The Holliday Familiesof

Copiah County,Mississippi

Genealogical Abstracts

WILLIAM HOLLIDAY&

ANN AYRES

William Holliday Sr. born in 1723, and his wife Ann Ayresimmigrated to America, from Ireland after 1750, landing in South(?) Carolina.

By 1772 they had migrated to Georgia and in January 1772 weregranted 100 acres of land on the Kioka (Kyoka) Creek, within fivemiles of Joshua Bradley’s mill, (St. Paul’s Parish). Quicklyacquiring 350 acres.

At the age of 53, William served as a private in the ‘Georgia Line’during the American Revolutionary War. He received a bountygrant of land for his service in Wilkes county Georgia.

In 1778, at the age of 55, William died in Wilkes County, GA,leaving his estate to his wife, Ann, and his living children, six sonsand five daughters.

Ann was recorded in the 1790 census along with Ayres, Thomas,and William Jr., living in Wilkes County, GA, district ‘G’.

THE COLONIAL RECORDS OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA,

Volume X11:

Proceedings and Minutes of the Governor and Council fromAugust 6, 177 1, to February 13, 1782 (Atlanta, Georgia, The

Franklin-Turner Company, 1907), pp. 156, 167:At a Council held in the Council Chamber at Savannah onTuesday 7th Jan, 1772...

Read a Petition of William Holloday setting forth that he hadbeen some time in the province but never had any LandGranted him and being desirous of Obtaining Land forCultivation Therefore praying for One hundred Acres ofLand on the Kioka Creek within five Miles of Joshua Bradley'sMill

Resolved That on Condition &c the prayer of the saidPetition is

granted-

AN INDEX TO ENGLISH CROWN GRANTSIN

GEORGIA, 1755-1775Spartanburg, South Carolina, Reprint Company,

for the R.J. Taylor, Jr., Foundation, 1989

p. 68:

Grantee Volume Page Parish Land Parcels Date

Hol(l)iday William 1 916 PL (St. Paul) 100 (acres) 02 Mar 1773 1 949 PL 150 06 Apr1773 1 1022 PL 100 07 Jun 1774

GEORGIA CITIZENS AND SOLDIERS OF THE AMERICAL REVOLUTION

Robert S. Davis, Jr.

pp. 18-19:

A petition from "the Inhabitants of the Kyoka and Broad River Settlements" in theParish of Saint Paul, published in the GEORGIA GAZETTE on October 12, 1774,protested resolutions adopted at a meeting in Savannah on August IO, 1774, on variousgrounds, including that "the said paper carries with it unnecessary and unjustreflections on the honour and j ustic(e) of King, Lords, and Commons." The petition wassigned by approximately one hundred men, including William Holliday and ThomasHolliday [probably one of William's older son, or possibly a brother].

ROSTER OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS IN GEORGIA, Volume I

Mrs. Howard H. McCall, compiler, (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1968),

p. 91:

William Holliday, Sr., b. Ireland, 1723; d. Wilkes Co., Ga., 1786. Will made July 7,1786. Served as private in Ga. Line; received bounty grant of land for his service, inWilkes Co., Ga. Married AnnChildren: 1. WILLIAM, JR., mar. Jane Cooper. [Also listed as Rev. War soldier]

2. Thomas, mar. Rebecca Ragan.3. Robert.4. Abraham.5. Ayers.6. John.7. Jane. 8. Mary. 9. Ann.10. Elizabeth.11. Margery.

EARLY RECORDS OF GEORGIA,

Volume One.Wilkes County, 1932.

Grace Gillam Davidson (Mrs. John Lee), abstracter and compiler,(Vidalia, Georgia, the Rev. Silas Emmett Lucas, Jr., Publisher, 1968),

[ From Will Book 'D D' ], p. 48:

Folio 68--HOLLIDAY, WILLIAM. To wife Ann, land on Little River where we now live for life,final division to two youngest sons, Ayers and John Holliday. To daus. Jane, Mary, Ann, andElizabeth and to sons Robt., Wm., and Thos., five shillings each. To son Abraham a grayhorse. To dau. Mary white mare and dun heifer. To son John sorrel mare. To dau. Margerya black spotted heifer. To son Abraham plantation tools, etc. Wife Ann sole Excx. Signed Sept. 21, 1778. Proved in presence of the widow July 7, 1786. Holman Freeman, R. P.Wm. Ayers, John Smith, Thos. McDowell, Test.

(Actual copy from the book)

A 1790 CENSUS FOR WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIAPrepared from Tax Returns

compiled by Frank Parker Hudson (1988):

In 1790, Ann, Ayres, Thomas, and William "Holladay" were listed in District G, CaptainThomas Holiday's district.

AYRES HOLLIDAY

Ayres (Ayers) Holliday was one of the two youngest sons of WilliamHolliday and Ann Ayres, immigrants from Ireland.

Ayres Holliday owned property in Washington County, GA, in 1785.

In 1786 William Holliday died leaving Ayres Holliday (one of his twoyoungest sons) a division of property along the Little River, WilkesCounty, GA. Ayres was to take possession on the death of his mother.

In 1792 Ayres and Ollay (his first wife) Holliday sold the property inWilkes County, GA left to Ayres by his father.

Ares Holliday is recorded as a member of the Wilkes County Militia in1793.

In 1801 Ayres Holida was listed on the tax rolls in Lincoln County,Samuel District, GA.

On the ninth day of April 1803, in Lincoln County, GA, Ayres Hollidaywas granted a passport to travel to the Mississippi Territory in orderto collect a considerable sum of money due him from Mr. JohnHollowday.

In 1805 Airs Halliday was listed on the tax rolls in Lincoln county,Lanton District, GA

On December 9, 1808, Ayres Holliday, along with his two relativesThomas & John (Ayres had brothers, sons and nephews with these names.),were granted passports to move to the Natchies. (The NatchezDistrict, Mississippi)

In the 1810 census Ayers Holliday is recorded as over the age oftwenty-one, living in Amite County, Miss. Having a household thatincluded two white males under the age of twenty-one and one whitefemale over the age of twenty-one (assume his wife Olivia), and six whitefemales under the age of twenty-one.

In 1811 Ayves Holliday bought land in Marion County, Mississippi.

