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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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Until recently this site thought the parents of James Holeman, born 1814 in Madison County, Kentucky were James Holeman, born about 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina and Sarah Wilson, born about 1774 in Madison County, Kentucky. (Sarah Wilson’s mother, Catherine (Livingston) Wilson, after her first husband died, married Joseph Holeman. Joseph Holeman, born about 1746, and his first wife, Elizabeth Wilson, were the parents of the James Holman, born about 1770. According to the Holeman/Holman Newsletter, Joseph Holeman, born about 1746, is the son of Thomas Holeman, died about 1798, and his wife Mary.)

However, that does not appear to be the case. My current assumptions are:

* Joseph Holman and his first wife, Elizabeth Wilson, had the following children: Joseph Holman, Jr., born about 1775 in NC (married Rebecca Barnes); William C. Holman, born Jan 7, 1778 in NC (married Eleanor Barnes); John Holman, born about 1781 (married Nancy Martin); and Elizabeth Holman, born 1784 (married Joshua Moran).

* Joseph Holman and his second wife, Catherine Livingston, had no children. However, Catherine Livingston and her first husband, Mr. Wilson, had the following children: William Wilson, born about 1760; Hannah Wilson (married Alexander Hosich); Sarah Wilson, born about 1774 (married James Holeman); and Mary "Polly" Wilson, born about 1772 (married Edward Hockersmith).

* James Holman, born about 1770 in Rowan County, North Carolina (married Sarah Wilson, daughter of Catherine Livingston and her first husband, Mr. Wilson) on Feb 09, 1790 in Madison County, Kentucky. James Holman may or may not be the son of Joseph Holman and his first wife, Elizabeth Wilson.

* Daniel Holeman of Madison County married a Rebecca Elkins on Jun 14, 1809 in Madison County. He may or may not be the son of Joseph Holman and his first wife, Elizabeth Wilson. Some Holman family researchers believe this is the same Daniel Holman who married Rebecca Johnson by making the argument that Rebecca Johnson may have been the widow of a Mr. Elkins when she married Daniel Holman. Until proven otherwise, I'll continue with the assumption that there were two men named Daniel Holeman in Madison County: one married Rebecca Elkins, and one married Rebecca Johnson. (For more information on the Daniel Holman who married Rebecca Johnson see Holmans in Hardin County, Kentucky.)

Note: Daniel Holman and Rebecca Elkins may be the parents of the James Holman who married Martha Ramsey.

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The results of the DNA tests show that the descendant of James Holeman, born 1814 in Madison County, Kentucky, is:

"very tightly related" to the descendant of the Daniel Holman who was born about 1787 in North Carolina, had children in Tennessee, and homesteaded in Douglas, Missouri;

"very tightly related" to the descendant of the Kenneth Holeman who died in 1871 in Upperfreehold, Monmouth Co., New Jersey who is thought to be a descendant of Robert Holeman, died 1709 in New Jersey;

"related" to a descendant of the Elias Holeman (1759 - 1827, Burlington County, New Jersey); and

"related" to the descendants of Thomas Holeman, died about 1798, who moved from Shenandoah County, Virginia to North Carolina around 1750.

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Holemans in Knox County, Kentucky

Knox County, Kentucky was created December 19, 1799 from Lincoln County. Laurel County was created December 12, 1825 from Clay, Rockcastle, Whitley and Knox Counties. (Daniel Boone Trace passes through part of Knox County that became Laurel County.) Bell County was created February 28, 1867 from Harlan and Knox counties.

Holemans in Knox County, Kentucky

There are three different groups of Holmans in Knox County. They may or may not be related.

* John Holman (1787-1849) married Mary "Polly" Farris and had children: Hoziah, Sevene, Nancy, Vivian, Lucy Ann, and James W.

* James Holman (1799-1886) married Susanna Stanberry (1804-1886) in 1835 in Laurel County, Kentucky. The 1850 Laurel County census for James and Susanne (Stanberry) Holdman lists: her niece, Malinda Stansbury; two Holdman children born prior to this marriage (Thos, born 1824 and Permelia, born 1829); and James Holdman, born 1787 in North Carolina.

* William Holman who was born about 1786 and enlisted in the Kentucky militia in Knox County, Kentucky in 1813.

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Submitted online by "elvinfarris"
Letter, probably written by Russell Dyche, retired editor of "The Sentinel-Echo" newspaper to his cousins. Letter pertains to John (Esom) Farris, pioneer settler in Laurel County, who was an ancestor on Dyche's maternal side of family. 10 May 1958; London, Laurel County, Kentucky.

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John Holman (1787-1849) [Parents Unknown]

The John Holmon in the 1810 Census for Knox County, Kentucky is thought to be the John Holman (born 1787 in North Carolina) who married Polly Farris on Jan 21, 1808 in Knox County, Kentucky (Elijah Foley, minister).
Mary "Polly" Farris is the daughter of John Esom Farris and Martha Lucy Campbell.

