The Carson Family
From Washington County,
Virginia
To Rockcastle County, Kentucky
To Jellico, Tennessee
To Davie, Broward County, Florida
James Holman (Holdman, Holeman)
Born: about 1814 in Madison County, Kentucky
Died: about 1886 in Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky
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James Holman (Holdman, Holeman) was born about 1814 in
Madison County, Kentucky. He lived in the area of Brodhead and Crab Orchard, Kentucky, which are on the border of three Kentucky counties: Lincoln, Garrard, and Rockcastle. On June 4, 1835 in Garrard County, Kentucky,
James Holman was married to Martha Ramsey, the daughter of Alexander
Ramsey, by Baptist minister Benjamin Polston.
What is now Kentucky was part of Fincastle County, Virginia. In 1775, it became Kentucky County, Virginia. Kentucky became a state in 1792. Garrard County was created in December of 1796 from Madison, Lincoln, and Mercer counties. Beginning in 1779 settlers moved into this area and following the Battle of Blue Licks, large numbers arrived. (The surrender by Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown ended the War in the east, but the war continued on the frontier with the Canadians and Indians trying to drive out the Kentucky settlers. The Battle of Blue Licks in 1782 was an ambush on the Americans, including
Daniel Boone, following the siege of Bryan's Station.)
The Gilbert's Creek Baptist Church is located on Gilbert's Creek on the Lancaster and Crab Orchard Pike (Rt 39) in Garrard County. The Reverend Ben Polsten (who married James Holman and Martha Ramsey on June 4, 1835 in Garrard County, Kentucky) represented the church at one of the meetings of the South District Association of Separate Baptists.
James Holman and Martha Ramsey were in the 1840 census for Garrard County, Kentucky (Males - Under 5: one; Males - 15 thru 19: one; Males - 20 thru 29: one; Females - Under 5: two; Females - 20 thru 29: one; Slave - Female - 10 thru 23: one. On the same page was
Johnson Ramsey, the brother of the Martha Ramsey who married James Holman.
James Holman and Martha Ramsey were in the 1850 census in Lincoln County, Kentucky with their children: Mary, James, Amanda, Sally, Daniel, Thom, Mildred, and W. H.
James Holdman of Garrard County on February 26, 1857 purchased eleven and one-half acres on Drakes Creek (lot #6) from John F Sudduth and wife. (Land that Mary Ann Sudduth inherited from her father, Daniel McQuery.) (Garrard Deed Book U, page 179 -180)
James Holman and wife Martha F Holman of Garrard County on March 2, 1860 (taxes paid March 12, 1860) sold eleven and one-half acres on waters of Drakes Creek for $130 to Flavius Josephus Conn (the lot of land allotted to John F Suddith and wife for division and allotment of land of Daniel McQuerry, deceased. (Garrard County Deed Book V, page 127, #5724)
James Holman (listed as a farmer) and Martha were in the 1860 census in Garrard County, Kentucky with their children: Amanda, James, Sarah, Daniel, Thomas, M.E., William, Francis, Madison, and Samuel. A nearby neighbor was
Ancel George and his wife Mary Ramsey, the sister of Martha Ramsey.
James Holman (listed as a wagon maker and smith) and Martha were in the 1870 census in Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky with their children: Thom (listed as a hack driver), Mildred E., William (listed as a farm laborer), Francis, Madison (listed as a farm laborer and in school) and Samuel D. (listed as in school). Nearby neighbors were: their daughter, Amanda (Holman) Tatem and her family; Julia Lindsey, the future wife of Madison; and Elizabeth Melvin, future wife of Thomas.
