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James Holman (Holdman, Holeman)
Born: about 1814 in Madison County, Kentucky
Died: about 1886 in Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky

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. (At one time part of Garrard County was the western part of Madison County.)

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.

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I have been unable to find the parents of James Holman (born about 1814 in Madison County, Kentucky) in or around Madison County. The Holeman/Holman Newsletter shows just one Holman family in Madison County - Joseph Holeman, a son of Thomas Holeman of Wilkes County, North Carolina (d. ca 1798).

Also, I have been unable to find the parents of James Holman (born about 1814 in Madison County, Kentucky) among the Holmans in the Kentucky counties to the west: Woodford and Hardin.

There is a Holman in the one of the counties to the east - Estill County. Estill County, Kentucky was formed in 1808 from land given by Clark and Madison counties.

Bourbon County was established in 1785 from a portion of Fayette County, Virginia. "Old Bourbon" was much larger area than present-day Bourbon County. Whiskey was an early product of the area, and whiskey barrels from the area were shipped downriver from the port on the Ohio River originally known as "The Point" or Limestone, and now Maysville. The port was in old Bourbon County until the borders were redrawn in 1789 when it became part of the Mason County of Virginia, and it is now in Mason County, Kentucky.

Mason County, Kentucky was partitioned from Bourbon County, and is eighth in order of formation. At its formation, Mason County included one-fourth of the territory of Kentucky in that part of the state east of the Licking River. Nineteen counties were later carved from the huge swath of geography that ran from what is now Campbell County at the northernmost point of the state, all the way to Pike County on the Virginia border. Brown County, Ohio is across the Ohio River from Mason County, Kentucky.

THE OLD MAYSVILLE ROAD by Samuel M Wilson (The Ohio Historical Society, Vol. 18, Page 443) discusses transportation from the Atlantic states to this area of the Ohio River valley:
"The opening of Zane's Trace from Wheeling, in Western Virginia, through Southeastern Ohio to Limestone or Maysville on the Kentucky shore of the Ohio, was expressly authorized by an Act of Congress which became a law on the 17th of May, 1796. Its route lay through Zanesville, Lancaster, Chillicothe, and Aberdeen, Ohio, while its termini were Wheeling in Virginia and Limestone in Kentucky. Besides furnishing better and more dependable facilities for the transmission of the mails, Zane's trace was designed primarily to afford a landward route of travel from Kentucky to Pennsylvania, Maryland, and the other middle and north Atlantic States. Prior to the construction of this pioneer pathway, the principal avenue for travel to and from Kentucky was Boone's Blazed Trail through Cumberland Gap, later known as the Wilderness Road, and still later as the Wilderness Turnpike Road, while the water route by way of the Ohio, with the cessation of Indian warfare, was daily growing in importance. Added to the dangers from attacks of hostile Indians, there was throughout much of the year an embarrassing uncertainty in the stage of the water in the Ohio, the upstream journey was a serious undertaking at best, and then as now the travel up and down the river was seriously impeded by protracted droughts in the summer time, which made navigation difficult and sometimes impossible.
The pioneer road which connected Maysville and Lexington followed in a general sort of way the old buffalo trail which led into the interior from or near the mouth of Limestone Creek on the Ohio River, across the Licking, at or near the Lower Blue Licks, and thence crossing North Elkhorn Creek at a point afterwards known as Bryan's Station, on through Lexington, to the Kentucky River and beyond. Maysville. although incorporated as a town by that name in 1787, was, until after 1800, generally known as "Limestone", and in the region immediately around the town, was often called "The Point". The old wagon road, which followed more or less closely the buffalo trail above mentioned from Limestone to Lexington, was frequently spoken of in 1784-1785, as "Smith's Wagon Road" because in the summer of 1783 and earlier, one Smith of Lexington was the first that traveled it with a wagon.
There can be little doubt that the Indians and their British-Canadian allies and leaders, who attacked the Fort at Boonesboro and laid siege to Bryan Station and triumphed in the bloody disaster at the Blue Licks, followed, to some extent, at least, this primitive roadway."

Clark County was created 1792 from Bourbon and Fayette Counties Kentucky when Kentucky became a separate state.

Many pioneers traveled through nearby Fort Boonesborough (alternatively known as Fort Boonesboro) in Madison County, Kentucky, before establishing permanent settlements in Clark County. Among the early settlers was a group of forty Baptist families led by Capt. William Bush, who settled on Lower Howard's Creek in 1775.

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William Bush (born June 26, 1746 in St. Thomas Parish, Orange County, Virginia; died July 26, 1815 in Clark County, Kentucky) founded the Bush Settlement on Lower Howard's Creek in what is now Clark County, Kentucky. He was the son of Philip Bush and Mary Bryan.