[I have not been able to identify the parents of this John Holman. However, I do not believe this is the John Holman (born 1786, son of James Holman, 1761-1835, and Lucy Cook) who in 1825 in Tennessee married Frances Sutherland, the daughter of Daniel Sutherland (1753-1843) and the half-sister of the Elizabeth Sutherland who married a William Holeman (parents unknown).]

From A History of Kentucky Baptists by J.H. Spencer, 1886, Page 240, Vol. I
Elijah Foley (son of Moses Foley, a Baptist minister of Washington County, Virginia) preached a short time in Virginia, then moved to Kentucky.

John Esom Farris was a pioneer settler in Laurel County, Kentucky. In 1783 he was fined for "retailing spirituous liquor without a license" at Humble's Race Paths, Lincoln County, Kentucky. He was on the 1790 tax list for Lincoln County, Kentucky. One of the large original land grants in Laurel County was on the Big and Little Laurel rivers (8000 acres). John Esom Farris secured this grant in 1806 through the purchase of the tax title. In addition to Polly, his children were George, James, William, John Jr., and Nimrod.

Knox County, Kentucky Tax Lists
1800: John J. Farris; Elisha Farris; Lewis Farris; Nimrod Farris; George Farris; Wm. Farris; John Farris, Sr.
1809: Joseph Farris; Presley Farris; John Farris, Sr.; James Farris; George Farris; Paul Farris; Isham Farris; Joseph Farris; John Farris, Jr.; Lewis Farris; John Holemon.

1810 Census Knox County, Kentucky
George Farris; Isam Farris; John Farris; John Farris, Sr.; Paul Farris; John Holomon.
John Holmon in the 1810 Knox County, Kentucky Census (Males - 10 thru 15: one; Males - 16 thru 25: one; Females - Under 10: one; Females - 10 thru 15: one; Females - 26 thru 44: one.) [Note: John Holman married Polly Farris in 1808.]

In the War of 1812 John Holeman was in John McNeill's Company of Second Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia

1820 Census Knox County, Kentucky
Aleariah Farris; George Farris; Gilbert Farris; Isaac Farris; Isham Farris; James J. Farris; James M. Farris; John Farris; Polly Farris; Isham Farris, Sr.; John Farris, Sr.; John Holeman.
John Holeman in the 1820 Knox County, Kentucky Census (Males - 16 thru 25: one; Males - 26 thru 44: one; Females - Under 10: one; Females - 10 thru 15: one; Females - 16 thru 25: one; Females - 26 thru 44: one.)

1826 Laurel County, Kentucky Tax List: John Holeman is listed as owning 137 acres. Water course: Laurel

1830 Census Laurel County, Kentucky
John Holeman in the 1830 census for Laurel County, Kentucky (Males - 5 thru 9: one; Males - 40 thru 49: one; Females - 30 thru 39: one)
James Holeman (1799-1886) in the 1830 census for Laurel County, Kentucky (Males - Under 5: one; Males - 20 thru 29: one; Females - Under 5: one; Females - 20 thru 29: one)

1840 Census Laurel County, Kentucky
John Holeman in the 1840 census for Laurel County, Kentucky (Males - 15 thru 19: two; Males - 40 thru 49: one; Females - 50 thru 59: one)
James Holeman (1799-1886) and his wife Susannah Stanberry were in the 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, and 1870 census for Laurel County, Kentucky and the 1880 census for Brush Creek, Knox County, Kentucky

John Holeman died Dec 17, 1849 in Sublimity City, Laurel County, Kentucky. Mary (Farris) Holeman (born 1777 in Virginia) is in the 1850 census for Clear Creek, Monroe County, Indiana with her son James Walter Holeman (born 1821 in Laurel County, Kentucky) and his wife, Martha Ann Owen (born 1828 in Knox County, Kentucky).

James Walter Holman
Birth 1 Jun 1821
Laurel County, Kentucky, USA
Death 20 Sep 1891 (aged 70)
Paola, Miami County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Rock Creek Cemetery
Antioch, Miami County, Kansas, USA
Plot Row 12
Memorial ID 33386293

Aged 70 yrs 3 mos 19 days.

