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Thomas Hodges (Hart County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier)

b. 1820? d. 1863-10-08

Hart County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Francis Hodges. Father of Nancy Hodges, Eliza Hodges, Louisa M. Hodges, and Jacob Hodges. Farmer in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1850. Farmer in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1860. Served in the 15th Kentucky Infantry as a Private from November 5, 1861, to October 8, 1862. Died at the Battle of Chaplin Hills, Kentucky, on October 8, 1862. Employed C. C. Tharp in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1860. Owned one enslaved individual in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved individuals in Hart County, Kentucky, in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, p. 188A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, p. 448.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, Hammonsville, p. 861.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hart County, District 2.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application 14072, Certificate 28547.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0283.

"Thomas Hodges (1818-1863)," Find A Grave, Memorial 796577, accessed November 18, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/796577.

Citation

Hodges, Thomas. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280629 (November 12, 2026).

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