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The Carson Family

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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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Kentucky Related Surnames

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Van Meter/Van Metre

The Van Meter (Van Metre) connection to the Holmans is the September 18, 1805 marriage in Hardin County, Kentucky of Rebecca McNeil (1785-1808) to James Burton Holeman (1780-1876).
James Burton Holeman (1780-1876) is the son of John Holeman (1736-1837) and Elizabeth Burton (1738-1828) of Virginia, and the great grandson of Capt James Holman of James River, Henrico County, Virginia.
Rebecca McNeil (1785-1808) is the daughter of Elizabeth Van Meter (1748-1802) and her second husband, Thomas McNeil (1749-1790).
Elizabeth Van Meter (1752-1803) is the daughter of Jacob Van Meter (born 1723 in Somerset County, New Jersey; died Nov 16, 1798 in Hardin County, Kentucky) and his wife Letitia Strode (1725-1789).

The Van Meters arrived in the New York area (New Netherlands) around 1660 as part of the Dutch settlement. They later acquired land in Somerset County, Province of East Jersey. Brothers John and Isaac Van Meter were born in Ulster County, New York and later settled in Pilesgrove Twp., Salem County, New Jersey. Their brother Joseph Van Meter settled in Monmouth County, New Jersey.

Jan Joosten Van Meter and his wife, Sarah du Bois, the parents of the brothers (John, Isaac, and Joseph Van Meter) was a Dutchman from New York. He relocated to New Jersey and became an Indian Trader. From his travels with the Delaware Indians he first learned of the land in the Shenandoah Valley. Jan Joosten Van Meter was granted 200 acres of land near what is now Frederick, Maryland, November 3, 1726, by Lord Baltimore, and the following year he relocated to the Germanna settlement near Fredericksburg, Virginia. From there Jan Joosten Van Meter and this two sons, John and Isaac, set out to explore the northern end of the Shenandoah Valley. In 1730, the two brothers applied for and received from Virginia Governor Gooch a land grant for 40,000 acres. [The governor, with the concurrence of the Council, could grant a huge block of land to an individual. The theory was to settle within a stated period of time a minimum number of families on the tract. The grantee was supposed to be restrained from charging more than a specified price per acre. The grantee issued deeds, just as though the block was owned by himself.]

Elizabeth Van Meter, daughter of John Van Meter and his second wife Margaret Mulinar, married Thomas C Shepherd (1705-1776). Early settlers from Pennsylvania and Maryland to the northern end of the Valley crossed the Potomac River at the Pack Horse Ford. A small community was located there. In 1734, Thomas C Shepherd (1705-1776) was granted 222 acres on the south side of the Potomac. From that tract he laid out a town (fifty acres) named Mecklenburg (later renamed Shepherdstown).

Jacob Van Meter (1723-1798) was the fourth and youngest son of John Van Meter and his second wife, Margaret Mulinar. Around 1768, Jacob Van Meter (1723-1798) and his wife Letitia Strobe sold their land in Frederick County, Virginia and relocated to the southwestern part of Pennsylvania (which was also claimed by Virginia). In 1779, Jacob Van Meter (1723-1798) again relocated. This time he loaded twenty-seven houseboats with his extended family and floated from Pittsburgh down the Ohio River to near Louisville, Kentucky. They joined a settlement in the part of Nelson County, Kentucky which later became Hardin County, Kentucky. (Letitia Strobe was a sister of the Captain John Strode who founded Strode Station in Clark County, Kentucky, and a first cousin of the William Bryan who married Mary Boone, the sister of Daniel Boone.)

Elizabeth Van Meter (born 1752 in Frederick County, Virginia and died 1803 in Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Kentucky) was the daughter of Jacob Van Meter (1723-1798) and Letitia Strobe. Elizabeth Van Meter (1752-1803) married first John Swan (1744-1783), married second Thomas McNeil (1749-1790), and married third John Vertrees (1741-1803).

[Note: The Van Meter land, except for two parcels retained by the Van Meters, was later transferred to Joist Hite. Rebecca Van Meter (the daughter of Jan Joosten Van Meter, the Indian Trader and Sarah du Bois) married Cornelius Elting and had a daughter, Sara Elting. Sara Elting married Col. John Hite, the eldest son of Joist Hite and Anna Marie du Bois.]