Spouse
Martha Ann Owen Holman 1827–1892

Children
Serena Jane Holman Wolley 1844–1895
Mary Elizabeth Holman Boies 1845–1908
John H Holman 1846–1863
Joseph G. Holman 1848–1879
Risidon Owen Holman 1851–1915
Samuel King Holman 1858–1935
Sarah Margaret Holman Shuman 1859–1929
Susan Armilda Casida 1865–1940
Buena Vista Holman Wilson 1868–1940
Wayland H. Holman 1873–1874

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Martha Ann Owen Holman
Birth 16 Feb 1827
Laurel County, Kentucky, USA
Death 3 Oct 1892 (aged 65)
Paola, Miami County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Rock Creek Cemetery
Antioch, Miami County, Kansas, USA
Plot Row 12
Memorial ID 33386278

Daughter of John Owen and Jane Jennie Pratt.
Burial beside husband James in Row 12
Martha Ann Holman died at the home of her son, J.H. Holman, east of Paola, on the 3d inst., aged 65 years and nearly eight months. Mrs. Holman was born in Kentucky, February 16th, 1927, and with her husband, Jas. Holman, came to Kansas, 37 years ago when the country was a wild. She leaves 12 children to mourn her death, Mr. Holman having gone before on September 20th, 1891. Samuel K, J. H. and R. O. Holman, sons, and Mrs. Susie Casida, one of the four daughters, live in this section of country. Mrs. Holman was a woman of extraordinary strength of character – a noble and industrious mother whose good works will live long after her. The burial at Rock Creek cemetery, Richland township, was largely attended.
Published in The Western Spirit (Paola, KS) Friday, Oct. 14, 1892 pg. 3
Contributor: Shani Miller (47456990) • Shani.Miller@courts.mo.gov

Parents
John Owen 1802–1881
Jane Pratt Owen 1823–1895

Spouse
James Walter Holman 1821–1891

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James Holman in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: James Holman [James Walter Holeman]
Gender: Male
Age: 29
Birth Year: abt 1821
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1850: Clear Creek, Monroe, Indiana, USA
Occupation: Farmer
Industry: Agriculture
Line Number: 36
Dwelling Number: 454
Family Number: 454
Household Members:
Name                             Age
James Holman                 29
Martha A Holman           22 Ky
Serenna J Holman             5 Ky
Mary E Holman                4 Ky
John M Holman                3 Ky
Joseph G Holman             1 Ky
Mary Holman                 73 Virginia [Mary (Farris) Holeman]
Source Citation
Year: 1850; Census Place: Clear Creek, Monroe, Indiana; Roll: 161; Page: 327a

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See FARRIS family in Kentucky Related Surnames

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McCarty family

John Holman (1787-1849) and Polly Farris had a daughter, Nancy Holman, who married a David McCarty.

Sep 1, 1824
HOLDMAN, Nancy to
McCARTY, David H.
by William HOPPER, minister

David H McCarty in the 1830 United States Federal Census
Name: David H McCarty
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Knox , Kentucky
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 6
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 4
Total Free White Persons: 10
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 10
Source Citation
1830; Census Place: Knox, Kentucky; Series: M19; Roll: 38; Page: 238; Family History Library Film: 0007817

James Holman (1799-1886) and Susannah Stanberry (1804-1886) had a son, Thomas Holman (c1828-1859) who in 1852 in Whitley County, Kentucky married Sarah Elizabeth McCarty (1833-1910), and in 1859 died of typhoid fever. The widow, Sarah Elizabeth (McCarty) Holman then married a man named Reeves.

Sarah E McCarty in the Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
Name: Sarah E McCarty
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 11 Aug 1852
Marriage Place: Whitley, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Nymen Holman [Newman?]
Film Number: 000532640
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

Sarah E Holman in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Sarah E Holman
Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1834
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Kentucky
Home in 1860: Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky
Post Office: Williamsburg
Dwelling Number: 541
Family Number: 509
Occupation: (W) Seamstress
Real Estate Value: 400
Personal Estate Value: 150
Household Members:
Name Age
Sarah E Holman         26
Jos S Holman               5
Ellin J Holman             4
Mary F Holman           2
Nancy McCarty         61
David Dickinson        88
20 541 509 Holman Sarah E     26     1834     Female (W)     Seamstress     400     150     Kentucky
21 541 509 Holman Jos S         5        1855     Male
22 541 509 Holman Ellin J       4        1856     Female
23 541 509 Holman Mary F     2        1858     Female
24 541 509 McCarty Nancy     61      1799     Female            Midwife
25 541 509 Dickinson David    88      1772     Male               (pauper)
Source Citation
Year: 1860; Census Place: Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky; Roll: M653_400; Page: 701; Family History Library Film: 803400

Nanny McCarty in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Nanny McCarty
Age: 50
Birth Year: abt 1800
Birthplace: Kentucky
Home in 1850: District 1, Whitley, Kentucky, USA
Gender: Female
Family Number: 635
Household Members:
Name Age
Nanny McCarty         50
Sarah Janes                18
David Dickinson        70
635 McCarty Nanny         50         1800         Female         Kentucky
635 Janes Sarah                18         1832         Female         Kentucky
635 Dickinson David        70         1780         Male             North Carolina
Source Citation
Year: 1850; Census Place: District 1, Whitley, Kentucky; Roll: M432_222; Page: 383A; Image: 100

[Note: Nancy Jane Dickinson (born c1799, daughter of David Dickinson) married J. L. McCarty.]

