George Hodge was a soldier in the American Revolution. His service was documented by his Application for Revolutionary War Pension.
Southern Campaign
American Revolution Pension Statements
Pension application of George Hodge
W42341 Elizabeth fn37NC
Transcribed by Will Graves rev'd 5/8/11
[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. Only materials pertinent to the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading fails to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call errors or omissions to my attention.]
[fn p. 10]
State of North Carolina,
Burke County
On this ___ day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions now sitting George Hodge a resident of said County & State aged 72 years in April next 13th day he has no record of his age & only knows what his parents told him they stated he was born the 13th April 1761 who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated. He first entered the service under Captain Thomas Hemphill, William Neal Lieutenant, Joseph Patton Ensign as a volunteer about the first of June 1780 & marched from where Morganton now stands in this (Burke County) (that was our place of rendezvous) and marched down to what is now Lincoln County & remained there till the battle of Ramsour's Mills which was on the 20th day of June 1780 where we whipped the Tories. He states he was wounded in the early part of the engagement by a ball (he believes a rifle ball) through his right arm which disabled him from firing his gun anymore. He was then ordered together with the other wounded to fall back to where we has a left our horses which were some distance off. This order was given by Major McDowell. He remained at the horses till the battle was over.
I was then dismissed & permitted to come home. I remained at home till Ferguson [Patrick Ferguson] came through the country and after our man returned from over the mountains. I joined them on Cane Creek near where the line now divides the counties of Burke & Rutherford. I was placed under Captain Sam Woods, Charles McDowell was our Colonel, but he was not at the battle of King's Mountain. We were put under Colonel to Campbell [William Campbell] & Cleveland [Benjamin Cleveland].
My wound which I received at Ramsour's had not got quite well & I was left with the horses & was not in the battle. This battle was on the 7th day of October 1780. Captain Woods company returned to what is now Rutherford County & he there dismissed us & told us to go home.
In 1781 in the month of June he volunteered for 10 months under Captain Joshua Inman, Lieutenant Elias Alexander, William Snoddy Ensign. This was a volunteer Light horse Company that was raised to join General Sumpter [sic, Thomas Sumter] but instead of going to him, our Captain marched us down to the Siege of Ninety Six (96) where we were placed under Captain General Green [sic, Nathanael Greene]. The Siege only continued eight days after we got there.
General Greene marched down lower into South Carolina and Captain Inman was ordered to go over into Georgia after the Tories. He followed a band of Tories under one McGirt or Magert [Daniel McGirt] from Augusta down to near Savannah we did not overtake him nor did we take any prisoners. We returned to Augusta & our Captain furloughed us for six weeks. We were about two months in Georgia after the Tories.
I was not called on any more by Captain Inman, but I volunteered shortly after my return home to go with General Rutherford down to Wilmington. This was in September 1781. I was under Captain Joseph McDowell of the Pleasant Gardens (there was another Captain Joseph McDowell which was called John's River Joe afterwards General Joe & our former member to Congress), Charles McDowell was our Colonel. We marched to Wilmington within about 10 miles of that place there heard that Corn Wallace [sic, Cornwallis] was taken & the British evacuated Wilmington. We were then marched back to Salisbury where I was discharged. I did not get a written discharge throughout my whole services. I got home from this expedition about Christmas 1781.
Sometime in the next spring there was a small expedition sent out against the Cherokee Indians. I was a volunteer under Captain Sam Woods, Joseph McDowell of John's River and Richard Singleton commanded they were then Majors. This expedition lasted but a few weeks. We killed some Indians & took 17 prisoners. This ended my service except some scouting parties & some little duty in forts which were built through the country to protect the country against the Indians.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or of any state.
22nd of October 1832.
