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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, who was born about 1723 in Kent County, Maryland and who moved from Shenandoah Valley Virginia to North Carolina about 1750.

[Note: Prior to Tennessee statehood in 1796, East Tennessee was part of North Carolina. Therefore, without physically relocating, a person could be born in North Carolina and later marry and have children born in Tennessee.]

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Is the William Holman of Buffalo Creek the same William Holman who left three orphans?

What happened to the three orphaned sons of William Holman? Searching for:

* Three brothers with birth dates between 1775 and 1797.

* Lived in the part of North Carolina that became Greene County, Tennessee.

* Used surname of Holman or Newman.

* Associated with the Newman family that migrated from New Jersey to Cecil County, Maryland; to Shenandoah Valley, Virginia; to the proposed State of Frankland.

John Newman (b.1742) in 1797 was appointed guardian for three boys, orphans of William Holeman decd. John Newman relocated from the Shenandoah Valley to Green County, Tennessee (formerly Washington County, North Carolina).

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GUARDIAN JOHN NEWMAN

John Newman (b.1742) was listed in the 1783 tax list for Greene County, Tennessee. There were no Holmans. However, there were three Hardins: Joseph Hardin, John Hardin, and William Hardin.

John Newman was in the 1805 tax list for Greene County, Tennessee. His son, Aaron Newman, was also listed. There were no Holmans. There were no Hardins, however, there were Harmons: Peter Harmon, Sr., Thomas Harmon, Isaac Harmon, Stephen Harmon, George Harmon, Chrisley Harmon, Phillip Harmon, and Jacob Harmon.

[Note: The Isaac B Harmon (1812-1870) who married Mary Hardin (1818-1855) in 1834 was the son of Isaac Harmon (1770-1847) and the grandson of Peter Harmon. Mary Hardin (1818-1855) was the daughter of John Hardin (1788-1844) and Clairissa "Clary" Newman (1787-1873).]

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John Newman (b.1742) relocated from Smiths Creek in Shenandoah County, Virginia to Green County, Tennessee (formerly Washington County, North Carolina) and is the one who was in 1797 appointed guardian for three boys, orphans of William Holeman, decd (Greene County, Tennessee Guardian Records 1783-1870; p.4; Aug. 1797)

On Aug 8, 1780 John Newman (b.1742) purchased 400 acres from David Reese, on the headwaters of a branch above the great falls of the waters of Lick Creek (Horse Camp Fork) in Greene County, Tennessee.

Greene County was created in 1783 by the North Carolina legislature from Washington County. In 1784 Greene County joined two neighboring counties in declaring their independence from North Carolina. In 1785 these counties applied for admission to the United States as the State of Franklin. The request was denied and hope for Franklin statehood faded by 1789. In 1789, when North Carolina was admitted to the United States, she ceded her westernmost counties including Greene County to the United States. The United States turned these counties into the Southwest Territory. In 1792 the Southwest Territory created Jefferson County partly out of Greene County. In 1796 all the land in these Southwest Territory counties became part of the new State of Tennessee.

John Newman (b.1742) about 1759 married first Honor Hughes. Children:

* Anne Newman [daughter of John and Honor (Hughes) Newman] was born about 1757 in Virginia and about 1790 married John Smith. John Smith in 1789 received from North Carolina a land grant on Camp Creek, a branch of the Nolachuky River. Their son
** John Smith, Jr. (b. about 1767; d. about 1814 in Greene County, Tennessee) on May 15, 1798 in Greene County, Tennessee married Sarah Duncan. John died about 1814 and his children were bound out to Aaron Newman [the brother of Anne (Newman) Smith].

* Cornelius Newman [son of John and Honor (Hughes) Newman] was born about 1765 in Shenandoah County, Virginia and died May 1823 in Greene County, Tennessee. On Aug 29, 1786 Rev. A. Moffitt married Cornelius Newman to Mary Byrd, daughter of Mounce Byrd. Cornelius Newman was appointed a Lieutenant in the militia for Greene County in 1790 and a Constable for Greene County in 1791. Children:
** Clarissa "Clary" Newman was born 1787 in Tennessee and in 1808 in Greene County, Tennessee married John Hardin. John and Clary (Newman) Hardin had a daughter, Mary Hardin who married Isaac B. Harmon in 1834.
** Honor Newman (1790-1845) married first William Carter, and second Joseph Bowman (1791-1872).
** Jacob "Jake" Newman (born 1795) married Elizabeth Dell in 1820 in Greene County, Tennessee.
** Rebecca Newman (1805-1846) in 1824 in Greene County, Tennessee married John Bowman, nephew of Joseph Bowman (1791-1872).