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Holmans and Stanberrys

There were two Stanberry lines in Kentucky. Are they related?
* Nathan Stanberry: b. 1735 in Middlesex County, New Jersey; married Julia Harrison; lived in Wilkes County, North Carolina; d. 1819 in Wayne County, Indiana.
* Solomon Stanberry: b. 1755 in Baltimore, Maryland; married Jane Lewing in 1791 in Lincoln County, North Carolina; d. 1842 in Laurel County, Kentucky.]

Thomas Holeman (1756-1833) married first Margaret Southerland on May 16, 1778 in Rowan County, North Carolina. [Margaret was the sister of the Daniel Southerland (1753-1843) who married Thomas' sister, Grace Holeman (1754-1810).] Thomas Holeman (1756-1833) married second Elsa Tugman on March 21, 1791 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.

Two of the children of Thomas Holeman (1756-1833) married a "Stanberry" and lived in Kentucky: Rachel Holeman married David Stanberry and James Holeman married Susannah Stanberry.

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Rachel Holeman [daughter of Thomas (1756-1833) and his first wife, Margaret Southerland] was born May 4, 1787 in Wilkes County North Carolina and died August 6, 1856 in Whitley County, Kentucky. Rachel Holeman and her husband David Stanberry (1784-1855) were in the 1810 census for Wilkesborough, Wilkes County, North Carolina; in the 1820 census for Wayne County, Indiana; in the 1830 census for Whitley County, Kentucky; in the 1840 and 1850 census for Laurel County, Kentucky. [David Stanberry was the son of Nathan Stanberry (1735-1819).]

* David and Rachel (Holeman) Stanberry had a daughter, Malinda Stanberry (1807-1876), who in 1828 in Laurel County married William Stanberry (1808-1870). This is the William Stansbury who moved to Missouri in 1846. William Stanberry (1808-1870) is the brother of the Susanna Stanberry (1804-1886) who married James Holeman (1799-1886).

Note: Marriage between two different Stanberry lines in Laurel County, Kentucky:
William Stanberry (1808-1870) is the son of Solomon Stanberry and Janet Lewing.
Malinda Jane Stanberry (1807-1876) is the daughter of David Stanberry and Rachel Holeman. David Stanberry is the son of Nathan Stanberry (born 1735 in Middlesex County, New Jersey; died 1819 in Wayne County, Indiana)

* David and Rachel (Holeman) Stanberry had a son John Stanberry (1820-1884) who in 1842 in Laurel County married Elizabeth "Eliza" Jane Holeman (1824-1910), the daughter (or step-daughter) of James Holeman (1799-1886).

Note: Marriage between two different Stanberry lines in Laurel County, Kentucky:
Elizabeth "Eliza" Jane Holeman (1824-1910) was daughter of James Holeman (1799-1886) [son of Thomas Holman and Elizabeth Tugman] and Susanna Stanberry (1804-1886) [daughter of Solomon Stanberry and Janet Lewing]
John Stanberry (1820-1884) was son of David Stanberry (1784-1855) [son of Nathan Stanberry (1735-1819) and Julia Harrison] and Rachel Holman [daughter of Thomas Holman and Margaret Southerland]

* David and Rachel (Holeman) Stanberry had a son Eli Stanberry (1815-1896) who in 1837 in Laurel County married America Amanda Watkins (1819-1844), the niece the Susanna Stanberry (1804-1886) who married James Holeman (1799-1886).

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James Holeman [son of Thomas (1756-1833) and his second wife, Ailsey "Elsa" (Tugman) Holeman] was born June 23, 1799 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, married Susannah Stanberry (1804-1886) in 1835, and died Nov 21, 1886 in Knox County, Kentucky. James Holman was in the 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, and 1870 census for Laurel County, Kentucky, and the 1880 census for Knox County, Kentucky. [Note: Sally (Stanberry) Watkins, age 71, born in North Carolina, (the sister of Susannah Stanberry) was living with James and Susannah (Stanberry) Holeman in the 1870 census for Laurel County, Kentucky.]

Susannah Stanberry (1804-1886) and William Stanberry (1808-1870) are children of Solomon Stanberry (b. 1755 in Baltimore, Maryland; married Jane Lewing in 1791 in Lincoln County, North Carolina; d. 1842 in Laurel County, Kentucky.)

[Question: Living with James and Susannah (Stansberry) Holeman in the 1850 census for Laurel County, Kentucky was a James Holdman, age 63, born in North Carolina. [Who is this?]