In the 1816 Territorial Census Ayers Holliday is recorded as over theage of twenty-one, living in Marion County, Miss. Having a householdthat included two white males under the age of twenty-one and nowhite females over the age of twenty-one (assume his wife Olivia died),and five white females under the age of twenty-one.

On 17 April 1817, Ayers Holliday married his second wife CenithSimmons in Marion County, Mississippi.

In 1818 Ayres Holliday had moved to Washington Parish, Louisiana.

In the 1820 Census Aires Holida is recorded being between the ages oftwenty-six & forty-five, living in Washington Parish, Louisiana. Having ahousehold that included two white males, one under ten & the otherbetween ten and sixteen, and one white female between twenty-six &forty-five (assume his 2nd wife Cenith), and three white females onebetween sixteen & twenty-six & two between ten and sixteen. He hadacquired three slaves.

In 1828, A-es Halliday is listed on the tax rolls of Copiah County,Mississippi.

In 1829, Aee(?) Holliday is listed on the tax rolls of Copiah County,Mississippi.

In 1828, Ayres Holliday is listed on the tax rolls of Copiah County,Mississippi.

In 1830, Ayres Holliday lived “in the area of Sunny Hill along theSilver Creek”, Washington Parish, Louisiana.

In the 1830 Census Ayres Holliday is recorded being between the agesof seventy & eighty (This is inconsistent with the 1820 census.), living in WashingtonParish, Louisiana. Having a household that included one white maleunder five, two between five & ten & two between ten and fifteen, andone white female between twenty & thirty (assume his wife Mahala), andone white female under five. There was one slave in the household.

Ayers Holliday died before the 1840 Census in Washington Parish,Louisiana.

In the 1840 Census Ayres Holliday’s third wife, Mahala Holliday, (Ayersmust have died) is recorded being between the ages of thirty & forty,living in Washington Parish, Louisiana. Having a household thatincluded one white male one under five, one between five & ten, onebetween ten and fifteen, two between fifteen & twenty, one betweentwenty & thirty, and one between forty & fifty; and two white females,one under five, and one between ten and fifteen. . There was one slavein the household.

• (The spelling of both the first name Ayres and the last name Holliday had various spellings depending on theliteracy of the ‘recorder’ of the times. The variations of the spellings are used as recorded.)

LAND HOLDINGSof

AYRES HOLLIDAY

INDEX To THE HEADRIGHT AND BOUNTYGRANTS OF GEORGIA,

1756-1909

(Georgia Genealogical Reprints, The Rev. Silas Emmettt Lucas, Jr.,Vidalia Georgia, 1970),

p. 298:

Grantee Location (county) Grant Book Page Acres YearAyres Holliday Wash'ton FFF 806 287 1/2 1785

WILKES COUNTY, GEORGIA,DEED BOOKS A-VV

1784-1806

by Michael Martin Farmer(Farmer Genealogy Company, P.O. Box 140880, Dallas, Texas),

p. 407:

[From Deed Book MM] p. 432

12 Oct. 1792, Ayres Holliday & 0llay, his wife, of Wilkes Co., Ga., toDaniel Dill ... all that tract on Little River willed to him by his father,William Holliday, part of 400 acres patented to said William Holliday... on dividing line, adj .... N.E. on Alexander Johnston...

(signed) Ayres Hollidy,Ollay (0) Holliday.

Wit: Peter Smith,Alexr. Johnston

AN INDEX TO GEORGIA TAX DIGESTS

(The Reprint Company, Publishers, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1986),Volume 11, 1800-1802

p. 39:

Ayres Holida was listed in 1801 on the tax rolls in Lincoln County,Samuel District, page 059.

AN INDEX TO GEORGIA TAX DIGESTS

(The Reprint Company, Publishers, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1986)Volume 111, 1804-1806

p. 39:

Airs Halliday was listed in 1805 on the tax rolls in Lincoln County,Blanton District, page 011.

COPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI TAXPAYERS,1825-1841

(T. L. C. Genealogy, P.O. Box 403369, Miami Beach, FL 33140-1369

[Spelling variations as in original]:

Halliday, A-es. 1828Holliday, Aree (?). 1829Holliday, Ayers. 1830Marion County, Mississippi - Land Owners, 1810-1895,"Information submitted by E. H. Hines, in

MISSISSIPPI GENEALOGICAL EXCHANGE

Volume 30 (Spring, 1984), Number 1

Ayves Holliday bought on (or owned as of) December 19, 1811, landlocated at T4N, RI 3E11S22.

Nicholas Russell Murray

MARION COUNTY MISSISSIPPI, 1812-1899COMPUTER INDEXED MARRIAGE RECORDS

(Hunting for Bears, Inc., P. 0.Box 278, Hammond, Louisiana 70404)

Date Groom Bride4/17/1817 Hillday, Ayers Simmons, Cenith10/26/1814 Graves, James Holliday, Sarah

["Ayers Hillday" must be Ayres Holliday, who owned property in Marion County in 1811. Sarah Holliday was undoubtedly his daughter; see the death of her husband, JamesGraves, in 1827. And she must have been the "Sarha" Graves who married Jacob B.Reid in Copiah County in 1832. Victor Rose's HISTORY OF VICTORIA says "the Hon.Capt. J. B. Reid married Thomas Holliday's sister" (who would have been AyresHolliday's daughter) in Copiah County before moving to Texas.]

