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John Holloway m. Sep 28, 1834 St. Helena Parish LA b. Jul 5, 1799 Natchez Miss. Terr. d. by May 28, 1851 St. Helena Parish LA |
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Francis M. Daniel m. Apr 4, 1856 St. Helena Parish LA b. Apr 27, 1831 St. Helena Parish LA d. 1862? LA |
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The Census of the
Natchez District in 1792. The census is translated from the Spanish handwritten
records. The following were all located in the "Second Y Sandy Creek" subdivision: Juan (John) Holladay; 0 arpents, 1 White [himself], no Blacks. Tonio (Tony) Howard; 400 arpents [336 acres], 6 Whites , 5 Blacks. [translated differently as "Joshua" in the index found on a different website]. Guillermo (William) Glascok; 200 arpents [178 acres], 4 Whites, 1 Black. |
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St. Helena Parish LA was founded in 1810, previously part of Spanish West Florida
(see present day map
for location), and borders Mississippi. |
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Martha married John Holloway, the son of Robert Holloway
in Sep 28, 1834 in St. Helena Parish LA. |
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Husband John was listed on line 118 in the
1830 St. Helena Parish Census as a 20-30 year old farmer living alone and
near his father's farm. Martha and John married 4 years later and they left
no children. John left an estate to brothers and sisters and their children.
In May 1844, John and Martha along with Asa and Elizabeth Kemp sold 640 acres
to New Orleans Gas Light & Banking Co. The household of Elizabeth Kemp was
next to that of Robert Holloway in 1830 (line 102).
In a petition on May 28, 1851 Martha says that her husband died without children,
but left brothers and sisters and their children. Martha married
Francis M. Daniel on Apr 4, 1856 in St. Helena Parish. |
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Husband John was active in St. Helena Parish LA regarding debt collection,
appraisal and administration of estates from 1838-1847. On Oct 16, 1839 he was
appointed administrator for the Glasscock family relative to his deceased
father-in-law's estate [M.L. Ragland, page 59 of "Holloway Succession Records"
p. 13]. |
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In the 1850 Census for St. Helena Parish LA, dated Aug 13, the household of
John and Martha "Halaway" aged 51 and 44, had no other members. His birthplace was
MS and his occupation was listed as farmer with 9,000 ?acres. Martha's birthplace
was listed as LA [M.L. Ragland, p. 9]. |
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SOURCES: Adams Co. Mississippi Genealogy & History Network, "1792 Census for Natchez District (under Spanish Government control)", 2009, 1792 Census. Aymond, Greg, Holloway Family of Holloway Prairie, internet website, Dec 1999. U. S. Census, Rapides Parish LA, 1830, S-K Publ., 2003, p. 91-92. U. S. Census, Rapides Parish LA, 1810, p. 281; p. 398. U. S. Census, Rapides Parish LA, 1820, S-K Publ., 2003, p. 136. "Franklin County, MS 1810 Census", abstract from Gillis book, rootsweb website. "John Holloway, 1851", File H-3, on p. 208 of "The MS Cains", website. John Stillee Bible. McBee, May Wilson, comp., Natchez Court Records, 1767-1805, Greenwood MS, 1953, v. 2, p. 288. U.S. Census, St. Helena Parish LA, 1830, p. 47, in McBee, May Wilson, comp., Ragland, M.L., comp., "Holloway Census Records", Greenwood MS, May 1990, p. 9. Ragland, M.L., comp., "Holloway Succession Records of St. Helena Parish 1804-1854", Greenwood MS, May 1990, p. 13. St. Helena Parish Marriages, website. USGW Archives, 1830 Enumeration Census St. Helena Parish La., submitted by Donald W. Johnson, Aug 1998. USGenWeb, Early Southwest Miss. Territory, "Natchez District 1792 Spanish Census Index", website. Veach, Damon, "Louisiana Ancestors", article in Sunday Advocate Magazine, Baton Rouge LA, Feb 21, 1982. White, Gifford, "James White and John White", Wm Wiseman & the Davenports, Pioneers Of Old Burke County, North Carolina, v.2 by M.L.Vineyard & E.M.Wiseman, Franklin NC,1997, p. 111. White, Gifford, James Taylor White of Virginia and some of his descendants into Texas, Austin, TX, 1982. Williams, Ernest Russ Jr., Genealogical and Historical Abstracts of Legal Records of St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, 1804-1870, 1995, pp. 60-61. |
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