Sworn to & subscribed in open court
day & year aforesaid
Test: S/ J. Exum, Clk
S/ George Hodge
[fn p. 33 & 35: Joseph Dobson Esquire, Thomas Ballew and William Cuthbertson gave the standard supporting affidavit. In addition: "Joseph Dobson2 Esquire further states that said George Hodge was at the Battle at Ramsour's Mills & wounded as set forth in his declaration – that he knew him before the battle & saw him the day of the battle with his wound fresh bleeding – that he has known him ever since they both having resided in the same County ever since."]
[fn p. 24]
State of North Carolina
Burke County:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace for said County George Hodge & after being duly sworn makes the following statement on oath as further proof & explanations as to his services as a soldier of the Revolution. His first service was in June 1780 he was in actual service at the time one month & perhaps a few days over – he entered about the first of June was wounded at the Battle of Ramsour's Mills as set forth in his declaration on the 20th of said month & was discharged about the first of July.
His next service was against Ferguson at King's Mountain as stated in his Declaration. This term was only about 3 weeks or 21 days. He next volunteered for 10 months but only served to. He entered this service about the first of June 1781 Served as stated in his Declaration & was furloughed by Captain Inman at Augusta Georgia in the first days of August. He was in actual service two months & a few days under Captain Inman say two months. Captain Inman never called on his men afterwards.
In September 1781 he volunteered for three months under General Rutherford, Charles McDowell Colonel Joseph McDowell Captain was marched near Wilmington where the news of Corn Wallice surrender reached them he served out his three months & was discharged at Salisbury North Carolina about the 20th of December 1781. His next service was in the Spring of 1782 against the Indians commencing in March & ending in April was in actual service one month Samuel Woods Captain Joseph McDowell & Singleton were Majors & commanded the expedition – this ended my services making in all that I was out in actual service 7 months & 21 days as near as my memory serves me (viz.) 1st Tour one month at Ramsour's battle & wounded that trip 2nd 3 weeks against Ferguson at King's Mountain 3rd 2 months under Captain Inman 4th 3 months under General Rutherford 5th one month against the Indians making 7 months & 21 days – he served as a common soldier throughout.
Sworn to & subscribed before me
S/ D. Glass, JP
S/ George Hodge
[fn p. 6: On May 24, 1853, in Burke County North Carolina, Elizabeth Hodge, 78 filed for a widow's pension under the 1853 act stating that she is the widow of George Hodge a pensioner of the United States for his service in the revolution; that she married him October 17 1814; that he died may 5, 1845 and that she remains his widow.]
[fn p. 15: On April 5, 1855 in Burke County North Carolina, the widow, then giving her age as 70, filed for her bounty land entitlement
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $25.66 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for 7 months and 21 days service as a private in the North Carolina militia.]
1 BLWt26698-150-55 [sic]
2 Joseph Dobson W19187
George Hodge, DAR Ancestor Number A208918, was married twice. The name of his first wife was unknown. By her, he had at least one child: a son, Francis.
In 1814, Hodge married Elizabeth Sparks in 1814. The couple had at least three children:
George
Jane
Leah
The actual burial site of George Hodge has been lost to history. There has been a post on ancestry.com that he was buried in the Hodge McCarthy Cemetery in Burke County, North Carolina. I have been unable to find a listing on Find A Grave. We have placed a Memorial Stone honoring him in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
Notes:
1. NancyCHuffstetler originally shared this photo on Ancestry.com on 19 Sep 2011
2. Located in Burke County, North Carolina. This photo entered by Jon Hodge, 2012."George Hodge"
Pvt. Capt. Hemphill's CO, NC Line,
Revolutionary War Apr 13, 1761 - May 5, 1845
3. Burial details: (Abstracted by Randy Malone, originally written by Abbie Seals Hildebrand)
Southern Campaign
American Revolution Pension Statements
Pension application of George Hodge
W42341 Elizabeth fn37NC
Transcribed by Will Graves rev'd 5/8/11
[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. Only materials pertinent to the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading fails to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call errors or omissions to my attention.]
