About Us

In October 2010, the Alexander Hodge Chapter NSDAR organized with 18 members who chose its name because Hodge is the only veteran of the American Revolution who settled and is buried in Fort Bend County.

Alexander Hodge was born in Pennsylvania in 1760 and eventually moved to South Carolina. When he was 18, Hodge volunteered to serve the cause of American independence with the “Swamp Fox,” Francis Marion’s South Carolina Brigade. Alexander Hodge later moved his family to Arkansas where he met and befriended Stephen F. Austin, the father of Texas.

Hodge moved his family to Texas in 1825, where he was prominent among the “Old Three Hundred” settlers. He received a land grant in 1828 from Stephen F. Austin, named Hodge’s Bend. Hodge’s Bend Cemetery is currently the resting place for Hodge and many of his descendants, and remains a historical site in Sugar Land. The first grave in Hodge’s Bend Cemetery was that of his wife, Ruth, who died in 1831. Alexander Hodge was buried in the cemetery in 1836. Alexander Hodge Chapter members visit his grave annually to honor our namesake.

Our meetings include fellowship time and a featured speaker or program related to education, conservation, citizenship, patriotism, and veterans. We conduct various projects throughout the year to support Fort Bend County and Houston-area veterans and the needy of our community. Many of our members work full or part time and are active in other service and volunteer organizations in our community.

Our Chapter Projects Include:

• Providing a cash award for a local high school student to apply towards college expenses.
• Donating Christmas gifts to veterans at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Hospital in Houston.
• Donating Christmas gifts to guests at the Michael E. DeBakey Fisher House.
• Sending care packages to active duty veterans in foreign countries.
• Presenting five Junior ROTC awards at local high schools.
• Participating in the Good Citizens contest for high school seniors at nine high schools.
• Book donations to the National DAR library.
• Support of the State Regent's project.
• Support of the DAR President's project.
• Collecting canned food for a local food pantry.
• Collecting Wish List items for the Michael E. DeBakey Fisher House in Houston.
• Sewing neck pillows for soldiers flying overseas.
• Donating fleece blankets to veterans at the Houston VA hospital.