HODNETT FAMILY
HISTORY
JOHN HODNETT OF BUCKINGHAM
CO.
Dr. Abner Baker, or Captain Abner Baker as he was sometimes called, states
in his
"Life Book,. that
his mother was Catherine Hodnett, daughter of John Hodnett of Buckingham
County, Virginia son of John Hodnett Sr. of Ireland. This is also proven
by court records. It is not known to the writer just how many children
John Hodnett had. If he had a will, it was destroyed when the Court House
of Buckingham County was burned sometime after the Civil War. Besides Catherine
who married Caleb Baker Jr.of Prince Edward Co., VA and Ayres who married
Mary McGegee, and reared a large family there was Phillip who lived with
his father in BuckinghamCounty.
At the
time the Court House in Buckingham County was destroyed, there were tax
records in the hands of tax assessors in the County these were saved, and
are now found in the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia.
Along with this Land Tax, there is a list of personal taxes giving names
of those over 16, of his household, in this list is that of Phillip
Hodnett as well as names of his titheable slaves.
It seems that Phillip Hodnett lived with his father until the time of his
death, when Phillip is taxed with this property from 1796 (supposed to
the time of John Hodnett' s death)until 1814 the last of the tax list.
In 1814 Phillip Hodnett's residence is given as that of his fathers 1000
acres, on Little Willis' River distance bearing from Court House 14 miles
S.E.
The following copied from an "Old
Order Book" now in the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia.
This is to
certify that the following is a true copy of an entry in a Booklett deposited
in the manuscript division of the Virginia State Library, Richmond Va.
Designated "Buckingham County Public Service Claims". Being an account
of disbursements ordered by theCounty Court of Buckingham County, in the
settlement for supplies furnished for the use of the Army during the Revolutionary
War.
"At a court held for Buckingham County the 8th Day of April
1782, Pursuant to an Act of Assembly entitled: "An Act for adjusting claims
for property impressed or taken for Public Service" the Court proceeded
to receive and adjust claims of the different claimants produced to them
in Specia as hereafter mentioned.
The Public
To John Hodnett
Dr.
d
To 6 lbs. Bacon at 9 forthe use of the Botetourt Militia on their return
from Marquss' s Headquarters as by Certificate of the 13th.
Augt. 1781 given by Joseph Luney Capt. L 0. 4.6
To 30 lbs. Bacon at 3 furnished Andrew Henry, W.A. Master for the State,
for the public use by his certificate of the 10th. November
1780. L 1. O. O.
30 lbs. Bacon 9 To 2 Bushels of Peas B/ for the use of the 3rd
Regt. Of L. Dragoons as by Cert. Of the 12th. April 1781 given
by L 1. 10.6
To side of sole leather for the use of the 3rd Regt. L Dragoons
as by Certificate ofthe 8 th March 1781 given by Jas. Simons
L O. 12.6.
Richmond, Virginia, June 22d,
1935.
A TRUE COPY
(Signed) F. W. Sydnor, RECORD SEARCHER.
Supreme Court of the United States
Office of the Reporter
Washington, D. C.
May 23, 1949
Mrs. James G. Johnson,
1810 Dandridge Pike,
Knoxville, Tenn.
Dear Mrs. Johnson:
Many thanks
for your kind reply to my recent letter.
It is a pity
that copies of the Life Book of Dr. Abner Baker were not filed with the
Library of Congress and the D.A.R.
I am going
to make a determined effort to locate the Hodnett Family cemetery in Buckingham
County and copy inscriptions,and have already taken steps to that end.
If I get them, I shall file copies with the D.A.R. Library and try to remember
to send you a copy.
My Hodnett line is as follows:
I. John Hodnett of Buckingham
County, Va. had a son.
II. Ayres, who married Mary MeGehee
of Cumberland County moved to Pittsylvania County, Va. where he died in
1779. Their son.
III. Benjamin Hodnett, born Cumberland
County, Va. 1753, married Elizabeth Collier, Jan. 28, 1784, they settled
in Prince Edward County, Va. But moved to Georgia and died there in 1820.
Their son.
IV. William, born May 2, 1795, died
Sept. 29 <illegible> married Caroline Finley, March 1, 1824. He
was one of the original settlers in Troup County, Ga. Their son.
V. Benjamin Franklin Hodnett,
born Troup County, Ga. Feb. 11,18??, died Senoia, Ga. Nov. 28, 1912, married
Sarah Jane Taylor Dec. 6,18??, Their daughter:
VI Sarah Caroline Mindora Hodnett,
born July 6, 1867, now livingin Washington, DC married Nov. 15, 1892 Walter
Wyatt, Sr. born Salisbury, N.C. Dec. 30, 1860, died New Orleans,
La. June 12, 1916. I am their son.
VII Walter Wyatt, Jr. born Savannah,
Ga. July 20, 1895 married Sarah Almira Graves of Sryia, Va.
July 8, 1918. We have lived in Washington and suburbs all our married life
and have two daughters born in Takoma Park, Md. See Who' s Who in America.
My great great grandfather, Benjamin
Hodnett, had a son named JohnHodnett who served in the War of 1812 from
Georgia. Benjamin Hodnett servedin the Confederate Army.
HODNETT FAMILY HISTORY
LAND GRANT OF
JOHN HODNETT GOOCHLAND COUNTY
VIRGINIA, 1759
George the Second, by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland,
King Defender of the Faith & c. TO WHOM ALL These Presents Shall come
Greeting: KNOW YE that for Divers good causes & considerations but
more especially for the and in considerations of the sum of Ten Pounds
Ten Shillings or good and Lawful money for use paid to our Receiver General
of our Revenues in this our Colony and Dominion of Virginia. WE HAVE Given
Granted and Confirmed and by these presents for use our HEIRS and Successors
do give Grant and Confirm unto John Hodnett one certain Tract or Parcel
of Land containing Two thousand one hundred acres lying & being in
the County of Goochland on the branches of Willis' s River and bounded
as followeth (to wit) BEGINNING at several pointer s. running thence
on Richard Randolph Gent. North fifty five and a half Degrees East, fifty
two poles to a pine south eighty eight Degrees east thirty poles to a Hickory,
thence new lines north thirty-five degrees east eighty four poles
to a pine North fifty-five degrees west three hundred sixty poles
crossing Willis' s River South branch to a White Oak north twenty degrees
east five hundred and sixty-four poles to a White Oak by Willis' s River
middle branch the same course continued across the said branch twenty four
poles north seventy degrees west one hundred and seventy poles to a hickory
Saplin south fifty degrees west six hundred poles crossing Willis. s River
middle branch to a pine south two hundred and forty six poles crossing
Willis. s River South branch to a red oak south forty degrees
East two hundred and fifty poles to a pine East Three Hundred and
fifty poles to a Poplar south forty Degrees East eighty poles to a pine
east forty six poles to a Pine South Forty Degrees east seventy two
poles to the first Station. WITH ALL woods underwoods Swamps Marshes
Low grounds Meadows Feedings and his due share of all Veins Mines Quarries
as not discovered within the bounds aforesaid and being part of the said
quantity of Two Thousand one Hundred Acres of land and the Rivers Waters
and Water Courses therein contained together with the privileges of Hunting,
Hawking Fishing Fowling and all other Profits Commodities and Here
ditaments whatsoever to the same or any part thereof belonging or in any
wise appertaining TO HAVE HOLD posses and Enjoy the said tract
or Parcel of Land and allother the before granted Premises and every part
thereof with their andevery of their Appurtenance unto said John Hodnett
and to his Heirs Assigns forever; to the only use and behoof of him
the said John Hodnett his Heirs and Assignes forever. TO BE HELD of us
our Heirs and Successors as of our Manor of East Greenwich in the
County of Kent in Free and common Soccage& not in Captive by Knights
Service YEALDING AND PAYING unto us our Heirs and Successors for
every fifty acres of land and so proportionally for a lesser or greater
quantity than fifty Acres the fee of rent of one shilling Yearly
to be paid upon the Feast of Saint Michael the Arch Angeland also Cultivate
and Improving three Acres of part of every fifty of the tract above
mentioned, within three years after the date of these Presents PROVIDER
alwaies
that if three years of the said Fee Rent shallat any time be in arrear
and unpaid or if the said John Hodnett his Heirs and Assigns do not
within the space of three years next coming after the date of these Presents
Cultivate and improve three acres part of everyfifty of the tract above
mentioned. Then the estate hereby granted shall Cease and be utterly Determined
and thereafter it shall and may be Lawful to and for us Heirs and Successors
to grant the same Land and Premises with the Appurtenances unto such other
persons as we our Heirs and Successors shall think fit.