[fn p. 10]
State of North Carolina,
Burke County
On this ___ day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions now sitting George Hodge a resident of said County & State aged 72 years in April next 13th day he has no record of his age & only knows what his parents told him they stated he was born the 13th April 1761 who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated. He first entered the service under Captain Thomas Hemphill, William Neal Lieutenant, Joseph Patton Ensign as a volunteer about the first of June 1780 & marched from where Morganton now stands in this (Burke County) (that was our place of rendezvous) and marched down to what is now Lincoln County & remained there till the battle of Ramsour's Mills which was on the 20th day of June 1780 where we whipped the Tories. He states he was wounded in the early part of the engagement by a ball (he believes a rifle ball) through his right arm which disabled him from firing his gun anymore. He was then ordered together with the other wounded to fall back to where we has a left our horses which were some distance off. This order was given by Major McDowell. He remained at the horses till the battle was over.
I was then dismissed & permitted to come home. I remained at home till Ferguson [Patrick Ferguson] came through the country and after our man returned from over the mountains. I joined them on Cane Creek near where the line now divides the counties of Burke & Rutherford. I was placed under Captain Sam Woods, Charles McDowell was our Colonel, but he was not at the battle of King's Mountain. We were put under Colonel to Campbell [William Campbell] & Cleveland [Benjamin Cleveland].
My wound which I received at Ramsour's had not got quite well & I was left with the horses & was not in the battle. This battle was on the 7th day of October 1780. Captain Woods company returned to what is now Rutherford County & he there dismissed us & told us to go home.
In 1781 in the month of June he volunteered for 10 months under Captain Joshua Inman, Lieutenant Elias Alexander, William Snoddy Ensign. This was a volunteer Light horse Company that was raised to join General Sumpter [sic, Thomas Sumter] but instead of going to him, our Captain marched us down to the Siege of Ninety Six (96) where we were placed under Captain General Green [sic, Nathanael Greene]. The Siege only continued eight days after we got there.
General Greene marched down lower into South Carolina and Captain Inman was ordered to go over into Georgia after the Tories. He followed a band of Tories under one McGirt or Magert [Daniel McGirt] from Augusta down to near Savannah we did not overtake him nor did we take any prisoners. We returned to Augusta & our Captain furloughed us for six weeks. We were about two months in Georgia after the Tories.
I was not called on any more by Captain Inman, but I volunteered shortly after my return home to go with General Rutherford down to Wilmington. This was in September 1781. I was under Captain Joseph McDowell of the Pleasant Gardens (there was another Captain Joseph McDowell which was called John's River Joe afterwards General Joe & our former member to Congress), Charles McDowell was our Colonel. We marched to Wilmington within about 10 miles of that place there heard that Corn Wallace [sic, Cornwallis] was taken & the British evacuated Wilmington. We were then marched back to Salisbury where I was discharged. I did not get a written discharge throughout my whole services. I got home from this expedition about Christmas 1781.
Sometime in the next spring there was a small expedition sent out against the Cherokee Indians. I was a volunteer under Captain Sam Woods, Joseph McDowell of John's River and Richard Singleton commanded they were then Majors. This expedition lasted but a few weeks. We killed some Indians & took 17 prisoners. This ended my service except some scouting parties & some little duty in forts which were built through the country to protect the country against the Indians.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or of any state.
22nd of October 1832.
Sworn to & subscribed in open court
day & year aforesaid
Test: S/ J. Exum, Clk
S/ George Hodge
[fn p. 33 & 35: Joseph Dobson Esquire, Thomas Ballew and William Cuthbertson gave the standard supporting affidavit. In addition: "Joseph Dobson2 Esquire further states that said George Hodge was at the Battle at Ramsour's Mills & wounded as set forth in his declaration – that he knew him before the battle & saw him the day of the battle with his wound fresh bleeding – that he has known him ever since they both having resided in the same County ever since."]
