Hodge's Bend Cemetery
Sugar Land, Fort Bend County, Texas
Marker Inscription
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.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Alexander Hodge rode with Francis Marion's South Carolina brigade in the Revolution before bringing his family to Texas in 1825 as one of Stephen F. Austin's celebrated "Old Three Hundred" colonists. His 1828 land grant, Hodge's Bend, set aside the ground for this cemetery, which opened with the 1831 burial of his wife Ruth and received Hodge himself in 1836. Around seventy-five graves of his descendants and neighboring pioneers followed, the last in 1942.
Why it matters
The cemetery ties a soldier of the American Revolution directly to the founding generation of Anglo Texas, tracing the reach of the nation's first war into its westward expansion.
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Related people
- · Alexander Hodge
- · Ruth Hodge
- · Francis Marion
- · Stephen F. Austin
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