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Shapard/Shepherd/Shepperd

Elizabeth Van Meter (born 1715 in Somerset County, New Jersey; died 1793 in Jefferson County, Virginia, now West Virginia) was the daughter of John Van Meter, Jr and his second wife, Margaret Mulinar, and the sister of Jacob Van Meter (1723-1798). In 1733 in Prince Georges County, Maryland, Elizabeth Van Meter married Capt Thomas C Shepherd (1705-1776). Children of Thomas Shepherd and Elizabeth Van Meter are:
    Mary Shepherd, b. 1742, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, (West) Virginia; d. Sep 13, 1781, Jefferson County, Kentucky.
    Thomas Shepherd, b. 1743, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, (West) Virginia; d. Oct 16, 1792, Berkley, Virginia
    Sarah Shepherd, b. 1736, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, (West) Virginia; d. 1780.
    John Shepherd, b. 1749, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, (West) Virginia; d. Abt. 1825, Clairsville, Ohio.
    Abraham Shepherd, b. Nov 10, 1754, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, (West) Virginia; d. Sep 7, 1822; buried Shepherd Cemetery, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, (West) Virginia
    Elizabeth Shepherd, b. Oct 3, 1738, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, (West) Virginia; d. 1788.
    Martha Shepherd, b. 1752, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, (West) Virginia; d. Abt. 1825, Clairsville, Ohio.
    William Shepherd, b. 1737, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, (West) Virginia; d. 1824.
    David Shepherd, b. Jan 1733, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, (West) Virginia; d. Feb 2, 1795.
    Susannah Shepherd, b. Sep 1, 1758, Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, (West) Virginia; d. April 13, 1835, Wheeling, Ohio Co., Va.

Holman/Shepherd connections

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The Jacob Van Meter (1723-1798) who married Letitia Strode (1725-1789) was the brother of the Elizabeth Van Meter (1715-1793).
Jacob Van Meter (1723-1798) had a daughter Elizabeth Van Meter (1752-1803).
Elizabeth Van Meter (1752-1803) and her second husband, Thomas McNeil (1749-1790) had a daughter Rebecca McNeil (1785-1808).
Rebecca McNeil (born 1785 in Hardin County, Kentucky; died 1808 in Ohio County, Kentucky) in 1805 in Hardin County, Kentucky married James Burton Holeman (1780-1876).
James Burton Holeman (1780-1876) is the son of John Holeman (1736-1837) and Elizabeth Burton (1738-1828) of Virginia, and the great grandson of Capt James Holman (1666-1759) of Henrico County, Virginia.

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Samuel Booker Shepherd (b. Nov 12, 1763 in Cumberland Co., Va) in 1788 in Cumberland County, Virginia married Susannah Holeman (b. 1770 in Virginia; d. after 1850 in Buckingham County, Virginia).

* Susannah Holeman (b. 1770 in Virginia) was the daughter of John Holman (b. July 14, 1731 in Stafford County, Va.; d. 1818 in Cumberland Co., VA) and Susannah Yancey (b. 1736 in Virginia) and the grand daughter of Tandy H Holeman and Mary Wagstaff.

* Samuel Booker Shepherd (b. 1763 in Cumberland Co., Va) was the son of William Shepard (b. 1740 in King and Queen County, Virginia d. 1807 in Granville County, North Carolina) and Mary Booker (1746-1804); and the grandson of Samuel Shapard (1700-1751) and his second wife Mildred Crockford (1712-1781).

Lewis Shepherd (1775-1833), the brother of Samuel Booker Shepherd (born 1763), in 1796 married Martha Payne (1773-1813), the daughter of Robert Payne (1748-1808) and Elizabeth Miller (1755-1788).

Susannah Holeman (b. 1770 in Virginia) was the first cousin of George Holeman (1766-1854), the son of William Holeman (1725-1796) and Susannah Thompson (1727-1817), and grandson of Tandy H Holeman (1695-1735).

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Holman R Shepherd, 1811-1883, lived in Fluvanna County, Virginia. He married first Jane R Smith (born 1812) and second Maria Louisa Webb (born 1933). Holman R Shepherd and Maria Louisa Webb had a son named James Holman Shepherd (born 1869) and a daughter named Marion Holman Shepherd (born 1872).

The 1850 census for Fluvanna County, Virginia has the following households:
868 Shepherd, Holman R 39     1811     Male
871 Flanagan, James B        37     1813     Male     Virginia
599 Holman, George         85     1765     Male     Virginia [Note: son of William Holeman (1725-1796) and Susannah Thompson (1727-1817)]
600 Holman, George P       40     1810     Male     Virginia [Note: son of George Holeman (1766-1854)]
619 Payne, Nathan H         36     1814     Male     Virginia

In the 1860 census for Fork Union, Fluvanna County, Virginia, the neighbors of Holman R Shepherd were: Robert P Snead, born 1816 in Virginia (in the same household was Sarah Terry, born 1782 in Virginia); George Webb, born 1798 in Virginia; George H Snead, born 1804 in Virginia; and Martin B Shepherd, born 1802 in Virginia.

In the 1880 census for Fork Union, Fluvanna County, Virginia, the neighbors of Holman R Shepherd were: William N. Faris, born 1819 in Virginia; John T. Faris, born 1854 in Virginia; and Thomas N. Snead, born 1832 in Virginia.

The parents of Holman R Shepherd, 1811-1883 are unknown, but he may be part of the family of the Lawrence Shepherd who was born in 1737, lived in Loudoun County, Virginia, moved to Fluvanna County, Virginia by 1787, then migrated to Ross County, Ohio around 1817, and died there in 1842. Lawrence Shepherd (and his wife Anna Brown) are in Loudoun County, Virginia in 1769, where he is mentioned in a court record trying to collect money owed to him. In Fluvanna County, Virginia Lyles Baptist Church records, Lawrence Shepherd was cited in 1801 for planting tobacco on the Lord's day.

