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? m. by 1816 ?Wilkinson Co. MS b. 1796? MS? d. by 1840? ?East Feliciana Parish LA |
?George b. Jan 17, 1817 Wilkinson Co. MS d. Jul 21 1904 Covington Co. MS |
daughter b. by 1816 ?Franklin Co. MS |
son b. after 1825 ?East Feliciana Parish LA d. after 1840 |
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son b. after 1825 ?East Feliciana Parish LA |
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Index of heads of households in the Natchez District in 1792. The census placed
each household in one of nine areas within the district. Included in the SS =
Second & Sandy Creek area: Juan Holladay; single male, father John would be about age 23 not yet married. Joshua Howard; he had returned by then to his plantation where John's father was killed 11 years earlier. Juan and Thomas Foard households; John Holloway Jr. may have married a Sarah Ford. |
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The Census of the
Natchez District in 1792, translated from the Spanish handwritten records,
included the following households: 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]. Juan and Thomas Foard households [John may have married a Sarah Ford about this time]: Juan (John) Foard; 800 arpents [672 acres], 6 Whites, 2 Blacks. Tomas (Thomas) Foard; 0 arpents, 3 Whites, 0 Blacks. All of these households were located in the "Second Y Sandy Creek" subdivision. |
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In the mid-1790's, uncles John and James Holloway, along with two White cousins,
Reuben and James, sons of their deceased uncle James White
(1736?-1783?), moved into what became known as Holloway Prairie. This was where
they obtained Spanish land grants and engaged in the cattle business. Many of the
Anglo families of the area came there from Natchez. John was recorded in the mid
1790's as being in Post du Rapid, a Spanish post that became Rapides Parish, LA.
Holloway Prairie was located between the present town of Deville and the parish
seat, Alexandria, which was laid out in 1807. Presently, there is a small town
named Holloway there. |
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The Adams Co. MS will of Joseph Ford, dated
Nov 6, 1804, probate date unknown, names wife Rebecca, children John (executor),
Thomas, Joseph (Jr.), Robert, George, Esther Strawder, & Elizabeth, and
grandchildren [of or named] "Elizabeth, & George Holliway". If one of Joseph Ford's
daughters did marry John Holloway, there would be Holloway grandchildren born by
1804, but it is not clear who Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Ford, married unless
she was called Sarah. |
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Rapides Parish was formed in 1807 by the Territory of Orleans government.
(see present day map
for location). |
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At present, Holloway is a community in Rapides Parish LA. Its center is located
at the intersection of Hickory Grove Road, State Route 1207 and Route 28, about
14 miles NE of the parish seat of Alexandria, and 50 miles W of Natchez MS.
Holloway Methodist Cemetery is located just off of Hickory Grove Road at the end
of Slay Cemetery Road (see
present day map for location). There is also a Hickory Grove Cemetery also
known as Holloway Baptist Cemetery. |
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The Adams Co. MS will of Joseph Ford, dated
Nov 6, 1804, probate date unknown, names wife Rebecca, children John (executor),
Thomas, Joseph (Jr.), Robert, George, Esther Strawder, & Elizabeth, and
grandchildren [of or named] "Elizabeth, & George Holliway". If one of Joseph Ford's
daughters was Johnolloway's wife, but it is not clear why Elizabeth, not Sarah, is
named in the will, unless they are the same person. |
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John S. Ford, who executed his father's will in
1804, was one party and John's nephew George Hollioway
was the other party in a Franklin Co. MS deed transaction dated Apr 5, 1844
involving a 22 year old slave named Aleck and a
promissory note to be paid to George (before he died). On Dec 21, 1846, the
executor of George's will, Hiram Cassidy, acknowledged full payment of the note
[McBee, p. 21]. |
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In or after 1813, John Hollaway filed a land claim to 600 "superficial arpents of
Land, "on middle fork bayou creek in Rapides Co., Territory of Orleans [now Louisiana],
bounded by land of James Hollaway. [Documents ... US Congress. 1815-24]. |
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In the 1816 Franklin Co. MS Census,
page 12
(line 14), there is a household headed by "George Halloway" with