William Bush, known as Captain Billy Bush, was part of the group of frontiersmen that Daniel Boone recruited to blaze the trail through Cumberland Gap. On March 10th, 1775, Daniel Boone, left Long Island (Virginia) with a party of thirty riflemen to seek out and mark the proposed Trace. The group included Squire Boone, Michael Stoner, William Bush, and Benjamin Cutberth.

Captain Billy Bush then persuaded forty families of Orange and Culpepper counties in Virginia (his brothers Josiah, Philip Jr., Ambrose, Francis, and sister Mary) to form a colony in Kentucky. They reached the frontier fort at the Holston River in December 1780, and learned that because of Indian attacks it was not safe to go further. They remained at the fort for three years, during which time other families planning to go to Kentucky joined them. Reverend Lewis Craig (of the Traveling Church) organized the group into a Baptist Church, and the group chose the Reverend Robert Elkin, a Baptist preacher, as their pastor.

On September 1, 1783, the colony again started on their journey on the Wilderness Road. The colony reached Craig's station, near what is now Lancaster, Lincoln County, Kentucky where they again tarried until the fall of 1784. Here they separated: some of them going to the southwestern part of Kentucky; and the majority of them to the north side of the Kentucky River to the land located by Captain Billy Bush. (He avoided the legal problems with the Transylvania Company by claiming land just outside the border of the land the company purchased from the Indians.)

The congregation held their first official service in the cabin of Captain Billy Bush. About 1793, they built a stone church building which became known as "The Old Stone Church". Later, the church became known as Providence Church and it is of the Baptist denomination. Reverend Robert Elkin is thought to be buried there.

The records of Providence Church state "A company of Baptists came from the older parts of Virginia to Holston River, in December 1780 . . . Robert Elkin minister and John Vivian elder, and in January, 1781, they, with other Baptists, formed themselves into a body, in order to carry on church discipline and in September the 28th, 1781, became constituted by Lewis Craig and John Vivian, with the members, to witness (followed by a list of 42 names). The church remained in the Holston colony until the 1st day of September 1783, when the principal part of the members moved to Kentucky, carrying their church constitution with them. They settled on Howard's Creek, near Boonesboro, Kentucky and held services.

William Bush (1746-1815) in 1778 in Orange County, Virginia married Frances Tandy Burris (born 1762 in Orange County, Virginia, and died 1828 in Clark County Kentucky).

William Bush (1746-1815) and Frances Tandy Burris (1762-1828) had a daughter, Cynthia A Bush (1791-1870) who in 1833 married second Zachariah Elkin (1769-1848), the son of Reverend Robert Elkin (c1745-1822) and his wife Sarah Reardon (1750-1820).

[See Rev Robert Elkins of Clark County, Kentucky]

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Frances Tandy Burris (1762-1828) was the daughter of Thomas Burris and Frances Tandy, and the grand daughter of Roger Tandy (1690-1757) and his wife Sarah. Roger Tandy (1690-1757) was the first cousin of Tandy H Holeman (1695-1735). Capt Tandy Holeman (c1756-1836) was the son of William Holeman (1725-1796) and Susannah Thompson, and the grandson of Tandy H Holeman (1695-1735) and Mary Wagstaff.

Capt Tandy Holeman
son of William Holeman (born 1725 in York County, Virginia) and Susannah Thompson
grandson of Tandy H Holeman (born 1695 in Tidewater, York County, Virginia) and Mary Wagstaff.

Capt Tandy Holeman:
born: Abt. 1756 in Caroline County, Virginia
married first: Eleanor Ann Bradley in 1784 in Virginia
married second: Elizabeth Abney on Sep 30, 1786 in Amherst County, Virginia
married third: Elizabeth "Betsy" Stevenson in Sept 1820 in Clark County, Kentucky
died: Jul 24, 1836 in Clark County, Kentucky in the home of his daughter, Mary (Holman) Richardson.
his widow, Elizabeth "Betsy" Stevenson, received his pension from Feb 3, 1853 to Sept 1859

Three of the children of Capt Tandy Holeman married children of Nathan Ayres (born 1752 in Albemarle County, Virginia) and Mary Christian Leake:
* William Holeman (born 1785) married Jane "Jean" Ayres on Sept 23, 1807
* Jessie Bradley Holeman (born Dec 26, 1786 in Goochland County, Virginia) married Martha "Patsy" Ayres on Oct 18, 1808 in Buckingham County, Virginia
* Eleanor Tandy Holeman (born Jan 07, 1798 in Virginia) married Peter Leake Ayres

Also, Judith Ayres, the daughter of Nathan Ayres and Mary Christian Leake, married Moses R Spencer and they had a daughter, Judith Hales Spencer, who married Tandy Holeman (born 1808) [the son of William Holeman (born 1785), and the grandson of Capt Tandy Holeman].

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[Question: Some Holman family researchers believe that William Holeman (born 1785) also married Nancy Anne Witt. Is this correct?]