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The marriage records in the Rockingham County, Virginia Clerk's office show that Wm. Holeman married Agness Shepherd on April 14, 1780. Is he the same man as the William Holman living in the "Forks of the James" in Rockbridge County, Virginia?

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Note: William Shepard, Elisha Burton, and Charles Burton are listed in "Powhatan County, Virginia, Oaths of Allegiance, 1777." [Powhatan County, Virginia created from eastern portion of Cumberland County, Virginia in 1777.]

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Payne/Paign

The Payne family is connected to the Holman family, the Burton family, and the Farris family.

George Payne (born about 1680; died Jan 15, 1743) in 1704 in Goochland County, Virginia married Mary Woodson, born 1678 in Henrico County, Virginia, the daughter of Elizabeth "Sarah" Farris (born about 1638 in Henrico Co., VA; died 1689 in Henrico Co., VA) and Robert Woodson. George Payne's will is dated December 3, 1743, and proved January 15, 1744, in Goochland, and names sons John Payne, George Payne, Josias Payne, and wife, Mary.

George and Mary (Woodson) Payne's son, George Payne (1707-1784), in 1778 married Judith Burton (born about 1731), the daughter of the Robert Burton (born 1687 in Henrico Co., VA; died 1748 in Goochland County, VA) who in 1716 married Priscilla Farrar (1690-1768). Jane S Payne, granddaughter of George Payne (1707-1784) and Judith Burton married James B Ferguson (born 1781), son of James Furguson and Judith Eldridge, and grandson of Daniel Ferguson (1716-1748) and Mildred Donohoe (1716-1803).

George and Mary (Woodson) Payne's son, Josias Payne (1705-1785) married Anna Fleming, granddaughter of Sir Thomas Fleming.
* One son of Josias Payne (1705-1785), Robert Payne (1738-1791) in 1762 married Anne Burton (1742-1810), the grand daughter of the Robert Burton (born 1687 in Henrico Co., Virginia; died 1748 in Goochland County, VA) who in 1716 married Priscilla Farrar (1690-1768).
* One son of Josias Payne (1705-1785), John Payne relocated to North Carolina to care for plantation given to him by father. There he married Mary Coles, daughter of William Coles, of Hanover Co., VA.

In the 1850 census for Fluvanna County, Virginia was Mary "Polly" Jordan Payne (born Aug 21, 1780 in Virginia) and her husband, George Holeman (born Aug 31, 1766 in Goochland County, Virginia); their grandchild, Mary C Miller; and three grandchildren named Armstead. Their neighbors were their son, George Payne Holman (born 1810 in Fluvanna County, Virginia) and his family; and William Johnson (born 1787 in Virginia) and his family.
* Mary "Polly" Jordan Payne (born 1780) was the daughter of Robert Burton Payne (1751-1784) and Margaret Sydenham Morton (1756-1840); and the granddaughter of George Payne (1707-1784) who in 1778 married Judith Burton (born about 1731).
* George Holeman (1766-1854) was the son of William Holeman (1725-1796) and Susannah Thompson (1727-1817); and the grandson of Tandy H Holeman (1695-1735) and Mary Wagstaff (1705-1731).

Robertson County, Tennessee D.B. "O" page 231, 18 Jul 1819 the heirs of Joseph Payne sell 96 acres to Enoch Holman, part which were the 70 acres that Joseph resided on.
Robertson County, Tennessee D.B. "O" pages 232, 233 dated 18 Jul 1818 the heirs of Joseph Payne sell to Enoch Holman 119 acres on the Red River.

Know all by these presents that we James Payne, Caty Payne, Gideon Payne, Solomon Payne, John Summerville, Warren Payne, David West of the County of Robertson and State of Tennessee in consideration of the sum of two hundred and thirty eight dollars to us in hand paid by Enoch Holeman of the County and state aforesaid the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged have receipted, release and forever quit claim and do by these presents release and forever quit
Page 233,
Claim unto the said Enoch Holeman and his heirs and assigns forever a certain tract or parcel of land lying on the waters of Red River containing one hundred and nineteen acres of land and Bounded as follows, Beginning at Daniel Holemans South East corner of the tract of land he now lives on a poplar running West with his line one hundred and thirty poles to a black gum and dogwood thence South ten poles to the North East corner of Holemans thirty acres being and containing the same corner in the Holemans line in all sixty two poles to a black oak Holemans South East corner Thence East forty five poles to a Spanish oak Arringtons South East corner thence South eight poles to a stake thence east to the North West corner of Daniel Holemans 100 acre survey containing the same corner with Holemans line in all one hundred and twenty two poles to a hickory North East corner of Holemans thence South with Holemans line one hundred and thirty eight poles & three fourth poles to a stake thence East 87 poles to a Stake thence North to Abraham Youngs South West corner continuing the same course with said Youngs line in all two hundred and eight and three fourth poles to a Spanish Oak said Payne's North East corner of his thirty acre tract thence west with his line seventy four poles to the Beginning, To have and to hold the same together with all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to him the said Enoch Holeman his heirs and assigns forever.
In Witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands and Seals this 14th November 1818.

