2. Eli Holland was born 25 February 1792 in Wayne County, North Carolina.  He married Edith Hood on 21 December 1816 (1817?), in Wake County, North Carolina.⁴⁰  Edith was born ca. 1798. They are included in the 1830 and 1840 censuses of Johnston County, North Carolina.  They moved to Georgia between 1845-1850, and lived in Baker, Mitchell, and Colquitt Counties.  Eli Holland and his wife Edith are listed in the 1850 Thomas County (now Colquitt County), Georgia, census at ages 58 and 52, along with children Wiley, Elizabeth, and Lucinda, ages 26, 23, and 15.  He was a Primitive Baptist minister, and preached for a time at Hopewell Baptist Church in Mitchell County, Georgia.  

In the 1860 census of Thomas County (now Colquitt County), Georgia, Eli was listed with his wife Edith and two other persons in the household.  Record of one child of Eli and Edith, Mary Ann, has been found, in Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia, Volume 3, page 155. Edith died between 1860 and 1870 and was buried in Baxley, Appling County, Georgia.⁵⁰   By the 1870 census, Eli was living with his daughter Lucinda and her family in Mitchell County.  Eli died shortly before 27 October 1870, in Mitchell County, Georgia at age 78.  Adam Adams was the administrator of his estate.  Baker and Colquitt County courthouses were burned and almost no estate papers remain.    

Children of Eli Holland and Edith Hood: 

1.  Mary Ann Holland was born 1 August 1819, in Smithfield, Johnston County, North Carolina.  She died 19 October 1894, and was buried at Union Primitive Baptist Church in Lanier County, Georgia.  Mary Anne Holland was married 20 September 1837, at Smithfield, North Carolina, to Merritt H. Johnson who was born 14 February 1815, in Johnston County, North Carolina, the son of Wiley and Winnie Johnson.  He died 25 July 1877, and was buried at Union Primitive Baptist Church in Lanier County, Georgia.  Mary Ann Holland and Merritt Johnson moved with her parents and their two oldest children to Thomas County, Georgia, about 1847 or 1848.  In 1860, they are listed on the Colquitt County, Georgia, census in the Bridge Creek District, living in dwelling 41.¹¹⁹ 
Children of Mary Ann Holland and Merritt Johnson:

1.  Sarah A. Johnson was born in or about 1844. She married Thomas S. Murphy.

2.  Wiley Eli Johnson was born in or about 1846. He died about 1862 after being thrown from a horse at age 16.

3.  Martha Johnson was born in or about 1849. She may have died before the age of 11 as she is not included in the 1860 census along with the other members of this family.

4.  Richard Seward Johnson was born in or abut 1856. He married Idabelle Shaw, daughter of W. J. Shaw, on 28 April 1878.

5.  James Rigdon Johnson was born in or about 1858. He married Mary Elizabeth Truett, daughter of Elijah Truett.

2.  John Thomas Holland was born in Johnston County, North Carolina⁴⁰  in 1822.  He married Maria Hutson or Earp (her last name is uncertain) in North Carolina about 1843.  This family is listed in the 1850 census of Thomas County (now Colquitt County), Georgia.  Included were John Holland, age 28, a farmer; Maria, age 35; Maria, age 4, and Susan, age 2.  All were listed as being born in North Carolina.  On the 1860 census, page 553, were John Holland age 39; Maria, age 43; Julius H., age 6; Edy Ann, age 4; Elizabeth Ann, age 2; and Thomas E., age 1. 

This family was listed on the 1870 census of Mitchell County, Georgia, living next to their son Joseph Holland who was by this now married.  Listed were Thomas Holland, his wife Mariah, and children Mariah, Julius Hawkins, Edith Ann, Elizabeth, Thomas E., and new addition to the family, Henry H.¹⁴⁰  

In 1880, John Thomas Holland and his wife Maria are listed on the Colquitt County, Georgia, census at ages 61 and 64, living in the the Bridge Creek District.  Living with them are daughters Edith Ann and Elizabeth, ages 24 and 22; and sons Thomas E. and Henry H. Holland, ages 21 and 18.  Also living with them are John Thomas Holland's brother Wiley Holland, 56; his second wife Elizabeth, and six children.
Children of John Thomas Holland and Maria:

1.  Maria Holland was born about 1846 in North Carolina.

2.  Susan Holland was born about 1848 in North Carolina.

3.  Joseph Holland was born about 1851.  He married Betsy Ann Palmer, daughter of Charles Palmer and Jane Wade, on 5 January 1870. 