[See Holman in "old" Virginia]

Harry Stuart Holman, the author of "The Holmans of Virginia" identified his ancestors on-line as:

The Holman DNA Project: Patriarchs
Tandy Holman m. Mary Wagstaff d 1734 Caroline Co., VA
Capt. William Holman, Gent. b c1725 d 1796 m Susannah Thompson
Capt. Tandy Holman b c1756 Caroline Co., VA. m Ann Bradley
William Holman b 1785 Goochland Co. m Jane Ayres
Tandy Holman b 1808 d 1879 m Judith Hales Spencer
Wilhelmina Ann "Willie Ann" Holman b 1841 d 1918 m William Powell Hooper
John Holman Hooper b 1871 d 1947 m Nannie Henry Hooper
Annie Melville Hooper b 1896 d 1975 m George Harrison Nashold
William Holman b 1817 Buckingham Co., VA m2 F. Wortley Smith
Henry Smith Holman b 1873 m Eleanor Hooper
William Powell Holman b 1903 Cartersville, VA. m Juanita V. Wink

[See William Holeman in Estill County, Kentucky]

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Capt Tandy Holeman in the census records:

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* Tandy Holeman was on the 1800 tax list for Clark County, Kentucky.

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* Tandy Holeman was in the 1810 census for Estill County, Kentucky. (White Persons - Males - 45 and over: one)
[Other persons listed on the same page: ??pey King, Major King, Zachariah King, Joseph King, John Barns, Thomas Barnes, Brinkley Barnes, and David Cook.]

[Note: Madison County Marriages 1786 - 1822, Page 41 "Holman, John and King, Kiziah, bond date 20 May 1820, bondsman Major King, Consent bride’s father Major King."]

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* Jandy Holeman in the 1830 United States Federal Census
Name: Jandy Holeman
[Tandy Holeman ]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Clark , Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - 70 thru 79: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 2
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 2

On same page
Surname     Given Name     Total Free White Persons     Total Slaves

Clawson Richard                                     5                             X
Campbell William                                    2                             3
Combs Sophia                                          9                             1
Crow John                                               6                             4
Faris John                                                 9                            X
Richardsa Wesley                                     3                            X
Holeman Jandy                                         2                            X
Dunnaway David                                      7                             X
Dunnaway Benjamin                                4                             X

Source Citation
1830; Census Place: Clark, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 35; Page: 78; Family History Library Film: 0007814
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Where was Capt Tandy Holeman in 1820?

* Tandy Holeman was in the 1820 census for Robb Twp, Posey County, Indiana. (Males - 16 thru 25: one; Males - 45 and over: two; Females - 16 thru 25: one)
[Other persons listed on the same page: Wm Crathee; John Crabtree; John Cox, Senior; John Cox, Junior; John Roberts; Thomas Almon, Senior; and Thomas Almon, Junior.]

[Question: Is this both Capt Tandy Holeman and his son, Tandy Holeman (1784-aft 1850)?]
[Note: Tandy Holeman, Jr. (1784-aft 1850) married Elizabeth Allmon on Apr 20, 1820 in Posey County, Indiana.]

Posey County, Indiana was formed September 1814 from parts of Gibson and Vanderburgh counties.
Posey county is located in the southwest corner of the State of Indiana where the Ohio and Wabash rivers meet.
Robb Township was organized in 1817. The township was named for the Robb family of pioneer settlers.

Notes from the Posey County, Indiana Genealogy Trails website:

"The Aldridge family came in 1810 from North Carolina. The father was John Aldridge, who was a blacksmith, and the sons were Samuel, Elijah, Reuben, Henry, William and Aaron. The Todd family, also, came from North Carolina, their native town being Charlottesville. The original members of the family in Black township were William and Hugh. Other families who settled in the township before the battle of Tippecanoe were the Rowes, Dunns, Jeffries and the Andrews, Nestlers, Ashworths, Frenches, Bacons, Kennedys, the Burlisons, Joseph Holleman, Thomas Russell and George Harshman, who located in what is known as Prairie Settlement."

"John Waller took land in Bethel township in 1807, James Farris in 1808, and John McQuidy and Mathias Mounts in 1811."

"On September 25, 1815, a colony of forty-four persons from Cynthiana, Kentucky, located in Robb township, about a mile from Poseyville, near the Sulphur Springs. There are many pioneers on the list of those coming into the county previous to or shortly after 1820 that are not found on the land lists."

[Note: Cynthiana, Kentucky is in Harrison County, Kentucky, and is located roughly halfway between Cincinnati, Ohio and Lexington, Kentucky. Harrison County was created in 1793 from Bourbon and Scott Counties.]