Mary G. Bryan,

PASSPORTS ISSUED BY GOVERNORSOF GEORGIA, 1785 TO 1809

(Special Publications of the National Genealogical Society, Number 21)(Washington, D.C., 1962), pp. 3-4, 24:

State of GeorgiaLincoln County

Mr. Ayres Hollowday, a Citizen of said State & County for ManyYears past, is now about to set out on a gerny for the MississippiTerritory, through an Exspectation of Colecting aConsiderable sum of money Due him by a Mr. John Hollowday ofthat County, Who has Lately wrote him a Letter, Requesting himas a Brother To come there and Receive that which Justly Duehim, the above Mr Hollowday has Both ever Conducted himselfas a Prudent, honnest, & indurstious Man, and Pray's of theGovernor a Permit to goe to that Country In peace & safety andso Return to his family ---

Given under out hand the 19th Day of April 1803,---and of the Independance of the United States of America theTwenty seventh

[Signed by five men] (On Reverse)

recommendation for a passport--Granted 25th April 1803—His Excellency The Governor

State of GeorgiaLincoln County

Decm the 19—1808

To his Excellency the Governor of the State of Georgia Sendithgreetings We whoes names are heareunto anext Do Cirtify thatfor Several years past we have been well acquainted with AyrsHolloday and have Ever found him to be an honest Industerousand good Cittisen while among us and as he the Said ayrsHolloday wish is to Removehis Reasidence from this State to the Natchies and wishing toComply with the laws of his Country prays a passport hisExcellency

[Signed by twelve men] (on reverse)recommendation in favor of Thomas Johns & Ayres Holloday forPassports thru the Creek Nation; Order taken 27. Decemr. 1808

Ernest Russ Williams, Jr, compiler

A POTPOURRI OF HISTORICAL DATACONCERNING THE FOUNDING FAMILIES AND

INDIVIDUALS OFWASHINGTON PARISH, LOUISIANA,

1798-1860

(Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, Louisiana, 1990):

Ayres Holliday moved to Washington Parish ca. 1818. His landwas located in Section T IS, R9E, S43.

In 1830, Ayres Holliday lived "in the area of Sunny Hill andpresent day Mt. Hen-nan, La." On "Silver Creek."

Mahala Holliday was the widow of Ayres Holliday.

[Note: The listing of inhabitants of the Natchez District in 1810, the special Mississippi census of 1816,and the U. S. Censuses of 1820 and 1830, together with Marion County, Mississippi marriage records,suggest that Ayres Holliday's first wife (Olivia Johnston) died sometime between 18 1 0 and 1816, thathe married Cenith Simmons in 1817, that she died sometime after 1820, and that he married MahalaLewis before 1830. She had apparently been married before, as the marriage records of Amite County,Mississippi (LDS CD5, I st Edition), show a marriage between John Crow and Mahala Lewis on October9, 1817.1

BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL MEMOIRSOF MISSISSIPPI, Vol 11

(Chicago, The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1891)

pp. 444:

"Ayres Holliday, Judge Millsaps' grandfather on his mother'sside, was a Georgian, who removed to Washington parish, La., atan early date, and thence to Copiah County, afterward returningto Louisiana, where he died. Thomas Holliday, one of his sons, wasfor many years sheriff of Copiah County."

[From the biographical sketch of Judge Uriah Millsaps, a son of Thomas and Elizabeth(Holliday) Millsaps; the latter was born in Georgia "about 1804."]

JOHN JOHNSON HOLLIDAY

1801-1838

John Johnson Holliday, born in Georgia, was the son of Ayres Holliday & Olivia (Olla)Johnson (Johnston) Holliday, and the grandson of William Holliday & Ann Ayres.

John J. Holliday’s childhood can be traced through his father Ayres Holliday.

• In 1801 (the year of John J. Holliday’s Birth) Ayres Holida (J.J. Holliday’s father) waslisted on the tax rolls in Lincoln County, Samuel District, Georgia.

• In 1805 Airs Halliday (J.J. Holliday’s father) was listed on the tax rolls in Lincolncounty, Lanton District, Georgia.

• On December 9, 1808, Ayres, Thomas & John Holliday (Ayres had brothers, sons andnephews with these names.), were granted passports to move to the Natchies. (TheNatchez District, Mississippi)

• In the 1810 census Ayers Holliday (J.J. Holliday’s father) is recorded living in AmiteCounty, Mississippi.

• In the 1816 Territorial Census Ayers Holliday (J.J. Holliday’s father) is recorded asliving in Marion County, Miss. There is no adult white female recorded in this censusand it is assumed that Olivia, John’s mother had died. The following year, 1817Ayers Holliday married his second wife, and in 1818 moved to Washington Parish,Louisiana.

• In the 1820 Census Aires Holida is recorded as living in Washington Parish,Louisiana. There are no white males listed over the age of sixteen, John would havebeen nineteen, and it is assumed he was not living with his father at the time of the1820 census.

In December of 1825 he married Mary Mangum Ainsworth.

John J. Holliday paid Copiah County, Mississippi, taxes in 1825. John J. Holliday paid Copiah County, Mississippi, taxes in 1826.John J. Holliday paid Copiah County, Mississippi, taxes in 1827.John J. Holliday paid Copiah County, Mississippi, taxes in 1829.

In the 1830 Census for Copiah County, Mississippi John J. Holliday is listed, betweentwenty and thirty, having two free white females under the age of five and one betweenfifteen and twenty.

John J. Holliday paid Copiah County, Mississippi taxes in 1830.

John J. Holliday paid Copiah County, Mississippi taxes in 1831.J. J. Holliday paid Copiah County, Mississippi taxes in 1832.

In 1832 John J. and Mary M. Holliday’s only son Thomas A. Holliday was born.

John J. Holliday paid Copiah County, Mississippi taxes in 1834.John J. Holliday paid Copiah County, Mississippi taxes in 1835.

On January 19, 1838, John Johnson Holliday died in Copiah County, Mississippi. He isburied in the Mt. Hope (Anisworth) Cemetery, the crept is broken and unreadable.

J. J. Hollidy paid Copiah County, Mississippi taxes in 1839.

MARY M. AINSWORTH HOLLIDAY

Mary Mangum Ainsworth, a native of Kentucky, was the daughter of James Ainsworth, anative of Chester District, South Carolina and Elisabeth Mangum, a native of ChristianCounty, Kentucky.

In the 1840 Census for Copiah County, Mississippi Mary Holliday is listed, betweenthirty and forty, having two free white males, one under the age of five and one betweenfive & fifteen, and two free white females, one under five and one between ten andfifteen.

Mrs. Mary Hollidy paid Copiah County, Mississippi taxes in 1840.Mrs. Mary Holliday paid Copiah County, Mississippi taxes in 1841.

In the 1850 Census for Copiah County, Mississippi Mary Holliday is listed as 39 years ofage, having two of her three children still living at home. Thomas is listed as eighteenand Sarah is listed as seventeen. Elizabeth John and Mary’s eldest daughter hadmarried, and was living in Copiah County.

