Revolutionary War Soldier
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Capt. Robert Hoddy came to the Scioto valley with his father's family in 1796 from Harper's Ferry, Va. Richard Hoddy, father of Robert, was a Revolutionary soldier. Chillicothe boasted of but one cabin when Richard Hoddy landed there. Two thousand Indians, from Oldtown, were encamped on the bank of the Scioto, where the upper bridge now spans the river. Richard Hoddy entered five hundred acres of land on Paint creek, four miles below Oldtown, and there erected the first grist mill and saw mill in the valley. He died on his farm in 1830. On the death of his father Captain Hoddy succeeded to the business, and added a distillery to the diversified milling interests, though it is understood that the distillery business was taken up many years before the father's death, since it is mentioned in the "Pioneer Record of Ross County" as the "first distillery in the valley." Captain Hoddy served as adjutant under Col. William Clark during the war of 1812. He was also commander of the post where British prisoners were confined after the war, holding that position until they were released. In civil life, he served as land appraiser, assessor and tax collector of Concord township; and in every phase of his eventful life he deported himself and discharged his varied duties with great honor to himself and satisfaction to his constituency. Captain Hoddy married. Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Putnam, who was also a very early settler of the Paint creek valley, coming from Hampshire county, Va., in 1809. Peter Putnam was a lineal descendant of the same stock which furnished us such men as Gens. Israel and Rufus Putnam. Both the Hoddy and Putnam families have many descendants in Ross county at the present day.
Source: History of Concord Township, Ross County OH
From: The County of Ross
Henry Holcomb Bennett, Editor
Published by Selvyn A. Brant
Madison, Wis. 1902
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Capt. Robert Hoddy came to the Scioto valley with his father's family in 1796 from Harper's Ferry, Va. Richard Hoddy, father of Robert, was a Revolutionary soldier. Chillicothe boasted of but one cabin when Richard Hoddy landed there. Two thousand Indians, from Oldtown, were encamped on the bank of the Scioto, where the upper bridge now spans the river. Richard Hoddy entered five hundred acres of land on Paint creek, four miles below Oldtown, and there erected the first grist mill and saw mill in the valley. He died on his farm in 1830. On the death of his father Captain Hoddy succeeded to the business, and added a distillery to the diversified milling interests, though it is understood that the distillery business was taken up many years before the father's death, since it is mentioned in the "Pioneer Record of Ross County" as the "first distillery in the valley." Captain Hoddy served as adjutant under Col. William Clark during the war of 1812. He was also commander of the post where British prisoners were confined after the war, holding that position until they were released. In civil life, he served as land appraiser, assessor and tax collector of Concord township; and in every phase of his eventful life he deported himself and discharged his varied duties with great honor to himself and satisfaction to his constituency. Captain Hoddy married. Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Putnam, who was also a very early settler of the Paint creek valley, coming from Hampshire county, Va., in 1809. Peter Putnam was a lineal descendant of the same stock which furnished us such men as Gens. Israel and Rufus Putnam. Both the Hoddy and Putnam families have many descendants in Ross county at the present day.
Source: History of Concord Township, Ross County OH
From: The County of Ross
Henry Holcomb Bennett, Editor
Published by Selvyn A. Brant
Madison, Wis. 1902
Revolutionary War Soldier
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Capt. Robert Hoddy came to the Scioto valley with his father's family in 1796 from Harper's Ferry, Va. Richard Hoddy, father of Robert, was a Revolutionary soldier. Chillicothe boasted of but one cabin when Richard Hoddy landed there. Two thousand Indians, from Oldtown, were encamped on the bank of the Scioto, where the upper bridge now spans the river. Richard Hoddy entered five hundred acres of land on Paint creek, four miles below Oldtown, and there erected the first grist mill and saw mill in the valley. He died on his farm in 1830. On the death of his father Captain Hoddy succeeded to the business, and added a distillery to the diversified milling interests, though it is understood that the distillery business was taken up many years before the father's death, since it is mentioned in the "Pioneer Record of Ross County" as the "first distillery in the valley." Captain Hoddy served as adjutant under Col. William Clark during the war of 1812. He was also commander of the post where British prisoners were confined after the war, holding that position until they were released. In civil life, he served as land appraiser, assessor and tax collector of Concord township; and in every phase of his eventful life he deported himself and discharged his varied duties with great honor to himself and satisfaction to his constituency. Captain Hoddy married. Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Putnam, who was also a very early settler of the Paint creek valley, coming from Hampshire county, Va., in 1809. Peter Putnam was a lineal descendant of the same stock which furnished us such men as Gens. Israel and Rufus Putnam. Both the Hoddy and Putnam families have many descendants in Ross county at the present day.
Source: History of Concord Township, Ross County OH
From: The County of Ross
Henry Holcomb Bennett, Editor
Published by Selvyn A. Brant
Madison, Wis. 1902
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Capt. Robert Hoddy came to the Scioto valley with his father's family in 1796 from Harper's Ferry, Va. Richard Hoddy, father of Robert, was a Revolutionary soldier. Chillicothe boasted of but one cabin when Richard Hoddy landed there. Two thousand Indians, from Oldtown, were encamped on the bank of the Scioto, where the upper bridge now spans the river. Richard Hoddy entered five hundred acres of land on Paint creek, four miles below Oldtown, and there erected the first grist mill and saw mill in the valley. He died on his farm in 1830. On the death of his father Captain Hoddy succeeded to the business, and added a distillery to the diversified milling interests, though it is understood that the distillery business was taken up many years before the father's death, since it is mentioned in the "Pioneer Record of Ross County" as the "first distillery in the valley." Captain Hoddy served as adjutant under Col. William Clark during the war of 1812. He was also commander of the post where British prisoners were confined after the war, holding that position until they were released. In civil life, he served as land appraiser, assessor and tax collector of Concord township; and in every phase of his eventful life he deported himself and discharged his varied duties with great honor to himself and satisfaction to his constituency. Captain Hoddy married. Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Putnam, who was also a very early settler of the Paint creek valley, coming from Hampshire county, Va., in 1809. Peter Putnam was a lineal descendant of the same stock which furnished us such men as Gens. Israel and Rufus Putnam. Both the Hoddy and Putnam families have many descendants in Ross county at the present day.
Source: History of Concord Township, Ross County OH
From: The County of Ross
Henry Holcomb Bennett, Editor
Published by Selvyn A. Brant
Madison, Wis. 1902
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