* Willis Richardson in the 1820 United States Federal Census [married 1809 in Clark County Mary Holeman. daughter of Capt Tandy Holeman]
Name: Willis Richardson
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Clark , Kentucky
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 3
Free White Persons - Under 16: 5
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 7

On same page:
William Martin                 Clark Kentucky
Rachel Bush                     Clark Kentucky
Hudson Martin                 Clark Kentucky
John Martin Junior            Clark Kentucky
George Osburne                Clark Kentucky
John Harty                         Clark Kentucky
Paten Richardson               Clark Kentucky
Benjamin Dunaway            Clark Kentucky
George Williams Junior     Clark Kentucky
Daniel Crow                       Clark Kentucky
Zackariah Bush                 Clark Kentucky
Jeremiah King                    Clark Kentucky
David Crow                        Clark Kentucky
John Crow Senior               Clark Kentucky
John Crow Junior               Clark Kentucky
John Abner                         Clark Kentucky
Willis Richardson               Clark Kentucky

Source Citation
1820 U S Census; Census Place: Clark, Kentucky; Page: 78; NARA Roll: M33_19; Image: 74

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The children of William Holeman (born 1725 in York County, Virginia) and Susannah Thompson:

* Mary L Holeman, born 1742 in Caroline County, Virginia.

* Susanna "Anna" Holeman, born abt 1750 in Caroline County, Virginia. Married John Britt on May 23, 1770 in Goochland County, Virginia.
** Their son, Obediah Britt, married Elizabeth Holeman, daughter of John Holeman and Susannah Yancey.
** Their daughter, Anna Britt, married Thomas P Holeman, son of John Holeman and Susannah Yancey.

* William Holeman, born 1751 in Caroline County, Virginia.

* Capt Tandy Holeman, born Abt. 1756 in Caroline County, Virginia. (see above)

* John Holeman, born Abt. 1758 in Virginia.

* Elizabeth Holeman, born Abt. 1762 in Goochland County, Virginia first married John Wilmerton in 1793 and second married John Chambers Abt. 1807 in Goochland County, Virginia.

* George Holeman, born August 31, 1766 in Goochland County, Virginia. Married Mary Jordan Payne:
** Mary Jordan Payne was the daughter of Robert Burton Payne and Margaret S Morton.
** Robert Burton Payne was the son of George Payne and Judith Burton.
** Judith Burton (born Abt 1731) was the daughter of Robert Burton (1687-1748) and Priscilla Farrar.
** Judith Burton (born Abt 1731) was the sister of Elizabeth Burton (born 1738) who married John Holman (born Dec 25, 1736 in Goochland Co., Virginia; died Abt. 1837 in Hempstead Co., Arkansas. John Holman was grandson of Capt. James Holman of Henrico Co., Virginia.)
** Time line for John Holman (1736-1837):
c. 1778 After the Revolution, he continued to live in Goochland County, Virginia for another year
c. 1779-1780 then moved to North Carolina for two or three years
c. 1783-1784 then to Crab Orchard, Lincoln County, Kentucky, where he raised two crops
c. 1785-1792 thence further down in Kentucky, within six or eight miles of Bairdstown, Nelson County, Kentucky where he resided about seven years
c. 1793-1805 thence twenty miles further on to a place called Rough Creek, Hardin County, Kentucky where he resided about twelve years
c. 1806-1814 thence lower down to Hartford, Ohio County, Kentucky where he lived for eight years
c. 1815-1826 then crossed the Mississippi River to Saint Michaels Township, Madison County, Missouri, where he lived for twelve years
c. 1826 to Hempstead County, Arkansas

* Sarah Holeman, born 1769 in Goochland Co., Virginia married first cousin George Holeman (born Apr 17, 1773 in Cumberland Co., Virginia) the son of John Holeman and Susannah Yancey.

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Descendant Report for William Holeman (1725-1796) and Susannah Thompson (1727-1817 )

1 William Holeman b: 1725 in York County, Virginia, d: Dec 1796 in Goochland County, Virginia; St. James Parish
        + Susannah Thompson b: 1727 in York County, Virginia, d: 1817 in Goochland County, Virginia

.....2 Mary L Holeman b: 1742 in Caroline County, Virginia, d: 1827
        + James Austin

