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Nathan Hodges

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Decision

Nathan Hodges was a qualified supplemental early settler. The original 1830 Lowndes schedule contains a household head read or indexed as Nathan Hoages, with Hodges supplied as an alternate. The county, page, and row are secure, but the surname still warrants a second handwriting review.

Collateral bridge to Barney

Huxford's compiled Hodges genealogy identifies Nathaniel Hodges and Joseph Hodges as sons of Joshua Hodges and Ann Raiford. The same reconstruction identifies James Carr Hodges as Joseph's son. James's strong-probable son Robertson or Robinson L. Hodges later headed Barney household #8.

Under that reconstruction, Nathan was Joseph's brother and James Carr's uncle—not James's father or a direct ancestor of Robinson. This is a secondary-supported collateral bridge. No inspected probate, Bible, deed, or comparable parent-naming original verifies the Joshua-to-Nathan-and-Joseph generation.

Huxford also identifies Martha Whittington as Nathaniel's wife. That relationship remains secondary-supported. The traditional 1828 arrival date is retrospective and unverified.

Sources

  • 1830 U.S. census, Lowndes County, Nathan Hoages/Hodges household.
  • Folks Huxford, early-settler roster and compiled Hodges family sketches.
  • 1850 U.S. census, Lowndes County, James C. Hodges household.
  • 1860 U.S. census, Brooks County, J. C. Hodges household.
  • 1900 U.S. census, Barney, Brooks County, Robinson L. Hodges household #8.