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Sources consulted for the biography of:William Johnson Hodges ( –1872)
Biographical Information
- Numerous references in Willard B. Gatewood Jr., ed., Free Man of Color: The Autobiography of Willis Augustus Hodges (1982), with 1802 or 1803 year of birth on 9.
- Brief but unreliable biographical article in Brooklyn Evening Star, August 8, 1862, reprinted from Brooklyn Times.
- Age fifty-one (born ca. 1803 or 1804) and English-born wife named in the Census of the State of New York, Brooklyn City, 1855.
- Age sixty-nine (born 1800 or 1801) in United States Census Schedules, Norfolk Co., 1870, Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Numerous references in Records of the Field Offices for the State of Virginia (1865–1872), Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Record Group 105, M1913, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C, including Thomas P. Jackson to A. S. Flagg, Sept. 21, 1865 (first quotation) and Oct. 9, 1865 (second quotation).
Political Activity
- Signature on Dec. 14, 1841, petition to House of Representatives, Records of the U. S. House of Representatives, Record Group 233, HR27A-H1.6, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
- Equal Suffrage. Address from the Colored Citizens of Norfolk, Va., to the People of the United States.&helip; (1865), 9, unnumbered final page.
- Minutes of Oct. 15 and 26, 1865, meetings of school trustees enclosed in Thomas P. Jackson to G. W. Whipple, Oct. 26, 1865, American Missionary Society Archives, Amistad Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Court Cases
- First conviction and escape in Norfolk Co. Superior Court of Law Order Book 4:369, and American Beacon, Norfolk and Portsmouth Daily Advertiser, April 18, 1829 and May 1, 1829.
- New York indictment and trial reported in Brooklyn Evening Star, November 19, 29, 1842; December 15, 1842; April 19, 1843.
- Pardon recorded in Secretary of the Commonwealth Executive Journal (1865–1867), 243, Accession 35185, Record Group 13, Library of Virginia (third quotation).
- Second conviction and imprisonment recorded in Norfolk Co. Minute Book 37:31–34, 36, 97–98, 103, 111, 116–117, and Norfolk Virginian, February 23, 25, 1871; May 16, 20, 31, 1871; July 15, 1871.
Norfolk County Chancery Causes
- Widow of James Cuffee v. William J. (alias Johnson) Hodges, 1867-011 (fourth quotation), Library of Virginia.
- Emily Hodges v. Committee of William J. Hodges, 1867-012, Library of Virginia.
- Emily Hodges v. Committee of William J. Hodges, 1867-017, Library of Virginia.
- Lewis Tucker, John Tucker and James Bright and Clotilda His Wife v. Edward Tucker, Infant Under Twenty-one Years of Age, 1874-034, Library of Virginia.
- J. S. Stubbs v. Heirs of Emily Hodges, 1877-016, Library of Virginia.
- John Q. Hodges v. Lewis Tucker et al., 1888-008, Library of Virginia.
- James Bright et al. v. William J. Hodges and John Quincy Hodges, 1888-042, Library of Virginia, containing numerous important documents, including a Sept. 1867 deposition of Hodges, giving his age as sixty-three (born 1803 or 1804), and second marriage date.
- James Bright and Clotilda Bright v. the Unknown Heirs of Jno. Q. Hodges, decd et al., 1892-019, Library of Virginia.
Obituaries
- Death notice with date of death in Norfolk Virginian, September 16, 1872 (fifth quotation).
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