George Troup Hodnett was born on August 5, 1826, in Georgia to William Collier Hodnett and Caroline Finley. His father was a farmer who owned at least $6,000 of real estate and $8,000 of personal property by 1860. Hodnett married Mary Jane Moore in Troup County on November 15, 1846, and they had at least eight children: Mary, born around 1848; William, born around 1849; George, born around 1851; John, born around 1856; Isabelle, born around 1858; Thomas, born around 1858; James, born around 1859; and Henry, born around 1862. The family lived in Troup County, and Hodnett worked as a farmer. By 1860, he owned $3,000 of real estate and $3,000 of personal property. He enlisted in the Confederate army on February 28, 1863, and mustered in as a private in Company K of the 13th Georgia Infantry later that day. He died at Hamilton’s Crossing, Virginia, on April 8, 1863.