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The Travelling Church built a wooden stockade fort known as Craig's Station along the Gilbert's Creek in Garrard County, Kentucky. Settlers comprising the Travelling Church included the families of Allen, Asher, Barrow, Rev. Joseph Bledsoe, Bowman, Buckner, Burbridge, Carr, Rev. William Cave, Toliver Craig Sr. & wife, Rev. Lewis Craig, Rev. Joseph Craig, Capt. Jeremiah Craig, Benjamin Craig, Creath, Curd, Darnably, Dedman, Dudley, Dupuy, Peter Durett, Eastin, William Ellis & family of
five, Elly, Garrard, Goodloe, Hart, Hunt, Hickerson, Hickman, Rev. William Marshall, Martin, Mitchum, Moore, Morris, Morton, Noel, James Parrish, Timothy Parrish, Payne, Pittman, Preston, Price,
Ramsey, Robinson, Rucker, Sanders, Shackelford, Shipp, Shotwell, Manoah Singleton & family, Smith, Stuart, Thompson, Waller, Walton, Ware, Watkins, Woolfolk, Woolridge, and Young.
Did some of these members remain in Garrard County when the rest of the group moved on to
Clark County, Kentucky?
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Ramsey Family
In 1781, the Reverend Lewis Craig and the members of Upper Spottsylvania Baptist Church in Virginia relocated to Kentucky. Because of Indian attacks, they were forced to temporarily stay in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia, but soon they crossed the Cumberland Gap, and took the Wilderness Road and the Skagg's Trace to Logan's Fort. They established "Craig's Station" on a little tributary of Dick's River, now known as Gilbert's Creek, in the part of Lincoln County that became Garrard County, Kentucky. There was a "Ramsey" in this group.
I believe this "Ramsey" was the Thomas Ramsey (1756-1843) who married
Martha "Patsy" Gouldman. Thomas Ramsey (1756-1843) was the father of Alexander Ramsey (1783-1867); and the grandfather of the Martha Ramsey (c1815-1886) who married James Holeman.
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1802 Taxpayers Upper District Garrard County, Kentucky
Ramsey, Thomas: 35 acres on Gilberts Creek in Garrard County
Ramsey, Thomas: 60 acres on Drakes Creek in Garrard County; one white male above 21; one white male between 16-21; three horses
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Perkins Family
Christian Perkins was born c1757 in Goochland County Virginia and died in 1836 in Garrard County, Kentucky.
* His son, John Perkins: born 1792 in Lincoln County, Kentucky; died 1883 in Preachersville, Garrard County, Kentucky; married first Tabitha Lea; and married second
Elizabeth Ramsey, daughter of Alexander Ramsey (1783-1867).
* His daughter, Sally Perkins, born c1787 in Lincoln County, Kentucky, married Thomas Reynolds on Dec 03, 1808 in Garrard County, Kentucky.
* His daughter, Polly Perkins, born 1789 in Lincoln County, Kentucky, married Chas. Reynolds.
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Kentucky Census, 1810-90
Name: Christian Perkins
State: KY
County: Lincoln County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1800
Record Type: Tax list
Database: KY Early Census Index
Source Information:
Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Kentucky Census, 1810-90 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
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1810 United States Federal Census
Name: Christian Perkins
Township: Lancaster
County: Garrard
State: Kentucky
Free White Males Under 10: 2
Free White Males 16 to 25: 1
Free White Males 45 and Over: 1
Free White Females 10 to 15: 1
Free White Females 16 to 25: 1
Free White Females 26 to 44: 1
Number of Household Members Under 16: 3
Number of Household Members Over 25: 2
Number of Household Members: 7
Source Citation: Year: 1810; Census Place: Lancaster, Garrard, Kentucky; Roll: 6; Page: 210; Family History Number: 0181351; Image: 00226.
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1830 United States Federal Census
Name: Christian Perkins
Home in 1830: , Garrard, Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 70 thru 79: 1
Slaves - Males - 10 thru 23: 4
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 4
Slaves - Females - 36 thru 54: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 3
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total Slaves: 9
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 14
Source Citation: 1830 U S Census: , Garrard, Kentucky, Page: 217; NARA Roll: M19-36; Family History Film: 0007815.
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U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872
Name: Christian Perkins
Pension Office State: Kentucky
Year range: 1820-1842
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. U.S. Pensioners, 1818-1872 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 Through 1858 From Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury, 1818-1872; (National Archives Microfilm Publication T718, 23 rolls); Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury, Record Group 217; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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George Family
Ansel George, son of James George and Nancy Rutherford, on Sep 08, 1858 in Garrard County, Kentucky married
Mary Ramsey, daughter of daughter of Alexander Ramsey (1783-1867).
