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Comment on My Reynolds Ancestors by Joe Reynolds

Joe Reynolds — Mon, 06 May 2013 07:46:06 +0000

My ancestor, William Reynolds married Jane Milliken lived for a number of years in and around Adire County, in the 1790s until around 1815. I hope to visit there soon. For anyone who is interested in the Reynolds Family – we are having the 85th Annual Reunion this year in Louisville, KY – we’d love to see you all there.

Comment on A New Year by jholladay

jholladay — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 19:06:07 +0000

Yes, it’s about to become active again. I’ve been pretty overwhelmed in recent months by volunteer activities at the Southern California Genealogical Society. I’ve finally managed to recruit some great help for some of the Information Technology activities which have been taking a lot of my time and energy. More later.

Comment on A New Year by virginia Holady Richardson

virginia Holady Richardson — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:03:48 +0000

Is this blog still active ?

Comment on A New Year by William W. Durand

William W. Durand — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:43:04 +0000

My greatgrandmother was Ida Grace Holladay who married Eli Nelson Collins. She lived in Hinds County Mississippi, but sometime in the 1890′s they moved to Grant Parish Louisiana. I believe her father was Morris Holladay. Ida
Grace had a sister Clarissa Hale (born in 1855), a brother Adam (born in 1864). Morris was born around 1839. Ida was born in 1862. That’s about all I know about her. If you have info email me at durandw@hsu.edu. Thanks

Comment on William Holladay (1802-1891) by jholladay

jholladay — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 14:40:39 +0000

Thank you so much for your offer, Janice. I have responded by email.

Comment on William Holladay (1802-1891) by Janice Gurganus

Janice Gurganus — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 20:20:34 +0000

Jay,

Please send me your mailing address and I will send the Holladay Bible to you. I really want someone related to this family to have it. I’m going out of town next week, but will send it as soon as I can.

Janice Gurganus
Greenville, NC

Comment on William Holladay (1802-1891) by Janice Gurganus

Janice Gurganus — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:41:01 +0000

Dear Jay,

I have a Bible that I bought in Kansas several years ago and have put queries out many times trying to find descendants; yours is my first response. There are wonderful family records in it. I wish I had this kind of information on my own family.

I look forward to hearing from you about a direct descendant.

Thank you so much.

Janice

Comment on William Holladay (1802-1891) by jholladay

jholladay — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 00:02:31 +0000

Hi Janice! Thanks for the query. William A. Holladay is the grandson of this William (1802-1891). I know lots of collaterals to William A. and can probably find my way to a direct descendant. I will email you with additional information information.

Comment on William Holladay (1802-1891) by Janice Gurganus

Janice Gurganus — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:47:10 +0000

I am trying to find descendants of William A. Holladay, married Winona Pearl Litton Aug. 29, 1923. William b. Feb. 7, 1882, Columbia KY; died Sept. 27, 1966, Newton KS. Winona Feb. 10, 1890, Peabody, KS (no other info).

I have some family information to share with the right family.

Comment on William Holladay (1802-1891) by Felicia Lumpkin

Felicia Lumpkin — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 16:58:33 +0000

These Holladay names are also represented in Alabama.
My ancester, Kibble Terry, md a Eliza A Holladay widowed after her husband, his father, brother & my ancestor returned from the Creek Removal. Eliza had 3 sons with this William or William Daniel Holladay. I do not yet have the maiden name of Eliza?

This is what is known:
JAMES D. HOLLIDAY b. March 1835 in Marion County, Alabama d. January 8, 1915
in Lamar County, Alabama.
His mother is ELIZA A. b. abt 1812 in South Carolina d. before 1860 in Lamar
County, Alabama. [childbirth with Dick 1850?]
m. (1) unknown HOLLIDAY abt. 1830
Children:
GREEN HOLLIDAY b. 1831
COLUMBUS HOLLIDAY b. 1833
JAMES D. HOLLIDAY b. 1835
m. (2) KIBBLE TERRY abt. 1837 son of JOHN TERRY and SARAH MOORE.
Approx. 6 Terry children.

John Holladay was born March 10, 1798, in Camden District, Kershaw County, South Carolina. He married Catherine Beasley Higgins in South Carolina in 1822. They had 10 children, 9 of whom survived early childhood. John’s earliest known forbearer in the New World, his great grandfather, was John “The Ranger” Holladay of present-day Spotsylvania County, Virginia. John “The Ranger”, first appears in New World records in 1702. He probably came from the area of Chalford, Glouchestershire, England. “The Ranger is a also an ancestor of Ben Holladay, “The Stagecoach King”.[1]

After John “The Ranger” died in 1742, John’s father, Daniel Holladay Jr., and his grandfather, Daniel Holladay moved to South Carolina. Both Daniels were signers of the South Carolina Declaration of Independence. Daniel Jr. served in the Revolutionary War as a Sergeant with the 2nd South Carolina Regiment under the command of Colonel William Moultrie defending Charleston Harbor in the Battle of Sullivan’s Island. He also served in Francis Marion’s Brigade. Following his father’s death In 1826, Daniel Jr. moved from South Carolina with son John and his young family, to join his son, William Daniel, at Moscow, Marion County, Alabama. Daniel Jr. subsequently applied for and was adjudicated a Revolutionary War veteran pension and land Grant in Alabama. Daniel Jr. died on Feb. 4, 1837 and was buried at Mulberry Hill cemetery in Moscow, Lamar County, Alabama. John’s sister Letticia married Col. John Hollis. Letticia’s daughter, Susana Fleming Hollis, married James G. Bankhead of the Alabama Bankhead political family. Their son, John Hollis Bankhead, served in the US Senate. United States Senator John H. Bankhead II and Speaker of the House William Brockman Bankhead were his sons and actress Tallulah Bankhead his granddaughter. The cross-country Bankhead Highway was named after him.

James D. HOLLADAY 90
Birthc. 1835, Marion Co, Alabama101
Death8 Jan 1915, Lamar Coundy, Alabama102
Father HOLLADAY ( -1838)
Mother Eliza Ann (1812-1850)
Misc. Notes
Appears in the 1880, 1900, 1910 Lamar Co, AL US C, living on land he owned southwest of the Hollis Cemetery about halfway between Sulligent and the Mississippi line.101