Benjamin Franklin Hodnett
Benjamin Franklin Hodnett was born around 1830 in Troup County, Georgia, to William Hodnett and Caroline Finley. His father was a farmer who owned $6,000 of real estate and $8,000 of personal property. He married Sarah Jane Taylor, and they had at least six children: William, born around 1859; Lula, born around 1862; Julia, born around 1865; Carolina, born around 1867; Robert, born around 1870; and Thomas, born around 1874. Hodnett enlisted in the Confederate army on April 30, 1862, and mustered in as a private in Company G of the 53rd Georgia Infantry on May 12, 1862. He was wounded in the hand and thigh on July 2, 1863, at the Battle of Gettysburg, and he mustered out on November 15, 1864.
 
Hodnett returned to Troup County, Georgia, after the war. By 1870, he was working as a physician, and he owned $2,000 of real estate and $600 of personal property. The family moved to Coweta County, Georgia, sometime in the 1870s. He remained there for the rest of his life, dying on November 28, 1912.
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(307)Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin18301912-11-28
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 5

  • (444) [recipient] ~ John W. Hodnett to Benjamin F. Hodnett, 23 July 1861
  • (450) [recipient] ~ John W. Hodnett to Benjamin F. Hodnett, 8 October 1861
  • (452) [recipient] ~ John W. Hodnett to Benjamin F. Hodnett, 15 February 1862
  • (485) [writer] ~ Benjamin F. Hodnett to William C. Hodnett et al., 19 March 1863
  • (486) [recipient] ~ Unknown to Benjamin F. Hodnett, 1 September 1861

People - Records: 14

  • (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin is the [cousin of] (306) Hodnett, Henry H.
  • (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin is the [sibling of] (308) Hodnett, Samuel G.
  • (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin is the [sibling of] (309) Hodnett, William Henry Harrison
  • (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin is the [sibling of] (311) Hodnett, Thomas Jefferson
  • (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin is the [sibling of] (314) Hodnett, Robert Ridley
  • (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin is the [sibling of] (315) Hodnett, George Troup
  • (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin is the [sibling of] (316) Stephens, Susan
  • (304) Hodnett, John W. is the [sibling of] (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin
  • (305) Hodnett, Mary Elizabeth is the [sibling of] (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin
  • (312) Hodnett, William Collier is the [parent of] (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin
  • (313) Hodnett, Caroline is the [parent of] (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin
  • (317) Stephens, William Anderson is the [sibling-in-law of] (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin
  • (319) Hodnett, John Alexander is the [cousin of] (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin
  • (4236) Moore, John F. is the [sibling-in-law of] (307) Hodnett, Benjamin Franklin

Places - Records: 2

  • (560) [birth] ~ Troup County, Georgia
  • (563) [death] ~ Coweta County, Georgia

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com.