Charles Palmer was born about 1828, in Greene County, Georgia.  On 14 November 1844, he married Jane Wade in Decatur County, Georgia.  Jane Wade was born about 1828 in Greene County, Georgia, the daughter of John Wade and Anny Cook, who were married  in Greene County, Georgia, on 31 May 1822.  Charles and Jane Palmer are listed on the 1850 and 1860 census of Baker County, Georgia, and on the 1870 census of Mitchell County, Georgia.

This map shows the area in southwest Georgia in which these families lived -- Colquitt, Mitchell, Baker, Grady and Thomas Counties.

In the 1870 census for Mitchell County, Georgia, Betsy Palmer's mother Jane and sister Susan were living with Joseph and Betsy Palmer Holland.  Living beside them were Joseph Holland's parent, Thomas Holland, Mariah, his wife, daughters Mariah, son Julius Hawkins, Edith Ann, Elizabeth, Thomas E. and Henry H. Holland.  Betsy Palmer's sister Susan later married Joseph Holland's brother Julius Hawkins Holland.¹⁴⁰  

4.  Julius Hawkins Holland was born 6 April 1853, probably in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He was listed on the 1860 Colquitt County, Georgia, census with his parents when he was 6 years old.  He married Susan Palmer on 16 November 1875, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  They had 14 children together.  Susan's sister Betsy Ann Palmer married Julius' brother Joseph Holland. 

Susan Palmer was born 3 February 1860, in Hartsfield, Colquitt County, Georgia.  She was 15 years old when she married Julius Hawkins Holland in 1875.  Susan is listed as age 8 in the 1870 census of Mitchell County, Georgia; she is listed as age 19 in the 1880 census of Mitchell County.  In the 1900 census of Colquitt County, Georgia, Susan is listed as born in May 1863.   A Susie appears at age 48 in the 1910 census of Colquitt County, and a Susan E. is listed as age 57 in the 1920 census of Holmes County, Florida.¹⁴⁰  

Julius Hawkins Holland died 11 February 1936. Susan Palmer Holland died 18 December 1949.  They are both buried in New Prospect Cemetery in Geneva County, Alabama, as are two of their children, Harmon Holland and Charlie Ambus. 
Children of Julius Hawkins Holland and Susan Palmer:

1.  Ophelia Holland was born 19 August 1876, in Hartsfield, Colquitt County, Georgia.

2.  Arilla Holland was born February 1878, in Hartsfield, Colquitt County, Georgia.

3.  Martha Holland was born in 1878, in Hartsfield, Colquitt County, Georgia.  She was listed on the 1880 census but not listed in 1890.  It is believed that she died between 1880 and 1890. 

4.  Harmon Henry Holland was born October 1879, in Hartsfield, Colquitt County, Georgia.  He died in 1967, and was buried with his parents in New Prospect Cemetery in Geneva County, Alabama. 

5.  Ancil Holland was born March 1884, in Hartsfield, Colquitt County, Georgia.

6.  Jessie Nelson Holland was born 30 April 1886, in Hartsfield, Colquitt County, Georgia.  He married Mary Clifford Toy Richardson on 3 January 1909, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  It is not known where the Clifford and Toy names come from; she is listed as Mary C. and Mary Toy on censuses.  She was born 11 September 1887, probably in Baker County, Georgia.  Her parents were William Richardson (b. 22 Jun 1851, d. 12 Dec. 1912) and Mary McClain (b. 1 Apr. 1858, d. 25 Feb 1939).  Jesse, as he was called, and Mary Holland had two children.  Mary Richardson died 10 February 1973, at age 85 and Jessie Holland died 3 June 1981, at age 95.  They are both buried at New Bethel Cemetery in Mitchell County, Georgia. 

When he was 28 years old, it is alleged that Jesse Holland shot and killed Brantley Timmons of Colquitt County, Georgia.  Governor Slaton and later Governor Harris offered a reward for the capture and return of Jesse Holland.  A newspaper article about this which includes a picture of Jesse Holland is in the Stories section of this website. 
Children of Jesse Holland and Mary C. Richardson:

1.  Clarence Ellis Holland was born on his mother's 22nd birthday, on 11 September 1909, at his parents' home on Mitchell County Line Road in Mitchell County, Georgia.  He married Eva Lois Britt on 14 April 1934, in Mitchell County.  Lois was born 21 September 1914, in Baker County, Georgia.  Her parents were Forice Cornelius Britt (b. 22 Dec. 1893 Peach County, GA; d. 12 May 1951 Mitchell County, GA), called Crik, and Mary Ella Corbin (b. 7 Oct. 1890 Dawson, GA; d. 10 Mar. 1976); they were married on 5 October 1915.  Forice Britt had a twin brother named Horace, called Gus.  Forice was the namesake of his great-nephew David Forrest Holland.  Forice and Mary Corbin Britt are buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Thomasville, Georgia.

