The following is taken from "Manuscript of Sketches of the Early History of Madison County, Georgia" by Rev. Groves H. Cartledge. Some of this material was edited out of a later published work titled Historical Sketches Presbyterian Churches and Early Settlers in Northeast Georgia.

...Beside William Hodge, who has already been named as one of the elders of New Hope [church] and who afterwards emigrated to Tennessee, there was another William Hodge from North Carolina who later came into the congregation. This latter William Hodge, Esq. married a Saye and was brother-in-law to James Thompson Sr.; and being situated nearer Danielsville than New Hope when Pisgah Church was organized, near where the present town of Danielsville now stands, in 1809 united in the new organization and was one of the first elders.

...William Hodge was from North Carolina and was also an elder in the church of Pisgah, two miles south of Danielsville, and then when the church was removed and reorganized in Danielsville, he still held the office of elder until his death, which occurred about 1840. He married his cousin, the daughter of the Widow Saye. His residence was on the southwest side of South River. His mother-in-law, the Widow Saye, settled the place next below Hodge's on the same side of the river. This Willliam Hodge was a very good man but somewhat odd and eccentric in his manners. His case is one of the tens of thousands of cases that prove that persons closely related by blood should not intermarry. As has been said, William Hodge married his cousin. Of his children I knew three very well -- Katie, William and Madison.

Served in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted in Ninety-Six District, South Carolina, in 1778, and was discharged in 1782. He filed Claim W-4233 for a pension based on his service.

During 1781 William Hodge joined Gen. Daniel Morgan and was in the Battle of Cowpens (South Carolina) where he was wounded in the shoulder.

William and his wife, Anne (Saye), moved with her mother, Widow Saye, to Madison County, Georgia, around 1793.

[From: Union County. Heritage -- South Carolina edited by Mannie Lee Mabry, p. 130.]

Hodge William 12-19-1836 Danielsville Rev War Soldier SB 12-31-1836

From: The Southern Banner, Athens, 1832-1848

• Married: Mar 1790 in South Carolina ^{7 2}
• Note: William and Anne were first cousins.
• Change Date: 22 Feb 2004

1. John HODGE b: 16 Aug 1790
2. James HODGE b: 18 Dec 1792
3. Mary HODGE b: 28 Jan 1795
4. Elizabeth HODGE b: 4 Apr 1797
5. Katherine HODGE b: 7 Jan 1799
6. William HODGE b: 20 Apr 1802
7. Richard S. HODGE b: 20 Oct 1804
8. Allen L. HODGE b: 18 Feb 1807
9. Madison Montgomery HODGE b: 24 Jul 1809
10. Anna HODGE b: 3 May 1815

1. Media: Family History File
   Title: The Saye/.../Gholson[Gholston]/... Family [Online]
   Author: Parker, Kenneth W., Compiler/Editor
   Publication: [primary and secondary source] Little Rock, AR, 1 June 1999 http://www.gencircles.com/users/kparker or the compiler at kwparker@sbcglobal.net
   Date: 1 May 1999
   Note:
   [Kenneth W. Parker is a descendant of the Gholston, Saye, and related families of early Madison County, Georgia. There is a list of Endnotes for each surname in the web site giving Parker's source citations.]
   Page: p 6 of 192
2. Media: Research collection
   Title: Lanny Cauthen Research Files
   Author: Cauthen, Lanny Everett, Compiler
   Publication: [primary and secondary source] Fayetteville, GA, 1999, lcauthen@mindspring.com [Family documents, pictures, and research materials in possession of compiler]
   Note:
   [Lanny Everett Cauthen is a descendant of the Carrington, Thompson, and related families of early Madison County, Georgia.]
3. Media: Research collection
   Title: Hodge Family Research Collection [Online]
   Author: Baselt, Fonda, Compiler
   Publication: [secondary source] Posting to the Hodge Family Genealogy Forum, May 17, 1999 http://genforum.genealogy.com/hodge/messages/423.html
4. Media: Family History File
   Title: The Saye/.../Gholson[Gholston]/... Family [Online]
   Author: Parker, Kenneth W., Compiler/Editor
   Publication: [primary and secondary source] Little Rock, AR, 1 June 1999 http://www.gencircles.com/users/kparker or the compiler at kwparker@sbcglobal.net
   Date: 1 May 1999
   Note:
   [Kenneth W. Parker is a descendant of the Gholston, Saye, and related families of early Madison County, Georgia. There is a list of Endnotes for each surname in the web site giving Parker's source citations.]
5. Media: Court Records
   Title: Madison County, Georgia, Probate Court, Will Book A
   Publication: [primary source] Danielsville, Georgia.
   Date: 22 Feb 2004
   Page: p 86
6. Media: Electronic database
   Title: Georgia Pioneers [Online]
   Author: Austin, Jeanette Holland, Compiler
   Publication: [primary source] Electronic database on the Georgia Pioneers Web site, http://www.georgiapioneers.com
   Date: 19 Oct 2004
   Note:
   [Jeanette Holland Austin is a professional genealogist and has compiled this database from over 40 years of research in Georgia and the southeastern United States.]
   Page: Obituary Collection
7. Media: Family History File
   Title: The Saye/.../Gholson[Gholston]/... Family [Online]
   Author: Parker, Kenneth W., Compiler/Editor
   Publication: [primary and secondary source] Little Rock, AR, 1 June 1999 http://www.gencircles.com/users/kparker or the compiler at kwparker@sbcglobal.net
   Date: 1 May 1999
   Note:
   [Kenneth W. Parker is a descendant of the Gholston, Saye, and related families of early Madison County, Georgia. There is a list of Endnotes for each surname in the web site giving Parker's source citations.]
   Page: p 7 of 192