Mary Hodges

Riley married Violet Amelia Moody about 1854 in North Carolina, , , . Violet (daughter of George Moody and Sarah Davis) was born on 11 Feb 1837 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina; died on 19 Nov 1918 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina; was buried in Oak Grove Baptist Church, , Watauga County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1850 Watauga County, NC Census
Household 204
Gilbert Hodges 55 NC
Sarah 57 NC
Holland 22 NC
Riley 19 NC
Sarah 17 NC
Louisa 14 NC
Larkin 10 NC

1860 Watauga County, NC Census
Boone District
Household 131
Gilbert Hodges 66 NC
Sarah 62 NC
Larkin 18 NC
Lewis Underwood 53 NC Day laborer

Gilbert married Sarah Shearer on 11 Sep 1817 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina. Sarah was born on 11 Sep 1799 in Wilkes County, , , North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Michael J. Watts has done extensive research on the Moody family. In his Article 241 in the Heritage of Watauga County, he states: 'The earliest Moody ancestors to settle in what is now Watauga County apparently came to this area from Virginia. They seem to have come first in the late 1780's to an area in (then) Burke (now Caldwell) County near the present Watauga County line. Some remained in Burke and in what later became Caldwell, but others moved into Ashe (now Watauga) to the present Valle Crucis and Foscoe area between 1800 and 1815. these early Moodys may have been descendants of one Thomas Moody and his wife Ann, who emigrated from England to the area of Jamestown, Weyanoke Parish, Charles City County, Virginia, in the late 1600's or early 1700's. The descendants of this Thomas are known to have settled in Virginia, South Carolina, and the southwestern North Carolina mountain counties of Buncombe, Haywood and Cherokee. However, no definite connection has been made to between Moodys of Northwestern North Carolina and those descended from this Thomas Moody. Perhaps the earliest Watauga Moody about whom we have definite information is Edward Moody. He was born about 1756/7 in Albemarle (later Fluvanna) County, Virginia. His father may have been Thomas Moody, Sr. (born ca 1732), althogh this has not been established with certainty..... Another early Moody was George, who seems to have come into this area about the same time as Edward. The exact relationship between George and Edward is not yet known. They may indeed have been brothers, perhaps sons of Thomas Moody, Sr., or may have been cousins, or nephew and uncle....'

George married Sarah Davis about 28 ??? 1823 in Ashe County, , , North Carolina. Sarah (daughter of George Davis and Sarah McElroy) was born about 1796 in Wilkes County, , , North Carolina; died before 1870 in , Watauga County, North Carolina, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Sarah Ann Elizabeth Defoe about 1757 in Albemarle County, , , Virginia. Sarah was born about 1737 in , Brunswick County, Virginia Colony, . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Sarah McElroy about 1794. Sarah was born about 1774. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]