Clarence Holland died 5 December 1982, at age 73.  Lois Britt Holland died 13 June 2001, at age 86.  They are both buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery in Thomasville, Georgia.
Children of Clarence Holland and Lois Britt:

1.  James Theron Holland was born 21 January 1935, in Meigs, Georgia.  His parents started calling him Theron when they realized that Jimmy was a nickname for James and they had sons James and Jimmy.  Theron married Patricia Ann Phillips in Washington, D. C. on 8 September 1962.  She was born 7 June 1940, in Morgantown, West Virginia, daughter of James Ervin Phillips (b. 23 Oct 1915 Monongalia County, WV; d. 9 Sep 2002; son of James Walter Phillips and Ida Mae Menear) and Delores Kathleen Henry (b. 2 Feb 1920 Preston County, WV; d. 31 Jul 2000; daughter of David Gilbert Henry and Asia Madeline Hacker).  Theron Holland died 13 December 2006, in Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Georgia; his ashes were buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Thomasville on 19 December 2006.  Not quite a year after his death, Patricia Phillips died 28 November 2007, also in Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville.  Like her husband's, her ashes were buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery on 2 December 2007.  Her obituary is in the Public Records section of this web site.¹⁴⁰ 
Children of James Theron Holland and Patricia Phillips:

1.  David Forrest Holland (adopted) was born 6 October 1968.  He married Charlotte Lee Law on 8 October 1994.
Children of David Holland and Charlotte:

1. Zachary Forrest Holland was born 3 June 2000.

2.  Joshua David Holland was born 5 June 2002.

3.  Kristen Leeann Holland was born 20 February 2005.

2.  Leslie Ann Holland was born 18 April 1973.

2.  Jimmy Clark Holland was born 19 March 1937.

3.  Leon Ellis Holland was born 1 July 1940.

4.  Mary Myone Holland was born 28 November 1946.

5.  Francis Louise Holland was born 18 May 1951.

2.  Alma Clyde Holland was born 2 August 1912, at her parents' home on Mitchell County Line Road in Mitchell County, Georgia.  She married John Corbin, and they had three children together.  He died before 2006.  Clyde, as she was called, died 27 April 2008, in Woodstock, Cherokee County, Georgia, at the age of 95.  Her obituary is in the Public Records section of this web site. 
Children of Alma Clyde Holland and John Corbin:

1.  Laverne Corbin married [first-name-unknown] Cowart.  At the time of her mother's death, she was living in Forest Park, Georgia.

2.  Sunny Corbin married Ida [last-name-unknown].  At the time of his mother's death, they were living in Thomasville, Georgia.

3.  Donald Corbin married Sheila [last-name-unknown].  At the time of his mother's death, they were living in Jasper, Georgia.

7.  Julius Holland was born July 1888, in Hartsfield, Colquitt County, Georgia. 

8.  J. Thomas Holland was born December 1890, in Hartsfield, Colquitt County, Georgia.

9.  Susan Hutsie (called Hutsie) Holland was born 19 August 1892, in Hartsfield, Colquitt County, Georgia.  She married Luther Monroe Williams on 21 June 1917, in Bonifay, Florida.  She died in 1994 and was buried in Bonifay, Holmes County, Florida.¹⁴⁰ 

10.  Doctor Floyd Holland, called Doc, was born July 1893, in Hartsfield, Colquitt County, Georgia. 

11.  Genie Holland was born April 1895, in Hartsfield, Colquitt County, Georgia.

12.  Irene Holland was born about 1897, in Hartsfield, Colquitt County, Georgia.

13.  Charles Ambus Holland was 10 October 1898, in Hartsfield, Colquitt County, Georgia, and died 13 November 1978.  He is buried with his parents in New Prospect Cemetery in Geneva County, Alabama.

14.  Julia Holland was born about 1899, in Hartsfield, Colquitt County, Georgia. 

5.  Edith (Edy) Ann Holland was born about 1856, in North Carolina or Georgia.  She was listed on the 1860 Colquitt County, Georgia, census as Edy living with her parents.  She was 4 years old.  On the 1870 census in Mitchell County, she was listed as Edith Ann.