A History of Shenandoah County Virginia by John W. Wayland, Ph.D., p. 691
Mounce Bird resided on Smith's Creek in Shenandoah County; he was a son of Andrew and Magdalene Jones Bird; he was born about 1735. He married Clara Ruddell, daughter of John Ruddell. Mounce Bird was a large land owner on Smith's Creek, Shenandoah County, Virginia. Mounce Byrd of Shenandoah, William Byrd, Andrew Byrd of Rockingham, Anthony Reader of Rockingham and George Rader of Rockingham signed a petition for the formation of a new county out of Rockingham and Shenandoah.

For his service in the Revolutionary War, Mounce Bird was granted at least two tracts of land in what is now Kentucky, jointly with Isaac Ruddle: 1,000 acres on the North Fork of Elkhorn Creek and 2000 acres on the South Fork of the Licking, both in what was then Fayette County Virginia.

Will of Cornelius Newman May 1, 1823 - $6,000
To wife, Mary, plantation, household goods, livestock, her lifetime, also one negro boy. After her death to go to son Jacob. Children: Jacob and Rebeckah (single). To Clair and John Hardin, one negro. To Joseph and Honor Bowman, negro girl. To Rebeckah Newman, negro boy, horse and 2 cows. Executors: Jacob Newman, John Hardin, Joseph Bowman, Rebeckah Newman. Witnesses: Robert F. Pickens, Jesu Blankenbeckler, Abram X Calle Moon.
Signed: Cornelius Newman

* Deborah Newman [daughter of John and Honor (Hughes) Newman] was born about 1768 and in 1786 in Greene County, Tennessee married James Milligan, son of an Irish immigrant. In 1817, James Milligan received a warrant in Giles County, Tennessee.

* John Newman [son of John and Honor (Hughes) Newman] was born about 1770 and about 1791 married Isabel Hayes. He was on the 1812 tax list for Greene County, Tennessee. He died in 1823 in Greene County, Tennessee.

* Eleanor Newman [daughter of John and Honor (Hughes) Newman] was born in 1776 and in 1793 in Greene County, Tennessee married John Ledgerwood.

* Sarah Newman [daughter of John and Honor (Hughes) Newman] was born about 1778 and in 1799 in Greene County, Tennessee married David Milburn.

* Aaron Newman [son of John and Honor (Hughes) Newman] was born in 1780 and in 1802 in Greene County, Tennessee married Elizabeth Duncan. Also, Aaron Newman (1780-1840) had a child, Mary Ann, with Kindness Drain. Kindness Drain was the daughter of Rebecca Fincher (1760-1831) and her first husband, John Drain, who died in 1796. Kindness Drain later (1803) married John White.

John Newman (b.1742) about 1790 married second Rebecca Fincher (1760-1831) the widow of John Drain (died 1796). John Newman (b.1742) and Rebecca Fincher (1760-1831) had one child, Jonathon Andre Newman (1796-1861). Jonathon Andre Newman (1796-1861) was married twice: Anna Rebecca Whited and Matilda Margaret Woolsey. He died in Washington County, Arkansas.

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HOLMAN ORPHANS

Possible sons of the William Holman who died in or before 1797. (Need more research)

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William Holman of Wilkes County, North Carolina

Daniel Southerland (born 1753 in Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina) and his third wife, Grace Holeman (born about 1753 in North Carolina) relocated from North Carolina to Cumberland County, Kentucky around 1810. He stayed in Kentucky for about a year, then relocated to Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee. In 1836 he relocated to Madison County, Arkansas to live with his daughter Frances Southerland (born 1796 in Wilkes County, North Carolina) and her husband John Holeman. Daniel Southerland (born 1753) had two daughters that married Holman men:

* William Holman (parents unknown) married Elizabeth Southerland. They probably lived in or around Wilkes County, North Carolina before their migration with her father to Tennessee, via, Kentucky in 1811. While in Kentucky they decided to purchase eighty-two acres of land on Otter Creek, and settle in Cumberland County. After a brief sojourn, it is evident they were not satisfied with either their property or surroundings which caused them to post their farm for sale and move to Bledsoe County, Tennessee. The year of this move is unknown.

* John Holeman (son of James Holeman and Lucy Cook) first married Nancy Allnutt (born 1790 in Surry County, North Carolina) in 1806 in Surry County, North Carolina. He then married Frances Southerland around 1825 in Tennessee.

(See North Carolina Surnames)

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John Holman of Knox County, Kentucky

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).

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James Holman (born 1887 in North Carolina) of Laurel County, Kentucky

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.

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 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. 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. Did the son, Thomas, also go by the name of Newman?