• (The spelling of both the first name Ayres and the last name Holliday had various spellings depending on theliteracy of the ‘recorder’ of the times. The variations of the spellings are used as recorded. There aredocuments that record Johnson as Johnston)

THOMAS AINSWORTH HOLLIDAY

1832-18##

Thomas Ainsworth Holliday, born in Copiah County, Mississippi, was the Son of AyersHolliday and Mary M. Ainsworth, the grandson of Ayres Holliday & Olivia JohnsonHolliday, and the great-grandson of William Holliday & Ann Ayres.

In 1832 John J. and Mary M. Holliday’s only son Thomas A. Holliday was born.

Thomas A. Holliday’s childhood can be traced through his parents John J. & Mary M.Holliday.

• J. J. Holliday paid Copiah County, Mississippi taxes in 1832.

• John J. Holliday paid Copiah County, Mississippi taxes in 1834.• John J. Holliday paid Copiah County, Mississippi taxes in 1835.

• On January 19, 1838, John Johnson Holliday died in Copiah County, Mississippi.

• J. J. Hollidy paid Copiah County, Mississippi taxes in 1839.

• In the 1840 Census for Copiah County, Mississippi Mary Holliday is listed, betweenthirty and forty, having two free white males, one under the age of five and onebetween five & fifteen, and two free white females, one under five and one betweenten and fifteen.

• Mrs. Mary Hollidy paid Copiah County, Mississippi taxes in 1840.• Mrs. Mary Holliday paid Copiah County, Mississippi taxes in 1841.

• In the 1850 Census for Copiah County, Mississippi Mary Holliday is listed as 39years of age, having two of her three children still living at home. Thomas is listedas eighteen and Shara is listed as seventeen.

Thomas Ainsworth Holliday and Nancy Ellis married in Copiah County, Mississippi onDecember 22, 1852.

• (The spelling of both the first name Ayres and the last name Holliday had various spellings depending on theliteracy of the ‘recorder’ of the times. The variations of the spellings are used as recorded. There aredocuments that record Johnson as Johnston)

NANCY ELLIS HOLLIDAY

1834 - 1912

Nancy Ellis was born in Copiah County, Mississippi, on August 18, 1834.

Nancy was the daughter (one of thirteen Children) of Lott Warren Ellis and AnnieRoberts Ellis. Lott was born in Georgia in 1799, the son of George Ellis. Annie wasborn in Tennessee about 1809. They both moved to Washington Parish Louisiana withtheir parents, where they met and afterwards married. In 1823 Lott & Annie Ellis movedto Copiah County, Mississippi settling near Pine Bluff on the Bayou Pierre. Here in themist of primeval forests, they improved the land and took up farming. Lott was active inpublic affairs, a democrat, serving several times as a member of the legislature. Lottdied in 1857, and Annie died eight years later in 1863. They were members of theBaptist Church,

Nancy’s granddaughter Thomas Christine Holliday died of burns on January 13, 1912.

Nancy Ellis Holliday died at the age of seventy-seven, on May 19, 1912, in CopiahCounty, Mississippi.

(This is a representation of the document onmicrofilm found at the Mississippi Archives inJackson, MS. This is an attempt to reproducethe actual document. This page and thefollowing page were printed back-to-back &then folded on the vertical line down thecenter of the page. The information to theright would be considered the front page ofthe document and this left side would be theback page of the document. The followingpage represents pages two & three, or theinside of the document. This was a pre-printed document with the personalinformation filled in by hand. The underlinedscript font represents the hand writteninformation. The ####### in lines 1 & 2represent numbers that are illegible.)

Holliday Thomas A.Co. E, 4 Mississippi Cav.

(Confederate)

Private PrivateCard Numbers.

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Number of Medical cards herein: 0

Number of personal papers herein: 0

Book Mark:

See Also:

CONFEDERATE

PVT | 4 Cav | Miss.Thomas A. Holliday

Pvt, {S. d. Ramsey’s Company.4 Reg’t Mississippi Calvary*

Appearing on

Company Muster Roll

Of the organization named above,

For March 1 to June 30, 1964.

Joined for duty and enrolled:

When July 22, 1862

WhereCopiah Co., Miss

By whom Capt. S. D. Ramsey

Period3 years or war

Last paid:

By whom Miltenberger

To what time Sept. 1, 1863

Present or absent present

Remarks:

This company was also known as Company E. 4th RegimentMississippi Cavalry. It was formerly Co. D. Hughes’ BattalionMississippi Cavalry. The 4ht Regiment Mississippi Cavalry was formed by thecombination of Hughes’ and Stockade’s Battalions MississippiCavalry in pursuance a General Order from Headquarters Calvary inMississippi, dated September 14, 1863.Book mark:

signedcopyist

PVT | 4 Cav | Miss.Thomas A. Holliday

Prvt, Co E, 4 Reg’t Miss Cavalry.

Residence Copiah County miss

Appears on a

Roll of Prisoners of WarOf Co. E, 4 Mississippi Regiment of Cavalry,

Confederate States Army, commanded by

Col. C.O. Wilbourn, surrendered at Citronella,

Ala, by Lieut., Gen. R. Taylor, C.S.A., to Maj.

Gen. R. S. Canby, U.S.A., May 12, 1865.

Roll dated Gainesville, Ala, May 12, 1865

signedcopyist

JAY AYERS HOLLIDAY

1864 –1932

Jay Ayers Holliday was the son of Thomas AinsworthHolliday and Nancy Ellis Holliday, (the Grandson of JohnJ. Holliday, the great-grandson of Ayres Holliday, and thegreat-great-grandson of William Holliday).

He was born in Copiah County, Mississippi, on October24,1864.

Jay A. Holliday married Margaret Elizabeth Vaughn (MissLizzie) on January 20, 1885 in Copiah County, Mississippi.

He Died at the age of 68, in Copiah County, MississippiDecember 22,1932, and is buried in the Hazlehurst Cemetery.

Margaret Elizabeth Vaughn HOLLIDAY

1865 –1923

She was born in Copiah County, Mississippi on November1,1865, the daughter of D.C. Vaughn and Corrine HillVaughn

Margaret Elizabeth Vaughn Holliday died in CopiahCounty, Mississippi on August 24, 1923.