6.  Elizabeth A. Holland was born about 1858, in North Carolina or Georgia.  She was listed on the 1860 Colquitt County, Georgia, census with her parents.  She was 2 years old. 

7.  Thomas E. Holland was born about 1859 probably in Georgia.  He was listed on the 1860 Colquitt County, Georgia, census with his parents.  He was 1 year old.

8.  Henry Harrison Holland was born est. 1866 in Mitchell County, Georgia.  He married Louisa Tyson, daughter of Elizabeth F. Holland and her first husband Aaron Tison.  They were married on 26 June 1888, in Colquitt County, Georgia.¹¹⁹  

Louisa and Henry were second cousins, once removed.  Details about their relationship are in the Notes and Sources section.  Louisa Tison and Henry Holland had eight children, all born in Colquitt County, Georgia.  Their family is presented here with Henry's family and is not repeated in Enos' section. 
Children of Henry Harrison Holland and Louisa Tyson:

1.  Mollie Holland was born May 1888, in Colquitt County, Georgia. 

2.  Elizabeth Holland was born August 1889, in Colquitt County, Georgia. 

3.  Lucy May Holland was born 1 May 1891, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  She married George Allen Cutts on 14 April 1907, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  George Cutts was born 15 August 1886, in Webster County, Georgia, the son of Allen Sherrod Cutts and Artie 'Missie' Wiggins.  Two of his sisters, Dora and Pennellie, also married into this Holland Family to two sons of Wiley Newell Holland and Elizabeth F. Holland. Lucy Holland died 5 October 1943, in Thomas County, Georgia, and was buried in Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery in Mitchell County, Georgia.  She was 52 years old.  After her death, George Cutts married Belle P. [last-name-unknown] on 31 July 1946, in Mitchell County.  George Cutts died 10 October 1967, in Mitchell County, at age 81.  He was buried in Pelham City Cemetery in Mitchell County. 
Children of Lucy Holland and George Allen Cutts:¹¹⁹

1.  Thelma Cutts was born 28 July 1908, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  She married Clyde Theron Watts.  She died 31 March 1996, in Broward County, Florida.

2.  Allen Cutts was born 26 May 1910, in Mitchell County, Georgia.

3.  Aaron Bright Cutts was born 13 September 1912, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  He married Montine Kaning.  Aaron Cutts died 12 Jul 1950, in Houston, Texas. 

4.  Julius Douglas Cutts was born 10 September 1915, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  He married Allene Cox.  Julius Cutts died 5 May 1988, in Thomas County, Georgia. 

5.  Nora Cordelia Cutts was born 13 November 1917, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  She married Robert Allen Shedd on 11 August 1934, in Mitchell County.  Robert was born 9 November 1913, in Richmond County, Georgia.  Nora Cutts died 22 February 1999, in Thomas County, Georgia.

6.  George Sherrod Cutts was born 30 December 1919, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  He married Clara Irene Roberts on 28 December 1939, in Mitchell County.  Clara was born 9 July 1915, in Mitchell County.  George died 5 April 1998, in Houston County, Alabama.

7.  Cecil Horace Cutts was born 29 September 1922, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  He married 1st, Dorothy Lee Lewis on 10 June 1942, in Grady County, Georgia.  They divorced.  Cecil married 2nd Magdeline [last-name-unknown], and he married 3rd, Mary Lois Boutwell on 27 May 1967, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  Mary Boutwell was born 8 August 1924, in Georgia. 

8.  James Arnold Cutts was born 16 May 1925, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  He married Helen Bozeman who was born15 September 1951, in Mitchell County, Georgia. 

9.  Frederick Raymond Cutts was born 16 November 1931, and died 25 November 1931, in Mitchell County, Georgia.

10.  Eugene Talmadge Cutts was born 3 February 1933, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  He married Louise Barron on 16 January 1951, in Mitchell County.

4.  Harrison E. Holland was born September 1892, in Colquitt County, Georgia. 

5.  James Henderson Holland was born 18 January 1894, in Colquitt County, Georgia. 

6.  Sallie Holland was born March 1895, in Colquitt County, Georgia. 

7.  Nora A. Holland was born September 1897, in Colquitt County, Georgia. 

8.  Henry Holland was born December 1898, in Colquitt County, Georgia. 

3.  Wiley N. Holland was born in August 1823.  He appears on the 1850 census in Thomas County, Georgia, with his parents Eli and Edith, ages 58 and 52.  Wiley was 26, and his sisters Elizabeth and Lucinda were 23 and 15.  The census shows they were all born in North Carolina.