.....2 Susannah Holeman b: Abt. 1750 in Caroline County, Virginia, d: 1817
        + John Britt b: 1749 in Goochland County, Virginia, m: May 23, 1770 in Goochland County,
           Virginia, d: Sep 18, 1797 in Goochland County, Virginia
..........3 Obediah Britt b: Oct 19, 1783 in Goochland County, Virginia
             + Elizabeth Holeman b: 1786 in Virginia, m: Sep 16, 1806 in Cumberland County, Virginia
..........3 Anna "Ann" Britt b: Sep 05, 1789 in Goochland County, Virginia, d: 1841 in Wilson County, Tennessee
             + Thomas P Holeman b: Jan 17, 1780 in Cumberland County, Virginia, m: Jun 24, 1802 in Virginia, d: Jan 20, 1851 in Wilson County, Tennessee
...............4 Caldonia Holeman d: 1850
                  + German Gibson
...............4 John B Holeman b: 1804
...............4 Susannah T Holeman b: 1805 in Buckingham County, Virginia
...............4 German Yancy Holeman b: Feb 10, 1807
...............4 Robert M Holeman b: Jun 08, 1809, d: Jul 23, 1844 in Wilson County, Tennessee
                 + Elizabeth Ann Jackson b: 1814 in Virginia, d: Abt. 1850 in Wilson County, Tennessee
....................5 William Henry Holeman
....................5 James H Holeman
....................5 John B Holeman
...............4 William S Holeman b: May 26, 1811 in Wilson County, Tennessee, d: Apr 25, 1864 in Wilson County, Tennessee
                  + Sophia Ann Robb b: 1816 in Tennessee
....................5 Mary C Holeman b: 1841 in Tennessee
....................5 Marcia Holeman b: Aug 20, 1844 in Wilson County, Tennessee, d: Nov 03, 1895 in Wilson County, Tennessee
                      + Hugh Alexander Chambers
....................5 William R Holeman b: Oct 09, 1846 in Wilson County, Tennessee, d: Aug 01, 1867 in Wilson County, Tennessee
....................5 Sarah C Holeman b: 1849 in Tennessee
                 + Mary J Owen b: 1824 in Tennessee, m: Jan 03, 1856 in Wilson County, Tennessee
...............4 Thomas J Holeman b: Jun 30, 1815, d: Jun 17, 1850 in Wilson County, Tennessee
...............4 Mary C Holeman b: 1818 in Wilson County, Tennessee, d: Bef. 1850
                 + Jeremiah "Jerry" H Allen b: Abt. 1808 in Wilson Co., TN, m: Wilson County, Tennessee, d: Wilson Co., TN
....................5 Susan H Allen b: Sep 19, 1840 in Lebanon, Wilson County, TN, d: Jan 01, 1907 in Wilson Co, Tennessee
                       + John M Hill b: Aug 26, 1836 in Near Nashville, Tennessee, m: Sep 16, 1858 in Wilson Co., TN; d: Jul 31, 1904 in Wilson Co., TN

.....2 William Holeman b: 1751 in Caroline County, Virginia

.....2 Capt Tandy Holeman b: Abt. 1756 in Caroline County, Virginia, d: Jul 24, 1836 in Clark County, Kentucky
        + Eleanor Ann Bradley b: Abt. 1756 in Charles City, Charles, Virginia, m: 1784 in Virginia, d: Abt. 1785 in Virginia (first wife)
..........3 William Holeman b: 1785
             + Jane "Jean" Ayres b: May 14, 1791 in Buckingham County, Virginia, m: Sep 23, 1807, d: July 03, 1832 in Buckingham County, Virginia
...............4 Tandy Holeman b: 1808, d: 1879
                  + Judith Hales Spencer
....................5 Wilhelmina Ann "Willie Ann" Holeman b: 1841, d: 1918
                       + William Powell Hooper
.........................6 John Holman Hooper b: 1871, d: 1947
...............4 William Holeman b: 1817 in Buckingham County, Virginia, d: 1891
                  + F. Wortley Smith
....................5 Henry Smith Holeman b: 1873
                      + Eleanor Hooper
.........................6 William Powell Holeman b: 1903 in Cartersville, Virginia
...............4 Elizabeth Hales Holeman d: 1841
                  + Ambrose Ford
      + Elizabeth Abney b: 1769, m: Sep 30, 1786 in Amherst County, Virginia, d: 1805 (second wife)
..........3 Tandy Holeman b: in Virginia, d: Aft. 1850
             + Laura Parker b: 1804 in North Carolina, m: Jan 04, 1825 in Posey County, Indiana
...............4 Joseph Holeman b: 1828 in Indiana
...............4 Rachel Holeman b: 1836 in Indiana
...............4 Anne M Holeman b: 1838 in Indiana
...............4 John W Holeman b: 1841 in Indiana
...............4 Samuel S Holeman b: 1845 in Indiana, d: Nov 30, 1928
                  + Elizabeth Hadlock b: Oct 23, 1832 in Ohio, d: Apr 24, 1923 in Woodford County, Illinois; Cazenovia Twp
             + Elizabeth Allmon m: Apr 20, 1820 in Posey County, Indiana
..........3 Jessie Bradley Holeman b: Dec 26, 1786 in Goochland County, Virginia, d: Jun 08, 1839 in Buckingham Co., Virginia
             + Martha "Patsy" Ayres b: Aug 11, 1793 in Buckingham Co., VA, m: Oct 18, 1808 in Buckingham Co., VA, d: Feb 24, 1837 in Buckingham Co., VA
...............4 William T Holeman b: Apr 12, 1816, d: May 24, 1816
...............4 Samuel Daniel Holeman b: Jan 31, 1828 in Buckingham County, Virginia; Whitehall, d: July 23, 1905 in Buckingham County, Virginia; Whitehall
                  + Mary Catherine Meador b: 1831 in Cumberland Co., VA; m: 1853 in Buckingham Co., VA; d: Feb 26, 1861 in Whitehall, Buckingham, Virginia
...............4 John Thompson Holeman
                  + Martha Chambers
..........3 John Thompson Holeman b: 1787 in Albemarle County, Virginia, d: Aug 11, 1842 in Fayette County, Texas; Holman Valley
             + Dorothy Wash b: 1787, m: Apr 03, 1815 in Albemarle County, Virginia, d: 1837
...............4 George Tandy Holeman b: 1816, d: 1865
...............4 John Thompson Holeman b: 1818, d: 1901
...............4 William J Holeman b: 1824, d: 1846
...............4 Edward Livingston Holeman b: 1826, d: 1846
...............4 Henry Clay Holeman b: 1828, d: 1846
..........3 Susannah Thompson Holeman b: 1791, d: 1824
..........3 Eleanor Tandy Holeman b: Jan 07, 1798 in Virginia, d: Sep 04, 1835 in Highland County, Ohio; Hillsboro
            + Peter Leake Ayres b: Feb 04, 1789 in Buckingham County, Virginia, d: Dec 01, 1849 in Highland County, Ohio
..........3 Hartwell Holeman d: Bef. 1857
..........3 Mary Holeman d: Bef. 1857
            + Willis Richardson
...............4 Solomon Richardson
...............4 Sarah Richardson
                  + Bacon
...............4 Tandy Richardson
       + Elizabeth "Betsy" Stevenson b: 1780, m: Sep 1820 in Clark County, Kentucky, d: 1859 (third wife)

