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Caroline Beck m. Jan 4, 1838 Franklin Co. MS b. 1824 Franklin Co. MS d. 1857 Ashley Co. AR |
Martha J. b. after Jul 1841 Franklin Co. MS |
Robert b. 1849 Ashley Co. AR d. young after Nov 20, 1850 Ashley Co. AR |
John D. b. Jul 7, 1851 nr Portland AR d. Jan 11, 1919 ?Portland AR |
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Albert P. b. May 19, 1853 AR d. Mar 30, 1905 Portland AR |
Alice Carolyn b. Sep 1855 AR d. 1929 ?Portland, Ashley Co. AR |
Dewitt C. b. 1857? AR d. young |
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Imogen Clyde m. May 23, 1859 Ashley Co. AR b. 1837 Portland AR d. 1878 Ashley Co. AR |
William "Willie" Lee b. Mar 6, 1860 Hamburg, Ashley Co. AR d. Apr 25, 1933 Dallas TX |
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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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St. Helena Parish LA was founded in 1810
(see present day map
for location), and borders Mississippi. |
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In 1840 in Franklin Co. MS, "Caroline Hollaway, nee Porter, wife of James Holloway"
was listed as one of the heirs of the estate of Nancy Proter, Dec'd [Hendrix,
Miss. Court Records..., Drawer 73, Case #412]. |
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In the 1841 Franklin Co. MS Census,
page 5,
second to last entry, was household of "J L Holaway" [James Lee] with 1 male and
1 female. Next to him was brother "George Holaway" with 5 males and 3 females. Next to George was brother "Robert Holaway" household had 3 males and 2 females. [familysearch.org, website]. |
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According to W. W. Lambright's History of Franklin County, Mississippi From
1809-1899: "Among the first settlers of the county were John Porter, ...,
John Ford, father of Mr. Jessie Ford, ...
Joseph Porter [MSGW, website]. |
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Ashley Co. AR was founded in 1848
(see present day map
for location), and borders Louisiana. |
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Portland AR is still a very small town though it was incorporated in 1893.
(see Map
of Ashley Co. AR ). |
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After brothers George and Robert both died (1845-46), James Lee was granted
guardianship of Robert's daughter Amanda Jane (born 1836), and George's sons
James M. (1841) and Porter Marcus Lafayette (1844). Porter is listed as
"Peter M.L.", age 7 born in MS, in the 1850 (Nov) Census for Union Twp. Ashley
Co. AR. In the 1860 (Jul) Census from the same place, "Porter M.L. Halloway" is
listed as being aged 16 at School [M.L. Ragland, pp. 9-10]. |
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The orphan James M. enlisted in Arkansas 3rd Infantry C.S.A. on May 20, 1861 and
died Jul 10, 1861 near Richmond VA in one of the first Civil War battles, Bull Run.
His brother Porter M.L. also enlisted the same day in the same company. |
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James was a large plantation owner in Hamburg AR. |
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Son Willie's eldest daughter Clyde (1885-1972) and James' son John each married
children of Allen Wesley Austin (1840-1917). Clyde married Benjamin Hill Austin
(b. 1881), and in 1889 John married Sallie Edna Austin (b. 1869). In 1907,
Willie would marry another Austin child, Lou "Ella" W. Austin (b. 1872), after
his first wife died. |
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Son Willie Lee Holloway family photograph taken in 1898-9. On his lap is Sadie.
Clyde is standing with Jennie Machen and Ernest Lee. |
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Daughter Alice married William Anderson Cain (1845-1926) and is buried with him
at Portland Cemetery, Ashley Co. AR.
Photo of grave marker. |
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SOURCES: Grave markers, Portland Cemetery, Ashley Co. AR. Hendrix, Mary Louise Flowers, Miss. Court Records from the files of the High Court of Errors and Appeals, 1799-1859, Drawer 73, Case #412. Imbert, J. Leopold, map maker, Carte des Possessions Angloises... 1777, reprinted by the Museum of the American Revolution from map image at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library. "John Holloway, 1851", File H-3, on p. 208 of "The MS Cains", website. McBee, May Wilson, comp., Holloway Marriage Records of Franklin Co. MS, Greenwood MS, May 1990, p. 12. MSGW, Franklin Co. MS, website, http://www.msgw.org/franklin/settlfms.html, ref. Lambright, W.W., History of Franklin Co. MS. Ragland, M.L., comp., U.S. Census 1850, Ashley Co. AR, "Holloway Census Records", May 1990, pp. 9-10. U.S. Census 1850, St. Helena Parish LA. 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. |
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