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| | Black Joe Hodge |
 | | There is no dispute, however, that by 1795, when La Rochefoucault Liancourt visited Buffalo, there were already at least four houses belonging to Winney, Johnston, Lane, and Middaugh. |
 | | According to Joseph Landon, who was a member of a 1796 surveying party, Jesse Skinner and Hodge were also here. |
 | | There are also rumors that Hodge was involved in the Underground Railroad activity in Buffalo, but this isn't likely unless it was in the very early 1800s and not the more traditional Underground Railroad time frame. |
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