THE CHILDREN of Jay A. Holliday & Lizzie Vaughn Holliday

• Thomas Dewitt Holliday Sr.

• Annie Peyton Holliday• Lottie Holliday• May Z. Holliday

HOLLIDAY CENSUSINFORMATION

MISSISSIPPI1820

CENSUSBy:

Irene S. & Norman GillisOctober 15, 1963

Page 62

FAMILY HEAD COUNTY WHITE MALES WHITE FEMALES 10 16 16 26 10 16 26UN to to to to OV UN to to to OV10 16 18 26 45 45 10 16 26 45 45

Holliday, James Adams 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Holliday, John Adams 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 1 0

[Irene & Norman Gillis prepared an alphabetically arranged compilation of the MississippiCensus of 1820 from a copy of the microfilm in the Mississippi Department of Archives &History. A copy of their book is available at the public library in Hazlehurst, MS.]

1830-1840 U.S.CENSUSCOPIAH COUNTY,

MISSISSIPPIBy

John F. Schunk

1830 Census, page 106

FREE WHITE PERSONS

Names MALES | FEMALES of of 20 & | under 5 yrs of 15 &

Heads of Families under 30 | of age under 20

John J. Holliday 1 | 2 1

1830 Census, page 107 FREE WHITE PERSONS SLAVES

Names MALES | MALES of under 5 of 5 & of 10 & of 15 & of 40 & | under 10 of 10 & of 24 & of 36 &

Heads of Families of age under 10 under 15 under 20 under 50 | of age under 24 under 36 under 55John Rembert 1 1 1 1 1 | 0 1 0 0

FEMALES FEMALES under 5 of 5 & of 10 & of 15 & of 20 & | under 10 of 10 & of 24 & of 36 &

of age under 10 under 15 under 20 under 30 | of age under 24 under 36 under 55 2 1 1 1 1 | 1 2 2 0

[There were no free coloreds living in either household. The information contained here was compiledfrom a bound copy of the census by John F. Schunk (#929.376), owned by the Covington Memorial Libraryin Hazlehurst, MS.]

1830-1840 U.S.CENSUSCOPIAH COUNTY,

MISSISSIPPIBy

John F. Schunk

1840 Census, page 97

FREE WHITE PERSONS SLAVES

Names MALES | MALES of under 5 of 5 & of 10 & of 15 & of 20 & | under 10 of 10 & of 24 & of 36 &

Heads of Families of age under 10 under 15 under 20 under 99 | of age under 24 under 36 under 100Mary Holliday* 1 1 0 0 0 | 1 1 1 0

FEMALES FEMALES

under 5 of 5 & of 10 & of 15 & of 30 & | under 10 of 10 & of 24 & of 36 & of age under 10 under 15 under 30 under 40 | of age under 24 under 36 under 100

0 1 1 0 1 | 4 2 1 0

1840 Census, page 105

FREE WHITE PERSONS SLAVES

Names MALES | MALES of under 5 of 5 & of 10 & of 15 & of 20 & | under 10 of 10 & of 21 & of 36 &

Heads of Families of age under 10 under 15 under 20 under 30 | of age under 21 under 36 under 55Thomas Holliday** 1 0 0 0 3 | 4 3 5 0

FEMALES FEMALES under 5 of 5 & of 10 & of 15 & of 20 & | under 10 of 10 & of 21 & of 36 &

of age under 10 under 15 under 20 under 30 | of age under 21 under 36 under 55 0 0 0 1 1 | 3 5 9 0

There were no free coloreds living in either household.

*Mary (Mangum Ainesworth) Holliday was the wife of John Johnson Holliday, who died in 1936.**Thomas Holliday is the son of William Holliday, and sheriff of Copiah County, Mississippi.[The information contained here was compiled from a bound copy of the census by John F.Schunk (#929.376), owned by the Covington Memorial Library in Hazlehurst, MS.]

1850 U.S.CENSUSCOPIAH COUNTY,

MISSISSIPPIBy

John F. Schunk Dwelling/Family The Name of Every Person Color Professional, Occupation, Value of Place of Birth. In Order of Whose usual Place of Abode, Wh/Bk or Trade of ea. Male over Real estate Naming the tate, Validation as of 6/1 Was in This Family Age Sex or Mulatto 15 Years of Age Owned territory, or County745 745 Mary Holliday 39 F W 1000 SC

Saraha Holliday 18 F W MS Thomas Holliday 17 M W Service MS

Dwelling/Family The Name of Every Person Color Professional, Occupation, Value of Place of Birth. In Order of Whose usual Place of Abode, Wh/Bk or Trade of ea. Male over Real estate Naming the tate, Validation as of 6/1 Was in This Family Age Sex or Mulatto 15 Years of Age Owned territory, or County737 737 Thomas Holliday** 45 M W Planter 2000 GA

Emily M. Holliday 37 F W MSThomas P. Holliday 10 M W MSFrances A. Holliday 8 F W MSMyrah K. Holliday 6 F W MS

Artemenia M. Holliday 4 F W MSJohn J. P. Holliday 2 M W MS

Dwelling/Family The Name of Every Person Color Professional, Occupation, Value of Place of Birth. In Order of Whose usual Place of Abode, Wh/Bk or Trade of ea. Male over Real estate Naming the tate, Validation as of 6/1 Was in This Family Age Sex or Mulatto 15 Years of Age Owned territory, or County424 424 Gibson S. Holliday*** 25 M W Planter 1000 MS

Margaret M. Holliday 23 F W MSEugenia G. Holliday 3 F W MSEugene C. Holliday 1 F W MS

Dwelling/Family The Name of Every Person Color Professional, Occupation, Value of Place of Birth. In Order of Whose usual Place of Abode, Wh/Bk or Trade of ea. Male over Real estate Naming the tate, Validation as of 6/1 Was in This Family Age Sex or Mulatto 15 Years of Age Owned territory, or County425 425 Frances M. Holliday*** 24 M W Planter 1000 MS

Mary S. Holliday 26 F W MSRobert Holliday 7 M W MSMary Holliday 7/12 F W MS

Dwelling/Family The Name of Every Person Color Professional, Occupation, Value of Place of Birth. In Order of Whose usual Place of Abode, Wh/Bk or Trade of ea. Male over Real estate Naming the tate, Validation as of 6/1 Was in This Family Age Sex or Mulatto 15 Years of Age Owned territory, or County426 426 George A. Holliday*** 23 M W MS

Martha S. Holliday 18 F W MSJulia E. Holliday 4/12 F W MS

* Mary Holliday Wife of John J. Holliday.** Thomas Holliday, Sheriff of Copiah county, son of William Holliday.*** Son of John Holliday, Grand-son of William Holliday, nephew of Thomas Holliday.

