David M. Hodge was the son of Nathanel Hodge, European-American, and Nancy McKellop (Creek), who had mixed ancestry. Her parents were David McKellop, an 1810 immigrant from Scotland, and his wife Susan (Perryman) McKellop. She was the daughter of Chief Perryman and his wife.Chronicles of Oklahoma, Vol. 15, No. 2, page 168, June, 1937, The Perrymans, http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Chronicles/v015/v015p166.html Because the Creek had a matrilineal kinship system, Hodge was considered to belong to his mother's people, and through her family, he belonged to the Aktayace clan.L.C. Perryman's Diary, p. 42, http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cmamcrk4/crkst20.html According to the 1882 Creek Census, he belonged to Big Spring Tribal Town (he was listed as D.M. Hodge).1882 Creek Nation Census, Big Spring Town, page 2, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~texlance/1882census/bigspring.htm Hodge married Susan Yargee, daughter of John Yargee; one of the founders of Red Fork, OK.