[fn p. 24]
State of North Carolina
Burke County:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace for said County George Hodge & after being duly sworn makes the following statement on oath as further proof & explanations as to his services as a soldier of the Revolution. His first service was in June 1780 he was in actual service at the time one month & perhaps a few days over – he entered about the first of June was wounded at the Battle of Ramsour's Mills as set forth in his declaration on the 20th of said month & was discharged about the first of July.
His next service was against Ferguson at King's Mountain as stated in his Declaration. This term was only about 3 weeks or 21 days. He next volunteered for 10 months but only served to. He entered this service about the first of June 1781 Served as stated in his Declaration & was furloughed by Captain Inman at Augusta Georgia in the first days of August. He was in actual service two months & a few days under Captain Inman say two months. Captain Inman never called on his men afterwards.
In September 1781 he volunteered for three months under General Rutherford, Charles McDowell Colonel Joseph McDowell Captain was marched near Wilmington where the news of Corn Wallice surrender reached them he served out his three months & was discharged at Salisbury North Carolina about the 20th of December 1781. His next service was in the Spring of 1782 against the Indians commencing in March & ending in April was in actual service one month Samuel Woods Captain Joseph McDowell & Singleton were Majors & commanded the expedition – this ended my services making in all that I was out in actual service 7 months & 21 days as near as my memory serves me (viz.) 1st Tour one month at Ramsour's battle & wounded that trip 2nd 3 weeks against Ferguson at King's Mountain 3rd 2 months under Captain Inman 4th 3 months under General Rutherford 5th one month against the Indians making 7 months & 21 days – he served as a common soldier throughout.
Sworn to & subscribed before me
S/ D. Glass, JP
S/ George Hodge
[fn p. 6: On May 24, 1853, in Burke County North Carolina, Elizabeth Hodge, 78 filed for a widow's pension under the 1853 act stating that she is the widow of George Hodge a pensioner of the United States for his service in the revolution; that she married him October 17 1814; that he died may 5, 1845 and that she remains his widow.]
[fn p. 15: On April 5, 1855 in Burke County North Carolina, the widow, then giving her age as 70, filed for her bounty land entitlement
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $25.66 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for 7 months and 21 days service as a private in the North Carolina militia.]
1 BLWt26698-150-55 [sic]
2 Joseph Dobson W19187
George Hodge, DAR Ancestor Number A208918, was married twice. The name of his first wife was unknown. By her, he had at least one child: a son, Francis.
In 1814, Hodge married Elizabeth Sparks in 1814. The couple had at least three children:
George
Jane
Leah
The actual burial site of George Hodge has been lost to history. There has been a post on ancestry.com that he was buried in the Hodge McCarthy Cemetery in Burke County, North Carolina. I have been unable to find a listing on Find A Grave. We have placed a Memorial Stone honoring him in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
Notes:
1. NancyCHuffstetler originally shared this photo on Ancestry.com on 19 Sep 2011
2. Located in Burke County, North Carolina. This photo entered by Jon Hodge, 2012."George Hodge"
Pvt. Capt. Hemphill's CO, NC Line,
Revolutionary War Apr 13, 1761 - May 5, 1845
3. Burial details: (Abstracted by Randy Malone, originally written by Abbie Seals Hildebrand)
George Hodge was a soldier in the American Revolution. His service was documented by his Application for Revolutionary War Pension.
Southern Campaign
American Revolution Pension Statements
Pension application of George Hodge
W42341 Elizabeth fn37NC
Transcribed by Will Graves rev'd 5/8/11
[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. Only materials pertinent to the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading fails to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call errors or omissions to my attention.]
