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?Frances Chambliss m. b. Nov 7, 1719 Prince George Co. VA d. 1789? SC |
?John d. after 1780? TN? |
Mark b. Feb 20, 1753 Lynches Creek, Cheraws SC d. Sep 18, 1789 Darlington District, SC |
Catherine b. 1767 d. 1803 |
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Frances b. Feb 20, 1770 Lynches Creek, Cheraws SC d. Mar 9, 1843 Darlington Co. SC |
James b. 1772 SC d. May 11, 1852 Darlington Co. SC |
?Mary d. Jun 6, 1819 Sumpter Co. SC |
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Prince George Co. Virginia was formed in 1702 and its boundaries defined by 1703.
(see present day map
for location). Originally, its southern boundary was the North Carolina line. |
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John's wife Frances Chambliss was the daughter of Henry and Frances Chambliss. |
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In 1769, a John and a William "Hollaway" are listed as Taxpayers in Craven Co. NC
website. John had a brother named William. |
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On Sep 4, 1775, son Mark married Mary Westfield (1755-1809) who later married
Maj. Robert Lide after Mark died. Jane, daughter of Mark and Mary, married
step-brother James Lide on Aug 22, 1793. |
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Son Mark "Hollaway" was listed as a Cheraw District juror in the
SC Jury Lists 1778-1779,
along with a John "Hollaway" (son), and a Thomas, Robert, & William Lide, and
a John Westfield, and in the Below Ninety-Six District, a "John Halloway". |
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Son "Mark Holloway" was listed as having accounts from 1788-90 in an old, partially
intact ledger from the Georgetown District of SC. |
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Son Mark's son Jesse (1785?-1859) and wife Rachel, nee McIver (1787-1822) are
both buried in Welsh Neck Baptist Church Cemetery in Society Hill, Darlington Co.
SC. Tombstone of grandson Jesse
Holloway, and Tombstone
of his wife Rachel. See photo of
Historical Marker. |
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On Jul 12, 1780, a John Holloway and a John Holloway Jr. obtained two of the first
land grants in what was in 1777 Washington Co. NC, and became Sullivan Co. in 1779,
and is now in the state of Tennessee across the border from NC. The exact location
of the land was vague in one of the grants, described as follows: "John Holloway, Jr.-#627, Book 81, pg. 630-200 acres-Sullivan County-land lying on two entries made by Nathan Page" and "bounded" by a Thomas White, possibly Thomas White Sr., the uncle of William White [NC Land Grants, File nos. 627, 679]. |
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Sullivan County was created in 1779 from the far northeast corner of Washington
Co. NC
(see present day map
for location). |
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On Feb 29, 1788 daughter Frances married William Young (1762-1831), son of Thomas
Young of Bute Co. NC, and had 14 children. |
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In the
1790 Ninety-Six District, Edgefield Co. SC Census [left column] there is a
household transcribed as "Hollsway, Jams " with: 1 white male aged 16 or older (James b. 1772), no white males under 16, 3 white females [wife, 2 daughters), and no slaves. In this location, there are 6 other households with similar spellings of the last name, including a "John Holloway" [middle column] with 2 males over 16 (John,?) and 1 female (daughter ?Mary, wife Frances died previous year) [Gregg, p. 64]. |
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Sources: Cemetery records incl. photos of grave markers, Welsh Neck Baptist Church Cemetery, Society Hill, Darlinigton Co. SC. "Early Land Grants 1778-1780", in "Early Settlements & Surnames of Tennessee 1756-1780", Piedmont Trails website. Gregg, Alexander, History of the Old Cheraws, Geneal Publ. Co., Balt. MD, 1967, repr. 1925 ed., p. 64. Hendrix, G.L.C., The Jury Lists of South Carolinians, 1778-1779, private printing, 1975, pp. 40-43, 88-89. Holcombe, Brent H., Comp. S.C. Marriages, 1688-1799, "from Pugh diary", p. 152. North Carolina Land Grants, TN Sullivan Co. File #627, website. North Carolina Land Grants, TN Sullivan Co. File #679, website. Webber, Mabel L., "Abstracts from an old Account Book of Georgetown District", in South Carolina Hist. and Gen. Mag., vol XXVI, South Carolina Historical Soc., 1925, pp. 151-157. |
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