In WITNESS whereof we have caused these Letters Patent to be made.
John Hodnett Land
Grant . page # 2
Witness our Trusty and Well beloved William Gooch Esq. Our Lieutenant at
Williamsburg under Seal of our Said Colony and Dominion at Williamsburg
Under the Seal of
our Colony the Twenty sixth Day of March one thousand seven hundred and
thirty nine in the Twelfth Yearof our Reign.
William Gooch
PATENT BOOK # 18, PAGE 281.
LAND OFFICE RICHMOND, VA.
Patent Book 18, page
201.
Date: February 1,
1738.
Acreage: four hundred
acres
Name: John Hodnett
Consideration: forty
shillings of good and lawful money to him paid and his heirs and successors
in Goochland County, Virginia.The land was located on a branch adjacent
to the north side of the Appomattox and both sides of Fish Pond Creek,
with all appurtenances.
Patent was signed by Governor Gooch of Virginia.
(William Gooch, Governor)
Patent Book 18, page 269
Date March 29, 1739.
Acreage: Twenty-one
hundred acres of land.
Name: John Hodnett.
Located on a branch
of the Willis River, running to the land of Richard Randolph, Gent, and
Willis River, from south branch of Willis River, to a white Oak, the latter
located on Meade' s Branch and also a south branch of Willis River. The
patent called for twenty-one hundred acres with all water courses and appurtenances
thereon contained, together with all privileges. Same was signed by Gov.
William Gooch.
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There was also a Richard
Hodnett who came over about the same time as John Hodnett came but nothing
to indicate they were related.
The first Hodnetts
were in Pennsylvania, however, for in the Colonial records of the state
we find James and John Hodnett were listed as having served in the Colonial
War.
OTHER HODNETT FAMILY RECORDS
The following was copied from page, of Ayres Hodnett' s Bible, now in possession
of Mrs. E.S. Bennett, Ringgold, Virginia, this was torn from an old Bible.
At the top of the page is written: " John Hodnett, was born". but this
date was scratched out and the following are only remaining inscriptions.
1. Sarah Hodnett was born the 13 of March 1765.
2. John Hodnett was born the 30 of June 1767
3. James Hodnett was born 20 of March 1769
4. Daniel Hodnett was born the 21 of November 1773
5.Lucy Hodnett was born the 20 of November 1775
6. Nancy Hodnett was born 25 of January 1777
7. Ayres Hodnett was born the 11 of December 1779..
The following
was copied by Mrs. Bennett from a book in her possession, which she describes
as " Great grandfather Bates account book."
1." Ayres Hodnett and Nancy D. Bates married June 2, 1808.
2.Richard J. Hodnett was born April 25, 1809.
3.Mathew B. Hodnett was born 15 of May 1811.
4.Mary B. Hodnett was born 17 of October 1813.
5.John Hodnett was born 16 of April 1816.
6.James Hodnett was born 14 of June 1818.
7.Thomas Jones Hodnett was born 7 of July 1821.
8.Nancy B. Hodnett was born 25 of February 1824.
9 Elizabeth R Hodnett was born 19 of March 1827.
10.Ayres Hodnett was born 14 of August 1829.
From Blanford T. Anderson
Cedar Grove, North Carolina
.
In Deed Book #5 of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, page 498, is recorded
a deed where under date of January 27, 1774, William King conveyed to .
Ayres Hodnett of County of Buckingham. for L 250, 272 acres of land on
Sandy Creek.
" Hodnett's
Adm' s Pace' s A dm' r 84 Va.873,. is a case decided by the Supreme Court
of Appeals of Virginia in1888. The suit was brought originally in
Pittsylvania County July 9, 1881 by the Administrator of G.T. Pace against
M.B. Hodnett as suretyof a Bond. Hodnett died and the suit was revived
against his Administratrix, Narcissa Hodnett. The published report of this
case can be found in any good Virginia Law Library, and it makes interesting
reading. This may be the Narcepa A. and Mathew Hodnett you inquired about.
The Albemarle
County Va. Deed BK. 2, page 29, is recorded the Will of Peter Brooks, dated
January 31, 1759, and probatedJune 14, 1759. It names:
"My beloved Wife, Catherine,
My daughter Jane F. Coles,
My daughter Susannah Brooks,
My son Michael Brooks,
My daughter Mary Toole,
My daughter Elizabeth Brooks
My grandson Peter Stoner."
This probably is the father of Catherine Brooks, whose marriage to Daniel
Stoner on June 20, 1739, Witnessed by John Hodnett, is recorded on P. 263
of the Marriage Register of Goochland County, Virginia.
Buckingham
County, Va., Personal Tax Lists, Deposited in Virginia Library Archives
Division, Richmond, Virginia.
1782,
A list returned by John Johns,Precinct No. 5:
John Hodnett, Philip Hodnett,
2 White Male Tithes
(Slaves: Will, Tom,
Dick, Harry, Jean, Poll, Rachel, Rode, Lay, Daniel and Phoebe)
6 tithable slaves
5 slaves under 16 yrs of age
12 horses
38 Cattle
1783, John
Hodnett, 2 Free Males over 21 yrs. 10 slaves, 8 tithes, 9 horses, 29 cattle.
1783,
John Hodnett, Philip Hodnett, 2 white tithes over 21 yrs., 6 blacks over
16, 3 blacks under 16, 12 horses
1785 John
Hodnett, 2 free males over 21, 9 slaves, 5 tithable slaves, 7 tithes in
all, 9 horses, 28 cattle.
1786 John
Hodnett , 2 Free males over 21 yrs., 11 slaves, 6 tithes, able slaves,
8 tithes in all, 11 horses 28 cattle.
1787 John
Hodnett, Philip Hodnett, WilliamCox, 3 White males over 16 yrs. , 7 slaves
over 16, 4 slaves under 16,8 horses, 33 cattle.
1788 John
Hodnett, P.H. &W.C., 3 white tithes, 7 blacks over 16, 8 horses.
1789 John
Hodnett, Philip Hodnett, 2 white tithes, 7 black over 16, 8 horses.
1790 John
Hodnett, Philip Hodnet 2 white tithes, 9 black over 16, 9 horses.
1791 John
Hodnett, ". P.H.". 2 white males, 8 blacks over 16 yrs., 9 horses.
1792 John
Hodnett, " P.H.. 2 white tithes, 8 blacks over 16, 1 black between 12 and
16, 8 horses.
1793 (Book
for this district missing)
1794 John
Hodnet, . P.H.S.R.. 3 white tithers, 7 blacks over 16 yrs., 7 horses.
1795 John
Hodnet 2 white tithes, 7 blacks over 16 years age, 1 black between 12 and
16 yrs. age 7 horses.
1796 John
Hodnet, 2 white tithes, 7 blacks over 16 yrs age, 1 black between 12 and
16 yrsage, 7 horses.
1797 John
Hodnett Exempt, Philip Hodnet, 1 white tithe, 10 blacks over 16 yrs. age
8 horses
1798 John
Hodnett, Exempt, Philip Hodnet 1 white tithe, 9 blacks over 16 yrs age,
1 black between 12 and 16 years age, 9 horses.
1799 Philip
Hodnett, . John H.. 2 white tithes, 6 blacks over 16 yrs age, 9 horses.
1800 Philip
Hodnet . P.B.. 2 white tithes, 7 blacks over 16 yrs age, 6 horses.
1801 Philip
Hodnet, 1 white tithe, 6 blacks over 16 yrs. age, 6 horses, 1 two wheelriding
chair.
1802 Philip
Hodnet 2 white tithes, 6 blacks over 16 yrs age, 6 horses.
1803 Philip
Hodnet 1 white tithe, 6 blacks over 16 yrs age, 8 horses.
MEMO: John
Hodnet appears on the 1782 tax lists for Buckingham County paying on himself,
his son Philip, 11 slaves, 12 horses, 38 cattle and 800 acres of land,
his personal property variesfrom time to time, but land continued the same
amount.
For 1797 and 1798
John Hodnet was exempt for paying personal taxes on himself probably by
reason of his extreme age or physical condition.