[fn p. 10]
State of North Carolina,
Burke County
On this ___ day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions now sitting George Hodge a resident of said County & State aged 72 years in April next 13th day he has no record of his age & only knows what his parents told him they stated he was born the 13th April 1761 who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated. He first entered the service under Captain Thomas Hemphill, William Neal Lieutenant, Joseph Patton Ensign as a volunteer about the first of June 1780 & marched from where Morganton now stands in this (Burke County) (that was our place of rendezvous) and marched down to what is now Lincoln County & remained there till the battle of Ramsour's Mills which was on the 20th day of June 1780 where we whipped the Tories. He states he was wounded in the early part of the engagement by a ball (he believes a rifle ball) through his right arm which disabled him from firing his gun anymore. He was then ordered together with the other wounded to fall back to where we has a left our horses which were some distance off. This order was given by Major McDowell. He remained at the horses till the battle was over.
I was then dismissed & permitted to come home. I remained at home till Ferguson [Patrick Ferguson] came through the country and after our man returned from over the mountains. I joined them on Cane Creek near where the line now divides the counties of Burke & Rutherford. I was placed under Captain Sam Woods, Charles McDowell was our Colonel, but he was not at the battle of King's Mountain. We were put under Colonel to Campbell [William Campbell] & Cleveland [Benjamin Cleveland].
My wound which I received at Ramsour's had not got quite well & I was left with the horses & was not in the battle. This battle was on the 7th day of October 1780. Captain Woods company returned to what is now Rutherford County & he there dismissed us & told us to go home.
In 1781 in the month of June he volunteered for 10 months under Captain Joshua Inman, Lieutenant Elias Alexander, William Snoddy Ensign. This was a volunteer Light horse Company that was raised to join General Sumpter [sic, Thomas Sumter] but instead of going to him, our Captain marched us down to the Siege of Ninety Six (96) where we were placed under Captain General Green [sic, Nathanael Greene]. The Siege only continued eight days after we got there.
General Greene marched down lower into South Carolina and Captain Inman was ordered to go over into Georgia after the Tories. He followed a band of Tories under one McGirt or Magert [Daniel McGirt] from Augusta down to near Savannah we did not overtake him nor did we take any prisoners. We returned to Augusta & our Captain furloughed us for six weeks. We were about two months in Georgia after the Tories.
I was not called on any more by Captain Inman, but I volunteered shortly after my return home to go with General Rutherford down to Wilmington. This was in September 1781. I was under Captain Joseph McDowell of the Pleasant Gardens (there was another Captain Joseph McDowell which was called John's River Joe afterwards General Joe & our former member to Congress), Charles McDowell was our Colonel. We marched to Wilmington within about 10 miles of that place there heard that Corn Wallace [sic, Cornwallis] was taken & the British evacuated Wilmington. We were then marched back to Salisbury where I was discharged. I did not get a written discharge throughout my whole services. I got home from this expedition about Christmas 1781.
Sometime in the next spring there was a small expedition sent out against the Cherokee Indians. I was a volunteer under Captain Sam Woods, Joseph McDowell of John's River and Richard Singleton commanded they were then Majors. This expedition lasted but a few weeks. We killed some Indians & took 17 prisoners. This ended my service except some scouting parties & some little duty in forts which were built through the country to protect the country against the Indians.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or of any state.
22nd of October 1832.
Sworn to & subscribed in open court
day & year aforesaid
Test: S/ J. Exum, Clk
S/ George Hodge
[fn p. 33 & 35: Joseph Dobson Esquire, Thomas Ballew and William Cuthbertson gave the standard supporting affidavit. In addition: "Joseph Dobson2 Esquire further states that said George Hodge was at the Battle at Ramsour's Mills & wounded as set forth in his declaration – that he knew him before the battle & saw him the day of the battle with his wound fresh bleeding – that he has known him ever since they both having resided in the same County ever since."]
[fn p. 24]
State of North Carolina
Burke County:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace for said County George Hodge & after being duly sworn makes the following statement on oath as further proof & explanations as to his services as a soldier of the Revolution. His first service was in June 1780 he was in actual service at the time one month & perhaps a few days over – he entered about the first of June was wounded at the Battle of Ramsour's Mills as set forth in his declaration on the 20th of said month & was discharged about the first of July.