James Payne (seal)
Caty Payne (seal)
Gideon Payne (seal)
Solomon Payne (seal)
John Summerville (seal)
Warren Payne (seal)
David West (seal)

Attest;
Joseph D. Holeman
Thomas Holeman
Lewis Johnson
Thomas D. Long

* Enoch Holeman, born 1780 in South Carolina, is the son of Isaac Holeman (1752-1834) and his first wife, Elizabeth Johnson; and the grandson of Thomas Holeman (1723-1798) and his first wife, Mary A Thompson.
* The above deed is for Joseph Payne (1750-1818), son of Joseph Payne (1720-1803) and his wife Phoebe.
* Elizabeth Payne (1755-1820), daughter of Joseph Payne (1720-1803) and his wife Phoebe, in Virginia in 1775 married James Crabtree (1756-1820). Two of the children of James and Elizabeth (Payne) Crabtree married children of Daniel Holeman (1749-1820), son of Thomas Holeman (1723-1798) and his first wife, Mary A Thompson.

Note:
Goochland Co. Wills & deeds, 1728-36, p. 58, 25 Feb 1726 Deed between Nowel Burton and John Sutton Farrar for 120 lbs, 325 acres in St. James Parish bounded by Josiah Paine, Robert Burton, Robert Adams, John Bellamy, Col. Harrison and John Woodson. Wit: John Woods, Wm Womack, Francis James, Henry Wood. Recorded 16 March 1728.

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Farris

Holman/Ferris Connections: Sarah Holman (1740-1777) married Archibald Snead in 1756 in Hanover County, Virginia; and John Holman (1787-1849) married Mary "Polly" Farris in 1808 in Knox County, Kentucky.

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Sarah Holman (1740-1777) was the daughter of Henry Holman (1685-1740) and the niece of Capt James Holman of Henrico County, Virginia (1667-1759). Sarah Holman (1740-1777) married, in 1756 in Hanover County, Virginia, Alexander Snead (1740-1781). Many Snead family researcher believe that Alexander Snead (1740-1781) was a first cousin to Susannah Snead (born 1776) , daughter of Benjamin Sneed and Mary Ann Perry. (See Surnames in old Virginia)

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A Short Biography of Benjamin Sneed (1721 - 1819) of Albemarle Co., VA and Danville, KY
Reportedly the First Tutor of Thomas Jefferson
Editor: Richard B. Baldauf
Contributors: Trueman Farris and Susan Stewart
January 2005

One final incident relating to Benjamin Sneed (b.1721) may be worthy of mention. The records show that on Dec. 1, 1806, in the Court of Albemarle in Chancery "a certain George Faris became indebted to your Orator [Benjamin Sneed] in the sum of seventy three pounds ..." To guarantee payment, "[George Faris] created the accompanying deed bearing date of the 2nd of September 1806 by which he transferred to a certain Larkin Harlow a considerable number of articles of personal property, in trust ...." "The said sum being due and unpaid the trustee at the request of your Orator proceeded to sell the property according to law." "Your orator further represents to the Court that on the day of the sale of the property by the Trustee a certain David Higginbotham ... to whom your Orator pray may be made Defendant to this bill (?) sent out an circular against George Faris and although he warned the said Defendant of his right, under pretense that your Orator's claim was leavened with fraud proceeded to have his Exc'n (?) levied ..." Before moving on, note the archaic writing style of the period. The quote is from a copy of the original document.

There appears to have been a counter suit, and the affair dragged on until 20 March 1811, when the court record refers to "Benjamin Sneed late in your bailiwick." Higginbotham and his associates were awarded the verdict. It appears, however, that Benjamin Sneed never got around to settling up. He probably journeyed with George Faris and wife Susannah (Sneed) on their trip west in 1810, [newspaper article], since his name disappears from the Albemarle records after this date.

No doubt the Farises passed through Danville, KY on their way to Missouri, but if so, we have no record of it. In any event, Benjamin himself, now about 89 years old, did not arrive in Danville until 1816 [see obituary], where he likely settled in the Quisenberry Farm area. He certainly did not go alone. William Benjamin Sneed writes: "I went to the Virginia State Library in Richmond to find information of that sort ... I found a record that said old Ben arrived in Danville, KY in 1816; the information came from the Kentucky Advocate, a newspaper in Danville. It [went on] to say that John lived on the old Quisenberry farm, land now owned by Jim and Nancy Davis ..." [From a personal letter.]

