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Kentucky soldier, attorney, and politician. Fleming County, Kentucky, native. Married to Keturah Moss Tibbatts Hodge. Father of S. Catherine Taylor Hodge, Anna Taylor Hodge, Jane “Nan” Hodge, Mary Hodge, William Baird Hodge, Georgena Baird Hodge, and John T. Hodge. Attended the Maysville Seminary, Mason County, Kentucky. Graduated from the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, in 1845. Served in the U.S Navy as a midshipman during U.S.-Mexican War. Resigned from the U.S. Navy in 1850. Attorney in Mason County, Kentucky in 1850. Member of the Whig Party and Southern Democratic Party. Ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Whig Party in 1852. Elected to the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 1859. Elector for John C. Breckinridge in 1860. Attorney in Campbell County in 1860. Member of the Council of Ten in the Provisional Government of Kentucky. Served in the Confederate States Army as a private, captain, major, colonel, and brigadier general. Served as an assistant adjutant general to John C. Breckinridge. Member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1862. Member of House of Representatives for the First and Second Confederate Congress from 1862 to 1864.
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Campbell County, Kentucky, clerk. Caroline County, Virginia, native. Clerk in Campbell County in 1850.
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Appeared in a brief from Reuben T. Thornton to George Baird Hodge.
Co-seat of Campbell County, Kentucky, along with Alexandria, Kentucky. Located on the Ohio River and Licking River.
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Thornton, Trustee
The Trustee is bound during the continuance of the Trust to lay off & lease a moiety of the ground-- He may lay off a portion of the ground as an addition to the City of 1/3 of these on the ground that as the Trustee is going to sell for investment, they have the right to take the ^Lots^ instead of the money-- We say no,, the Trustee has a right to lease ^these^ lots & not sell, if the think proper, & he cannot be compelled to elect which he will do as to those Lots to be leased the power not being extinguished by death of
lease and which sell, even if they had the right (which we deny) to take their part of the Lots that he intends to sell, instead of the money-- as to leasing, the trust is not extinguished by death of Mrs Tibbatts-- and no one has the power to Say which lots he shall lease & which sell, & have partition between Lots for sale, and lots for lease-- their claim however is for 1/3 of all, the land not laid out and the lots laid out also-- When he sells they may possibly stop their 1/3 of the money in his hands after deducting expenses & compensation-- They cannot have the notes on hand, for this fund has a charge on it for expenses already incurred, which is a joint expense for all --
R. T. Thornton
Trustee.
Hodge &c
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Thornton, Trustee
Brief of Thornton, Trustee