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Lydia ? m. 1693? Northampton Co. VA b. 1676/80? ?Westmoreland Co. VA d. 1763? Northampton Co. VA |
William b. 1695? ?North Farnham Parish VA d. ?VA |
Sarah b. 1698? North Farnham Parish VA d. 1772 Cumberland Co. VA |
?Mary b. 1701? ?North Farnham Parish VA d. |
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Westmoreland Co. VA was formed in 1653 from the upper portion of Northumberland Co.
which was founded in 1648. |
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Caroline County Virginia was formed
in 1728 from parts of Essex, King and Queen, and King William counties
(see present day map
for location). Culpeper County Virginia was formed in 1749 from Orange Co. as one of the larger counties in VA, lying between the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west and Rappahannock River to the south and east (see present day map for location). |
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In 1710, a John Holloway "leased [from the Crown] for a term of 500 years a
tract of 2,660 acres in the section which became Drysdale Parish across the
Rappahannock-Mattapony watershed from the headwaters of Peumandsend [Creek]".
This was likely the John born 1670 and died after 1720, who was the son of
George Holloway II (1638-1688).
Then Holloway sold the lease to
Robert "King" Carter "of Lancaster for
seven pounds sterling and six Negroes". Carter never lived on the property but
"he and his heirs maintained a plantation there for many years with an
overseer in charge" [Campbell, p. 318]. |
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As late as 1757, the heirs of
Robert "King" Carter owned land in
Caroline Co. but still had "never resided on their Caroline plantation". That
year the sole schoolhouse in St. Mary's Parish was mentioned as being on the
Carter land "on Peumendsend [creek] between Port Royal and the Bowling Green"
and was apparently "a free school for the children of the overseer and other
freeholders nearby" [Campbell, pp. 318, 442]. |
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St Mary's Parish bordered the Rappahannock River to its north and Drysdale
Parish to its south.
Map of Caroline Co.
drawn in 1751 shows what were previously St. Mary, Drysdale and St. Margaret
parishes [Louisa Co. VA Genealogy, website]. Geographically, Culpeper Co. had
previously been a part of
Spotsylvania Co..
The only church in St. Mary by 1760 was the Mount Church on the Rappahannock
north of Port Royal [Campbell, p. 430]. |
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A Mary Smith may have been married to
William Holloway
(1730-1792?). Between 1733 and 1778 over two dozen white women
had bastard children and were fined or punished (whipped) in Caroline Co. VA. A
Mary Smith was among those punished in 1769, which would be a few years after
William's last known child was born [Campbell, p. 427-8]. |
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John Holloway, in his will left to the William
Holloway "of Carolina County" who, with his wife Mary (Smith, daughter of Peter
Smith), deeded property in Spotsylvania Co. VA on Aug 5, 1755. According to
John's will, William and son Samuel were both to inherit "the land where I live"
[Will of John Holloway, 1757].
"John Holloway, Jr." was the sole executor of the
estate of John Holloway in Caroline Co. VA. When he (Jr.) died in 1769,
"Elizabeth Holloway" [his widow] was made executrix [Campbell, pp. 483, 479]. |
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Spotsylvania Co. Virginia is on the western border of Caroline Co. and
was formed in 1721 from parts of Essex, King and Queen, and King William counties
(see present day map
for location). It was named after VA Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood. |
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On Oct 29, 1715 daughter Sarah married
Francis Armistead (1690-1719). They had
a daughter
Mary Elizabeth Armistead, born Jul 12, 1716,
who married
Capt. John Carter about 1737. Mary Smith
could have been a younger sister of Sarah Smith Armistead [geneanet.com, website]. |
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Sources: Campbell, T.E., Colonial Caroline, A History of Caroline County, Virginia, The Dietz Press, Richmond VA, 3rd ed., 1989, pp. 53-54, 305, 318, 380-1, 427-8, 430, 442, 473, 479. Caroline Co. Deed Book, Part II, p.135. Dodd, Jordan, Va. Compiled Marriages 1660-1800, ancestry.com. Dorman, Caroline County VA Order Book, 1764-1765, v. 1, pp. 65, 80, 297. Holloway, Dr. Robert, Rochester NY, emails Jan 2026, re: shared DNA ancestor. Louisa Co. VA Genealogy, "Caroline Co. Creeks and Rivers", map drawn 1751 by Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson, website. Olson, Marie K., compiler, "William Holloway", Charleston SC, Apr 9, 1988; ref to Moss, Bobby Gilmer, The Patriots at the Cowpens, Greenville SC, A Press, p.117. "Virginia Troops in French and Indian Wars", Virginia Hist. Mag., v.1, 1894, p. 389. Prince George Co., Virginia Deeds 1713-28, page 292. Mormon records, "John Holloway", AFN:MGP0-F1, LDS CD-ROM, Jun 23, 1994, Family History Library, Salt Lake City UT. Will of John Holloway, dated Dec 13, 1757, probated Jul 24, 1758, Will Book 1, Cumberland County VA, p. 153. Will of John Holloway Jr., Apr 21, 1769, Caroline Co Wills 1742, 1762-1830, reel 7, p. 13. |
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