In 1799 we find his property charged
in the name of his son Philip Hodnett, who pays on two white tithes, himself
and . JnoH.. the latter undoubtedly his father, which is the last time
John Hodnett appears on the tax lists and is believed to be the date
of
his death. John Hodnets place of residence was on Little Willis River,
14 miles Southeast from Buckingham Court House, where his son Philip later
resided.
(Signed) F.W. Sydor, Record Searcher.
BUCKINGHAM COUNTY VIRGINIA,
Land Tax Lists Deposited in the Virginia State Library, Archives Division,
Richmond, VA
1782John
Hodnett, 800 acres, 6/ per acre Value 240. Tax L2.8.0
1798John
Hodnett, 800 acres, 7/ per acre, Value L280 Tax $3.55
1799Philip
Hodnett 800 acres, 7/ per acre Value L280 Tax $4.48
1800Philip
Hodnett 800 acres, 7/ per acre Value L280 Tax $4.48
1801Philip
Hodnett 1000 acres, 7/ per acre Value L350 Tax $5.50
1813
Philip
Hodnett 1000 acres, 7/ per acre Value L350 Tax $7.47
1814
Philip
Hodnett, Resident, 1000 acres on Little Willis R. distance & bearing
from Court House 14 mi. S.E., Value per acre 7/0, total Value L350, Tax
$9.92
This is to
certify that the following is a true copy of an entry in a Booklet deposited
inthe Manuscript division of the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Virginia
,designated . Buckingham County Public Service Claims.. Being an accountof
the disbursements ordered by the County Court of Buckingham County in settlement
for supplies furnished for the use of the army during the RevolutionaryWar:
. At
a court held for Buckingham County the 11th Day of Nov. 1782.
(Pursuant to an Act of Assembly entitled . An Act for adjusting Claims
for property impressed or taken for public Service.. The Court proceeded
to receive and adjust the claims of different Claimants produced to them
in Specia as hereafter mentioned.)
d. Dr.
Page 36 .
To John Hodnett
To 850 lbs. Grass Beef a 2 L7.1.8
Richmond, Virginia,
June 22d, 1855, A true Copy:
(Signed) F.W. Sydnor, Record Searcher.
The above furnished
an Eligibility for membershipin the National Society, D.A.R.
Mrs James G Johnson
1810 Dandridge Pike,
Knoxville, Tennessee
John Hodnett of Buckingham County, Virginia,
Data from the Virginia State Library
The Virginia Gazette
for October 22-29, 1736, p. 4 col. 2 contains the following advertisement:
. Williamsburg, October
29, 1736: This is to give Notice, That if Mr. John Hodnett, Merchant,
from London,should arrive in any of these Parts of America, he may
apply to the Printer hereof, and be inform. d where his Father-in-Law
now lives..
Unfortunately, the advertisement is
not signed; but family tradition says John Hodnett married Katherine
Brooke; and, in the same column of the same issue of the Virginia Gazette,
appears the following: .Strayed or Stolen of strayed, about 3 weeks since,
from Parson' s Branch, 13 miles from Ashby' s in Orange
County . . . II2 horses . . . They belonged to Major Robert Brooke of Essex
County, who was on a journey to the Frontiers Occasion of settling the
Bounds of the Lands between the King and the Lord Fairfax . . ..
The will of the same
Major Robert Brooke, dated April 25, 1736 and probated March 19,
1744 (Essex County Will Book No.7 p 265) lists four sons and four daughters,
including a daughter named Katherine; but apparently all four daughters
were single and unmarried when the will was written on April 25, 1736 and
October 29, 1736? Sincethe advertisement describes him as being . from
London,. he might have been living somewhere else in America and planning
to move to Virginia when the ad was published. Or he might have married
Catherine Brooke while on a visit to Virginia and might have
taken her on a visit to London while he settled up his affairs then
before returning to Virginia to settle.Or Katherine Brooke might have been
on a visit to London and might have met and married him there. Since Major
Robert Brooke' s will mentions land in both Essex and Orange Counties,
the marriage records of both counties shouldbe searched.
The Virginia Gazette for June
24, 1773, p.3, col. 3 contains the following:
"Taken up, in Buckingham,
a bay mare about 7 years old, 4 feet 4 inches, has a small star and some
saddle spots, but no perceivable brand. Posted and appraised to $1.
" John Hodnett"
Goochland County
Order Book No. 4 (1735-41), p.451 contains the following:
" On the motion of
John Hodnett his Earmark is recorded Viz two crops and a slit in the left
ear". (February Court, 1739)
Id., p. 433, August
Court, 1739:
"Alexander Stinson
is appointed Surveyor of the Road from Brooke's Mill to Arthors his gang
to be Will M. Grays tithes, Peter Brooke, John Hodnett, John Payne, James
Glen . . ." and many others.
Ia., p. 522, contains
an entry showing that John Hodnett was on the 25 gentlemen recommended
by the Court as one of those men fitto be Commissioner of the Peace.
Goochland County,
Va. Order Book No. 5 contains the following entries at the pages indicated:
p. 94 July Court 1742:
". In the Action of Debt between John Hodnett, Asan. ce of William Battersly
plf. And Alisford (?) Hughes Deft. For Six pounds seventeen shillings and
eight pence curr. Money due by note dated xvth July MDCCXI (?) the Deft.
Confesses judgment . . ."
p. 17:
" At a Court Oyer
& Terminer held for Goochland County the fifteenth Day of December
MDCXVI (?) (1741?) for the Tryal ofDavy a Negro Slave belonging to Joseph
Anthony.
" A Commission from
the Honorable William GoochEsq. His Majesty Lieutenant Governor and Commander
in Chief of this Colonyand Dominion unto John Fleming, William Mayo, Isham
Randolph, Daniel Stoner,Carlton Fleming, William Randolph, George Carrington,
Peter Jefferson,Miles Cary, Arthur Hopkins, Benjamin Coles (?) , Nicholas
Davies, James Helman, Allen Howard, Wade Netherland, James Daniel, Joseph
Thompson, William Allen, Charles Smythe, John Hodnett, and Richard
Moseby Gent. To be Justices of Oyer and Terminor for the tryal .
. . ." (Italics supplied).
p. 39 (May Court
1742) contains an order that various gentlemen take the list of tithables
in various parts of the county, ."John Hodnett Gent. Between Willis. s
and Appomattox River".
p. 83 " At Court
of Oyer and Terminor for the Goochland the XXX th day of June MDCXXDII
(?) (1742) for the Tryall of Jack (?) Yorkshire and Lucy three Negro slaves
belonging to Richard Randolph Gent for Murder of John Lee A commission
from Lt. Gov. William Gooch lists JohnHodnett as one of the . Gent
to be justices of Oyer and Terminor for the Tryal".
p. 154 County Levy
Court, Oct. 18, 1742, JohnHodnett listed eight times as certifying
claims for bounties for wolves'heads. Isham Randolph and Thomas Turpin
also made similar certifications.
p. 307 County Levy
Court, Nov, 13, 1743, John Hodnett again listed several times as the person
certifying wolves heads for various claimants.
p. 325, County Levy
Court for 1743:
" Present, Arthur Hopkins, Benjamin Corks (?), Wade Netherland, JohnHodnett
, Rich. d Mosby, Gent, Justices".(This appears to be the only time he is
listed as actually being present, and serving as a Justice.He was not present
the following day)
p. 336, Court
of Oyer and Terminor, January 22, 1743 to try Jack a Negro man slave belonging
to Francis James. John Hodnett listed as one of the Gentlemen commissioned
by Lt. Gov. William Gooch to be Justice of Oyer and Terminor.
The following
additional entries also appear in the Goochland County Order Book No. 5:
p. 466, July Court,
1744:
Action of Debt by Joseph Dbvs v. John Hodnett for 3000 pounds oftobacco
for not listing three tithables persons belonging to him. Deft.By Edward
Gray, his atty. Confesses judgment.
p. 476 July 24,
1744:
John Hodnett listed in commission from Lt. Gov. William Gooch as one of
the ". Gent. To be Justices of Oyer and Terminor for the trial of Hosey
(?) a Negro man slave belonging to Thomas Lawton of Amelia County.
p. 512, Nov. Court,
1744:
James Crosby v. John Hodnett in debt. Debt had been paid but costs were
assessed.
p. 530:
John Hodnett again certifies wolves. heads.
