is a credible person, that their statement
is entitled to credit. 20 Nov 1832. C. Dougherty, JIC WC State of Georgia On this twenty fourth day of July personally appeared before me,
James Anderson, a Judge of the Inferior Court of Madison County (a court of
record), Ann Hodge a resident of Georgia and County aforesaid age 72 years who
being duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress
passed July the 7th 1838 entitled An act granting half pay and pensions
to certain widows. That she is the widow of William Hodge who was a Militia
soldier in the revolutionary war. Served in the South Carolina line, received
a slight wound at the battle of the cow-pens, also a wound at ----- Huger on
his right shoulder by a British dragoon, and was in service previous to the
12th May 1778, was discharged on the 29th of October 1782 by J. S.
Huger Br. Gen’l, was constantly in service from the time he commenced discharged.
Drew pension of Eighty dollars annual allowance, commencement of the pension
4th March 1831 and was place on the roll on the 22 of Dec 1832. She
further declares that she was married to the said William Hodge on the
day of March in the year seventeen hundred and ninety, that her husband the
aforesaid William Hodge died on the nineteenth day of Dec 1836 & that she
was not married to him prior to his leaving the service but the marriage took
place previous to the first day of January seventeen hundred and ninety four,
viz, at the time above stated. Ann Hodge Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written before me. Georgia Before me James Anderson a judge of the Inferior court of said county
personally appeared James Thompson Senior and saith on his oath that he was
present and saw William Hodge and Ann Hodge (formally Ann Say) married which
took place in South Carolina and was legally done on the day
of in the year seventeen hundred and ninety, also he
saith that Ann Hodge is now a widow and has been ever since the death of William
Hodge her husband. This 24 July 1839. James Thompson Senr. Sworn to and subscribed the day and year above written. Georgia Georgia Georgia Family Record John Hodge was born August 16th, 1790 Family Record John Hodge was maried August 6th day, year 1812
Clarke County
C. Dougherty,
JIC WC
A. L. Clayton
C. Dougherty,
JIC WC
James Anderson, JIC
Madison County
James
Anderson, JIC
Madison County
I do certify that James Thompson Senior
is a respectable and creditable person.
24 July 1839
James Anderson, JIC
Madison County
I James Anderson a judge of the Inferior
Court of said County do certify that Ann Hodge the within named applicant is
not able to attend court owing to bodily infirmity. This 24 day of July 1839.
James Anderson, JIC
Madison County
I, John Sanders, the clerk of the Inferior
Court of said county do certify that James Anderson is a presiding Judge in
our court which is a court of record.
This 31st day of July 1839.
John Sanders, Clk
Births
James Hodge as
born December 18th, 1792
Mary Hodge was born January 28th,
1795
Elizabeth Hodge was born April 4th, 1797Caty
Katharine Hodge was born January 7th, 1799
William Hodge was born
April 20th, 1802
Richard Hodge was born October 20th,
1804
Allen L. Hodge was born February 18th, 1807
Madison Montgomery
Hodge was born July 24th, 1809
Anna Hodge was born May 3rd,
1815Sarah Ann Sanders was born May the 23 1818
William
Hodge Sen. was born April 1st 1762, the father of the above named
children
Marriages
Mary
Hodge was maried October 24th, 1815
James Hodge was married August
28th A.D. 1819
Elizabeth Hodge was married December 2nd,
1824
Richard Hodge was married October 18th, 1827
Katharine
Hodge was married December 29th, 1836
Madison M. Hodge married
10th 1840
Elizabeth E. Sanders was married to James G. Wooten
May 22nd 1839
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