Month: December 2008

Thanks to Wayne Rhodes of the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia for bringing us the following data. Check out their website at www.jmlibrary.org.
Both of the following links are biographies taken from History of Colquitt County (GA), by Covington, W. A., (Atlanta, GA: Foote and Davies Co., 1937).
Biography of William Henry Rhodes
Biography of Emanuel William Rhoden

Thanks to Wayne Rhodes of the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia for bringing us the following data. Check out their website at www.jmlibrary.org.
General Notes: All notes on Frederick Rhodes and his descendants from:
Sherrill, William Lander, Annals of Lincoln County, North Carolina: containing interesting and authentic facts of Lincoln County history through the years 1749 to 1937 (Charlotte, N.C.: Observer Print. House, 1937), p p. 363-367.
The Rhodes family, prominent in Lincoln County since the pioneer, Frederick Rhodes, settled on Hoyle’s Creek about 1750.
The site is located at: http://rhodesfamily.org/frederick_rhodes/

Thanks to Pat Duncan for this data! (Note: she is not a Rhodes researcher). Pat writes Loudoun Co., VA references. If you have questions concerning Loudoun Co., VA records, please email Pat directly If you have questions concerning Loudoun Co., VA records, please email Pat directly at gennutldn @ msn.com.

From “Index to Loudoun Co Wills 1757-1850” by Hutchison:

Tholemiah RHODES
Book:Page O:238
Date of will: 13 Jan 1821
Received in Court: 10 Mar 1823
Anna Boley, Daughter
Samuel Rhodes, Son
Ruth Allemong, Daughter
Ruth Rhodes, alias Allemong, Daughter
Letitia Jones, Gr-Daughter
Sarah Cochran, Daughter
Randolph Rhodes, Son
Mary Jones, Daughter
Cochran, James, executor
Mary Rhodes, Gr-Daughter, daughter of John
Tholemiah Rhodes, Gr-Son, son of John
John Rhodes, Son, dec’d.
Sarah Rhodes, alias Cochran, Daughter
Anna Rhodes, alias Boley, Daughter
Eustius Howard Rhodes, Son
Mary Rhodes, alias Jones, Daughter
Adams, William, witness
Wornell, John, witness
Fulton, Mahlon, witness
Daughter Mary JONES (given Negro girl Eddy), son Randolph RHODES (Exor & given Negro boy Bill), Tholemiah RHODES (given Negro boy Daniel). Exor Samuel RHODES. $15000 bond, security Jacob SILCOT, Saml. CHINN, John H. BUTCHER & Charles RASSEL.

Thanks again Pat!

Mark Rodes, source: wife’s obituary in the Boston Advertiser 11 Nov. 1854: “RODES In Philadelphia, 5 inst., Mrs. Catherine Rodes, widow of Mark Rodes, Revolutionary soldier.”
Here is where the data can be found: Rhoades/Rhodes/Roads/Rodes?/etc that served in the American Revolution

Thanks to Philip Wayne Rhodes of the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia for bringing this to our attention. Check out their website at www.jmlibrary.org.
In the Pitt County (NC) Genealogical Quarterly, Vol. 8, no. 4 (Nov. 2001), there is an index to selected records in the North Carolina General Assembly Session Records, NC Archives, Raleigh, NC. On page 18 there is the following entry:

Nov-Dec 1808

Box 1

?Change name of William PRICE and Henry PRICE to William RHODES and Henry RHODES?

There was no county named in the item, so it would be difficult to determine exactly where these two people were located without examining the document. Is there someone near Raleigh who could check this out? It would appear to be an adoption proceeding ? but who knows?

Thanks for the heads-up Wayne!

15 May 1737 RANDOLPH RHODES married MARY BRISTOW (widow of NICHOLAS BRISTOW), in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co., Virginia. (Parish Register, p. 169).

15 Mar. 1738 THOLOMIAH, son of RANDOLPH and MARY (GARDNER/BRISTOW) RHODES, was born; baptized 2 April 1738; in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co., Virginia. (Parish Register, p. 147).

18 Feb. 1739/40 RANDOLPH, son of RANDOLPH and MARY (GARDNER/BRISTOW) RHODES, was born in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co., Virginia. (Parish Register, p. 150).

16 June 1743 ANN, daughter of RANDOLPH and MARY (GARDNER/BRISTOW) RHODES, was born in Christ Church Parish, Middlesex Co., Virginia. (Parish Register, p. 155).

4 Apr. 1749 Middlesex Co., Virginia (Will Book D, 1748-1760):
(p. 47) Henry Johnson, guardian to Sarah Rhodes, orphan of RANDOLPH RHODES. Wit: Thomas Price.

Thanks to Wayne Rhodes of the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia for bringing us the following data. Check out their website at www.jmlibrary.org.

Below comes from the page: http://www.rhodesfamily.org/bio_george_a_rhoades.php, Biography and Census Record of George A. Rhoades

1900 Census, OKLAHOMA, Osage Nation, T-623, Roll 1344, p. 174
Dwelling 641, Family 651

John E. Rhodes, born Feb 1845, age 55, married 33 years, farmer, born Missouri, parents born Kentucky
Sarah E. Rhodes, wife, born May 1849, age 51, eight children, six
children living, born Missouri, parents born Kentucky
William E. Rhodes, son, born Nov 1867, age 32, farmer, born Kansas
Katherine Rhodes, daughter, born Nov 1878, age 21, born Kansas
George A. Rhodes, son, born Apr 1881, age 19, farm laborer, born Kansas
Bertie F. Rhodes, son, born Feb 1884, age 16, farm laborer, born Kansas
Luna M. Rhodes, daughter, born Feb 1884, age 16, born Kansas

For more data go to the aforementioned link.

The site is called “American Journeys”. A great tool for early American history. A John Rhodes is mentioned on page 71 of “An Account of Two Voyages to New-England, Made during the Years 1638, 1663”, by John Josselyn, (1630-1675)

Here is its link:
http://www.americanjourneys.org

http://rhodesfamily.org/bio_daniel_rhoads.php

The following is a quote from the biography: “a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, and born November 8, 1839, is the son of Benneville and Mary Rhoads, who for years made their home in the Buckeye State. The father and mother were both natives of Buck County, Pa., and were descendants of lines of sturdy ancestors who from the early settlement of the United States”.
To read the article in its entirety go here:
http://rhodesfamily.org/bio_daniel_rhoads.php

Thanks to Wayne Rhodes of the Jones Memorial Library in Lynchburg, Virginia for bringing us the following data. Check out their website at www.jmlibrary.org.
A new page, the name says it all “Rhodes/Roads Marriage Records of Duplin County North Carolina”, its at http://rhodesfamily.org/rhodes_duplin_nc.php

All the best, Carl