Looking for the parentage of William S. HODGES & Richard FORD, my GGGG
Grandfathers.

William S. HODGES was born ~ 1795 in either Goochland Co./Louisa Co., VA. He
married Martha HALL, Daughter of James and Nancy PETTIT in the early 1820s in
Goochland/Louisa & died in 1832 in Louisa Co., VA. I have a copy of his Will
where the Children are named, including my GGG Grandfather William Lancelot
HODGES born in 1826, and his belongings go to his Wife. A Marie HODGES is in
the 1830 VA Census for Louisa Co. with Children in the right age ranges for
their children, but no William. I believe this William connects to the
William HODGES that bought a piece of property in 1774 called Attonce, in
Louisa, and lived there till his Wife Elizabeth COCKE passed away in 1798.

Richard FORD died in Mason Co., VA in 1827. He first appeared in the personal
property taxes there in 1819, about the time a Richard FORD disappeared from
the Faquier Co., VA personal property tax records. In 1826 Richard was given
200 acres on the Kanawha River in Mason Co. for one dollar from the estate of
Howell LEWIS, a large land owner in the Mason Co. area. Interests in this
property were transferred to a Samuel SUMMERS over the years 1828 - 1836 by
Richard's Children. The remaining interest in the property was sold to an
Alonzo FORD, my GGG Grandfather, in 1842 by a Mary FORD (maiden name given in
the sale) and her husband in Illinois where they were living.

I believe Alonzo was the youngest Son of Richard and his Wife (don't have a
name for her) based on naming patterns of Children and a lot of other strong
circumstantial evidence.

I have a lot of information on these two families and any additional data
would be appreciated. Julius (Tim) Emmett Spradling, III

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