.....2 John Holeman b: 1758

.....2 Elizabeth Holeman b: 1762 in Goochland County, Virginia; St. James Parish
       + John Wilmerton m: Feb 15, 1793 in Goochland County, Virginia
       + John Chambers m: Abt. 1807 in Goochland County, Virginia

.....2 George Holeman b: Aug 31, 1766 in Goochland County, Virginia; St James Parish, d: May 24, 1854 in Fluvanna County, Virginia
       + Mary Jordan Payne b: Aug 21, 1780 in Virginia
..........3 George Payne Holeman b: Abt. 1810 in Fluvanna County, Virginia

.....2 Sarah Holeman b: Jul 07, 1769 in Goochland County, Virginia, d: Dec 19, 1849 in Buckingham County, Virginia
       + George Holeman b: Apr 17, 1773 in Cumberland Co., VA; m: Dec 04, 1800 in Virginia, d: Feb 07, 1840 in Cumberland Co., VA
..........3 Elizabeth W Holeman b: 1801
..........3 William T Holeman b: Oct 01, 1803 in Cumberland County, Virginia, d: Abt. 1851 in Virginia
             + Sarah L. Sanders b: 1794, m: Jan 14, 1828 in Virginia, d: 1848 in Cumberland, Virginia
...............4 George Holeman b: 1830
...............4 Sarah C Holeman b: 1834
...............4 Mary Holeman b: 1836
...............4 William T Holeman b: 1838 in Virginia
...............4 Tandy T Holeman b: 1839
...............4 Thomas Yancy Holeman b: 1842
...............4 Susan Holeman b: 1844
...............4 Nathan G Holeman b: 1846
..........3 Susannah T Holeman b: 1805, d: 1855
..........3 Sarah Yancy Holeman b: Feb 02, 1808 in Virginia, d: Jun 24, 1854 in Buckingham County, Virginia
             + William Hill Winfrey b: Jul 01, 1806, m: Dec 12, 1833 in Cumberland County, Virginia, d: 1846
..........3 Mary G Holeman b: 1810, d: 1834
             + John E Self b: 1799, m: Abt. 1830, d: 1835

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Rev War Service and Pension Descriptions
Posted 21 Nov 2009 by yolanda olsen
Holeman or Holdman, Tandy or Elizabeth (Betsy) - Rev War (Abstract & Other Information)

Holeman (Holdman), Tandy or Elizabeth (Betsy)
W. 25793 Virginia

In Estill County, Kentucky, on the 22nd. of September 1814(?) Tandy Holeman, aged about 68 years made oath: That he is a resident of Estill County, Kentucky and was enlisted for 18 months in Amherst County, Virginia. (At Petersburg) in 1778 by Michael McNeely, McNeily (?) served in the company commanded by Captain Wallace of the Regiment commanded by Colonel Buford of the Virginia Line on the Continental Establishment, that he continued to serve till the close of the War, when he was honorably discharged from the service at Richmond, Virginia. That he was in the Battles of Guilford, Camden, Eutaw Springs and the Siege of Ninety-Six.