(NOTE: This order
book was not searched beyond this page and Order Book 4 was not searched
beyond page 522.)
Records of Ayres Hodnett
The Virginia
Gazette for October 10, 1766, p. 4, col. 1, contains the following:
"Taken up, in Buckingham,
a small sorrel horse about 8 or 9 years old, with a star in
his forehead, some saddle spots, hanging mane and bob tail, has middle
size bell paces slow, and branded on the near buttock R; posted and appraised
to 5L.
"Ayres Hodnett".
A book entitles
". First Census of the UnitedStates - - Virginia",. which really is based
on tax records, contains thefollowing:
p. 42, Heads of
Families, Virginia, 1782, Pittsylvania County:
Hodnett, Mary - - 9 whites, 3 blacks
p.99 Heads of
Families, Virginia, 1785 Pittsylvania County:
Hodnett, Mary - - dwellings - -, 3 other buildings.
p. 101: Heads
of Families of Virginia, 1785 Prince Edward County:
Hodnett, Ben - - 3 whites one dwelling 4 other buildings.
Pittsylvania County Records.
Deed Book 5, page
450:
Will of Ayres Hodnett, Sr.
Made 1, August 1779
Recorded September 21, 1779
In the Name of God
Amen, August first one thousand seven hundred seventy nine, I, Ayres Hodnett,
of Pittsylvania County being very sick, but of a sound memory, and calling
to mind the mortality of the body that it is appointed for all men
once to die, and knowing not whence it may please the Almighty God to call
me from time into Eternity do constitute and ordain this is my last Will
and Testament, and first of all I give my Soul unto the Almighty God that
gave it and my Body tothe Earth from whence it was, to be buried in a Christian
Like Manner at the discretion of my Executers and what Worldly Goods the
Almighty has been pleased to bless me with I do distribute in the following
manner.Viz., I will that the land which I sold to Jeremiah White I make
him a Right to him and his Heirs in this my will if he pay the money
accordingto our Bargain. Second, I will to my son Benjamin Hodnett, one
shilling Sterling to him and his Heirs forever. Third, I will that
the Balance of my land Equally be divided between my three sons,
John, James, and Daniel, and if my wife should conceive and bring
forth a son in nine months after my death be shall come in for an
equal part with the other sons, and if a daughter to share with my daughters
as I shall hereafter in this will,and their Heirs forever. Fourth, I will
to my sons all my Shop and Tools to them and these things forever. Fifth,
I will the whole pf my Estate of Negroes, Stocks of every kind, and all
my household furniture to be equally divided between my children
after my wife's decease. Item. I will that my Wife should have her life
time in the land, which I will to my sons, and after her death to be divided
in the above manner. I appoint Clay Tanner and Benjamin Terry Executors,
and my wife Executrix of this my last Will and Testament and I do
here unto set my hand and seal, theday of year above written.
Ayres Hodnett
Signed, sealed and
Delivered in the presence of
Clay C. Tanner
Ben Terry
George Hardey
The above was
again presented in Court Jan. 19, 1818 to prove heirs of Ayres Hodnett
in settling the estate of William McGeehee, brother to Mary McGehee, who
was the wife of Ayres Hodnett.
Teste - - - Will Tunstall Clk.
At a Court held
for Pittsylvania County the twenty first day of September 1779 The Within
Last Will and Testament of Ayres Hodnett Dec. d was Exhibited into
the Court by Benjamin Terry One of the Executors there in Named and Proved
by the oaths of two Witneses thereto and Ordered to be Recorded and on
the motion of the said Executor who made Oath according to Law Certificate
is Granted him for Obtaining a probate thereof in due form of Law Giving
Security . Whereupon he Together with Sylvanus Stokes and Thomas Hardy
his Securities entered into Bond Acknowledging the same according to Law.
Teste: Will Tunstall
Clk.
At a Court held
in Pittsylvania County the 19 thday of January 1818 This Last
Will and Testament of Ayres Hodnett heretofore proved recorded was again
presented in Court and on the motion of Ayres Hodnett Jr. who made Oath
thereto According to Law with Allen G. Tanner and William Fergurson
his Securities entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty
of $2000 conditioned as the ________ directs certificate is granted him
for obtaining letters of administration on the Estate of said Die - - -
unadministers by his Executor in due form.
Exam'd
Teste Will Tunstall C.P.C.
Pittsylvania County Will and Deed Bk.
11, pg.488:
Will of Mary
Hodnett
In the Name of
God Amen November 28, 1817 I Mary Hodnett being very sick but of sound
memory and calling to mind the mortalityof the body that it is appointed
for all once to die and knowing not when it may Please the Almighty God
to call me unto eternity do Constitute Ordain this my Last & Testament
and first of all I give my Soul unto the Almighty God that gave my body
to the Earth from whence it came to be buried in a Christian like manner
at the discretion of my Executor. And what worldly goods the Almighty has
been pleased to bless me with I do distribute in the following manner.
Item I give and will to my daughter Lucy Davis, wife of Joseph Davis
. her lawful heirs of her body forever all my part that is coming from
my son James Hodnett's Estate together with what I had on hand at
the time I went to live with the said James Hodnett, my son.Given under
my hand the day and the year above written.
Witnep:
her
Jr. White
Mary X Hodnett
Jepee Woodson
mark
At a Court held for Pittsylvania County
the 19th day ofJanuary 1818 The within Last Will and Testament
of Mary Hodnett Dec. d was presented in Court and proved by the Oaths of
the two Subscribing Witneses and ordered to be recorded. And at another
Court held for said County the18th day of May in the Year aforesaid
the Same was again presented in Court and Upon the motion of William Davis
who made Oath thereto accordingto the Law and together with Joel Willis
and Ayres Hodnett his securities entered into acknowledged their bond in
the penalty of $500 conditioned as the Law directs Certificate is
granted for obtaining the letters ofadministration and the Estate of Mary
Hodnett with her Said Will annexed in due form.
Teste: Will Tunstall C .P.C.
Pittsylvania
County Records
Deed Book 3, page
498:
This Indenture
made this twenty-seventh day of January in the year of our Lord Christ
1774 Between William King of the County of Pittsylvania County and Ayres
Hodnett of the County of Buckingham in which King deeds to Ayres Hodnett
for and in consideration of 150 pounds current money of Virginia to him
in hand paid for all that tract or parcel of land situated, lying and being
in the County of Pittsylvania on both sides of Sandy Creek containing 272
Acres, it being the whole and entire Tract of land that the said William
King and his father purchased of Joseph Echols.
William King SEAL
Among some old Baker
records is this statement says Mrs. James G. Johnson of Knoxville, Tennessee,
a descendent : . John Hodnett was the son of John Hodnett Sr.; it says
it states he was first living in Prince Edward County, VA but later of
Buckingham Co., Va.; that Caleb Baker Jr. married his daughter and that
he had three sons: Ayres Hodnett, Philip Hodnett and John Hodnett. This
Caleb Baker Jr. (or Esq.As he is sometimes called, had a son Abner Baker
born September 18, 1775,in Prince Edward County, Virginia. He states in
his . Life Book. that his mother Catherine Baker died in 1804 and his father
being lonely and alone married a second Catherine Baker, widow of his cousin
Andrew Baker of Virginia.She lived several years and at her death he employed
as housekeeper, a needy relative of his wife Nancy Davis, niece of Ayres
Hodnett. Caleb Baker Jr. died March 10, 1824 in the 90th year
of his age..
Catherine Hodnett,
daughter of John Hodnett married Caleb Baker Jr. who was born in 1734 in
Lancaster Co., Pa. They were married in 1796 in Lincoln County, Kentucky.
Mrs. Johnson' s
father was Caleb Hodnett Baker Jr., grandson of Abner Baker.
The Hodnett Baker Family
The following names
of the ten children of Caleb Baker Jr. and his wife Katherine Hodnett Baker
were furnished by their son Abner Baker:
1. William, died
in Lincoln County Kentucky, 1806.
2. Lucy, married
5 June 1790 Prince Edward County, Virginia, John Hudson.
3. Susannah, married
a Mr. Greenwood.
4. A daughter married
a Mr. Eldridge
5. Patsy married
a Mr. Greenwood.
6. Sally married
8 Jan. 1795, Arthur Jones of Buckingham County, Va.
7. Katherine, married
a Mr. Hendrix.