From the Sneed pedigree sheet written up by Frances Trader, we are told that "Alexander Sneed and [his wife] Elizabeth Campbell 'built the Quisenberry homestead.'" Alexander was the grandson of Benjamin. From the Kentucky Reporter, Lexington, KY, April 14, 1819, we get this information: "The Sneeds were among our most prominent families a hundred years ago. Alexander lived upon the western limits of the town -- later 'Quisenberry place.' His brother John upon an adjoining farm." Then it states: "Alexander's daughter Sallie married George Graham Vest, so long senator from Missouri. John Sneed Sr., their father, and son of Benjamin, was one of our Revolutionary veterans." [Personal File]

One has to wonder, then, where Benjamin was living between 1810 and 1816. A fortunate reference in his obituary to daily walks on Clinch Mountain suggests that he may have stopped off in Russell or Washington County along the Wilderness Trail. Since his grandson's wife, Elizabeth Campbell, came from Russell County, and her husband Alexander may have briefly lived there, it is conceivable that Benjamin may have stopped off there during this lost interval. He may have even bought property there, as we have Treasury Warrants for a Benjamin Sneed owning property on Clinch Mountain in 1818. (28) It seems likely, however, that this Clinch Mountain property belonged to another Benjamin in a collateral line.

Where Benjamin Sneed is buried remains unknown. It seems likely, however, that he was buried in the old Presbyterian churchyard in Danville. "During the first seventy years the old Presbyterian churchyard was the only place of interment ..." writes Calvin Fackler in his Early Days in Danville. That would cover the period from 1774, the date of the town's founding, to 1847, when the new cemetery was laid out. Fackler continues: "When the Presbyterian Church ceded it to the town for the Ephraim McDowell Memorial, it was crowded with tombstones. Then there appears to have been a wholesale attempt at dispossession. Most of the families had already moved their dead to the present cemetery, or did so then. So the graves were leveled and many stones carted off, with a shocking disregard for decency." [Fackler, Early Days in Danville p. 212.] But unless he is buried in one of the few private cemeteries, this is hard to account for, since there is neither stone nor record of Benjamin Sneed in the new Bellevue Cemetery where the second generation of Sneeds are laid to rest.

And so we bring to a close this search for the identity of Benjamin Sneed (1721-1819). There remains much to review and verify. Please accept my apologies for errors and omissions. It is my hope that my colleagues will continue to research these data, making the needed corrections and adding new material to this project. (January 12, 2005)

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Susannah Snead (born 1776), daughter of Benjamin Sneed and Mary Ann Perry, in 1797 in Albemarle County, Virginia married George M Farris (born 1769 in Virginia and died 1857 in Moniteau County, Missouri). Their grandson was George Washington Farris (born 1827)

History of Cole, Moniteau, Morgan, Benton, Miller, Maries and Osage Counties, Missouri, 937-38,
"G.W. Farris is the oldest of eight children born to Minor and Mary (Brockman) Farris, who were Virginians by birth. The father came to Missouri with his parents in 1806. His father, George M., settled on a tract of land about twenty-eight miles from St. Louis, where he made valuable improvements and lived many years. He was a soldier in the War of 1812, serving for some time under Gen. Harrison, and received for his services a land warrant. In 1850 he left St. Louis County and bought land and settled in what is now Moniteau County, where he died in 1857 at the ripe old age of eighty-eight years. Minor Farris owned an excellent farm in St. Louis County, which he afterward sold, and moved to Moniteau County in 1855, where he bought 240 acres of land; he is now (1889) living, aged eight-nine years. Our subject, G. W. Farris, was born in St. Louis County, on his father's farm, in 1827, and after attaining a suitable age entered forty acres of land there. Here he made his home until 1856, when he sold out and removed to Moniteau County, where he purchased 120 acres of mostly wild land in 1863, and settled down to getting it in good working condition. He devotes a considerable portion of it to stock raising, and has a fine orchard of 100 bearing trees. In 1847 he was married to Therisa C. Carney, by whom he became the father of twelve children: Charles E., Missouri C. (wife of A. M. Slaton), Margaret V. (wife of J.H. Etter, died November 28, 1889, leaving three children), Douglas, Oliver J., Reuben B, Jefferson Lee, Eliza May (wife of Grant Bond), Mollie, George (deceased), Thomas J., and a daughter that died in infancy."

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John Holman (1787-1849) [parents unknown] married Mary "Polly" Farris in 1808 in Knox County, Kentucky. Mary "Polly" Farris was the sister of the George Farris (born 1776 in Laurel County, Kentucky) who married Martha McNeil (grand daughter of Neal McNeil) in Knox County in 1803.

Mary "Polly" Farris and George Farris were children of John Esom Farris (1752-1827) and grandchildren of James Esom Farris (1722-1814).

John Esom Farris:
was born c1750 in Virginia,
around 1770 in Virginia he married Martha Lucy Campbell,
around 1775 moved to the part of Lincoln County, Kentucky that became Knox County and then Laurel County,
Operated a tavern and became a large landowner.

Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924
Grantee: John Farriss
Number of Acres: 300
Survey Date: 9 Jan 1783
County: Lincoln
Watercourse: Logan Cr
Book Number: 6
Source Citation: Collection: The Kentucky Land Grants; Volume Number: 1; Part: 1; Title: Chapter II Virginia Grants (1782-1792); Section: The Counties of Kentucky; Source Page Number: 48.
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Land Grants, 1782-1924 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
Original data: Jillson, Willard Rouse. The Kentucky Land Grants. Vol. I-II. Louisville, KY, USA: Filson Club Publications, 1925.