He married first Diadema O. Wood in 1852 in Thomas County (now Colquitt County), Georgia, when he was 29.  Diadema O. Wood was the daughter of David Wood, born in Georgia; her mother was born in South Carolina.  In 1850, Diadema was living with her parents in Pike County, Georgia. 

Wiley N. Holland and Diadema Wood Holland appear on the 1860 census for Colquitt County.  Wiley was 37, a farmer born in North Carolina; Diadema was 25 and born in Georgia.  Their children were listed as Benjamin, age 7; Wiley N., age 5; A. R., a daughter (referred to on the 1870 census as Civil), age 3; and Eli, age 2 months.  

Diadema died sometime between 1865 and 1867, after a fifth child, Martha Hawkins Holland, was born.  After her death, with a baby to care for, Wiley married Elizabeth F. Holland, his 1st cousin once removed, daughter of Bright Holland and Louisa Applewhite.¹¹  They were married in early 1868, in Georgia.  It was a second marriage for each of them. This diagram shows the relationship between Wiley N. Holland and Elizabeth F. Holland:



Elizabeth, who was 22 years younger than Wiley, and whose father, Bright Holland, was Wiley's 1st cousin, had married Aaron Tison in 1866, and had a baby girl, Louisa.  Aaron Tison died soon after Louisa was born, leaving Elizabeth with a baby to take care of.  She and Wiley married, probably in early 1868.  They had seven children together. 

On the 1870 Colquitt County, Georgia, census, Wiley N. Holland is listed as 45 years old, a farmer born in North Carolina.  Elizabeth is listed as 26 years old, his wife, born in Alabama.  Listed with them are Benjamin 17, son/farm labor born in Georgia; Wiley 15, son born in Georgia; Civil 13, daughter born in Georgia (Civil America); Hawkins 5, daughter born in Georgia; Eli is not listed; Louisa 4, daughter born in Georgia; John 2, son born in Georgia, and Forsfenchose, 8 month-old son born in Georgia.

In 1880, Wiley Holland and his family are listed on the Colquitt County, Georgia, census, living with Wiley's brother John Thomas Holland and his family in the Bridge Creek District.  Wiley is 56; Elizabeth, 39; a daughter from Wiley's first marriage, Martha Hawkins, age 15; and children with his second wife are listed as Forcian, 10; James R., 8; John T., 6; Richard 4; and Lenora, 1.¹¹⁹   

Wiley N. Holland died between 1900 and 1910.  Elizabeth Holland 15 November 1926, in Colquitt County, Georgia, at age 85.  Some of the information in this section was provided by Arthur Clark.¹¹⁹  The information on the Fields and West families was provided by Donice Dowdy.¹¹⁵

Children of Wiley N. Holland and Diadoma O. Wood:

1.  Benjamin W. Holland was born 27 February 1853 in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He was listed on the 1860 Colquitt County, Georgia,  census with his parents, Wiley N. and Diadoma, and siblings through Eli.  He was 7 years old.  He also appears on the 1870 Colquitt County census, at age 17.  He married Mary J. Fields, daughter of Elizabeth Holland (daughter of Eli Holland and Edith Hood) and Elijah Fields.  They were 1st cousins.¹²  

The Fields family appears in the 1860, 1870, and 1880 censuses of Colquitt County, Georgia. Mary J. Fields was born 8 July 1858, and died 18 February 1926.  Benjamin W. Holland died 27 September 1922, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  They were both buried in Providence Cemetery in Thomas County, Georgia.¹¹⁵   There is a picture of their home place in Colquitt County, Georgia, in the Album section of this web site, as well as a picture of their daughters.

Benjamin and Mary J. Holland were still in Colquitt County when the 1900, 1910, and 1920 censuses were taken.  In 1900, Benjamin W. Holland was 47 and Mary J. Fields Holland was 41.  Living with them were their children Marion D. Holland, age 17; Evangeline, age 16 listed as afflicted; Wilborne, age 13; Mollie, 8; Della, 5; and Mary Jane, 5 months.  In 1910, Ben W. Holland was 57; Mary J., 50; Evangelina, 26 (afflicted); Mollie, 16; and Mary J., 8.  In 1920, Benjamin W. Holland was 63 and Mary J., 55.  Living next to them was their son Wilborne Holland's family.
Children of Benjamin Holland and Mary J. Fields:

