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? m. by 1785? NC b. before 1775 d. after 1830? ?Nashville, Davidson Co. TN |
?daughter b. by 1785 ?Wilkes Co. NC |
daughter b. by 1790 ?Wilkes Co. NC |
daughter b. after 1790 ?Wilkes Co. NC |
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daughter b. after 1790 ?Wilkes Co. NC |
?daughter b. after 1790 ?Wilkes Co. NC |
?daughter b. after 1805 ?Wilkes Co. NC or Spanish La. |
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William Loving, his father-in-law James Taylor White,
and his two sons William and Reuben White, along with their brother-in-law
John Holloway, were members of a SC militia
defeated at Marr's Bluff SC, at the hands of Regulators, on July 25, 1768. Excerpt from the book The South Carolina Regulators by Richard Maxwell Brown gives a background and summary of the incident. |
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In 1771, father William Loving and Thomas White, believed to be the younger brother of
grandfather James Taylor White
(see Thomas White Jr. of Virginia), both appear
on the first tax list for Surry Co. NC. They both registered their stock marks in
February of the same year in Rowan Co. NC. Thomas White lived there on
Swan Creek until 1776 when he moved to Johns River (located in what would
becomes Burke Co.). William Loving also moved, but to the Yadkin River in what
would become Wilkes Co. |
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Part of Rowan Co. NC became Surry Co. NC in 1770. Burke and Wilkes Counties were
formed in 1777. Wilkes was formed from Surry County and Burke was formed from
another part of Rowan Co. Compare
Map of North Carolina Counties in 1775,
with Map in 1780. |
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The William Loving family were not only patriots but also religious. When
George Holloway was converted to the local
Methodist movement by Rev. Jesse Lee in 1795, he founded a Methodist
group that produced a manuscript titled Class Papers for Holloway's Society",
1810-1821. Loving family members were some of the original members of the
society and lived near George and the present Mt. Olivet Methodist Church in
Collettsville NC which is said to have been known as Holloway's Chapel. |
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In 1778 father William and uncle Gabriel, entered tracts of land that were on
opposite sides of the Yadkin River in Wilkes County NC. The surveys done in October
of that year indicated that they had been there for some time, having made
improvements on the land. |
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About 1784 or 1785, father William acquired land next to that of
George Holloway on Mulberry Creek in Burke Co. NC. George's land was claimed
about a year earlier in 1783. Both tracts of land had probably been claimed by
William White (1830?-1818), who was George's
uncle and William Loving's brother-in-law.
William's daughter Mary married George Holloway
in Oct 1787. |
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In the 1790 Burke Co. NC Census for 5th Company, father William Loving is listed as a
head of household of 6 members: William, a male aged 0-16 (son William), 4 females (wife Jane, 3 young daughters), Daughter Mary would have been counted under husband George Holloway with 5 members. In the 1800 Census, both adults in the William Loving household are at least 45 years old. Also counted was a female under age 10. |
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Another Gabriel Loving (Gabriel's uncle) is in the 1790 Wilkes Co. Census
Seventh Company with 10
members, including 2 male children under 16, the other children female. The 1800
Wilkes Co. Census also has a Gabriel Loving. |
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In a 1796 list of land acreage sorted by militia units, uncle William is listed
as "Sr." under Capt. Moore's Company in Burke Co. NC, along with
George Holloway, a Gabriel Loving
(probably an uncle who also owned land there), brother John Loving, and
Thomas White, and William White.
William White and William Loving were militia members together in SC. |
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Present day map shows Collettsville, Mulberry Creek and John's River.
Holloway Mountain is further east on Route 90. |
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In the
1800 Burke Co. NC Census, page 766 line 14, "William Loving" is listed as a
head of household of 3 members: 1 males aged over 45 (father William), 1 female under age 10, 1 female aged over 45 (mother Jane). There are three households headed by Gabriel [page 767 line 30], John [page 767 line 17], and William (Jr.) Loving [page 768 line 3], respectively. Gabriel and John are in an older age class than their brother William. |
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In the 1800 US Census for Burke Co. NC brother William Loving is listed as a
head of household of 6 members: William, born 1775-1784, male aged 0-16 (son William Jr.), 2 females under 10, 1 female 16-25, and one female 26-44, probably his wife. |
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Gabriel is in the 1800 Burke Co. NC Census with both adults 26-45 and 5 female
children (3 under 10, a 10-15 year old, and a 15-26 year old).