His next service was against Ferguson at King's Mountain as stated in his Declaration. This term was only about 3 weeks or 21 days. He next volunteered for 10 months but only served to. He entered this service about the first of June 1781 Served as stated in his Declaration & was furloughed by Captain Inman at Augusta Georgia in the first days of August. He was in actual service two months & a few days under Captain Inman say two months. Captain Inman never called on his men afterwards.
In September 1781 he volunteered for three months under General Rutherford, Charles McDowell Colonel Joseph McDowell Captain was marched near Wilmington where the news of Corn Wallice surrender reached them he served out his three months & was discharged at Salisbury North Carolina about the 20th of December 1781. His next service was in the Spring of 1782 against the Indians commencing in March & ending in April was in actual service one month Samuel Woods Captain Joseph McDowell & Singleton were Majors & commanded the expedition – this ended my services making in all that I was out in actual service 7 months & 21 days as near as my memory serves me (viz.) 1st Tour one month at Ramsour's battle & wounded that trip 2nd 3 weeks against Ferguson at King's Mountain 3rd 2 months under Captain Inman 4th 3 months under General Rutherford 5th one month against the Indians making 7 months & 21 days – he served as a common soldier throughout.
Sworn to & subscribed before me
S/ D. Glass, JP
S/ George Hodge
[fn p. 6: On May 24, 1853, in Burke County North Carolina, Elizabeth Hodge, 78 filed for a widow's pension under the 1853 act stating that she is the widow of George Hodge a pensioner of the United States for his service in the revolution; that she married him October 17 1814; that he died may 5, 1845 and that she remains his widow.]
[fn p. 15: On April 5, 1855 in Burke County North Carolina, the widow, then giving her age as 70, filed for her bounty land entitlement
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $25.66 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for 7 months and 21 days service as a private in the North Carolina militia.]
1 BLWt26698-150-55 [sic]
2 Joseph Dobson W19187
George Hodge, DAR Ancestor Number A208918, was married twice. The name of his first wife was unknown. By her, he had at least one child: a son, Francis.
In 1814, Hodge married Elizabeth Sparks in 1814. The couple had at least three children:
George
Jane
Leah
The actual burial site of George Hodge has been lost to history. There has been a post on ancestry.com that he was buried in the Hodge McCarthy Cemetery in Burke County, North Carolina. I have been unable to find a listing on Find A Grave. We have placed a Memorial Stone honoring him in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
Notes:
1. NancyCHuffstetler originally shared this photo on Ancestry.com on 19 Sep 2011
2. Located in Burke County, North Carolina. This photo entered by Jon Hodge, 2012."George Hodge"
Pvt. Capt. Hemphill's CO, NC Line,
Revolutionary War Apr 13, 1761 - May 5, 1845
3. Burial details: (Abstracted by Randy Malone, originally written by Abbie Seals Hildebrand)
Southern Campaign
American Revolution Pension Statements
Pension application of George Hodge
W42341 Elizabeth fn37NC
Transcribed by Will Graves rev'd 5/8/11
[Methodology: Spelling, punctuation and/or grammar have been corrected in some instances for ease of reading and to facilitate searches of the database. Where the meaning is not compromised by adhering to the spelling, punctuation or grammar, no change has been made. Corrections or additional notes have been inserted within brackets or footnotes. Blanks appearing in the transcripts reflect blanks in the original. A bracketed question mark indicates that the word or words preceding it represent(s) a guess by me. Only materials pertinent to the military service of the veteran and to contemporary events have been transcribed. Affidavits that provide additional information on these events are included and genealogical information is abstracted, while standard, 'boilerplate' affidavits and attestations related solely to the application, and later nineteenth and twentieth century research requests for information have been omitted. I use speech recognition software to make all my transcriptions. Such software misinterprets my southern accent with unfortunate regularity and my poor proofreading fails to catch all misinterpretations. Also, dates or numbers which the software treats as numerals rather than words are not corrected: for example, the software transcribes "the eighth of June one thousand eighty six" as "the 8th of June 1786." Please call errors or omissions to my attention.]