In the 1880 census for Brush Creek, Knox County, Kentucky, James and Susannah (Stansberry) Holeman were living with their daughter, Elizabeth "Eliza" Jane Holeman, and her husband, John Stanberry, son of David and Rachel (Holeman) Stanberry.
[Conflict: This says the parents of James were born in Ireland, and the parents of Susanna in Pennsylvania.
"Holman Jas. White Male 81 1799 Father-in-law Married North Carolina Ireland Ireland"
"Holman Susan White Female 74 1806 Mother-in-law Married Kentucky Pennsylvania Pennsylvania"]

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See Stanbury in census for Knox County, Kentucky

See STANBERRY/STANBERY/STANSBURY/STANBOROUGH family in North Carolina Related Surnames

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William Holman (born 1784 in Kentucky; died June 13, 1857 in Henderson County, Tennessee) [Parents Unknown]

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Robert J. Walsh in SUTHERLAND'S AND THEIR TANGLED BRANCHES mentions a William Holeman [parents unknown] who was a resident of Bledsoe County, Tennessee and owned property in Cumberland County, Kentucky (82 acres of land on Otter Creek).

Robert J. Walsh states that this William Holeman about 1800 married Elizabeth Sutherland, born about 1783 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, daughter of Daniel Sutherland (1753-1843) and Ann Renshaw. [Is this correct?] The half-sister of Elizabeth Sutherland, Frances Sutherland (born 1796 in Wilkes County, North Carolina, married John Holeman (born 1786), the son of James Holeman (1761-1835) and Lucy Cook (1768-1835).

1832 Will of Thomas Holeman (1756-1833) who married first Margaret Sutherland (1758-1788) and second Ailsey "Elsa" Tugman:
I bequeath to my Son, Joseph, the other half of my Plantation and, at my wife's Death or Marriage, for him to have all the Plantation on his paying to Nancy SAINT CLAIR 25 cents; and I give to Molly HALL, 50 cents; and to William HOLEMAN, 50 cents; to Daniel HOLEMAN, 50 cents; to Rachel STANSBURY, 50 cents; to Margaret WADKINS, 50 cents; to Dianah TRIPLET, 50 cents; to Rebeccah KINDALL, 50 cents; to Thomas HOLEMAN, 50 cents; to James HOLMAN, 50 cents; to Didmama WRIGHT, 50 cents; to Betty PROPHIT/PROFFIT, 50 cents. And, furthermore, my wife and Joseph pay (out) of my Chattle property to Milly, $25; and to Surana DAVIS, 50 cents; and to Vienna, $25. [The son, William Holman (1784-1858) married Charity Ferguson (1794-1858) in 1806 in Wilkes County, North Carolina.]

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William Holman in the War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815
Soldier: William Holman
Widow: Sarah Holman
Marriage Date: 10 Feb 1814
Date Enlisted: 29 Apr 1813
Date Discharged: 29 Sep 1813
Soldier's Death Date: 13 Jun 1857
Soldier's Death Place: Henderson Co Tenn
Military Service Location: Kentucky
Widow's Death Date: 23 Aug 1877
Pension Number - #1: WO 9426
Pension Number - #2: WC 6661
Bounty Land Number - #1: 21053 80 50
Bounty Land Number - #2: 17586 80 55
Roll number: 46
Archive Publication Number: M313
Source Information
Ancestry.com. War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010.

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Knox County Ky Archives Military Records.....Holman, William May 24, 1872
War of 1812 - Pension Ambrose Arthur's Company, Kentucky Militia

Pension Application
William Holman
N. C. 6661

The record of William Holman follows as found in the papers on file in pension claim, N. C. 6661, based upon his service in the War of 1812.

The date and place of soldier’s birth and names of his parents are not given.

William Holman enlisted in Knox County, Kentucky, and served from April 29, 1813, to September 29, 1813, as private in Captain Ambrose Arthur’s company of Kentucky militia. It was stated that the soldier served a second tour of six months, a part of the time in Captain Moody’s company of Kentucky militia, also, that he was at the battle of the Horseshoe.

In 1814 the soldier was residing near Pikeville in Bledsoe County, Tennessee. In 1851, he was a resident of Henderson County, Tennessee, and at that time gave his age as sixty-five years. He died June 13, 1857, in Henderson County, Tennessee, and was buried near his residence in the northern part of that county.

William Holman married sometime prior to 1809, in Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee, Sarah Bibb. The date of her birth and names of her parents are not given.

Soldier’s widow, Sarah Holman, was allowed pension on her application executed May 24, 1872, at which time she was aged seventy-seven years and residing near Adamsville in McNairy County, Tennessee, where some of her children then lived, her post office being Adamsville. She was still living there in 1874. She died August 23, 1877.

The following names of children of the soldier, William Holman, and his wife, Sarah, are shown in the claim:

John Holman born January 28, 1809
Sally Holman October 4, 1810
Nancy Holman January 16, 1812
Synthia Holman November 26, 1813
Jane Holman September 27, 1815
Eliza Holman June 23, 1817
William W. Holman November 26, 1819
Isaac S. Holman April 2, 1821
Elizabeth Holman October 16, 1823
Matilda A. Holman November 25, 1824
Mark Holman November 25, 1825; in 1873 living in Adamsville, Tenn.