1.  Marion D. Holland was born in June 1882, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He is listed on the 1900 census of Colquitt County, Georgia, as the oldest son of Benjamin Holland and Mary J. Fields Holland. He was 17 years old and listed as born in June 1882, marital status single, born in Georgia, both parents born in Georgia.  He married Rosa May West, daughter of John Price West and sister of David A. West, who married Della Holland, Marion's sister.  There is a picture of Marion D. Holland and Rosa West in the Album section of this web site.  Marion D. Holland died 1 July 1953.  He and Rosa West are both buried in the Pelham City Cemetery, Mitchell County, Georgia, along with their only daughter Montine.
Child of Marion D. Holland and Rosa May West:

1.  Montine Holland was born est. 1907.

2.  Evangelina Holland was born in April 1884, in Colquitt County, Georgia. She is listed on the 1900 census of Colquitt County, Georgia, as the 2nd child and oldest daughter of Benjamin Holland and Mary J. Fields Holland. She was 16 years old and listed as born in April 1884, marital status single, born in Georgia, both parents born in Georgia. It was noted that she was 'afflicted.'  She was listed living with her parent again in the 1910 census of Colquitt County, age 26, afflicted, but in the 1920 census, she is not listed with her parents.  It is not known whether she married, died, or moved into another home.

3.  Wilborne M. Holland was born in August 1886, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He is listed on the 1900 census of Colquitt County, Georgia, as the third child of Benjamin Holland and Mary J. Fields Holland. He was 13 years old and listed as born in August 1886, marital status single, born in Georgia, both parents born in Georgia.  By 1910, he was no longer living with his parents.  He probably married about this time.  He married Leta Howell of Colquitt County.   Pictures of Wilborne Holland as a young man are in the Album section of this web site.
Children of Wilborne Holland and Leta Howell:

1.  J. B. Holland was born est. 1911.  There is a picture of him in the Album section of this web site.

2.  Lorene Holland was born est. 1913, in Colquitt County, Georgia.

4.  Mollie Lee Holland was born in January 1892, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  She is listed on the 1900 census of Colquitt County, Georgia, as the 4th child of Benjamin Holland and Mary J. Fields Holland. She was 8 years old and listed as born in January 1892, marital status single, born in Georgia, both parents born in Georgia.  In 1919 she was listed on the Colquitt County census with her parents at age 16.  By 1920, she was no longer with her parents; it is not known who she married.

5.  Della Holland was born 17 February 1895, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  She is listed on the 1900 census as the fifth and last child of Benjamin Holland and Mary J. Fields Holland. She was 5 years old and listed as born in February 1895, marital status single, born in Georgia, both parents born in Georgia. 

She married David Alfred (or Alford) West when she was 14, in Thomas County, Georgia.  He was born 4 November 1889, in Parot, Terrell County, Georgia, son of John Price West (born Lee County, Georgia about 1846 or 1847, died before 1900) and Rachel Lucinda McCracken (born 25 November 1856, died 22 March 1916), grandson of Phillip West (born est. 1820, died before 1880) and Susan A. Green (born abt. 1823, died before 1870), and great-grandson of Isham West (born est. 1784, died before 3 September 1838) and Elizabeth H. McKenzie. 

Della and Bud, as David A. West was called, were on their way to the preacher's house to get married, in his buggy, when they encountered the preacher along the way on Lower Meigs Road.  They stopped and he married them right there, at the corner of Lower Meigs Road and Stage Coach.  Bud purchased the corner lot, built a house there, and they lived there the rest of their lives.  The property is now owned by Della Holland and David West's youngest child Earl West and his youngest child Stacy West, who currently lives in the "home place."  Earl West and his family moved from the property in 1976, to a home less than two miles away on the Upper Meigs Road. 

Della Holland and David West had eleven children.  The older children appear to have been born in Grady County, Georgia, and the later children, those from Pauline on, born in Colquitt County.

David A. West died 27 February 1964, in Thomas County, Georgia, and was buried in the Providence Cemetery in Thomas County, Georgia.  Della Holland died 20 August 1968, in Thomas County, Georgia, and is buried with her husband.  Much of the information on the West family was provided by Donice Dowdy.^{115  139}
Children of Della Holland and James West:

1.  Wilburn West was born 10 September 1909, probably in Grady County, Georgia; and died 2 November 1909.  He was buried in Providence Cemetery in Thomas County, Georgia.

2.  Rosa Lee West was born 16 February 1912, probably in Grady County, Georgia.  She died of infection at age 6 as a result of falling on a nail and it lodging in her knee.  An attempt to save her by amputating her leg was not successful and she died 31 October 1918.  She was buried  in Providence Cemetery in Thomas County, Georgia, along with her two-month-old brother Wilburn.  The only known picture of Rosa Lee West is in the Album section of this web site. 