[The information contained here was compiled from a bound copy of the census by John F. Schunk (#929.376),owned by the Covington Memorial Library in Hazlehurst, MS.]

COPIAH COUNTY MISSISSIPPIMARRIAGES 1923-1865

ByIrene S. Gillis

Copyright 1984(Mississippi Department of Archives & History)

Groom Bride Date Book &Page

Remarks

Holliday, F.M Harrison, Mary 9/7/1842 B-115 Son of John Holliday & Sarah Ford.Grandson of William Holliday

Holliday, Gibson L. Stackhouse, Margaret M. 9/10/1845 B-288 Son of John Holliday & Sarah Ford.Grandson of William Holliday

Holliday, G.S. Holliday, Mary S. 2/2/1860 D-88Holliday, John J. Ainsworth, Mary M. 12/8/1825 A-100 Son of Ayres Holliday. Grandson of

William HollidayHolliday, Oliver P. Shamburger, Mary 10/25/1855 C-380Holliday, R.E. Roberts, A.L. (Mrs) 7/27/1865 D-462 Son of F. M. Holliday & Mary Harrison.

Grandson of William HollidayHolliday, Thomas A. Ellis, Nancy 12/22/1852 C-162 Son of John J. Holliday & Olivia Johnson.

Daughter of Lott & Annie Ellis. Brother ofElizabeth Holliday.

Holliday, Thomas L. Catchings, Mary E. 11/27/1850 C-4 Son of Richard Ivey Holliday

Norton, John P. Holliday, Elizabeth 1/10/1850 B-620 Daughter of John J. Holliday & MaryMangum Ainsworth. Brother of Thomas A.Holliday

(The remarks are not found in this book. The remarks are documented from other sources.)

COPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI TAXPAYERS, 1825-1841COPYRIGHT © 1990

byT.L.C. Genealogy

P.O. Box 403369Miami Beach, FL 33140-1369 [GEN 929.3762 COP*]

Sorted by Name Sorted by Year (as printed in book)

LAST FIRST YEAR LAST FIRST YEAR

Hollida John 1832 Holliday John J. 1825Hollida Thos 1832 Holliday John J. 1826Hollida Thos 1838 Holliday Thos 1826Holliday Aree 1829 Holliday John J. 1827Holliday Ayers 1830 Holliday Thos 1827Holliday J.J. 1832 Holliday Thos 1828Holliday John 1833 Holliday Zachariah 1828Holliday John 1841 Holliday Aree 1829Holliday John J. 1825 Holliday John J. 1829Holliday John J. 1826 Holliday Thomas(?) 1829Holliday John J. 1827 Holliday Ayers 1830Holliday John J. 1829 Holliday John J. 1830Holliday John J. 1830 Holliday Thos 1830Holliday John J. 1831 Holliday John J. 1831Holliday John J. 1834 Holliday Thomas 1831Holliday John J. 1835 Holliday Zechariah 1831Holliday Mary Mrs. 1841 Holliday J.J. 1832Holliday Thomas 1831 Hollida John 1832Holliday Thomas 1834 Hollida Thos 1832Holliday Thomas 1839 Holliday John 1833Holliday Thomas 1841 Holliday Thos 1833Holliday Thomas(?) 1829 Holliday John J. 1834Holliday Thos 1826 Holliday Thomas 1834Holliday Thos 1827 Holliday John J. 1835Holliday Thos 1828 Holliday Thos 1835Holliday Thos 1830 Hollida Thos 1838Holliday Thos 1833 Hollidy J.J. 1839Holliday Thos 1835 Holliday Thomas 1839Holliday Zachariah 1828 Hollidy Mary Mrs. 1840Holliday Zechariah 1831 Hollidy Thomas 1840Hollidy J.J. 1839 Holliday John 1841Hollidy Mary Mrs. 1840 Holliday Mary Mrs. 1841Hollidy Thomas 1840 Holliday Thomas 1841

The original book format is an alphabetical sorting by last name, which is represented by the list on theleft. The list on the right is a re-sort by year for those interested.

(* This book is in the Covington Memorial Library, Hazlehurst, MS)

VARIOUS HOLLIDAY OBITUARIES

Obituary

The Southern StarBY GEORGE R. KIGER, Editor and Proprietor

Volume 1. GALLATIN, (MISP.) SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 1838 Number 10.

DIEDIn this County on Thursday evening last, Mr.JOHN J. HOLLIDAY, aged about 35—the dec’dleft an affectionate wife and three children tolament their irrepairable loss.

THE HAZLEHURST COURIERMay 19, 1912

In the passing of Mrs. Nancy Ellis Holliday,Copiah County has lost one of the links that boundus to the early part of the 19th century. She wasborn August 18th, 1834, and was within three monthsof her seventy-eighth birthday. Her character wasformed amid social and religious movements such asdo not abide with us at the present day. TheScriptures tell us of a period in the early days whenthere were giants in the land. In the days when Mrs.Nancy Holliday first opened her eyes on earthlyscenes, men and women of giant purpose andcharacter were made. Every social and religiousmovement tended to the perfection of the Christiancharacter. The bodies of these sturdy old men andwomen seemed made of oak.The same power of endurance and strength wasreflected in their souls Would that our socialorganizations and even the church itself couldinfluence for great character building now as didthe institutions and church of that early day. Shewas reared in religious surroundings, uniting withthe Methodist church July 18, 1857. She wasbaptized by immersion, when received into theMethodist church. Those were the days of the oldcircuit rider. When the preacher came, the peopleknew that the sermon would deal with all the greatfundamental truths of the Gospel of Christ-atopless heaven and a bottomless hell, theheinousness of sin, but with these awful truths camethe gospel remedy, an atoning Savior, who wouldreceive all that came unto Him pleading for mercy. Itis no surprise, therefore, that reared underpreaching like that her character was oak againstthe influences of evil, but it was wax to theinfluences of God’s spirit and word.She was a woman of great faith. She came to hergrave in full years as a shock of corn comes in itsseasons. As a mature shock of corn upon the stalkready to be lifted into the granary for higher uses,so the mother in Israel, her life work completed, herchildren all grown and out from the home, laywaiting to be lifted into God’s eternal place. Andour God, the eternal husbandman, reached down May10th, 1912, just as the sun was setting, and lifted herunto himself.The apostle tells of those whose conversation wasin Heaven. Those of us who visited Sister Hollidayduring the last months of her illness, knew that shehad through faith in God attained to this highaltitude of Christian experience.