In 1872, several of the above-named children were living in the neighborhood of Milledgeville, McNairy County, Tennessee. It was stated that all of them died prior to 1875 except the two children last named, Matilda A. and Mark.

Very truly yours,
A. D. Miller
Executive Assistant to the Administrator

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Bledsoe County was formed in 1807 from land that was formerly Indian Land as well as land carved from Roane County, Tennessee.

Bledsoe County, Tennessee Deed Books A-D, Page 94
2 April 1819...Isaac STEPHENS, Reuben BROWN, John BRIDGMAN, Eli THURMAN, Aaron SCHOOLFIELD and Samuel SMITH, Commissioners for the Town of Pikeville in County of Bledsoe, State of Tennessee, to William HOLEMAN of County and State aforesaid...$50.00...certain lot in original plan of Town of Pikeville...Lot No. 9 and the east half of Lots No. 10 and 11...signed by above Commissioners...
Witnesses: Ph HOODENPYL, Isaac HICKS...
Registered the 13th day of Sept. 1823

Bledsoe County, Tennessee Deed Books A-D, Page 91
20 January 1820...William HOLEMAN of County of Bledsoe, State of Tennessee to John BRIDGMAN of County and State aforesaid...$325.00...certain lot in Town of Pikeville, known as Lot No. 9 and the east half of Lots No. 10 and 11...
s/William (X) HOLEMAN...Witnesses: Aron SCHOOLFIELD, Saml. TERRY...
Deed registered 12 Sept 1823

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The Treaty of the Chickasaw Nation was signed on July 23, 1805. The federal government paid off $20,000 in Chickasaw trading debts in return for 2.25 million acres of hunting land in present-day Kentucky, central Tennessee and northern Alabama (territory south of the Cumberland River and south and west to the Tennessee River). Col. Joseph Hardin (1734-1801) received a land warrant of about 2,000 acres (based on service in a Revolutionary War). In 1816, settlers from Roane County, Tennessee (including two sons of Col. Joseph Hardin) moved into the area. Other early settlers:
John Brazelton and family
Mrs. Elender Thacker, and her sons, William and Shepherd
Thomas Newman, who lived near Sardis in Hardin County.
James Barnes, who was the elected register in 1820

Hardin County was established by the Act of the Tennessee Legislature September 13, 1819. McNairy County was established October 8, 1823 from Hardin County, Tennessee. Henderson County (north of Hardin County and McNairy County was created November 7, 1821 from Chickasaw Indian Lands.

Wiliam Holomon
1820 U S Census; Census Place: Hardin, Tennessee
(Some descendants of Christopher Hollyman of Isle of Wight., Virginia were in the area. This may be one of them.)

Holeman, William
1830; Census Place: McNairy, Tennessee

Wm Holeman
1840; Census Place: Mcnairy, Tennessee

Hoalman, William
1850; Census Place: District 3, Henderson, Tennessee

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Notes on children of William Holman, and his wife, Sarah Bibb:

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Isaac Shepard Holman in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Isaac Shepard Holman
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Martha Lumpkin
Number Pages: 1
Source Citation
Source number: 4085.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RB1

[Is this the source of the name "Shephard"?
Old Tenth Legion Marriages
Marriages in Rockingham County, Virginia from 1778-1816
taken from the marriage bonds
compiled by Harry M Strickler
1928
Page 65
Date 1780
Groom: Holeman, Wm.
Bride: Agnes Shepherd
Father
Surety: Rich. Madison]

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Isaac S Hoalman in the 1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Isaac S Hoalman
[Isaac S Holman ]
Age: 26
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1850: District 3, Henderson , Tennessee , USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 113
Household Members:
Name Age
Isaac S Hoalman 26
Martha Hoalman 39
John Hoalman 8
Sarah Hoalman 7
William Hoalman 3
113 Hoalman Isaac S     26     1824     Male     Tennessee     blacksmith
113 Hoalman Martha    39     1811     Female Tennessee
113 Hoalman John            8     1842     Male     Tennessee
113 Hoalman Sarah          7     1843     Female Tennessee
113 Hoalman William      3     1847     Male     Tennessee (Mississippi?)
neighbors
112 Hoalman William     66     1784     Male     Kentucky     farmer
112 Hoalman Sarah         52     1798     Female South Carolina
112 Hoalman Matilda        22     1828     Female Tennessee     (deaf)
112 Hoalman Martha         21     1829     Female Tennessee
112 Hoalman Elizabeth     18     1832     Female Tennessee
112 Hoalman Holloway     17     1833     Male     Tennessee
112 Hoalman Mary            16     1834     Female Tennessee
112 Hoalman Maryanna     14     1836     Female Tennessee
112 Hoalman Francis         16     1834     Female Tennessee
Source Citation
Year: 1850; Census Place: District 3, Henderson, Tennessee; Roll: M432_883; Page: 134A; Image: 271