8. Caleb md/18 March
1782, Jane Thompson, Prince Edward County, Va.
9 Brooks
10 Abner, born
18, Sept. 1775, Prince Edward Co.,Va. married 19 Oct. 1793, Elizabeth Buford,
dau. Of William Buford and his wife Mary Welch, dau. Of Nicholas
and Mary Welch, of Bedford County,Virginia. Elizabeth Buford was born 15
November 1781 and died January 11,1826, Garrard County, Kentucky. Abner.
s Will in Gerrard Co., Kentucky,1861.
NOTE: Caleb Baker Esquire,
Jr. died in Prince Edward County, Virginia on March 10, 1824.
Pittsylvania County
Records.
Court Record Book.
Record Book 34, pg.
184:
Dated July 12, 1838
Satisfactory evidence
being produced to the Courtof Pittsylvania County now sitting it is ordered
to be certified that Mary Hodnett, widow of Ayres Hodnett, deceased, late
of Pittsylvania Co. State of Virginia, was formerly Mary MeGeehee and sister
to the late William McGeehee of Boulden County, State of Georgia; that
she departed this life in the year 1817; that Benjamin Hodnett, Sally Terry
now the wife of John Terry, Lucy Davis now the wife of Joseph Davis; John
Hodnett, Daniel Hodnett,Nancy Davis now the wife of John Davis, James Hodnett,
and Ayres Hodnett were the children of the said Mary Hodnett; and only
children; that Benjamin Hodnett her son removed to the State of Georgia,
that John Hodnett departed this life in the year 1807 and left 5 children,
to wit, James, Elizabeth, John, Asa and Philip; that all of them are above
the age of twenty-one years; that James Hodnett son of Mary Hodnett departed
this life about the year 1816 and left no child or widow; that Daniel Hodnett
departed this life in the year 1825 and left 8 children to wit: Letty now
the wife of Jeremiah White, Mary, William, James, Jincy now the wife of
Morton McHodge, Nancy, Philip and Daniel, and that they are the heirs,
and only heirs of the said Mary Hodnett deceased.
Data relating to This
Particular Family of Hodnetts:
Asa Hodnett, son of John Hodnett was born in 1802 and died in 1874.
He was a well to do farmer and also a Primitive Baptist preacher. He lived
three miles West of Chatham and before the Civil War owned many slaves.
He also owned a large flour mill or sometimes called a grist mill known
as Eagle Mill, but more recent years was called Hodnett. s Mill. This was
the tallest mill in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Asa Hodnett married
Nancy Stone, Sept. 28, 1826. Nancy Stone Hodnett died April
29, 1848. They had no children. On Jan. 23, 1849, Asa Hodnett married Lucy
Jones who was born April 23, 1803. There were no children from this second
union. Asa Hodnett died in the year 1874.
Data relating to This
Particular Family of Hodnetts cont. d:
Philip Hodnett, brother
of Asa Hodnett, left Pittsylvania County and went to live in Caswell County,
North Carolina where he held a prominent place in his community. Family
tradition is that he at one time was a member of the State Legislature.
He had two sons, who returned to Virginia to live and their descendents
live in Martinsville, Virginia.
James Hodnett and his
wife Mary (Polly) Jones had six boys and all served in the Civil
War; two lost their lives during the Battle of Gettysburg.
Pittsylvania County
Records.
Will Book 2, pg 400:
Will of James Hodnett;
Made 4 June 1862;
probated, 20 October , 1862.
I, James
Hodnett, Sr., of the County of Pittsylvania and State of Virginia being
of sound mind and disposing memory and calling to mind the uncertainty
of human life do on this fourteenth day of June in the year of 1862 make
the following my last will and Testament of by these presents hereby revoking
all wills by me heretofore made:
First, I wish my Executors
herein after named to pay all my just debts as soon after my decease as
circumstances will justify.
Second, I give my beloved
wife, Mary Hodnett, during her life one-third of my estate both real and
personal, she having the liberty to choose from my servants and real estate
and other property tothe amount of one-third in value.
Third, I give to James
Hodnett Junior, Trustee for sole use benefit and support of my daughter
Harriet Yeatts (the wife ofDaniel Yeatts) and her children one-tenth part
of the remainder of my Estate after deducting three hundred dollars
being amount advanced by me for one-halfof a Negro man purchased jointly
by John Yeatts and myself from Daniel Yeatts. My interest in the Negro
aforesaid I hereby convey to James Hodnett Jr., Trustee as aforesaid. The
Negro girl I gave to Harriet Yeatts having died soon afterwards so not
to be accounted for.
Fourth, I give to my
sons James Hodnett Jr., John Hodnett, Philip Hodnett, George A. Hodnett
and to Ann Elizabeth Williams, wife of Charles B. Williams, Jane Shelhorse,
the wife of John Shelhorse, Rebecca Smith, the wife of William Smith and
Nancy Tucker, the wife of Creed Tucker, the balance of my Estate both real
and personal to be equally divided between them.
Fifth, at the death
of my wife the one-third of my estate given to her during her life as embraced
in the second clause of this will I hereby give one-tenth of the same to
James Hodnett Jr., Trustee for the sole use benefit and support of Harriet
Yeatts the wife of Daniel Yeatts and her children and in the event of any
one or more of my said daughter, Harriet Yeatts. children dying before
they arrive at the ageof twenty-one years or marry than such child, or
each of such child. s interest shall revert to the survivor, or survivors
of such child. s children. no distribution however is to be made of the
estate hereby given to James Hodnett Jr., Trustee as aforesaid during the
lifetime of Harriet Yeatts, the same principal embraced in this clause
is to govern the property embraced in the third clause.
Sixth, I give to Thomas
Hodnett, James Hodnett Jr., John Hodnett, Philip Hodnett, George A. Hodnett,
and to Ann Elizabeth Williams, wife of Charles B. Williams, Jane Shelhorse,
wife of John Shelhorse, Rebecca Smith, wife of William Smith, and Nancy
Tucker, wife of Creed Tucker, the balance of my estate both real and personal
to be equally divided between them, this clause embraces the property both
real and personal given tomy wife during her life and at her death to be
equally divided among my children named in this clause of my will after
the one-tenth is assigned to James Hodnett Jr., Trustee as aforesaid for
the sole use benefit and support of Harriet Yeatts. Seventh, I hereby nominate
and appoint Thomas Hodnett and James Hodnett Jr., my executors .
as witness my hand and sealthis day and year aforesaid.
Signed, sealed and
acknowledged before us:
Witness
C.D. Bennett
W. Davis
James Hodnett SEAL
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Data taken from J.C.
Faust farm cemetery July 9, 1968 near Hollywood Church, Chatham, Virginia:
Virginia R. Hodnett
Born: November 1,
1854
Died: July 29, 1918
" How desolate our
home beneft of thee,
My own dear one I
hope to see"
John H. Hodnett
Born: February 23,
1844
Died: June 7, 1913
" How desolate our
home benefit of thee,
My own dear one I
hope to see"
JOHN HODNETT
The first generation of the Hodnett family in Virginia began with
the arrival of John and Lucy Brooks Hodnet from London, England. The first
record of them was publishedin the Virginia Gazette of October 22-29, 1736,
and can be found in the state archives at Richmond, Virginia. It was published
at Williamsburg,Virginia on page 4 column 2 of the issue mentioned, and
worded as follows:. This is to give Notice, That if Mr. John Hodnet, Merchant,
from London,should arrive in any of these parts of America, he may apply
to the printerhereof, and be informed where his Father-In-Law now lives..
No exact date of his arrival is known, but it seems it probably occurred
shortly afterthe published notice.
The next record found ofJohn Hodnet was dated February 1, 1738. It. s preserved
in the same archives mentioned above, and is in the Virginia Land Grants
Patent Book 18, 1738-.39, page 194. That was the first of four patents
included in that department,made by John Hodnet. The first two were for
400 acres each , and were located in Goochland County, Virginia.
They were located . adjacent to the northside of the Appomattox River..