(See Holmans in Knox County)

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McNeil/Mcneil

Thomas McNeil (born 1749 in Virginia; died 1790 in Woodford County, KY) and Elizabeth Van Meter (1748-1802) had three children:

1. Mary Hester "Polly" McNeil (Born 1783 in Hardin County, Kentucky; died 1847 in Lewis, Missouri) married John Kennedy (born 1794 in Hardin County, Kentucky), son of Daniel Kennedy (1755-1814) and Sarah Rawlings (1760-1814).

2. Rebecca McNeil (born 1785 in Hardin County, Kentucky; died 1808 in Ohio County, KY) in 1805 in Hardin County, Kentucky married James Burton Holeman (1780-1876), the son of John Holeman (1736-1837) and Elizabeth Burton (1738-1828) of Virginia.

3. Daniel McNeil (born 1785 in Hardin County, Kentucky; died 1834 in Hardin County, Ky):
* married first, in 1808 in Franklin County, Kentucky, Eleanor Hackley (born 1787 in Culpeper Couny, Virginia; died 1824 in Shelby County, KY), daughter of Frances Hackley (1740-1811) and Frances "Fannie" Lightfoot.
* married second Mary "Tabb" Van Meter.

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Kennedy

James Holman (Holeman, Holdman, Holdam), born about 1814 in Madison County, Kentucky, is one of the three "very tightly related" Holmans. 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 "Patsy" Ramsey, (the daughter of Alexander Ramsey and the granddaughter of Thomas Ramsey) by Baptist minister Benjamin Polston.

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At one point, James and Martha (Ramsey) Holman were members of the Old Union Baptist Church, which met in a schoolhouse in "Union" Garrard County, Kentucky.

Notes from
History of Garrard County, Kentucky and its Churches
By Forrest Calico
Pages 342 – 343
Old Union Baptist Church
Located on southwest side of the road on James Kennedy’s line
Schoolhouse church, the predecessor of the Good Hope Church
Preachers: Henry Elkin of Madison County, Isaac Renfro, John Pond
Some Members: Bentleys, Kennedys, Pointers, Cookes, Dollens, Holmans, Renfros, McQuerrys

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From werelate.org: Capt. Joseph Kennedy, of the Borden Tract, Augusta County, VA

John Kennedy and James Kennedy appear to be sons of Joseph Kennedy, one of the early settlers of Augusta County, Virginia. Around 1766, they relocated to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. John relocated to Kentucky around 1775, and James around 1780.

Acquisition of Land from Orange County, Virginia Records:

Pages 180-81. 24 Feb. 1742/3. Charles Doheny of Orange County, yeoman, to Joseph Kenedy, farmer. Lease; for 5 shillings [release not recorded]. 231 acres, 1 rod, 32 poles on Morphets (Moffett's) Creek... corner to James Cook's land... crossing the creek... in the barrens... (signed) Charles (C.D.) Donehy, Eliza (X) Donehy. Wit: Buchanan [sic], John (X) Pattison, Joseph Colton, Robt. Culton. 24 March 1742 [1743]. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 7, pg. 50]. (Note: even though a release was not recorded for this tract, it appears that Joseph Kennedy actually did acquire it, since he later sold it to James Wardlaw in 1765).

Pages 260-63. 13-14 May 1743. John [Thomas in release] Pattison of Orange County, yeoman, to Joseph Kennedy of same, yeoman. Lease and release; for 25 Pounds current money. 380 acres, 20 pole on the east side of the branch of James River called Morffit's Creek... part of 92,100 acres obtained by Benjamin Borden by grant... in a dry valley... down the creek... (signed) John (X) Pattison. Wit: Joseph Cotton (prob. Culton), Robt. Coulton, John Berkenhead. 26 May 1743. Acknowledged by John Pattison. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 7, pg. 55].

Disposition of Land from Chalkley's:

Page 331.--21st August, 1754. Joseph Kennedy (his mark), Gent., and Elizabeth, to Samuel Buchanan, James Walker, Robert Reagh, John Logan, Alexander Miller and William Kennedy, trustees appointed and chosen by the Presbyterian Congregation of New Providence in Augusta County for and on behalf of themselves and the rest of the said Congregation and their successors adherents to the Squad of New York of the other part. Consideration: The sincere regard, good will and affectionate love which he beareth unto the said Congregation, and with an eye to encourage the worshipers of the most Blessed and Glorious Trinity, the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, who is God over all, and Blessed forever, Amen; and for and in consideration of the sum of six pence sterling; for public use and benefit of the said Congregation for a Presbyterian Meeting House to worship Almighty God in and for a burying place and graveyard to them and such as shall hereafter joyn with them the said Congregation of New Providence a certain moiety piece or parcel of land whereon the said Congregation hath already began to prepare and build a meeting house containing 3 A., 1 R., 27 P., on west side Moffet's Creek in Borden's tract; said Kennedy's and Francis McCown's line being a line of land now in possession of Andrew Duncan. Delivered to Samuel Buchanan, 21st June, 1758.