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Matilda Halmon in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Matilda Halmon
[Matilda Holman ]
Age: 28
Birth Year: abt 1832
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Tennessee
Home in 1860: District 15, McNairy , Tennessee
Post Office: Adamsville
Dwelling Number: 2143
Family Number: 2147
Occupation: Seamstress
Cannot Read, Write: Y
Disability Condition: Deaf
Household Members:
Name Age
Sarah Halmon 61
Matilda Halmon 28
Mary Halmon 21
Emily Halmon 20
18 2143 2147 Halmon Sarah     61     1799     Female     Seamstress     225     South Carolina
19 2143 2147 Halmon Matilda 28     1832     Female      Seamstress               Tennessee     (Deaf)
20 2143 2147 Halmon Mary       21     1839     Female     Seamstress                Tennessee
21 2143 2147 Halmon Emily      20     1840     Female     Seamstress                Tennessee
neighbors
17 2152 2156 Halmon Mark             32     1828     Male     B Smith     700     1950     Tennessee
18 2152 2156 Halmon Charlotty      31     1829     Female                                            Tennessee
19 2152 2156 Halmon Angeline         13     1847     Female                                            Mississippi
20 2152 2156 Halmon Carline            11     1849     Female                                            Tennessee
21 2152 2156 Halmon Rosy L              9     1851     Female                                            Tennessee
22 2152 2156 Halmon Lydia                4     1856     Female                                             Tennessee
23 2152 2156 Halmon Emerelus          2     1858     Female                                             Tennessee
24 2152 2156 Holmon William           13     1847     Male                                                Tennessee
25 2152 2156 Holmon Duasa               6     1854     Male                                                 Tennessee
Source Citation
Year: 1860; Census Place: District 15, McNairy, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1262; Page: 513; Family History Library Film: 805262

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I S Holeman in the 1860 United States Federal Census
Name: I S Holeman
[Isaac Shepard Holman]
Age: 38
Birth Year: abt 1822
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Tennessee
Home in 1860: Purdy, McNairy, Tennessee
Post Office: Purdy
Family Number: 1238
Household Members:
Name Age
1238 Holeman I S             38     1822     Male     Tennessee     master blacksmith
1238 Holeman Susan        36     1824     Female North Carolina
1238 Holeman John R        18     1842     Male     Tennessee
1238 Holeman Sarah E       16     1844     Female Tennessee
1238 Holeman William       12     1848     Male     Tennessee
1238 Holeman Nancy L       5     1855     Female Tennessee
1238 Holeman Juet B           1     1859     Male     Tennessee
1238 Duffey John                29     1831     Male     Ireland     blacksmith
Source Citation
Year: 1860; Census Place: Purdy, McNairy, Tennessee; Roll: M653_1262; Page: 440; Image: 479; Family History Library Film: 805262

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Isaac Shepard Holman in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Name: Isaac Shepard Holman
Gender: Male
Spouse Name: Martha Lumpkin
Number Pages: 1
Source Citation
Source number: 4085.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: RB1

I. S. Holeman in the Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935
Name: I. S. Holeman
Spouse: Susan Webb
Marriage Date: 16 Mar 1854
County: Alcorn
Source Information
Hunting For Bears, comp.. Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

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Some descendants of Christopher Hollyman of Isle of Wight County, Virginia moved from North Carolina to Jackson County, Tennessee, and then to the area of Hardin County, Tennessee. This may be one of them.

Holloway S Holeman in the 1870 United States Federal Census
Name: Holloway S Holeman (Holloway Sanders Holman)
Age in 1870: 36
Birth Year: abt 1834
Home in 1870: District 13, McNairy, Tennessee
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Purdy
Household Members:
Name Age
86 Holeman Holloway S    36     1834     Male     White     Tennessee     blacksmith
86 Holeman Narcissa         32     1838     Female White      Tennessee
86 Holeman William T       13      1857     Male     White     Tennessee
86 Holeman John F            11       1859     Male     White     Tennessee
86 Holeman Henry Q          9        1861     Male     White     Tennessee
86 Holeman Robert B         7        1863     Male     White     Tennessee
86 Holeman Arma L           5        1865     Female White     Tennessee
86 Holeman Isaac S             3       1867     Male     White      Tennessee
Source Citation
Year: 1870; Census Place: District 13, McNairy, Tennessee; Roll: M593_1549; Page: 341A; Image: 687; Family History Library Film: 553048