A copy of that first patent is includedwith this - - - - account in order
to furnish the details of the transactions, including the exact location,
price, terms, requirements for development.The second patent is recorded
on page 201, and it was dated February, 1738.The two tracts of land were
adjacent. The third patent made by John Hodnet was recorded March
26, 1739 in Book 18, page 281. It was located about ten miles from
the first of two tracts in the same county, and contained 2100 acres
of land. It was described as being located on the branches of the Willis.
s River, adjoining Richard Randolph. The fourth patent madeby John Hodnet
was dated September 5, 1749, and can be found in patent Book 28,
1746-49 on page 697, containing 425 acres. It was located in Albemarle
County, Virginia, which was originally part of Goochland County, Virginia.It
was described as being on both sides of the Lower Fish Pond Creek ,adjoining
his own land, and that of Obediah Woodson. s. The fourth patent was signed
by Thomas Lee, while the others were signed by William Gooch, Lieutenant
Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony of Virginia. With a
total of 3,325 acres of undeveloped land patented, John Hodnet showed his
faith in the future of the Virginia Colony. It required courage and considerable
risk for a former merchant from London to attempt the development of raw
land, when his past experience was so very different! The contract under
which it was purchased was very strict and demanding of performance in
a limited time! It required a great amount of labor and there was no machinery
available at the time.
John and Lucy Hodnet built their first home in Virginia on a larger tract
of land purchased, which was near the property of Peter and Catherine Brooke,
parents of Lucy Brooke Hodnet.The Brookes also came from England, and probably
influenced the younger couple in going to Virginia. Several accounts of
the Brooke family have confused the given name of Mrs. Brooke' s
and that of her daughter .Proof that the mother was named Catherine, and
her daughter named Lucy is found in the will of Peter Brooke. That will
can be found recorded in Will Book 2 page 49, Albemarle County, Virginia.
Some accounts list Peter Brooke as being an English Lord, but no proof
has been found to support that.
In 1951 Mr. Walter Wyatt found the original home of John and Lucy Hodnet,
which had been built two hundred years before. At that time, the old building
was occupied. It was located near the present settlement of Curdsville
and ten miles north of Farmville, Virginia. It is now in Buckingham County
after being in two other counties due to the division made from Goochland
and Albemarle counties in 1744 and 1761. Mr. Wyatt also found that there
had been a log building,then a small one story building and later a two
story frame building with tall columns in the front. The two frame buildings
were joined together,and one story part was used for kitchen and dining
area. When the place was again visited in 1974, it had become too decayed
for use. The undergrowth in the yards had not been kept down, and the house
was in a bad state of decay. Mr. Wyatt also found the burial place
near the old building with a number of graves but only one was marked.
The marked grave was that of Philip Hodnet, oldest son of John and Lucy.
Apparently Philip lived with his parents in that first home all his
life. It is supposed that John and Lucy Hodnet moved to another place
in their old age, but that has not been determined.
The entire list of
the children of John and Lucy Hodnet was not found in one place but, but
were located in various legal documents. All of them were married except
Philip. Due to destruction of the Buckingham Court House by fire, the dates
of birth and death of most of the children are not known. Also, the exact
age of most of them is unknown.The following is a list made from available
information:
Philip . Born May
2, 1737; died March 17, 1822 (Unmarried)
Ayres . Born (?);
died 1779; married Mary McGehee, April 8, 1760 . 7 children?
Catherine . Born
Died 1804; married Caleb Baker,Jr. in Lincoln Co., KY, 1796. They lived
in
Prince Edward County,
VA. Caleb died March 10, 1824 . 90 years.
Jane . married Daniel
McGehee; had six childrenand lived in GA.
Lucy . married a
Stewart.
Mary . married a
Baker.
Ester . married William
Anderson . no children known by legal entry showing that slaves left Ester
were transferred to her sisters after her death. Their father left slaves
to all his daughters, with requirement that in case no children the property
would be transferred to the remaining daughters. In the case of Ester.
s inheritance of slaves, they were rented to others and the rental returns
given to Ester by two men chosen by John Hodnet.
John Hodnet was very active in many ways, and was appointed to important
groups, chosen by the colonial governor, for various services. He served
with such men as Peter Jefferson, father of Thomas Jefferson. John Hodnet
began selling some of his landabout twenty years after the time purchased.
He probably had more land than he needed for farming, and records give
the details of some of his land sales. The following are just two of those
sales to show prices received etc. A deed dated November 8, 1758 shows
that John Hodnet conveyed 408 acres of land to Isham Richardson, alone
and without witnesses! The location of the land was on the south fork of
the Willis. s Creek, adjoining land of Richard Randolph, and John Cannaway,
and Alexander Trent. The consideration was 124 pounds, and it was recorded
in Deed Book 2, page 73, AlbemarleCounty. Another land sale was dated May
7, 1758 and showed that John Hodnet and Lucy Hodnet signed the deed and
there were two witnesses. The description of the property sold included:
. Hodnet Springs, with all houses, orchards,gardens, fences, woods and
waters, and water courses.. Grantor is statedto be John Hodnet of the County
of Albemarle, but there was nothing toshow the relation of Lucy Hodnet
and the grantor. This deed was recorded in Deed Book 2, page 268
Albemarle County, Virginia. The considerationwas stated to be 335 pounds,
and there was acknowledgment of payment onpage 270 of the same book as
the deed.
Other records have been preserved in the archives of the Virginia
State Library at Richmond, Virginia, which were transferred before
the fire destroyed most of the records later.There are tax records paid
by John and Philip Hodnet over a considerable period between 1782
and 1814. The first of those records was dated 1782, which shows the following
details: . John and Philip Hodnet: Slaves: Will,Tom, Dick, Harry, Poll,
Rachiel, Rode, Lay, Daniel, Pheby; 2 whites; six tithables
slaves; 5 slaves under 16; 12 horses; 58 cattle; Land tax list;800 acres
land-value 240 pounds - - per acre in taxes 2:90 pounds. Thelast tax list
which included John Hodnet. s name was as follows: . John Hodnet
Exempt; Philip Hodnet, 1 white tithe; 9 black slaves over 16 years;1 black
slave under 16 years; 9 horses; land 800 acres; value 280 pounds;7/ per
acre; tax 3.55 pounds.. It is supposed John Hodnet was near theend of his
life when exempted. The tax lists continue with Philip listed through
1814, which shows: Philip Hodnet, Resident: Land 1000 acres on Little
Willis. s River: 7? Per acre; Total value 750 pounds; tax 9.02 pounds.
Apparently, Philip was no longer farming, and had retired, since he listedno
labor, or livestock. He was 77 years of age and died at the age of 85
years. Mrs. E.S. Bennett, of Ringhold, Virginia wrote that her grandfather,
Ayres Hodnet, Jr. and others received a legacy from both John and Philip
Hodnet of Buckingham County, Virginia.
During the Revolutionary War John Hodnet was too old to serve for combat
duty, but he is known to have served in other ways, and is listed as a
Patriot in the lists preparedby the D.A.R. organization. His grandson,
Benjamin, son of Ayres Hodnet and Mary McGehee Hodnet, served in the Colonial
army. The Virginia state legislature passed a bill requiring every
county in that state to furnish two calvary units for defense purposes.
It is likely that John Hodnet was active in the organization of those
units. There is frequent mention of a Major John Hodnet of Hodnet. s Horses,
but it is evident that he was too old for combat service. He is known
to have been active in procuring supplies for the Colonial
army.
Lucy Hodnet raised a large family of seven children to maturity and is
likely that she may have lost several infants, as it seems to have been
the usual occurrence in most families of that period. One of her granddaughters
wrote thay her grandmother was always loyal to the English crown. However,
all of her descendents were loyal to the Colonial cause, and spoke
of Lucy as being . a grand old Tory.. There were many Tories among
the colonists, who sincerely thought the revolution was wrong. The
mother of General Washington is said to have been among other prominent
Tories.
The descendents of John and Lucy Hodnet owe their ancestors much
appreciation and respect for their sacrifices and courage as pioneers in
the early period of our nation. Leaving a comparative ease and safety of
their former home, they sacrificed much when they moved to America. Their
bravery and fortitude should be an inspirationto their descendents to carry
on the good work in the future of this great nation.