Wm. Witt states on oath: That he has been acquainted with the within named Tandy Holeman from early youth and knows that said Holeman went into service in 1778 or 1779. That he, at that time lived neighbor to Holeman. That said Holeman gave the deponent his discharge to keep for him and it remained in his possession for about 12 months, when he gave it to a certain Lewis.

In Madison County, Kentucky, on September 12, 1820, Tandy Holeman aged about 74 years, resident of Clark County, Kentucky, made oath: That he belonged to the 4th. Virginia Regiment. That in lieu of the former declaration of September 22, 1818, he received a pension certificate. He further states that he lives with his children and is by occupation a farmer, but from age is unable to work.

In Clark County, Kentucky, before Justice of the Peace Achillus S. Eubanks, on 15th of May 1839, Betsey Holeman, resident of Clark County, aged 85 years made declaration: That she is the widow of Tandy Holeman, that she was married to said Holeman in September 1820, by Richard Stevens, Minister of the Gospel. That her said husband died in July 24, 1836 at his residence in Clark County, Kentucky. She appointed James Flanagan, Esq., of Winchester, Kentucky, her agent to prosecute her claim.

On July 26, 1831, Solomon Dunford, and Wesley Richardson, residents of Clark County, Kentucky made oath That they were acquainted with Betsey Holeman having know her for 45 years and made affidavit to the truthfulness of her statements.

In Clark County, Kentucky, on May 15, 1836, George Roberts made oath: That he is now 71 years of age and is well acquainted with Betsey Holeman. That he has known her for 40 years past. That he was well acquainted with her previous to her marriage with Tandy Holeman. That he saw them married in September 1820, by Richard Stevens. That said Tandy Holeman died on or about the 24th of July, 1836.

In Clark County, Kentucky on the 2nd of July, Mrs. Betsy or Elizabeth Holeman, widow of Tandy Holeman deceased, states that she married said Tandy Holeman deceased, states that she married said Tandy Holeman in September 1820. That up to the period of their marriage her said husband had been living with the children in an adjoining county of Estill. He having been a widower of 14 or 15 years before his marriage with this affiant. That said Tandy and Betsey Holeman had 1 child after their marriage but the child has long since died, having died in infancy.

That she is now afflicted with shaking palsy and is to feeble to attend court. That she lives about 13 miles from Winchester, seat of Justice for Clark County, and believes that to take the journey in order to be in court would be too great a task for her in her present debilitated condition.

In Clark County, Kentucky, May A. Richardson and Greenup Osborne, residents of said county and state made oath: That they are well acquainted with Betsey Holeman, widow of Tandy Holeman, deceased. That they were acquainted with Tandy Holeman in his lifetime and knew him before his intermarriage with the applicant, Betsey Holeman. That they knew him when he was a widower and also knew Betsey Holeman and remember the time of their marriage. That said Betsey Holeman was a near neighbor then as she is now, living within 2 1/2 miles or 3 miles from the place she is now living. Greenup Osborne states that he closed the eyes of Tandy Holeman in his death.

Dr. Dillard L. Price made oath on the 2nd. of July 1856, before Justice of the Peace in Clark County, that: He is a resident Physician of said county and lives in the same neighborhood with Betsey Holeman, widow of Tandy Holeman, deceased. That after an examination of said Betsey Holeman, he states that she is afflicted with Paralysis agitans (?) (shaking palsy) with greatly affects her nerves, debilitating her to such an extent as to render her unable to leave home to attend court in Winchester.

On May 27, 1856, Willis Collins, Clerk of Clark County, Kentucky, made certification: That upon examination of the records in his office, he finds that it appears that on the 30th of August 1820, a license was issued by the clerk of said county to Tandy Holeman, to intermarry with Elizabeth Stevenson (now Holeman). That is also appears that the rites of ceremony were performed by Reverend Richard Stephens, then a minister of the Gospel.

Betsey Holeman, widow of Tandy Holeman was inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky to commence on the 3rd of February 1853, Certificate of the Pension was issued 13th of August 1836.

In Clark County, Kentucky, on March 23, 1857, satisfactory evidence was established that Solomon Richardson, Sarah Bacon (late Richardson) and Vandy Richardson who are the only children of Polly Richardson, deceased, who was a daughter of Tandy Holeman deceased: Also John Holeman, Tandy Holeman Jr., and Wm. Holeman were the only children left by Tandy Holeman, deceased and are the heirs-in-law to said Tandy Holeman, late resident of Clark Co., Ky.

Note
The "Tandy" Holeman line and the Witt family were neighbors in Albermarle/Amherst County, Virginia in 1773.

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Holman Rice
Son of Mary Holeman (born about 1720 in York County, Virginia) and Charles Rice
Grandson of Tandy H Holeman (born 1695 in Tidewater, York County, Virginia) and Mary Wagstaff

In the neighboring Kentucky county of Bath was Holman Rice (1758-1849), first cousin of the Capt Tandy Holeman (born Abt. 1756 in Caroline County, Virginia).