(See North Carolina Surnames)

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William Holman of Bledsoe County, Tennessee

William Holman:
Born about 1786 in Kentucky
Enlisted in the Kentucky Militia in Knox County, Kentucky in 1813
Married Sarah Bibb in 1814
In 1814 lived in Pikeville, Bledsoe County, Tennessee
Was in McNairy County, Tennessee census for 1830 and 1840
Was in Henderson County, Tennessee census for 1850
Died in 1857 in Henderson County, Tennessee

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Daniel Holman of Roane County, Tennessee

Daniel Holman of East Tennessee:
Served as a Sergeant under Capt William Christian and Col. John Brown in War of 1812.
1820, Daniel Holeman, Hiwassee District, 160 acres, section 26, township # 2. (Book 1 p. 472).
1830, Roane County, Tennessee census
1837 Tax list for Roane County, Tennessee [District 6]

(See Daniel Holman of Douglas County, Missouri)

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Daniel Holman of Hardin County, Kentucky

Daniel Holman, born c1775 in Virginia, married Rebecca Johnson, and lived and died in Hardin County, Kentucky.
* Daniel Holeman born Virginia
* Daniel married Rebecca Johnson (born Virginia) in Virginia
* Children: Alfred, Joel, Abel, Harden, James, Harrison, Tarleton, Jackson, Madison, Perlina, Parmelia, Amanda, Minerva, and Sarah.
* daughter, Sarah born Madison County, Kentucky on April 1, 1824
* daughter, Sarah married Edward J. Rice in Anderson County August 15, 1844
* daughter, Sarah and Edward J. Rice settled in Mercer County, Ky., and in 1848 went to Morgan County, Indiana
* Daniel Holman died in Kentucky
* Rebecca (Johnson) Holman died in Morgan County, Indiana

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Who are Daniel and Sally Holman of Washington County and Hardin County, Kentucky?

Daniel Elmo Mclure, Jr. in "1776-1976 TWO CENTURIES IN ELIZABETHTOWN AND HARDIN COUNTY, KENTUCKY" states
"Robert Nall, born July 1, 1804, died April 6,1876, married Elizabeth Holman, born in 1805, a daughter of Daniel and Sally Holman of Washington County, who had migrated to that place from Virginia and later moved to Hardin County..."

On May 22, 1799 in Hardin County, a Daniel Holman married a Sarah Williams. [This does not appear to be the Daniel Holman, who in 1809 in Madison County, Kentucky married Rebecca Elkins; or the Daniel Holman, who was born c1775 in Virginia and married Rebecca Johnson.]

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Daniel Holman of Madison County, Kentucky

Daniel Holeman of Madison County married a Rebecca Elkins on Jun 14, 1809 in Madison County. He may or may not be the son or grandson of Joseph Holman (c1746-c1819) and his first wife, Elizabeth Wilson. Some Holman family researchers believe this is the same Daniel Holman (born about 1775 in Virginia) 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.

Madison County, Kentucky Tax Records
Daniel Holman 1808

Madison County Marriages 1786 - 1822, Page 41
Holman, Daniel and Rebeccah Elkins, bond date 14 June 1809, bondsman Richard Johnson.

Madison County, Kentucky census
Daniel Holman: 1810, 1820, 1830.

(See James Holman of Madison County, Kentucky)

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John Holman of Estill County, Kentucky

John Holeman married Kisiah King, the daughter of Major King.

[Note: Two sons of Jacob King married daughters of John Bondurant Puckett of Amherst County, Virginia:
** Major King married Celia Puckett on December 24, 1788 in Amherst County, Virginia
** Zachariah King married Lucreasy Puckett on Jan 14, 1800 in Amherst County, Virginia]

John and Kisiah (King) Holeman were in the 1820 and 1830 census for Estill County Kentucky. John Holeman (born 1791 in Virginia) was in the 1850 census for Lake, Buchanan County, Missouri.

John Holeman may be associated with the Reuben Holeman, Jr. who was the son of Reuben Holeman (c1759-c1829) and Mary "Polly" Cook (born 1762 in North Carolina) and the grandson of Isaac Holeman, died 1808.

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William Holman of Estill County, Kentucky

William Holeman married Nancy Anna Witt, daughter of Elisha Witt (descendant of a French Huguenot) & Phoebe Dodd.

[Note: Elisha Witt (1759-1835) married Phoebe Dodd and had:
a son, William (1783-1844) who married his first cousin, Lucy;
a daughter, Nancy Anna, who married William Holeman; and
a son, Charles (1786-1871) who married Isabela “Ibba” Burnett and they had a son, John Leander Witt.
These families lived in Estill County, Kentucky.

William and Nancy (Witt) Holeman were in the Estill County census for 1820 and Nancy (Witt) Holeman was in the 1830 census

William Holeman may be associated with Capt James Tandy Holman (born Abt. 1756 in Virginia; enlisted enlisted in military in Amherst County, Virginia in 1778; and died Jul 24, 1836 in Clark County, Kentucky.

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