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Hodge's Bend Cemetery

Sugar Land, Fort Bend County

Marker Text

A veteran of "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion's South Carolina brigade during the American Revolution, Alexander Hodge (b. 1760) brought his family to Texas in 1825. Hodge was prominent among the "Old Three Hundred" settlers; his sons fought in the Texas Revolution. His 1828 land grant from Stephen F. Austin, named Hodge's Bend, included the site for this cemetery. First grave here was that of his wife Ruth, who died in 1831. Hodge was buried here in 1836. The cemetery contains about 75 graves, including those of Hodge's descendants and other early settlers in the area. The last burial here was in 1942.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description Richmond-Gaines Rd. & Voss Rd.
Marker # 9000
Dedicated 1975
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery
Latitude, Longitude Exact Lat/Lon Unknown

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