The HAZLEHURST COURIERJanuary 18,1912

Thomas Christine Holliday

Thomas Christine, the daughter ofMr. and Mrs. T.A. Holliday, age 5years and 5 months, breathed herlast Jan. 13, 1912, about midnight.Thomas was playing “lady” Fridayafternoon and her long dress caughtfire. It is thought that she triedto extinguish the flames before shemade an alarm. Everything was donethat loving hands could do, but Godin His wisdom saw best to call herhome.It is so hard to give her up whenshe was so confident that she wasnot burned much and that she was notgoing to die.She will not only be missed by thefamily, to whom she was so devoted,but by every one who knew her,especially by her fond teacher anddevoted little schoolmates. Hergreat ambition was to “miss noschooldays.” She was a greatpleasure to her teacher. To hear herrecite, and to examine her littlesentence and number work made theteacher feel that she had done herduty and her love for her teacherwas so true that she didn’t want todo anything to displease her.Amid all her suffering Friday nightshe didn’t forget to say herprayers. She delighted in singingand said “Mama I think ‘Nearer MyGod to Thee’ is the prettiest onearth.”‘Soon shall we meet again.Meet ne’r to sever:Soon shall peace wreath her chain‘Round us forever;Our hearts will then reposeSecure from worldly woes;Our songs of praise shall closeNever-no never.” -HER TEACHER

Copiah County CourierFebruary 13, 1958

Center Point NewsFriends are deeply

grieved on Saturday to learnof the passing on thatmorning of Louise Holliday.

She had been sick forsome time, but her going wassudden and unexpected. She leaves a son, Thomasand a daughter, Mrs. AmmieLouise Chism of Californiaand four grand children. Mrs. Holliday was a goodneighbor and a good friendand spent much of her timedoing for others.

Funeral services wereconducted from Hartman’s onSunday afternoon with Rev.George Fortner conductingservices. A solo, “In theLamb Where We’ll Never GrowOld”, was beautifully sung byHarold Davis who has been aneighbor of hers for years.

From the Copiah County Courier

Mrs. SimmonsDies In CarAccident SaturdayMrs. C.L. Simmons of Hazlehurst,widow of the late Dr. Simmons,was found dead in her carSaturday, June 15, on theDentville–Carpenter Road, and isbelieved to a been killed whenthe car wrecked. The time ofdeath was set at 12:45 p.m. Shewas employed as a bookkeeper inPort Gibson and was in route toher home in Hazlehurst when theaccident occurred. No other carwas involved.Mrs. Simmons was the former MayZ. Holliday and was a lifelongresident of Copiah County. Shewas a member of the Shady GroveBaptist Church.Dr. Simmons passed away in 1952,following an extended illness.Services were held at Hartman’sChapel Sunday afternoon at 2:30with her pastor, Rev. GlennSchilling,officiating.Assisting was Rev. Rowe C.Holcomb, pastor of the firstBaptist Church of Hazlehurst.Internment was at the CityCemetery.Survivors are two-step sonsDelmar Simmons of Jackson andAlton Simmons of Forest, Miss;one sister, Mrs. A.E. Ainsworth,of Hazlehurst; two nieces Mrs.Paul Mielly of Portland, Oregon,and Mrs. Clarence Chism ofHazlehurst, one nephew, ThomasHolliday of Hazlehurst. Paulbears were Elby Matthews, GlennSmith, and Meredith Ford, HughCoen, Jack Smith, and PaulDavis.

From the Copiah County CourierMay9, 2001

THOMAS DEWITTHOLLIDAY

Thomas Dewitt Holliday,82, of Hazlehurst, diedSunday, May 6, 2001, at HardyMemorial Hospital inHazlehurst.

Services were heldTuesday, May 8, from StringerFuneral Home Chapel inHazlehurst with interment inShady Grove Cemetery.

A lifelong resident ofHazlehurst, he was a veteranof World War II. He hadlived in the Shady GroveCommunity for over 45 years.He was a Methodist.

Survivors include wife,Mattie Ruth Holliday; sons,Thomas Gerald Holliday andMichael Dewitt Holliday, bothof Hazlehurst; sister, AmmieHolliday Davis of Hazlehurst;two grandchildren, and threegreat grandchildren.

The Holliday FamilyAdditional Persons

Genealogical AbstractsOf Various Hollidays

Collections of Information to aid others

Ammie Louise Holliday

by

Dorothy Williams Potter

Page 300

Executive DepartmentMonday 25th May 1812

On Application ORDERED:

That passports be prepared for the followingpersons to travel through the Indian nations to theWestern Country, Viz,

One for Messrs Joseph Stallworth with his wife twochildren and two Negroes, Amon McMillan with his wifeand three children and three Negroes, William McMillanwith his wife and three children, and William Scott, allfrom Abbeville District, one Messrs John Holliday Senr

with his wife and four children and eight Negroes, andMessrs John Holliday Junr with his wife and two childrenand one slave, all from Edgefield District South Carolina

Which was presented and signed. 804

[929.375, Covington Memorial Library, Hazlehurst, Mississippi]

HEADS of FAMILIESAt the FIRST CENSUS

of theUNITED STATES TAKEN

IN the YEAR1790

MARYLANDBALTIMORE

SOUTHERN BOOK COMPANY1952

Name of Head ofFamilies

Free WhiteMales of 16Years andUpward,IncludingHeads ofFamilies.