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Hohoay Colman in the 1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Hohoay Colman
[Hohoay Holman]
[Holloway S Holman]
Age: 48
Birth Year: abt 1832
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home in 1880: Corinth, Alcorn, Mississippi
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Narcissa Colman
Father's Birthplace: North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace: South Carolina
Occupation: Blacksmith
Household Members:
Name Age
43 Colman Hohoay         White     Male     48     1832     Self     Married     Tennessee     North Carolina     South Carolina     blacksmith
44 Colman Narcissa        White     Female 43     1837     Wife    Married     Tennessee    Tennessee            Tennessee
45 Colman Thomas           White     Male     25     1855     Son     Single         Tennessee     Tennessee           Tennessee             blacksmith
46 Colman Henry             White     Male     20     1860      Son     Single         Tennessee     Tennessee           Tennessee             blacksmith
47 Colman Robert            White     Male     17     1863      Son     Single         Tennessee     Tennessee           Tennessee             blacksmith
48 Colman Annie             White     Female 14      1866     Daughter Single     Tennessee     Tennessee           Tennessee
49 Colman Nathaniel        White     Male     12     1868     Son     Single          Tennessee     Tennessee           Tennessee
50 Colman Daisy             White     Female     6     1874     Daughter Single     Tennessee     Tennessee           Tennessee
Source Citation
Year: 1880; Census Place: Corinth, Alcorn, Mississippi; Roll: 640; Family History Film: 1254640; Page: 388A; Enumeration District: 006; Image: 0469

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H. S. Holman in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: H. S. Holman
Birth Date: 13 Nov 1833
Death Date: 6 Oct 1886
Cemetery: Henry Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Corinth, Alcorn County, Mississippi, USA
Spouse: Narcissa B. Holman

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John Holman of Bledsoe County, Tennessee is not the John Holman of Knox County, Kentucky.

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The Tennessee Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 35, No. 4, page 159
The following residents of Bledsoe County signed a petition in 1812 regarding the suspension of the land law during the war.
Ruben Holeman
Thomas Sutherland
William Holman
Willin Jarmon
John Haldman

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Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891
Name: John Holeman
State: TN
County: Bledsoe County
Township: No Township Listed
Year: 1815
Record Type: Petitioner's List
Database: TN Early Census Index
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Tennessee, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1810-1891 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: Jackson, Ron V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp.. Tennessee Census, 1810-91. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes.

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Tennessee State Library and Archives
Acts of Tennessee, 1796-1850
H: Part 2 (Hibb - Hyton)

Last Name First Name Year Serial Chapter & Section Description
Holeman John 1831 35 Private 161.1 Bledsoe County - convicted of manslaughter

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Who is this?
Is it the John Holman (born 1786) [son of James Holman (1761-1835) and Lucy Cook] who in 1825 in Tennessee married Frances Sutherland [daughter of Daniel Sutherland (1753-1843) and Grace Holman] and relocated to Arkansas? [Note: John Holman (born 1786) descended from Isaac Holeman of Davie County, North Carolina and Frances Sutherland descended from Thomas Holeman of Wilkes County, North Carolina.]

SUTHERLAND'S AND THEIR TANGLED BRANCHES, by Robert J. Walsh

"89. FRANCES SUTHERLAND
b. ca 1796 in North Carolina
d. After 1850 in Arkansas
m. ca 1821 JOHN HOLEMAN in Tennessee
b. ca 1789 in North Carolina
d. After 1850 in Arkansas
Shortly after their first son was born, this couple migrated to the Arkansas Indian Territory where they settled in the northwestern part of Washington County, which was created from the territory of Missouri in 1819.
When the Territory was admitted to the Union in 1836, that part of Washington County where they lived was set aside and formed into Madison County, Ark. in 1836.
JOHN HOLEMAN, with 249 acres was shown on the tax list of that county 1837- 1845. Within the next five years they moved and are shown in the 1850 federal census of Carroll County, Arkansas. They were the parents of seven children or more.

176. JACKSON HOLEMAN, b. ca 1828 in Tennessee.

177. DANIEL HOLEMAN
b. ca 1832 in Tennessee
m. ca 1852 MARTHA in Madison Co. They had a daughter LOUISA, in 1860 census.

178. JOSEPH HOLEMAN, b. ca 1840 in Madison County, Ark.

179. MILLY HOLEMAN, b. ca 1842 in Madison County, Ark. enumerated with the G.W.R. Smith family in the 1860 census of that county.

180. JOHN J . HOLEMAN, b. ca 1845 in Madison County, Ark.

181. ELIZABETH HOLEMAN, b. ca 1846 in Madison County, Ark.at age 14, enumerated with the MICHAEL ROBINSON family in 1860 census.

182. PETER HOLEMAN, b. ca 1849 in Madison County Ark. [mulatto?]

After their parents JOHN and FRANCES (SUTHERLAND) HOLEMAN, died in the 1850s, older children married and moved away, the younger children were taken in by other families, as shown in 1860 census of Madison County, Arkansas."

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