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Question: Is this the William Holdman who married Agness Shepherd on April 14, 1780 in Rockingham County?
Records in Augusta County, Virginia, from Chalkley's:
Vol. 2 - (abt. 1755) - Page 160.--Robert Young and James Davis, on north east side of Buffelow Creek and up the North River to the Mountain. Abraham Brown and William Holdman, on north east side Buffelow Creek below Wagon Road, thence down the North River to mouth of South River, thence, crossing North River, and down the same to mouth of Buffelow. David Dryden and River William Hall, in Cap. Joseph Kennedy's Company. Andrew Hays and Jacob Anderson, in Captain Joseph Culton's Company.

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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.
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.

Following the civil war, members of the Kennedy clan, especially Elbert D. Kennedy, were involved in much violence in the Crab Orchard area. Elbert D. Kennedy (or "Uncle Eb" or "Old Hook 'Em") had been a Magistrate, County surveyor, Sheriff, Circuit Clerk, and a Commissioner of the Court. Some of the other names mentioned in these articles:
** George Dollins, a special policeman of Crab Orchard
** Henry C. Brooks
** Alex Conn and Sam Conn
** Walter Saunders, the noted head of the Crab Orchard outlaws, and Sheriff of Lincoln County
** James Berthuram, living in Rockcastle County and Andy Cummins, a brother-in-law of Berthuram
** John McQuerry who ran off to Greene County, Illinois with Sarah Jane Cooley, one of the illegitimate children of Elbert D. Kennedy

[Note: 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)]

The farm of General Thomas Kennedy, Garrard County's first Representative in the General Assembly of Kentucky, was the inspiration for Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin".

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John Holman, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Wilson) Holman, married Nancy Martin, daughter of William and Winifred (Gentry) Martin in Madison County, Kentucky on March 18, 1817.

History and Genealogies
OF THE FAMILIES OF MILLER, WOODS, HARRIS, WALLACE, MAUPIN, OLDHAM, KAVANAUGH, AND BROWN
WITH INTERSPERSIONS OF NOTES OF THE FAMILIES OF DABNEY, REID, MARTIN, BROADDUS, GENTRY, JARMAN, JAMESON, BALLARD, MULLINS, MICHIE, MOBERLEY, COVINGTON, BROWNING, DUNCAN, YANCEY AND OTHERS
By W. H. MILLER
RICHMOND, KY.
1907

Page 64
"From 1780 to 1795 there were great streams of people flowing as a mighty tide from Virginia and other colonies or states to Kentucky - the Millers, the Woodes, the Harrises, the Wallaces, the Maupins, and the Kavanaughs from Virginia, and the Oldhams from the Dan and Yadkin Rivers of North Carolina (who had gone thither from Fauquier County, Virginia) were in the stream increasing in no small measure the tide of immigration into the Dark and Bloody Ground, traveling the only highways which had been blazed and trodden by the immortalized pioneer, Colonel Daniel Boone, and his compatriots, known as Boone's Trace, the Wilderness Road, and the Long Hunter's Path, etc. Many of these immigrants located in Madison County, and many in other parts of Kentucky."

Page 265
Notes from Madison County Court Records:
Dec. 6, 1798. Joel Harris, of Albemarle County, Va., executed a power of attorney to John Harris, Daniel Maupin and James Berry to act for him and convey lands etc. Nov. 17, 1807, the said Joel Harris conveyed to Daniel Maupin an undivided moiety of 1000 acres on waters of Cow Creek and Indian Creek, emptying into the Salt Spring Fork of Licking granted to Joel Harris June 26, 1799, witnesses, John Patrick, John Harris and William Dulaney, and other conveyances as follows: 200 acres to Joseph Holdman, 200 acres to Richard Johnson in the forks of Tates Creek, and 200 acres to John Denham, adjoining above. April 10, 1817, Daniel Maupin attorney in fact for Joel Harris of Albermarle conveyed to Samuel Robinson 288 1/2 acres on Muddy Creek.

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CHAPTER 5. SARAH HARRIS.
Sarah Harris, a daughter of Christopher Harris and his first wife Mary Dabney, was born in Albemarle County, Virginia and was married there to James Martin. James and Sarah (Harris) Martin came with their children to Madison County, Kentucky in the immigration of 1780 to 1795. James Martin died in Madison County, Kentucky about 1799. (Will book A, page 192, July 5, 1796). Sarah (Harris) Martin survived her husband, James Martin, and afterwards married George Jones.

William Martin, son of James and Sarah (Harris) Martin, married Winifred Gentry, and relocated to Madison County, Kentucky where William Martin died in 1841 (Will Book G, page 418).