FreeWhiteMales

Under 16Years.

Free WhiteFemalesIncludingHeads ofFamilies

All OtherFree

Persons.

Slaves

Pg 11

Ann-Arundel CountyHolliday, Richard 2 - - - 8

Pg 40

Cecil County - Back Creek HundredHolliday John 1 1 4 - -

Pg 44

Cecil County – North Susquehannah HundredHolliday Clement - - - - 4

Pg 68

Frederick CountyHolliday, John 3 1 3 3

Pg 94

Prince George CountyHolliday Clement 1 - 3 - -

Holliday Leonard Jr. 1 - 4 1 6

HEADS of FAMILIESAt the FIRST CENSUS

of theUNITED STATES TAKEN

IN the YEAR1790

North CarolinaBALTIMORE

SOUTHERN BOOK COMPANY1952

Name of Head ofFamilies

Free White Malesof 16 Years and

Upward, IncludingHeads ofFamilies.

FreeWhiteMales

Under 16Years.

Free WhiteFemalesIncludingHeads ofFamilies

All OtherFree

Persons.

Slaves

Pg 85

Hillsborough District, Chatham County

Holliday, Saml 1 2 6 - -

Pg 87

Holliday Thos 1 1 5 - -

Pg 136

New Bern District, Dobbs County

Holliday, Samuel 1 1 4 - 8

Holliday, John 2 - - - 2

1I. N. Holliday, farmer, Sharon, Miss., came originally from Georgia, his birthoccurring in Wilkes county, December 20, 1824, and his parents, Richard I.and Mary E. (Evans.) Holliday, were natives respectively of Maryland andGeorgia. They came to Madison County in 1844 and there the father followedthe uneventful life of a farmer until his death, in July 1857. He was very activein politics. The mother died in 1552. Of the seven children born to this union,all grew to mature years, married, but only too besides our subject are nowliving- Thomas L-, a farmer of this county, and Emily, wife of Frank Cetenings,of Copiah County. I.N. Holliday, the fifth in order of birth, of the abovementioned children, started out for himself at the age of twenty-one yearswithout any capital, and in fourteen years had made $25,000. Miss E. A.Tisdale, who became his wife in 1840, was the daughter of William andFrances (Finney) Tisdale, natives of Virginia. The fruits of this union were tenchildren, seven of whom are living. I" 1861 Mr. Holliday entered theConfederate service, Company E, Eighteenth Mississippi cavalry, and servedas courier for General Loring. He was in all the battles, of his command fromResaca to Atlanta and back to Nashville and Franklin. At the close of the warhe had three hundred and twenty acres of land, but he now has twenty-threehundred acres and raises about one hundred and fifty bales of cotton perannum, besides rising all his own corn and forage. He was also quiteextensively engaged in stock raising-Shorthorn and Holstein cattle andSouthdown sheep. For thirty-five years he has been a member of the MasonicLodge, and has been treasurer of Sharon lodge for years. He also a chartermember of the Knights of Honor. He has always taken a deep interest inpolitics, and was very active in 1875 and 1876 in helping to establish a betterform of home government. He has been industrious and thoroughgoing all hislife, and has amassed a fortune by his own efforts. He and Mrs. Holiday aremember of the Methodist church. Their children are named in order of theirbirth, as follows; William T., a farmer in Madison County: Joseph E., of Sharon:Louias, wife of J.M. Holley; Annie, wife of George Galloway; Martha, wife of H.C. Turner; Sallie, wife of J.M. Pace; and John. All children live in MadisonCounty. Mr. and Mrs. Holliday have about thirty-five grandchildren.

1 From Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, published by The Goodspeed PublishingCompany (Chicago), 1891. Pg. 948.

1 Benjamin P. Holliday, a farmer of Monroe county was born two miles west ofPrairie station on the farm on which be still resides, in 18. He is the son of Col.John and Maria (Speight) Holliday, who were born in North Carolina in 1803and 1817, respectively. Mr. Holliday came to Mississippi in 1837 and marriedthere, settling where our subject now lives. In 1852 they moved to Aberdeen,where Mr. Holliday died in 1881, and where Mrs. Holliday still lives. Mr.Holliday never gave his attention to any other vocation than that of planting. Heserved as colonel of militia in North Carolina; was an A. F. & A M., standinghigh in that order; was a very successful planter, as proven by the fact that hea accumulated a handsome property. He was the son of William Holliday, anative of North Carolina, where he was a merchant and planter. Hisgrandfather was Hon. Jesse Speight, a native of North Carolina, where heserved several years in congress. In 1836 he came to near where West Pointnow is. He was a noted lawyer and politician, and represented Mississippi inthe United States senate at the time of his death, and was succeeded byJefferson Davis. Our subject was the fifth of ten children, of whom four areliving: Mary A. (wife of Judge Baxter McFarland); Mariah S. (wife of William G.Elkin, president of the Bank of Aberdeen); Walter R. (a planter), and oursubject. A son, Capt. T. C. Holliday, was killed at the battle of the Wilderness,having served from the beginning of the war on General Davis' staff. BenjaminP. Holliday was educated in the common schools of Monroe County. In 1863he joined company C, of the Sixteenth Confederate volunteers. He fought atLafayette, Resaca, at Atlanta and at Mobile. He was paroled at Gainesville,Ala., May 6,1865. After his return home he clerked for some time aid wasengaged in the mercantile business for a year or two in Okolona, Miss. Sincethat time he has lived on the old home place. He and his brother Walter are theowners of over three thousand acres of land—one of the best farms in thecounty or state, and which raises about five hundred bales of cotton annually.It is out a way on the prairie, and people often drive out to see this model farm.The brothers inherited a portion of it from their father, but have added greatlyto it by their own efforts, and it is a place of which they may well be proud. Mr.Holliday is a member of the A.F.&A. M., of Aberdeen lodge. He is a tall, finelooking man, and is noted for his genial ways and the hospitality which alwayskeeps the latchstring out in this plantation of the sunny South. He comes of afamily of which any man might well boast, and is naturally proud of that fact,and the life of Benjamin P. Holliday proves that he intends to add luster to thename he bears.

1 From Biographical & Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, published by The Goodspeed PublishingCompany (Chicago), 1891. Pg. 943.