[fn p. 10]
State of North Carolina,
Burke County
On this ___ day of October 1832 personally appeared in open Court before the Justices of the Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions now sitting George Hodge a resident of said County & State aged 72 years in April next 13th day he has no record of his age & only knows what his parents told him they stated he was born the 13th April 1761 who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress passed 7th June 1832.
That he entered the Service of the United States under the following named Officers & served as herein stated. He first entered the service under Captain Thomas Hemphill, William Neal Lieutenant, Joseph Patton Ensign as a volunteer about the first of June 1780 & marched from where Morganton now stands in this (Burke County) (that was our place of rendezvous) and marched down to what is now Lincoln County & remained there till the battle of Ramsour's Mills which was on the 20th day of June 1780 where we whipped the Tories. He states he was wounded in the early part of the engagement by a ball (he believes a rifle ball) through his right arm which disabled him from firing his gun anymore. He was then ordered together with the other wounded to fall back to where we has a left our horses which were some distance off. This order was given by Major McDowell. He remained at the horses till the battle was over.
I was then dismissed & permitted to come home. I remained at home till Ferguson [Patrick Ferguson] came through the country and after our man returned from over the mountains. I joined them on Cane Creek near where the line now divides the counties of Burke & Rutherford. I was placed under Captain Sam Woods, Charles McDowell was our Colonel, but he was not at the battle of King's Mountain. We were put under Colonel to Campbell [William Campbell] & Cleveland [Benjamin Cleveland].
My wound which I received at Ramsour's had not got quite well & I was left with the horses & was not in the battle. This battle was on the 7th day of October 1780. Captain Woods company returned to what is now Rutherford County & he there dismissed us & told us to go home.
In 1781 in the month of June he volunteered for 10 months under Captain Joshua Inman, Lieutenant Elias Alexander, William Snoddy Ensign. This was a volunteer Light horse Company that was raised to join General Sumpter [sic, Thomas Sumter] but instead of going to him, our Captain marched us down to the Siege of Ninety Six (96) where we were placed under Captain General Green [sic, Nathanael Greene]. The Siege only continued eight days after we got there.
General Greene marched down lower into South Carolina and Captain Inman was ordered to go over into Georgia after the Tories. He followed a band of Tories under one McGirt or Magert [Daniel McGirt] from Augusta down to near Savannah we did not overtake him nor did we take any prisoners. We returned to Augusta & our Captain furloughed us for six weeks. We were about two months in Georgia after the Tories.
I was not called on any more by Captain Inman, but I volunteered shortly after my return home to go with General Rutherford down to Wilmington. This was in September 1781. I was under Captain Joseph McDowell of the Pleasant Gardens (there was another Captain Joseph McDowell which was called John's River Joe afterwards General Joe & our former member to Congress), Charles McDowell was our Colonel. We marched to Wilmington within about 10 miles of that place there heard that Corn Wallace [sic, Cornwallis] was taken & the British evacuated Wilmington. We were then marched back to Salisbury where I was discharged. I did not get a written discharge throughout my whole services. I got home from this expedition about Christmas 1781.
Sometime in the next spring there was a small expedition sent out against the Cherokee Indians. I was a volunteer under Captain Sam Woods, Joseph McDowell of John's River and Richard Singleton commanded they were then Majors. This expedition lasted but a few weeks. We killed some Indians & took 17 prisoners. This ended my service except some scouting parties & some little duty in forts which were built through the country to protect the country against the Indians.
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state or of any state.
22nd of October 1832.