By 1820, the family appeared in Rapides Parish in Louisiana Territory where
John and
James Holloway were raising cattle in Holloway Prairie. They were younger
brothers of George Holloway, Gabriel's
brother-in-law and former neighbor in Burke Co. Gabriel's father William died in
1806 in Burke Co. NC. |
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In 1805, "Gabrel Loving" was listed in the
Wilkes Co. NC list of taxables,
as owning 540 acres in Captain Thurmond's district, but no taxable
polls [persons living on the land over a certain age]. This Gabriel might be
Gabriel's uncle who may have died in 1809. "Gabrel" was previously listed
with the same acreage, no polls, in Capt. Gwyn's district #5 in the
1797 Wilkes Co. NC list of taxables
[NCGSJ, in Alexander, Here Will I Dwell..., pp. 15, 30]. A "Gabral L. Holloway" [note spelling as Gabral] was in the 1840 Catahoula Parish LA Census born after 1810, likely a son of John Holloway, younger brother of George Holloway, and named after this Gabriel Loving [1840 Catahoula LA Census, p. 37]. |
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George Holloway,
William White (1668 acres and 8 polls), and
father William Loving (180 acres and
1 poll) were listed in the
Burke Co. NC Tax List of
the same year [NCGSJ, in Alexander, Here Will I Dwell..., p. 231]. |
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Brother William was a member of the Holloway Society from 1817-1822, and was
bondsman for Mahala Holloway's marriage to Joseph Fair (Pharr) in 1821.
About 1821, son William (Jr.) married Elizabeth Fair, and had a daughter Matilda
in Jun 1821. |
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Brother William appeared in the
1819 list of
taxables for "the White district of Caldwell Co. NC, including the upper
John's River, Mulberry and Globe sections" owing $600 for 180 acres and "one white
poll". No other Lovings are listed, Nor any Whites. Only landowners under age 50
were taxable. His brother-in-law George Holloway
was the "tax-lister" that year but over age 50 so not taxable. William (Jr.) was
born about 1775 so he was not yet 50. [Scott, W. W., Annals of Caldwell Co.,
p. 115]. |
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In the 1820 Rapides Parish Louisiana Census,
page 133, line 15,
there was a Gabriel Loving with 1 female child aged 10-16 and both adults
at least age 45. The family was not in the 1820 Burke Co. NC Census.
Near him on line 6, there was a "Joseph L. White Junr." with 2 male children
under 5 and a male at least 18. The female is aged 16-26, so Joseph may also be
just 26, born 1794. There were no Lovings in the 1810 or 1830 Rapides Parish LA
census, or in the 1792 Natchez District Census. Possibly
Joseph White Sr. and Joseph Jr. and
Gabriel Loving brought their families from NC to the Natchez area together
before 1810 and, after Joseph Sr. died, Joseph Jr. and Gabriel moved to LA
by 1820. |
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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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Brother John married Laura Estes, daughter of Reuben Estes (1741-1811). Their
eldest son was named James Taylor Loving after John's grandfather,
James Taylor White. and a daughter
married Rice Medaris. |
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Brother John's will was probated Dec 7, 1818 in Monroe Co. IN. It named wife
"Lory", sons Taylor, Reuben, William, Lot, and John, and daughters Delphy, Lettie,
Lory, Mary Alloway, Delilah Wakefield, and Elizabeth Tucker. |
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In the 1830 Davidson Co. TN (Nashville) Census, there was only one Loving
household, that of "Gabriel Loving" with only a white male and female, both aged
50-60 (born 1770-80) on line 12 of
page 573,
and page 574,
there were no Lovings in the 1850 census there. |
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Sources: Alexander, Nancy, Here Will I Dwell, The Story of Caldwell County, 1956, "Burke County, N.C. List of Taxables for 1805" abstracted by Ransom McBride, in NCGSJ, Nov 1982, pp. 15, 30, 231. Brown, Richard Maxwell, The South Carolina Regulators, Cambridge, Mass., 1963. Company Lists, Burke Co. NC Records, Vol IV, p. 117. Gibbons, Michael, Letter re: Loving family to Lisabeth M. Holloway, May 20, 1992. Holloway, George, record keeper, "Holloway Society Papers," 1810,&c,; publ. in Wm. Wiseman & the Davenports, Pioneers Of Old Burke County, North Carolina, v.2 by M.L.Vineyard & E.M.Wiseman, Franklin NC, 1997, pp.113-128. Phifer, Edward Jr., BURKE: The History of a North Carolina County 1777-1926, Morganton, NC, 1977, Appendix D, pp. 400-401. Scott, W. W., Annals of Caldwell Co., Lenoir NC, 1930, pp. 114-116. 1790, 1800, 1850 Census, Burke Co. NC. Tax List 1771, Surry Co. NC. Tax Lists 1803, 1804, 1807, Burke Co. NC. U.S. Census, Rapides Parish LA, 1820, S-K Publ., 2003, p. 133. USGenWeb Archives Census Project, 1800 Burke Co., NC Federal Census, transcribed by Dorna Chambers, 1999, pp. 767-768. U.S. Census, Catahoula Parish LA, 1840, familysearch.org, p. 37. |
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