a male and female over age 20 with one male child and no slaves. On line 8 of the same page is a James Ford household with: 1 male over 20, 1 male under 20, 2 females over 20, 2 females under 20, and no slaves. On page 9, there are 2 large Ford households [John's brothers-in-law]: John Ford (line 2) and Thomas Ford (line 3). |
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Franklin Co. MS was formed on Dec 21, 1809 from the eastern part of Jefferson
Co. and parts of Amite, Wilkinson and Adams Counties
(see present day map
for location). |
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"George Holloway", aged 26-45, headed a household on page 365,
line 13 of the
1820 Wilkinson Co. MS Census. His household also had a female aged 16-26, and
a male and female aged 10 or younger. |
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Wilkinson Co. MS was formed in 1802 and was previously in the southern part of the
Natchez District
(see present day map
for location). |
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In the
East Feliciana Parish LA 1830 Census, the 5th entry on
page 215
lists the household of "George Holloway" as having three males and two females: 1 male under age 5, 1 male aged 10-15 (?Daniel who headed the household in 1840), 1 male aged 30-40, (himself), 1 female under age 5, 1 female 30-40 (wife), and no slaves. The daughter born by 1816 no longer lived in the household. |
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In the
East Feliciana Parish LA 1840 Census, within the large unincorporated area of the
parish, there ia a "Daniel Holloway" household with four males and three females: a male and female both aged 20-30 (?head of household and his wife), a male and female both aged 40-50 (possibly George and his wife), 2 male children, 1 female aged 15-20 (youngest daughter). In 1850, the ages of Daniel and wife Ann are given as 65 both born in SC so this family is not related to George or William. No other Holloways live in East Feliciana Parish in 1840 or 1850. |
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Feliciana Parish LA was founded in 1810
(see present day map
for location), and borders Mississippi south of Natchez. |
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In the
1840 Catahoula Parish LA Census
There is a single male household for "George Holaway" 40-50 years old, next to a
household headed by "S.R. Ford" . Samuel R Ford was an early
settler of the parish. These two households were not found in the next census
for the parish (1850). There is also a "Gabral L. Holloway" household of a 20-30
year old male and a 15-20 year old female and a male child. This household is
next to a 50-60 year old "Mrs. Ratcliff" with young children and a 30-40 year old
"Ely Ratcliff" with a female adult and two children [usgwarchives.net]. |
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Catahoula Parish LA was formed in 1808 and borders Rapides Parish formed in 1807
(see present day map
for location). Its name is a Tensas indian word for "big, clear lake"
[Wikipedia.com]. |
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In the Covington Co. MS 1850 Census, page 306A lines 33-39,
there was a household of farmer "George Holiway" with land valued at $200 and
members: George, aged 33; Amanda, aged 28, (Amanda J. b. 1821 MS - d. 1900); William, aged 9; John, aged 7; Mary Ann, aged 4; Burrell, aged 2; and George, 4 months old; all in the household born in MS. The father of this family may have been William Bartlett Holloway Sr. (1780-1856) who came from Va. [usgenweb.org]. |
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Covington Co. MS is located in the center of southern MS. It was formed Jan 5, 1819
(see present day map
for location), and borders Mississippi south of Natchez. |
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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, microfilm pp. 281, 398. U. S. Census, Rapides Parish LA, 1820, S-K Publ., 2003, p. 136. USGenWeb Archives East Feliciana Parish LA 1830 Census, Donald W. Johnson et. al. USGenWeb Archives, East Feliciana Parish LA 1840 Census, by Claude B. Slaton, 1998, p. 263. USGenWeb Archives Catahouls Parish LA 1840 Census, Annette Womack, 1997. "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. MS Dept. of Arch. & Hist., 1816 Franklin Co. Census in "Territorial Censuses", website. 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. Unknown author, "...to John ..." [illegible], correspondence detailing discovery of baptismal records of Stillee children in Cathedral Archives, no date but possibly mid 1900's. |
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