William Henry Harrison Hodnett
William Henry Harrison Hodnett was born on October 11, 1844, in 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. The family lived in Troup County, Georgia, and Hodnett attended school there. He enlisted in the Confederate army on November 18, 1862, and mustered in as a private in Company K of the 13th Georgia Infantry later that day. He surrendered with General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865, at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. Hodnett worked as a farmer after the war. He married Amanda Roberts in Troup County on February 1, 1876, and their daughter Sallie was born around 1880. He remained in Troup County for the rest of his life, and he died there on September 9, 1914.
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(309)Hodnett, William Henry Harrison1844-10-111914-09-09
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 6

  • (465) [recipient] ~ John W. Hodnett to William H. H. Hodnett, 28 July 1862,
  • (473) [recipient] ~ Thomas J. Hodnett to William C. Hodnett et al., 10 December 1862
  • (477) [writer] ~ William H. H. Hodnett to William C. Hodnett, 23 May 1863
  • (479) [writer] ~ William H. H. Hodnett and Samuel G. Hodnett to Robert R. Hodnett, undated
  • (481) [writer] ~ William H. H. Hodnett to William C. Hodnett, 31 July 1863
  • (490) [writer] ~ William H. H. Hodnett to William C. Hodnett et al., 13 February 1863

People - Records: 14

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

Places - Records: 2

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

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Regiments - Records: 1

  • (2) [enlisted] [K] ~ 13th Georgia Infantry
SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1880, 1900, and 1910 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865, available from Ancestry.com; Georgia Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1828-1978, available from Ancestry.com.