Guide of Collection 222. John R. Hodges Collection of Papers, 1841 - 1905

Guide of Collection 222. John R. Hodges Collection of Papers, 1841 - 1905

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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Copyright Notice
Preferred Citation
Acquisitions Information
Processing Information
Biographical Note
Online Catalog Headings
Container List
Bibliography
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Descriptive Summary

Repository: Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection
Creator: John R. Hodges
Title: John R. Hodges Collection of Papers, 1841 - 1905
Language of Material: Material in English
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University.
Abstract: The John R. Hodges Collection of Papers is a collection of documents generated during the mid-nineteenth century by John R. Hodges of Middle Cane, North Carolina. Most documents are financial in nature.
This collection contains examples of monetary notes used during the antebellum period.
Extent: 0.25 linear feet, 1 archival folder

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

An appointment for research is required. No restrictions to access. No Interlibrary Loan.


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Copyright Notice

Standard federal copyright laws apply.


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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John R. Hodges Collection of Papers, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, NC, USA.


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Acquisitions Information

University Librarian Richard Barker acquired this collection from "a woman in Triplett [North Carolina]" and transferred it to the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection between 1978 and 1991. It was accessioned on 11 February 2000.


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Processing Information

Processed by Kathryn Staley, November, 2004

Encoded by Kathryn Staley, November, 2004


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Biographical Note

John R. Hodges (1822-aft. 1900) resided in the rural agricultural community of Middle Cane in Watauga County, North Carolina. He was a farmer and apparently was the justice of the peace for Middle Cane. During the censuses, he was enumerated in the Blue Ridge District and Elk Community. John R. Hodges married Pernina in 1844. They had seven children: Larkin, Sarah L., Calvin M., Martha Alice, Mary E., Adlade Annie, and Fanny E.


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Chronology List

1850 Federal Census for Watauga County, NC John R. Hodges 27, Pernina 25, Larkin M. 5
1860 Federal Census for Blue Ridge, NC John R. Hodges 36, Pernina 30, Larkin 15, Sarah L. 9, Calvin M. Martha A. 5, Mary E. 1
1870 Federal Census for Elk Township, NC John R. Hodges 47, Permina 46, Calvin 16, Allice 14, Mary E. 12, Adlade 8, Fanny E. 6
1880 Federal Census for Elk Township, NC John B. Hodges 58, Pennina 55, Calvin M. 26, Sophia L. 22, Alice M. 24, Mary G. 21, Annie A. 18, Fannie 15, Rebecca Saunders 73
1900 Federal Census for Elk Township, NC John R. Hodges 78, Pernina 76, Alice M. 36

Online Catalog Headings

Hodges, John R.
Promissory notes -- North Carolina -- Watauga County -- Sources
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Economic aspects -- Sources

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Container List

Collection 222. John R. Hodges Collection of Papers. (1841-1879)
Most documents are promissory notes. They illustrate that money and the credit system were used within rural Appalachia during the antebellum period. Prepared promissory notes for Elkville leaders Calvin Cowles, Josiah Cowles, and Phineas Horton are also included. Also included are two promissory notes for Joel Waters from John R. Hodges and an Edia Carroll debt to Willis Waters for tuition of three scholars.
Waters was the surname of an Ashe County, North Carolina family of John and Elizabeth Culms Waters. Elizabeth was a free person of color and their many children were free people of color whose children were treated as white. Additional research is necessary to verify that Joel and Willis were their sons.
Two pieces of correspondence between Alice Hodges and her sister Bell Todd of Collettesville, North Carolina date from 1905. John R. Hodges' 1865 pledge to the United States and documents regarding Watauga County Confederate soldiers are included.
Folder
1 Confederate Documents, 1862-1865.
Correspondence, 1872-1905.
Justice of the Peace Documents, 1849-1877.
Land Deed, 1873.
Promissary Notes, 1848-1879.
Receipts, 1841-1879.
Tax Receipts, 1848-1857.

Bibliography

1850 Federal Census for Watauga County, North Carolina.

1860 Federal Census for Watauga County, North Carolina.

1870 Federal Census for Watauga County, North Carolina.

1880 Federal Census for Watauga County, North Carolina.

1900 Federal Census for Watauga County, North Carolina.