Nancy Martin, daughter of William and Winifred (Gentry) Martin, married John Holman , son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Wilson) Holman. Their children:
1. Sallie Ann Holman; married Jamison Arvine, Oct. 4, 1842.
2. Nancy J. Holman; married Allen Tudor, March. 8, 1849.
3. Minerva Holman; married William Pullins, Nov. 30, 1848.
4. Helen Holman: married William S. Atkinson, May 2, 1850.
5. Nancy Holman; married Haman Million, Sept. 28, 1852.
6. Elizabeth Holman: married Wm. S. Million, Oct. 18, 1853.
7. James M. Holman; married Fannie Newby, Nov. 21, 1839.

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Marriages
Holman, James M.—Fannie Newby. November 21, 1839.
Holman, Paulina—John Bowling, January 11, 1833.
Holman, Permelia—David Gordon, January 2, 1834.
Holman, Nancy—Greenberry Harvey, February 6, 1845.
Holman, Sally Ann—Jameson Arvine, October 4, 1842.
Holman, Nancy J.—Allen Tudor, March 8, 1849.
Holman, Minerva—Wm. Pullins, November 30, 1848.
Holman, Helen—Wm. S. Atkison, May 2, 1850.
Holman, Nancy—Haman Million, September 28, 1852.
Holman, Elizabeth—Wm. S. Million, October 18, 1853.

[Note:
Albemarle County, Virginia was created in 1744 from Louisa County, and the western portion of Goochland County. Albemarle County is located east of the Blue Ridge and joins both Rockingham and Augusta Counties.
The large county was partitioned in 1761, forming Buckingham and Amherst counties.
In 1777, Albemarle County was divided and Fluvanna County established, finalizing the boundaries of modern Albemarle County.]

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Burton

Goochland Co. Wills & deeds, 1728-36 related to the Robert Burton (born 1687 in Henrico Co., Virginia; died 1748 in Goochland Co., VA) who is thought to be the father of: 1) the Judith Burton (born 1731) who married George Payne (1707-1784); and 2) the Elizabeth Burton (1738-1828) who married John Holeman (1736-1837) who was a grandson of Capt James Holman (1666-1759) of Henrico County, Virginia.

p. 288, Deed 15 Nov 1731, Robert Burton of Goochland Co., from John Woodson of same, for 50 lbs, 350 acres on north side of James River on east side of Dover Mill, next to George Payne, Thomas Wadloe, Robert Adams and John Sutton Farrar. Wit: Jos. Dabbs, James Daniell, Fleming Bates. Signed:
John Woodson. Recorded 16 Nov 1731. Susanna, wife of John, relinquishes her dower right.

p. 289, Deed 15 Nov 1731 John Woodson of Goochland Co., to Thomas Wadlow, 200 acres on north side of James River, bounded by land sold by John Woodson, dec'd, to Robert Adams, broad branch of Tukahoe Creek, and Robert Burton. Wit: Rob't Payne, Robt. Burton, George Eastham, Fleming Bates, John Bates. Signed: John Woodson. Recorded 16 Nov 1731. Susanne, wife of John, relinquished her dower right.

[Note: The first Goochland County Court was held in 1728 and one of the justices was John Woodson. In the next year George Payne and James Holman were added as Justices.]

1800 Kentucky tax list:

* Madison County: Richard Benton, Robert Benton, Abraham Burton, David Burton, David Burton, Isaac Burton, Robert Burton, Samuel Burton [Robert Burton (1736-1807) and his sons: Abraham Burton (1766-1852) and Isaac Burton (1767-1813)]

* Garrard County: Jesse Burton, William Burton [Jesse Burton (1760-1825), son of John Burton (1716-1785)]

* Pulaski County: Allen Burton (1749-1813), son of Robert Burton (1736-1807), Josept Holman, James Holman [Who are these Holmans?]

* Lincoln County: Benjamin Burton, James P Burton, Mary Burton, William Burton [James Paign Burton (1736-1814), his sister Mary Burton, and his sons: Benjamin Burton (1767-1833) and William Frank Burton (1763-1814).]

(See Virginia Related Surnames)

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Rice

Mary Holman (1720-1787) was the daughter of Tandy H Holeman and Mary Wagstaff.
Mary Holman (b. 1720 in York County, Virginia; d. 1787 in Goochland County, Virginia) on April 3, 1756 in Goochland County, Virginia married Charles Rice (b. 1715 in Albemarle County, Virginia; d. 1785 in Goochland County, Virginia).
Mary Holman (1720-1787) and Charles Rice (1715-1785) had a son Holman Rice (b. Feb 28, 1758 in Goochland County, Virginia; d. Jan 16, 1849 in Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky.

Holman Rice (1758-1849) was the son of Charles Rice and Mary Holeman, and first cousin of the Capt Tandy Holeman (born Abt. 1756 in Caroline County, Virginia). Holman Rice was 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)

(See Bath County, Kentucky)

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Ayres

Capt Tandy Holeman (born Abt. 1756 in Caroline County, Virginia).
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
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 Jane "Jean" Ayres.

Note: Nathan Ayres (born 1752 in Albemarle County, Virginia) is listed on the same page for the 1810 Buckingham County, Virginia census with Isham Burton, Nathaniel Burton, and William Burton.

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