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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.

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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The results of the DNA tests show that the descendant of James Holeman, b. 1814 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, born about 1723, who moved from the Shenandoah Valley to North Carolina in 1752.

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Any Holman from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, or the Lord Fairfax controlled area of Virginia who wanted to go to North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, or the Ohio River Valley during the period 1730 to the Revolutionary War passed through the Shenandoah Valley.

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Notes on
"Life Along Holman's Creek" by J. Flood Wine, Stephens City, Virginia, 1985

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Chapter I Holman's Creek

"Holman's Creek, named for Daniel Holman, is approximately
eleven miles in length, and is located in the section
known by the early settlers as "The Forest." Several springs located
two/three miles west of Moore's Store near the Rocking-
- ham/Shenandoah County line form the headwaters. The creek
flows in an easterly direction through Moore's Store, "Harpinetown,"
Forestville, past past Liberty Brethern Church, north of
Quicksburg, and into the north fork of the Shenandoah River
at the 1-81 bridge south of the Shenandoah Caverns exit. One
confluent stream, Holman's Run, named for Thomas Holman,
flows from several feeder springs in the Flat Rock Church area,
northeast through "Brannertown" into Holman's Creek on the
east side of Forestville. Boiling Springs, located one mile west
of Quicksburg, on the former Wm. A. Quick farm, discharges
its flow into Holman's Creek one-half mile west of Liberty
Church."

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Chapter II Early Families

Usual procedure for settlers to take up land:
* Find place (near a spring was preferred)
* "tomahawk right" to mark property
* Petition for survey to ensure no other claims
* survey
* settle on land
* patent issued
* deed issued

March 26, 1736: Daniel Holman granted patent for 319 acres on north branch of Shenandoah River. Holman's Creek

Feb 3, 1749 from Thomas Lord Fairfax:
1) Thomas Holeman 428 acres one-half mile south of Forestville;
2) Jacob Holeman (son of Daniel) 420 acres in Boiling Spring/Quicksburg area, "on branch of Holeman's Creek where he had begun a settlement".

Feb 29, 1749: George Brock 224 acres where village of Forestville now stands.
[Note: June 7, 1757, Andrew Sircle (Zirkle) bought the 224 acres and built mill on North side of Holman's Creek]

Aug 2, 1750: Capt. John Dobkins 400 acres
[Note: Thomas Moore bought the tract in 1753.]

Aug 2, 1750 from Thomas Lord Fairfax: Daniel Holeman three grants totaling 945 acres on both sides of Shenandoah River near Quicksburg area

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Large portions of the Valley were prairie tracts (having been burned annually by the Indians) but the territory along Holman's Creek was a forest.

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by 1760 Grants or leases to twenty persons, including:
Archibld Ruddle
Peter Gartner/Cortner
Dr John Henry Naffe/Neff
William McClain
Christian Funkhouser
Henry Brock
Jacob Boon
Balser Boon
Mary Hill
Elizabeth Thomas
Casper Branner
James Hart
Evan Jones
John Thompson
Michael Hannegan
John Roller

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"Map of Early Land Grants, Leases, and Patents Issued by Fairfax or the Proprietor's Office to Petitioners or Assignees and subsequent purchasers"

Daniel Holman 395 acres east of Shenandoah River (Daniel 1750; Henry Houser 1783)

Daniel Holman 130 acres west of Shenandoah River, adjacent to the 395 acres (Daniel 1750)

Jacob Steigel and William A Quick 236 acres (1789) Adjacent (west) of the Daniel Holman 130 acres (Quicksburg in between)

Jacob Steigel, "Edge Hill" (1796) Adjacent (north) of the Daniel Holman 130 acres. South of Holman's Creek

[Note: James Madison Hite Beale (1786-1866), son of Taverner Beale, in 1823 purchased two adjoining lots (420 acres and 130 acres of the original grants made to Daniel Holeman in 1750); about 1840 built house called "Edge Hill"; and about 1846 sold it to Samuel Moore, Sr (1807-1870)]

Daniel Holman 420 acres north of Jacob Steigel, "Edge Hill". North of Holman's Creek. (Daniel Holman 1750, Jacob Holman, Wm and Margaret Cathey, Andrew Holman 1796)

Jacob Holman 420 acres north of Holman's Creek Adjacent (west) of the Daniel Holman 420 acres (Jacob Holman 1749)

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From Jacob Holman 420 acres going west on Holman's Creek to Forestville

Henry Baughman 257 acres (1762)

Henry Mire 200 acres

Michael Zirkle (Circle)

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Between Holman's Creek and Holman's Run (south of Forestville)

George Brock 224 acres (1749)

Thomas Holeman 223 acres (1749, then sold to Robert Stapleton)

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Neighbors of Thomas Holeman's 223 acres

Mary Hill southeast of Thomas with 400 acres and 217 acres

Wm McClain south of Thomas with 278 acres

Peter Gartner (Cortner) northwest of Thomas with 368 acres (sold to George Raider)

Archibald Ruddle west of Thomas with 406 acres

Capt John Dobkin southwest of Thomas with 400 acres (sold to Thomas Moore)

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Chapter III Villages and Hamlets

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Forestville
Located on land granted by Lord Fairfax to George Brock on Feb 29, 1749.
June 7, 1757, Andrew Sircle (Zirkle) bought the 224 acres and built mill on North side of Holman's Creek
(The Zerkel brothers came to the Valley about 1755)

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Moore's Store
On the southeast corner of 400 acre grant from Lord Fairfax to John Dobkin on August 2, 1750.
Thomas Moore bought the tract in 1753.
Joseph, son of Thomas, built mill. In his 1820 will left mill and 172 acres to son George
Reuben, son of Thomas
George, son of Thomas, built the first store. Had son Milton
Three daughters of Thomas:
Elizabeth married Charles S Wunder
Catherine married Benj B Weirman

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Quicksburg (previously known as Forest)
On the west side of Moore's plantation. (Note: Is this "Edge Hill" the house bought by Samuel Moore, Sr (1807-1870) in 1846?]
Railroad line ((O. A. & M.) completed in 1868. (depot built: Moore's Crossing?)
Local Justice of Peace: William A. Quick built store.
1872 post office called Forest Station (post master: William J Moffit)
Mr. Quick insisted on name change.

William A Quick
born: Oct 2, 1815 Augusta County
died: Aug 24, 1879 in Boiling Spring, one mile west of Quicksburg
married: Oct 1837 to Elizabeth Stiegel, daughter of Jacob Stiegel

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Holman's Fort

Two possible locations:

"The mouth of Holman's Creek is almost opposite the site of the fort, on the west side of the river." (Wayland, 1924)

On the farm of Michael Zirkle (1/2 mile east of Forestville). This was the property of George Brock.

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The Holman's Area

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Holman Post Office (1901-1902)
John Miller postmaster
West side of Mountain Road (SH 613) one mile south of Rockingham/Shenandoah county line.

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In reporting on another story, Mr. Wine refers to the "Holman's area" (near the headwaters of Holman's Creek).

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