- - - - - - -
Virginia
Land Grants.Patent Book 18 . 1738-39
Page
194: George the Secondby the Grace of God and Great Britain, Ireland, King,
Defender of the Faith,etc. TO ALL WHOM these presents come greeting NOW
YE for divers good causesand considerations but more especially for and
in consideration of fortyshillings of good and lawful money for our use
paid to our Receiver Generalof our Revenues, in this Colony and Dominion
of Virginia WE HAVE given, granted and confirmed, and by these presents
for us Our Heirs and Successors do give, grant and confirm, unto John
Hodnet one certain tract or parcel of Land containing 400 acres lying
and being in the county of Goochlandadjacent the north side of Appomattox
River above Fish Pond Creek and boundedas followeth (to wit) BEGINNING
at a Current tree a little above the Rivera little above the mouth of the
Run, running thence new lines north 10degrees east 274 poles to a red oak
Saplin east 220 poles to a Black OakSaplin thence on the other land surve.
d for the said HODNETT south 242poles to a Sweet Gum by the River thence
up the same according to it's meanders to the Beginning WITH ALL woods,
underwoods, Swamps, Marshes, Lowgrounds, meadows, Feedings and his due
share of all Veins, Mines, Quarries as well as discovered as not discovered
within the bounds aforesaid and being part of the same Quantity of 400
acres and Rivers, Waters and Water Courses therein contained together with
the Privileges of Hunting, Hawking, Fishing, Fowling, and all other
Profit Commodities and Hereditaments whatsoeverto be the same or any part
thereof belonging or in any wise appertaining TO HAVE Hold Possess and
enjoy the said Tract of Land and all other before granted Premises
and every of their appurtenances unto said John Hodnet and his Heirs
and Assigns forever. TO BE HELD of us our Heirs and Successorsas our Manor
of East Greenwich in the County of Kent in free and common soccage and
not in Carite or by Knights service, yielding and paying unto us our Heirs
and Successors for every 50 acres of land and so proportionably for a lesser
or greater quantity of 50 acres the Fee Rent of 1 shilling yearly
to be paid upon the Feast of St. Michael the Archangel and also Cultivating
and Improving 3 acres part every 50 of the Tract above mentioned within
3 years after the date of these Presents. Provided always that if
3 years of the said Fee Rent shall at any time be in arrears and unpaid
or if the said JOHN HODNETT his Heirs or Assigns do not within thespace
of three years next coming after the date of these Presents Cultivate and
Improve 3 acres part of every 50 acres of the Tract above mentionedThen
the Estate hereby granted shall cease and be utterly Determined and
thereafter it shall and may be lawful to and for us and our Heirs and Successors
to grant the same Lands and Premises with the Appurtenances unto such other
Person or Persons as we our Heirs and Successors shall think fit. IN WITNESS
Whereof we have caused these our Letters Patent to be made. Witness our
trusty and beloved William Giitch Esq. Our Lieutenant Governor and Commander
in Chief of our said colony and Dominion at Williamsburg on the Seal of
our said Colony 1st day of February 1738 In the 12thyear
of our Reign.
William Gooch
Ib.
Page 201.
JOHNHODNETT 400 acres.
George
II etc etc. for the sum of 40 shillings etc. etc. is granted unto
JOHN
HODNETT 400 acres in Gootchland adjacent north side of Appomattox River
on both sides of the Fish Pond Creek etc. etc. we issue Letters of Patent
etc. at Williamsburg under seal of the Colony etc. February 1738 in the
12th yearof our Reign, (Signed . William Gootch)
Ib.
page 281
JOHN HODNETT 2100 ACRES.
George
II etc. etc. more especially for the sum of L/ 10 etc., we grant and confirm
unto JOHNHODNETT ONE Tract containing 2100 acres in Gootchland on
the branches of Willis. s River adjoining Richard Randolph, etc. etc. 26
March 1739.(Signed William Gootch)
Patent
Book 28 1746-49.
Page
67.
JOHN HODNETT 425 acres George II etc. etc. for the sum of 45
shillings etc. to JOHN HODNETT one Tract of 425 acres across in
the county of Albemarle on both sides of the lower Fish Pond Creek of the
Appomattox River etc. adjoining his own land, Obediah Woodson. s etc. etc.
Letters Patent 5 September 1749.(Signed . Thomas Lee)
NOTE:
Although the above grants are marked in Gootchland and in Albemarle yet
they are on the Appomattox River, which is north side of the James, and
would now be in what is called Buckingham, Powhatan or Cumberland Counties.
Gootchland County began in 1728 and was divided into Albemarle County
in 1744, and into Cumberland Co. in 1749. The Albemarle Co. was divided
into Buckingham Co. in 1761and Cumberland Co. was divided into Powhatan
Co. in 1777.
Goochland
1728
___________________________________________________________
Albemarle
Cumberland
1744
1749
Buckingham
Powhatan
The
above was transcribed by Dianne Delitto
from the papers of Mrs. Anderson, Deceased
HODNETT FAMILY HISTORY
The following copied
from Mrs. E. S. Bennett's records but I am sure recorded in Pittsylvania
Court House, Chatham, Virginia
Original Records:
Ayres Hodnett administrator
of Ayres Hodnett 1819 Dec'd to the Clerk of Pittsylvania County Court.
Febry Order
for settlement of his account Current 26 copy 18. ' 44
Order for Division of said Estate 26 Copy 18. . . ; 44
Will Tunstall
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
In Mrs. Bennett's
handwriting: Ayres Hodnett, JohnTerry, & Sally his wife, Joseph Davis
& Lucy his wife, Nancy Davis, James Hodnett, Eliza Hodnett, John Hodnett,
Asa Hodnett, Philip Hodnett, children of John Hodnett deceased:
Jeremiah White & Sally his wife,: Mary Hodnett, Wm. Hodnett, James
Hodnett, Morton Hodge & Jency his wife, Nancy Hodnett, Philip Hodnett,
& Daniel Hodnett children of Daniel Hodnett. To the Clerk 1838, the
County Court of Pittsy. July Order concerning Mary Hodnett's will.
Wm. Tunstall Clerk.
Daniel's Children:
James, Nancy, Jane, Philip, Daniel
John's Children:
James, Eliza, John, Asa, Philip
Appoint Sydnor McGehee,
Caswell Co., N.C. as attorney
Wm. McGehee's Baldwin
County, Georgia.
In Pittsylvania Court
Order Book 12, pg. 500 is recorded an order showing that Lucy Hodnett,
widow of John Hodnett, dec'd has filed a bond to assure proper administration
of his estate. This is dated uly Court 1807
Recorded in Cumberland
County, Virginia Will Book 2, pg. 32
Sons of Edward McGehee April 4, 1770
John McGehee Prince Edward County
700
Mary Hodnett
5 shillings
Elizabeth Wright
400
Micajah McGehee Prince Edward County
700
Munford McGehee Prince Edward County
700
Daniel McGehee Prince Edward County
700
William McGehee Prince Edward County
700
Jacob McGehee Prince Edward County
700
Samuel McGehee Prince Edward County
700
Anne McGehee
400
wife, Elizabeth McGehee
400
6000
Copied from Original
Papers in Mrs. Bennett's Possession
October 9th 1822
Received of Mr. Ayres Hodnett administrator of James Hodnett Dect. $14.49
cents being a balance in full of a part that fell to James Hodnett's from
Ayres Hodnett Deceisted estate.
William Davis
Witnep
administrator of Mary Davis
James G. Davis
Deceist
HODNETT FAMILY HISTORY
Copied from Original
Records in Possession of Mrs. E.S. Bennett, Ringgold, Va.
October 9th 1822
Received of Mr. Ayres Hodnett administrator of James Hodnett Deceist $14.49
being a balance in full of a part that fell to James Hodnett from Ayres
Hodnett Deceit estate
her
James G. Davis
Lucy X Davis
mark
May 15th 1802 Received
of Ayres Hodnett the Sum of fourteen pounds Two Shillings & Seven pence
in full of all Claims against him in the Division of the Estate of John
Hodnett.
Test
James Hodnett
May 18th 1801 Recd
of the Legatees of Ayres Hodnett Deceist thirteen pounds three Shilling
& 1/4 in part of my Claim from the Estate.
Teste
Ben Terry
T. Robertson
8th May 1830 then
Received of Ayres Hodnett Admr.on the estate of James Hodnett Late of Pittsylvania
County State of Virginia deceased thirty dollars in part of a distributive
shear on the part of Benjamin Hodnett Late of the State of Georgia.
Thomas Hodnett
Original (year torn
off) October 7th Then received of Ayres Hodnett Admr. Of James Hodnett
Decd. And Admr. of Ayres Hodnett Decd. payment in full for all my Interest
in the two Estates except a Bond I hold against the commipioner appointed
to sell the land of James HodnetDecd.
