Veteran of the American Revolution. Fought with the "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion in South Carolina. One of the Original Old 300 Settlers brought to Texas by Stephen F Austin.
Married Ruth Fields (b. abt 1769) in circa 1788.
Mother was Mary Ann Elliott
Contributor: C Dee eames (47923832)
A FAG contributor has indicated that Alexander Hodge was born in York, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1762 and died in Hodges Bend, Texas August 17, 1835, although his headstone reads otherwise.
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Alexander Hodge, a member of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, the son of William Hodge, was born in Newton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. His mother was Mary Elliott,daughter of James Elliott who was also from Cumberland County.
Alexander and his brother William Hodge moved to Edgefield District, South Carolina, where they served with the "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion and his brigade during the American Revolution. Records indicate Alexander had not yet turned 18 years of age.
Alexander then moved to Oglethorpe County, Georgia, where records show he studied law.
1806 Shows Alexander moving into Kentucky.
1815 Alexander served as Magistrate at Spring River Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas.
After meeting Stephen F. Austin in 1824, he began his trip to TEXAS. OnApril 12, 1828, Austin granted the old Judge one of the leagues of land he had reserved for himself,which was on the Brazos River near Oyster Creek in Fort Bend.
Alexander Hodge built HODGE'S PLANTATION on this location and served as "comisario & alcalde". The Plantation hosted William B. Travis, James B. Bonham, Erastus (Deaf) Smith, and other persons of prominence in Texas history, as well as unknown travelers.
In her memoirs his granddaughter, Clarinda Pevehouse Kegans, described him as a tall, white-haired man who raised fine horses.
Married Ruth Fields (b. abt 1769) in circa 1788.
Mother was Mary Ann Elliott
Contributor: C Dee eames (47923832)
A FAG contributor has indicated that Alexander Hodge was born in York, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1762 and died in Hodges Bend, Texas August 17, 1835, although his headstone reads otherwise.
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Alexander Hodge, a member of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, the son of William Hodge, was born in Newton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. His mother was Mary Elliott,daughter of James Elliott who was also from Cumberland County.
Alexander and his brother William Hodge moved to Edgefield District, South Carolina, where they served with the "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion and his brigade during the American Revolution. Records indicate Alexander had not yet turned 18 years of age.
Alexander then moved to Oglethorpe County, Georgia, where records show he studied law.
1806 Shows Alexander moving into Kentucky.
1815 Alexander served as Magistrate at Spring River Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas.
After meeting Stephen F. Austin in 1824, he began his trip to TEXAS. OnApril 12, 1828, Austin granted the old Judge one of the leagues of land he had reserved for himself,which was on the Brazos River near Oyster Creek in Fort Bend.
Alexander Hodge built HODGE'S PLANTATION on this location and served as "comisario & alcalde". The Plantation hosted William B. Travis, James B. Bonham, Erastus (Deaf) Smith, and other persons of prominence in Texas history, as well as unknown travelers.
In her memoirs his granddaughter, Clarinda Pevehouse Kegans, described him as a tall, white-haired man who raised fine horses.
Veteran of the American Revolution. Fought with the "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion in South Carolina. One of the Original Old 300 Settlers brought to Texas by Stephen F Austin.
Married Ruth Fields (b. abt 1769) in circa 1788.
Mother was Mary Ann Elliott
Contributor: C Dee eames (47923832)
A FAG contributor has indicated that Alexander Hodge was born in York, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1762 and died in Hodges Bend, Texas August 17, 1835, although his headstone reads otherwise.
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Alexander Hodge, a member of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, the son of William Hodge, was born in Newton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. His mother was Mary Elliott,daughter of James Elliott who was also from Cumberland County.
Alexander and his brother William Hodge moved to Edgefield District, South Carolina, where they served with the "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion and his brigade during the American Revolution. Records indicate Alexander had not yet turned 18 years of age.
Alexander then moved to Oglethorpe County, Georgia, where records show he studied law.
1806 Shows Alexander moving into Kentucky.
1815 Alexander served as Magistrate at Spring River Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas.
After meeting Stephen F. Austin in 1824, he began his trip to TEXAS. OnApril 12, 1828, Austin granted the old Judge one of the leagues of land he had reserved for himself,which was on the Brazos River near Oyster Creek in Fort Bend.
Alexander Hodge built HODGE'S PLANTATION on this location and served as "comisario & alcalde". The Plantation hosted William B. Travis, James B. Bonham, Erastus (Deaf) Smith, and other persons of prominence in Texas history, as well as unknown travelers.
In her memoirs his granddaughter, Clarinda Pevehouse Kegans, described him as a tall, white-haired man who raised fine horses.
Married Ruth Fields (b. abt 1769) in circa 1788.
Mother was Mary Ann Elliott
Contributor: C Dee eames (47923832)
A FAG contributor has indicated that Alexander Hodge was born in York, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in 1762 and died in Hodges Bend, Texas August 17, 1835, although his headstone reads otherwise.
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Alexander Hodge, a member of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, the son of William Hodge, was born in Newton Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. His mother was Mary Elliott,daughter of James Elliott who was also from Cumberland County.
Alexander and his brother William Hodge moved to Edgefield District, South Carolina, where they served with the "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion and his brigade during the American Revolution. Records indicate Alexander had not yet turned 18 years of age.
Alexander then moved to Oglethorpe County, Georgia, where records show he studied law.
1806 Shows Alexander moving into Kentucky.
1815 Alexander served as Magistrate at Spring River Township, Lawrence County, Arkansas.
After meeting Stephen F. Austin in 1824, he began his trip to TEXAS. OnApril 12, 1828, Austin granted the old Judge one of the leagues of land he had reserved for himself,which was on the Brazos River near Oyster Creek in Fort Bend.
Alexander Hodge built HODGE'S PLANTATION on this location and served as "comisario & alcalde". The Plantation hosted William B. Travis, James B. Bonham, Erastus (Deaf) Smith, and other persons of prominence in Texas history, as well as unknown travelers.
In her memoirs his granddaughter, Clarinda Pevehouse Kegans, described him as a tall, white-haired man who raised fine horses.
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