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1850 Kentucky, Garrard County, Division 2, page 268 - 269
Images 131 - 133 Roll M432_201
Ancestry.Com Images 2 - 4 of 44
Enumerator: R F Yantis
Sept. 2 - 3, 1850
HH 14, Family 14, Lines 18 -23 (Family of Martha Ramsey Holman)
Alexander Ramsey age 65 male
born VA Farmer $365 Real Property
Polly "
age 55 female born KY
James "
age 27 male
" Farmer
Elizabeth "
age 28 female "
can not read/write
Polly
" age 24
female "
Alex
" age 23
male "
Farmer
HH 21, Family 22, Lines 8 - 17 (Son of Edward B. Naylor)
George T Naylor
age 41 male born VA
Farmer
Jain "
age 41 female born KY
Alex "
age 16 male
"
Allice E "
age 14 male "
Daniel "
age 11 male "
John "
age 10 male
"
Margaret "
age 8 female "
Mary E "
age 6 female "
George W "
age 4 male
"
Elizabeth S "
age 4 female "
HH 22, Family 23, Lines 18 - 19 (Family of wife of Thomas Ramsey, the brother of Martha?)
Edward B. Naylor age 72 male
born Maryland Farmer $1,000 Real Prop.
Jain
" age 71
female born VA
HH 23, Family 24, Lines 20 - 28 (Later, Ancel George married Polly Ramsey)
Janus George age 60
male born VA Farmer
$1,400 Real Prop.
Nancy "
age 56 female "
Charlott "
age 32 female "
Nancy "
age 26 female "
Elizabeth "
age 24 female "
Martha A "
age 18 female "
Ansel "
age 17 male
" Farmer
Sarah "
age 14 female "
Mary "
age 8 female "
HH 26, Family 27, Lines 4 - 5 (Brother of Martha Ramsey Holman)
Thomas Ramsey age 30 male
born KY Farmer Married within yr.
Martha J. "
age 23 female
"
"
HH 26, Family 28, Lines 6 - 10 (midwife for Madison, son of Martha Ramsey Holman?)
Jonson Doolin age 46
male born KY Hatter
cannot read/write
Mary "
age 34 female
"
"
Will "
age 14 male
Thomas "
age 11 male
Margaret E " age 9
female
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Garrard County Order Book # ?, page 12
Ordered that Alexander Ramsey be appd surveyor of the road from Gilberts Creek to Taylors Branch & that he with the hands to be allotted keep the same in repair as the law directs & it is further ordered that
Jas George late surveyor thereof allot the hands to work thereon. [Note: Ansel George, the son of James George married Mary Ramsey, the daughter of Alexander Ramsey.]
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Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
Name: Ancel George
Birth Date: 13 Sep 1833
Birth Place: Kentucky
Age: 80
Death Date: 20 Feb 1914
Death Place: Bristol, Sullivan, Tennessee
Burial Date: 21 Feb 1914
Burial Place: Lancester, KY
Gender: Male
Race: White
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: Farmer
Father's Name: James George
Father's Birth Place: Virginia
Mother's name: Mary Rutherford
Mother's Birth Place: Virginia
FHL Film Number: 1299631
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
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Elkins Family
There were two different Elkins Families in Garrard county.
The Baptist group headed by the Reverend Lewis Craig was joined in Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia by another group of settlers waiting to travel into Kentucky. (This was the group organized by
Captain Billy Bush, his extended family, and neighbors from Orange and Culpepper counties in Virginia.) Reverend Lewis Craig organized the Bush group into a Baptist Church, and the group chose the
Reverend Robert
Elkin, a Baptist preacher, as their pastor. In 1783, Reverend Lewis Craig and most of his congregation moved from Gilbert's Creek in Garrard County, Kentucky to South Elkhorn, Kentucky. Just as the Craig group was leaving Gilbert's Creek, the Bush group was arriving. (They had remained in the Abingdon area until the end of the War.) In the spring of 1784, the Bush group relocated from Gilbert's Creek to the north side of the Kentucky River. Its pioneer members settled on Howard's Creek in what is now
Clark County, Kentucky. I have found no indications that any members of the family of the Reverend Robert Elkin remained in Garrard County, Kentucky.