Joseph Woodson
Teste Tho. Williams
Daniel Terry
Rec'd the 22nd Day
of October 1818 of Ayres Hodnett Admr. of James Hodnett decd. the sum of
Nine dollars and 34 cents in full for 1/5 of 1/8 part of the realle Estate
of said Hodnett decd. as settled by Commipioners appointed for that purpose
& I do hereby promise and Oblige myself my Heirs &c. to pay a Proportionable
part of all debts that may be due from the said decedents Estate.
Witnep
Jospeh Woodson
Joel
Willis
Recd. Of Ayres Hodnett
Admr. of James Hodnett Decd. Forty-six dollars and seventy two cents being
the Nett amount due to the Heirs of Benjamin Hodnett Decd from the personal
Estate of the said J.Hodnett Decd. which Interest is one seventh part May
19, 1830. Intrest down to the present date twenty three Dollars 28/100
cents in full of said Legacy.
Thos. Hodnett
Witness
1818 James, John,
Asa, Betsey, Philip Hodnett infant children of John Hodnett Decd. Daniel
Hodnett, Ayres Hodnett, John Terryand Sally his wife, Joseph Davis and
Lucy his wife, and John Davis and Nancy his wife, the Clks of Pitts Dr.
Augs.
Entering attorney at the suit of Dafix Administrator & filing two answers
36 44.
Pittsylvania Co.
HODNETT FAMILY HISTORY
Court Order
Book 12, pg. 500
July Court 1807
On the motion of Lucy Hodnett widow of John Hodnett Dec'd. who made Oath
According to Law and together with James Hodnett, John Bennett, and John
White her Securities entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty
of Ten Thousand Dollars Conditioned as the Law Directs. Certificate is
Granted herefore Obtaining Letters of Administration on the Estate of said
Decendant in due form.
Ordered that Benjamin Terry Senr. Benjamin Terry jr. Samuel Mottley andDaniel
Mottley Gentlemen or any three of them being first Sworn as the Law Directs
do appraise in Current money the personal Estate of John Hodnett Dec'd.
and report.
Court Order Bk. 17, pg. 78.
It is Ordered that James W. Williams, William Hall, Jeremiah Terry, Abraham
Sydnor and Champness Terry or any three of them, who are hereby appointed
Commissioner, for that purpose, do examine, state and settle the account
current of the Estate of John Hodnett dec'd. with Jesse Woodson his administrator
in right of his wife Lucy from the time of his intermarriage with said
Lucy the widow of said John Hodnett Dec'd. And that they also state and
settle the acocunt current of the said Lucy from the time of her qualificationas
a admr.X. until sd. Jesse Woodson ; and make report thereof to the Court
.
Court Order Bk. 19, page 129.
An Out Court of Jesse
Woodson Gudnship of the orphs. Of John Hodnett dec'd. recorded and OR.
Court Orders 19,
pg. 46.
James Hodnett appointed Guardian of John Asa Philip Hodnett orphans of
John Hodnett Dec'd. and with Jesse Hardy and Meredith Jennings his - -
-- - - entered into bond and acknowledged the same in the penalty of $4000.Condd
as the law directs for that purpose.
Court Order 19, pg. 227, year 1820
James Hodnett Guardian of John, Asa and Philip Hodnett orphans of John
Hodnett Dec'd. came into Court and Ordered bond with Thomas B. Jones hisSecurity
in the penalty of $10,000 and order to indemnify and relieve Jesse Hardey
one of the former Secys. Of said James Hodnetts Gar. as aforesaid.
Court Order 25, pg. 241 ; September
Court 1825
On the motion of
Elizabeth Hodnett and Jesse Woodson who made oath acknowledging to law
and having entd into and ackd bond in the pen. Of $5000 Cond. as the law
requires with William Mottley, Jessee Hardy, John Hardy, and James Hardy,
Secys. Wit. is granted them for obtaining letters of oman on the cot. of
Daniel Hodnett in due form
It is ordered that
Daniel Terry, John Hardey, Jessee Hardy, Ro. Terry or any three of them
being first Sec. for that purpose do apprs. in Current money the Est. of
Daniel Hodnett Dec'd. and report Court Order 25, pg. 282 – November
Court 1825.
Daniel Terry's apptd. Gudn. Of Wm., James, Jane, Jackson, Nancy, Philip
and Daniel Hodnett orphans of Daniel Hodnett, Dec'd. and with Obadiah P.
Terry and Robt. Terry his Secy. entd. into & ackd. bd. in the pen of
$10,000 Cond. acdg. to Same.
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Virginia Pittsylvania
County to wit;
We Stokely Turner & Samuel Fitzgerald Justices of the Peace in the
County of Pittsylvania and Commonwealth of Virginia do hereby certify that
John Terry & Sally his wife, James Hodnett, Asa Hodnett, Elizabeth
Woodson, Philip Hodnett, Joseph Davis & Lucy his wife, Ayres Hodnett,
Nancy Davis, William Davis, Jeremiah M. White & Letty his wife, Daniel
Terry Guardian for James Hodnett, Nancy Hodnett, Jane Hodnett, Phillip
Hodnett & Daniel Hodnett orphans of Daniel Hodnett decd.
Parties to a certain
Deed and power of Attorney bearing date the 20th day of October 1825 and
here to annexed Personally appeared before us in our County of Pittsylvania
aforesaid and acknowledgedthe same to be their Act and ----------------
ledgment to the Clerk
of the County Court of Pittsylvania in order that the said power of Attorney
may be Recorded Given under our hands and Seals the 20th day of October
1835.
Sto. Turner Seal
Samuel Fitzgerald Seal
Since the above was
recorded we have thought it necessary to State that the records Richard
R. Hines Milledgeville Georgia of the Estate second August and John Hodnett
wave credit before the ----------of the above Power of attorney and So
was the words of Philip Hodnett heirs of John Hodnett dec. Sidnor McGehee
of Caswell County North Carolina twenth and October Interlined
Samuel Fitzgerals
Sto. Turner
Virginia to wit
I Wm. Tunstall clerk of the County Court of Pittsylvania in the State aforesaid
do hereby certify that Stokely Turner and Samuel Fitzgerald Esqr. who have
signed the within certificate are acting Justices of the Peace in &
for the said County duly commissioned and qualified .
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this
21st day of October One thousand eight hundred and thirty five.
Will: Tunstall
Virginia to wit
I James M. Williams sen. presiding Justice of the County Court of Pittsylvania
in the state aforesaid do hereby certify that William Tunstall is clerk
for the County Court of said County and that his attestation is in due
form of law.
Given under my hand this 21st day of October 1835
J. M. Williams Sent. P. Justice
On back Sydnor McGehee
from Jno. Terry & others ; Power of Attorney.
John Terry
Joseph Davis
Ayers Hodnett
Wm. Davis
James Hodnett
)
Asa Hodnett
)
John Hodnett
) Heirs of John Hodnett
Philip Hodnett
)
Elizabeth Woodson
)
Daniel Terry Guardian
for Nancy Hodnett
Phillip Hodnett;
Danl Hodnett Inf.
Children of Danl.
Hodnett : Jerry M. White / Morton M. Hodges
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Copied fromThe Old Bates Account Book;
in possession of Mrs. E.S.Bennett
Ayres Hodnett &
Nancy D. Bates married the 2nd day of June 1808
Richard I. Hodnett
was born the 26th day of April1 809
Matthew B. Hodnett
was born the 15th day of May 1811
Mary B. Hodnett was
born the 17th day October 1813
John Hodnett was
born the 16th day of April 1816
James Hodnett was
born the 14th June 1818
Thomas I. Hodnett
was born the 7th day of July 1821
Nancy B. Hodnett
was born the 23rd of February 1824
Elizabeth R. Holland
was born the 19th of March1827
Ayres Holland Jr.
was born the 14th of August 1829
Old Bates Book
A register of Thos.
Jones of the County of Pittsylvania. Thomas Jones and his wife Mary was
maryed the 12th day of May 1763. Children born viz
Anne Iverson born
the 1st March 1764
Thomas Brooks born
the 19th June 1766
Mary Brooks born
the 14th October 1769
Mary B. Nowlin departed
this life October 29, 1847 age 78 years 15 days.
Eml. (Emanuel) born
the 14th April 1771
James Bates married
Winifred Hicks (Hix) and were the parents of