Holman Rice (1758-1849), son of Charles Rice and Mary Holeman
born: 1758 in Virginia
married first: Jane Morris about 1780.
married second: Polly Fathergill on Jun 20, 1816 in Bath County, Kentucky.
died: 1849

* 1820 census for Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky (Males - Under 10: one; Males - 45 and over: one; Females - Under 10: two; Females - 26 thru 44: one)

* 1833 applied for Revolutionary War Survivor's Pension (Pension claim No. S 31327, Bath Co., Kentucky)

* 1840 census for West of Slate Creek, Bath County, Kentucky (Males - 20 thru 29: one; Males - 80 thru 89: one; Females - 15 thru 19: one; Females - 50 thru 59: one)

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Mary Holeman, daughter of Tandy H Holeman (born 1695 in Tidewater, York County, Virginia) and Mary Wagstaff.
born: about 1720 in York County, Virginia
married: Charles Rice on April 3, 1756 in Goochland County, Virginia
died: 1787 in Goochland County, Virginia

Charles Rice (son of Edward Rice: born Apr 17, 1690 in Hanover County, Virginia; married Mary Claiborne in 1729 in New Kent County, Virginia)
born: 1715 in Albermarle County, Virginia
1782 tax list for Fluvanna County, Virginia
1783 tax list for Powhatan County, Virginia
died: 1785 in Goochland County, Virginia

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From Albemarle County and/or Amherst County, Virginia to "old" Bourbon County, Kentucky

Albemarle County, Virginia was created May 6, 1744 from Goochland and Louisa Counties.
Amherst County was created September 14, 1758 from Albemarle County, Virginia.

* Two sons of Charles Rice and Mary Holeman (Holman and Charles) were born in Albemarle County, Virginia and died in Bath County, Kentucky. The brothers (Holman and Charles) were first cousins of Capt Tandy Holeman (born Abt. 1756 in Caroline County, Virginia).

* Elisha Witt was born in 1759 in Albemarle County, Virginia and had lived in Estill County, Kentucky for more than thirty years when he died in 1839.

* Jacob King was born in 1750 in Amherst County, Virginia and died in 1810 in Estill County, Kentucky. Two sons of Jacob King married daughters of John Bondurant Puckett of Amherst County, Virginia.

* John Abney was born in 1765 in Amherst County, Virginia and died in 1838 in Estill County, Kentucky. He married Martha "Pattman" Puckett, daughter of John Bondurant Puckett of Amherst County, Virginia.

* Frederick William Wills was born in 1742 in Albemarle County, Virginia and died in 1796 in Clark County, Kentucky.

* Nathaniel Haggard (son of James Haggard an immigrant from England) in 1788 with his family, moved from Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia to Clark County, Kentucky and joined the Bush Settlement.

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Unidentified Holmans in Estill County, Kentucky

I have found these Holman lines in old Bourbon County, Kentucky:

* James Holman:
married Sarah Wilson [daughter of Catherine (Livingston) Wilson who married second Joseph Holman] on Feb 9, 1790 in Madison County, Kentucky and lived in Campbell County, Kentucky.

* Capt Tandy Holeman:
married third: Elizabeth "Betsy" Stevenson in Sept 1820 in Clark County, Kentucky and died: Jul 24, 1836 in Clark County, Kentucky in the home of his daughter, Mary (Holman) Richardson.

* Children of the Reuben Holeman (son of Isaac Holman, died 1808) who married Mary Cook and lived in Overton County, Tennessee
** Isaac W. Holman, b. 23 Dec 1783, North Carolina
** Daniel Holman, b. between 1790-1794, North Carolina
** Reuben Holeman, Jr. b. 1786, North Carolina

* Asa Holeman (great grandson of Thomas Holeman, died in 1798):
born: about 1812 in Wilkes County, North Carolina;
married: Almira M Bowman in 1833 in Wilkes County, North Carolina;
received land grant in 1855 in Watauga, North Carolina;
in 1860 census for Johnson County, Tennessee;
in 1870 census for Estill County, Kentucky.

Three sons of Asa Holeman,1812-1903,and Almira M Bowman were in the census for Estill County, Kentucky:
** James M Holman (1844-1924) who married Rachel Farley.
** Alfred L Holeman (born 1848 in North Carolina) who married Anna Nolan and Mary J Johnson.
** John Holeman (born 1856) who married Mary L Daughetee on Apr 03, 1880 in Estill County, Kentucky

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Unidentified Holman Men

Estill County, Kentucky MARRIAGES 1808-1820

Holman, William Witt, Nancy 21 Sep 1814 [daughter of Elisha Witt (1759-1835) and Phoebe Dodd.]

For more information on William Holman, click here.

Holman, John King, Kisiah 13 Apr 1814 [daughter of Major King (1762-1837) and Seley Puckett.]

For more information on John Holman, click here.

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