Thomas Jefferson Hodnett
Thomas Jefferson Hodnett was born on May 15, 1828, 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 in 1860. The family lived in Troup County, and Hodnett attended school there. He married Celestia Kimbrough in Harris County, Georgia, on December 6, 1850, and they had at least seven children: Martha, born around 1852; William, born around 1856; Saphronia, born around 1858; John, born around 1861; Leroy, born around 1866; Leanna, born around 1868; and Celestia, born around 1870. Hodnett enlisted in the Confederate army on May 1, 1862, and mustered in as a private in Company K of the 13th Georgia Infantry. He surrendered as part of General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, on April 9, 1865.
 
Hodnett and his family moved to Clay County, Alabama, after the war. By 1870, he was working as a farmer, and he owned $400 of real estate and $423 of personal property. He died in Clay County on May 17, 1898.
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(311)Hodnett, Thomas Jefferson1828-05-151898-05-17
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Soldier
  • Rank in: Private
  • Rank out: Private
  • Rank highest: Private
  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 8

  • (469) [writer] ~ Thomas J. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, undated
  • (470) [writer] ~ Thomas J. Hodnett to William C. Hodnett et al., 13 February 1863
  • (471) [writer] ~ Samuel G. Hodnett and Thomas J. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 14 June 1862
  • (472) [writer] ~ Thomas J. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 19 August 1862
  • (473) [writer] ~ Thomas J. Hodnett to William C. Hodnett et al., 10 December 1862
  • (474) [writer] ~ Thomas J. Hodnett to William C. Hodnett, 18 June 1863
  • (475) [writer] ~ Thomas J. Hodnett and John F. Moore to Mary E. Hodnett, 31 August 1863
  • (476) [writer] ~ Thomas J. Hodnett to Mary E. Hodnett, 10 December 1863

People - Records: 14

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

Places - Records: 2

  • (560) [birth] ~ Troup County, Georgia
  • (562) [death] ~ Clay County, Alabama

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Regiments - Records: 1

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

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Military Service Record of Thomas J. Hodnett, available from Fold3.com.