3.  John Ben West was born 26 July 1914, probably in Grady County, Georgia.  He married Nadine Aycock who was born 24 October 1918.  He died 8 February 1989, at age 74 in Georgia and was buried at Big Ochlocknee Baptist Church Cemetery in Thomas County, Georgia.   Nadine is buried there also.  There is a picture of him with his sister Rosa Lee in the Album section of this web site.
Children of John West and Nadine Aycock:

1.  Evelyn West was born est. 1934.  She married Charles Russell Presley, Jr.

2.  Jane West was born est. 1936.

3.  Roger West was born est. 1938.

4.  Douglas West was born est. 1940.

5.  Larry West was born est. 1943.

4.  Dorothy Marie West was born 10 October 1916, probably in Grady County, Georgia.  She died 3 December 1988, at age 72, and was buried in Meigs Cemetery in Thomas County, Georgia.  She married 1st, a Slade, and 2nd Charlie Godwin. 
Child of Dorothy West and Slade:

1.  Francis Slade was born est. 1936, probably in Georgia.

Children of Dorothy West and Charlie Godwin:

1.  Charles Godwin was born est. 1940, probably in Georgia.

2.  Sonja Godwin was born est. 1942, probably in Georgia.

5.  Lonnie David West was born 14 February 1919, in Grady County, Georgia.  He married Murial Vinson, daughter of Claude Vinson and Estella Tillman.  She was born 20 September 1922, in Colquitt County, Georgia. They were married  on 17 September 1941, in Camilla, Georgia, on a Wednesday night at the Ordinary's house.  Another couple there signed for them, and they kept their marriage secret for several months because her parents didn't want her to get married until she graduated from high school. Lonnie David West served in World War II. ¹¹⁵ 
Children of Lonnie David West and Murial Vinson:

1.  Lonnie David West, Jr. was born 20 September 1942, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He married Marjorie Ione Howze, daughter of Matson Howze and Hazel West, 31 August 1959, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  She was born 28 December 1942, in Miami, Florida.  David West died 7 June 1982, in a plane crash into Griffin Pond in Thomas County, and was buried in Meigs Cemetery in Thomas County, Georgia.
Children of Lonnie David West, Jr. and Marjorie Howze:

1.  Donice Ione West was born 28 February 1960, in Camilla, Georgia.  She married Van Lamon Dowdy 11 April 1992, in Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia.  He was born 9 May 1959, and previously divorced 1 April 1986, in Mitchell County, Georgia.
Children of Donice West and adopted by Van Dowdy:

1.  Chelsie Leigh Schuman was born 25 April 1984, in Archibald Hospital, Thomas County, Georgia.  She married Jackie Christopher Willoughby 9 March 2001 in Camilla Courthouse, Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia.  Jackie was born 7 January 1982, in Taylor County, Florida. 
Children of Chelsie Schuman and Jackie Willoughby:

1  Taylor Leighann Willoughby was born 30 September 2001, in Thomasville, Georgia.

2.  Christopher Gage Willoughby was born 21 September 2002, in Thomasville, Georgia.

2.  Ashley Ione Schuman was born 4 February 1986, in Archibald Hospital, Thomas County, Georgia.

2.  Latricia Joyce West was born 22 September 1961, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  She married Timothy Jack Maxwell 31 December 1990, in Mitchell County, Courthouse, Camilla, Georgia.  He was born 2 October 1957.  

3.  Lonnie David West III was born 18 November 1962, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  He married, first, Valarie Lois Dowdy 20 September 1986, in Springhill Church, Grady County, Georgia. Valarie was born 17 November 1965. Lonnie West married second, Patty Lorraine Snipes 1 August 1999.
Child of Lonnie West and Valarie Dowdy:

1.  Lonnie David West, IV was born 25 December 1991, in Archibald Hospital, Thomas County, Georgia. 

Child of Lonnie West and Patty Snipes:

2.  Kaley Lorraine West was born 31 July 2001.

2.  Joyce Elizabeth West was born 18 March 1944, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  She married James Philip Joiner 30 September 1976, when she was 23 and he was 27.  He was born 21 August 1940. 
Children of Joyce West and James Joiner:

1.  Donna Lynn Joiner was born 14 April 1964.  She married Richard Hunter Comstock 14 November 1992, in Meigs Baptist Church, Meigs, Georgia.  He was born 23 November 1965. 
Children of Donna Joiner and Richard Comstock:

1.  Hannah Elizabeth Comstock was born 4 November 1965.

2.  Philip Hunter Comstock was born 16 June 2000.

2.  Dawn Lee Joiner was born 22 June 1974.  She married Michael Patrick Kidder 24 August 2002, in North Carolina.  He was born 16 June 1969.