John Elkins and his son the Reverend Henry Elkins were in the 1830 census for
Laurel County, Kentucky. Both men were in the 1840 census for the Western Division of Madison County, Kentucky. The Reverend Henry Elkins (1799-c1870) was the father of the
Henderson Elkins who married Elizabeth Ann Tatum; and the grandfather of Matilda Elkins who married James Alexander Holeman, son of James Holeman and Martha Ramsey.
[See Old Union Church]
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Tatum Family
Samuel S Tatum (c1801-1854) was the son of John Thomas Tatum of Amelia County, Virginia. Samuel S Tatum (c1801-1854) on April 09, 1821 in Garrard County, Kentucky married
Matilda Goin. They were the parents of:
* the Elizabeth Ann Tatum who married Henderson Elkins, son of Rev Henry
Elkins.
* the William Price Tatum who married Amanda M. Holeman, daughter of
James Holeman and Martha Ramsey.
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Kennedy Family
On the Rootsweb KYGARRAR site, Kennedy family reseacher, "mkennedy2009" (Mona Kennedy), reported:
During the early settlement of Kentucky, John Kennedy and sons John Jr., Gen. Tom, Joseph, Andrew, and "Bully Dave" Kennedy came into the Madison, Lincoln county area. A little later, a half brother of John Kennedy, named James Kennedy, came into the same area. He remained in the area and is buried at Paint Lick in Garrard County, Kentucky.
On the same website, "CabinSue" posted an article that was written in the Lvl Courier-Journal and picked up by the Chicago Tribune, dated 2 Jan 1878, which began "The name of Kennedy, for half a century a power for much evil in Garrard, Lincoln, and Madison counties, has of late become so notorious..."
On the website were a series of newspaper articles outlining the misdeeds of:
* the descendants of David "Bully" Kennedy, son of the half-brother, John
Kennedy, and
* the descendants of Andrew Anderson Kennedy, son of the half-brother, James
Kennedy.
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Graham Family
Mary Graham, the daughter of Lt. John Graham, married Thomas Holman on April 19, 1792 in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Thomas Holman (c1765-1850) was the son of Isaac Holeman, died 1808. Thomas Holman (c1765-1850) and Mary Graham had a son,
Thomas Woodford Holeman (1814-1862) who in 1850 in Mercer County, Kentucky married
Sarah Bright Kennedy (1826-1902) daughter of Philip Kennedy (1790-1857) and Sarah Bright.
Note: Mercer County was created October 17, 1785 from Lincoln County, Kentucky.
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Notes from:
The Rogers Family of Paint Lick and Crab Orchard, by Lyndon N. Irwin, Ph.D
Revolutionary War Patriot Lt. John Graham of Rowan County, North Carolina and Garrard County, Kentucky
Lieutenant John Graham was born in 1742, in North Carolina. It is well documented that John lived for many years in Rowan County, North Carolina.
John Graham probably left Rowan County, North Carolina, in the mid-1780's. On October 12, 1785, John Graham and wife, Margaret, sold 318 acres on both sides of Hunting Creek in the Forks of the Yadkin River. The land being sold adjoined property owned by James Andrews, John McGuire, S.D. Brandon, and Brice Gather (Deed Book 11, page 496).
John Graham next appears in Kentucky records. He first resided in Lincoln County. One of the earliest mentions of John Graham, in Kentucky, was in a June 19, 1787, Lincoln County Court Order Book:
"John Grimes" is appointed overseer of the road from Baylor's Mill to the North Fork of Gilberts Creek, in place of Walker Baylor.
The following is a list of known children of John and Margaret Graham:
Enoch Graham
Thomas Graham
John Graham Jr.
Margaret (Peggy) Graham
Martha Graham
Mary Graham
Elizabeth Graham
The Garrard County census taken in 1810 listed John Graham. Listed were one male, age 16-26; two males 45 and up;
two females ages 16-18; and one female 45 and up. Only John was listed by name, so there is no way to determine the identity of the extra older man.
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