Sworn to & subscribed in open court
day & year aforesaid
Test: S/ J. Exum, Clk
S/ George Hodge
[fn p. 33 & 35: Joseph Dobson Esquire, Thomas Ballew and William Cuthbertson gave the standard supporting affidavit. In addition: "Joseph Dobson2 Esquire further states that said George Hodge was at the Battle at Ramsour's Mills & wounded as set forth in his declaration – that he knew him before the battle & saw him the day of the battle with his wound fresh bleeding – that he has known him ever since they both having resided in the same County ever since."]
[fn p. 24]
State of North Carolina
Burke County:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned an acting Justice of the peace for said County George Hodge & after being duly sworn makes the following statement on oath as further proof & explanations as to his services as a soldier of the Revolution. His first service was in June 1780 he was in actual service at the time one month & perhaps a few days over – he entered about the first of June was wounded at the Battle of Ramsour's Mills as set forth in his declaration on the 20th of said month & was discharged about the first of July.
His next service was against Ferguson at King's Mountain as stated in his Declaration. This term was only about 3 weeks or 21 days. He next volunteered for 10 months but only served to. He entered this service about the first of June 1781 Served as stated in his Declaration & was furloughed by Captain Inman at Augusta Georgia in the first days of August. He was in actual service two months & a few days under Captain Inman say two months. Captain Inman never called on his men afterwards.
In September 1781 he volunteered for three months under General Rutherford, Charles McDowell Colonel Joseph McDowell Captain was marched near Wilmington where the news of Corn Wallice surrender reached them he served out his three months & was discharged at Salisbury North Carolina about the 20th of December 1781. His next service was in the Spring of 1782 against the Indians commencing in March & ending in April was in actual service one month Samuel Woods Captain Joseph McDowell & Singleton were Majors & commanded the expedition – this ended my services making in all that I was out in actual service 7 months & 21 days as near as my memory serves me (viz.) 1st Tour one month at Ramsour's battle & wounded that trip 2nd 3 weeks against Ferguson at King's Mountain 3rd 2 months under Captain Inman 4th 3 months under General Rutherford 5th one month against the Indians making 7 months & 21 days – he served as a common soldier throughout.
Sworn to & subscribed before me
S/ D. Glass, JP
S/ George Hodge
[fn p. 6: On May 24, 1853, in Burke County North Carolina, Elizabeth Hodge, 78 filed for a widow's pension under the 1853 act stating that she is the widow of George Hodge a pensioner of the United States for his service in the revolution; that she married him October 17 1814; that he died may 5, 1845 and that she remains his widow.]
[fn p. 15: On April 5, 1855 in Burke County North Carolina, the widow, then giving her age as 70, filed for her bounty land entitlement
[Veteran was pensioned at the rate of $25.66 per annum commencing March 4th, 1831, for 7 months and 21 days service as a private in the North Carolina militia.]
1 BLWt26698-150-55 [sic]
2 Joseph Dobson W19187
George Hodge, DAR Ancestor Number A208918, was married twice. The name of his first wife was unknown. By her, he had at least one child: a son, Francis.
In 1814, Hodge married Elizabeth Sparks in 1814. The couple had at least three children:
George
Jane
Leah
The actual burial site of George Hodge has been lost to history. There has been a post on ancestry.com that he was buried in the Hodge McCarthy Cemetery in Burke County, North Carolina. I have been unable to find a listing on Find A Grave. We have placed a Memorial Stone honoring him in the Cantrell Gilliand Memorial Garden. May this memorial serve as an expression of the gratitude we owe him for risking his life and braving the unknown to help build a new country: our America.
Notes:
1. NancyCHuffstetler originally shared this photo on Ancestry.com on 19 Sep 2011
2. Located in Burke County, North Carolina. This photo entered by Jon Hodge, 2012."George Hodge"
Pvt. Capt. Hemphill's CO, NC Line,
Revolutionary War Apr 13, 1761 - May 5, 1845
3. Burial details: (Abstracted by Randy Malone, originally written by Abbie Seals Hildebrand)
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