3.  Doyle Eugene West was born 18 May 1945, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He married Carol Sandra Strickland 22 December 1963.  She was born 27 November 1945.
Children of Doyle West and Carol Strickland:

1.  Karen Elaine West was born 17 May 1965.  She married Vance David Willis, Jr. 3 September 1983.  Van was born 12 October 1962.  They divorced 13 December 2004, in Mitchell County, Georgia.
Children of Karen West and Vance Willis, Jr.:

1.  Sarah Elaine Willis was born 21 April 1986, probably in Georgia.

2.  Vance David Willis, III was born 28 October, 1988, probably in Georgia.

3.  Mary Margaret Willis was born 4 November 1993, probably in Georgia.

2.  Lisa Marie West was born 12 December 1966.  She married Robin Wade Slaughter 5 September 1987, probably in Georgia.  He was born 7 August 1964, probably in Georgia.
Children of Lisa Marie West and Robin Slaughter:

1.  Caitlin Marie Slaughter was born 27 April 1994, probably in Georgia.

2.  Jadon Wade Slaughter was born 14 September 1998, probably in Georgia.

3.  Deanna Diane West was born 22 February 1970.  She married Terry Gene Singletery, Jr., son of Terry Gene Singletary and Pat White, on 19 August 1989, probably in Georgia. 
Children of Deanna West and Terry Singletary, Jr.:

1.  Terry Tristin Singletary was born 28 March 1990, probably in Thomas County, Georgia, and died 31 October 1990, in Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, at age 7 months.  He was buried in Midway Cemetery in Thomasville, Georgia.

2.  Kaylee Diane Singletary was born 3 July 1993, probably in Thomas County, Georgia. 

3.  Early Reese Singletary was born 2 December 1996, probably in Thomas County, Georgia.

4.  Doyle Eugene West, Jr. was born 2 June 1972.  He married Anna Cashion Hutchison 20 April 1991.  She was born 13 May 1993.  They divorced 1 October 1996.
Child of Doyle Eugene West, Jr. and Anna Hutchison:

1.  Brooke Lindsey West was born 24 September 1991. 

4.  Jimmy Titus West was born 1 November 1950, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He married first, Barbara Jean Harrison 16 November 1968 in Grady County, Georgia.  She was born 17 May 1950.  They divorced 1 April 1978.  Jimmy West married second, Dona Lisa Jackson 1 September 1978, in Thomas County, Georgia.  She was born 21 August 1954, probably in Georgia.  They divorced 1 December 1981.  Jimmy married third, Victoria Ann Earnest 23 September 1983.  She was born 4 October 1950. 
Child of Jimmy West and Barbara Harrison:

1.  Jimmy Titus West, Jr. was born 18 June 1969, probably in Georgia.  He married Windi Selena Bentley 7 July 1989 in Mitchell County, Georgia.  She was born 7 July 1970, probably in Georgia.
Children of Jimmy Titus West, Jr. and Windi Bentley:

1.  Kelsey Megan West was born 27 August 1991, probably in Georgia.

2.  Cade Garrett West was born 14 July 1994, probably in Georgia.


Children of Jimmy West and Dona Jackson:

2.  Robert Edwin West was born 10 February 1979.

3.  Sara Courtney West was born 28 December 1981.

Child of Jimmy West and Victoria Earnest:

1.  Kevin Christopher West was born 27 December 1984.

5.  Barbara June West was born 20 December 1955, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  She married George Theodore Hoffman, Jr. 23 March 1974, in Meigs Baptist Church, Meigs, Georgia.  He was born 18 March 1949. 
Children of Barbara West and George Hoffman, Jr.:

1.  George Theodore Hoffman, III was born 4 November 1977.  He married Elva Louise Cooper 6 October 1999.  She was born 7 July 1970.
Child of George Hoffman III and Elva Cooper:

1.  George Theodore Hoffman IV was born 12 April 2001.

2.  Christina Elizabeth Hoffman was born 4 August 1984.  She married Bryan Keith Kidd 20 July 2002, in Meigs, Thomas County, Georgia, in Meigs Baptist Church. 

6.  Pauline West was born 13 July 1921, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  She died at age 10 months, on 12 May 1922, and was buried in Providence Cemetery in Thomas County, Georgia.

7.  James Clifford West was born about 1923, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He died in July 2001, in Florida, and was likely buried in Florida. 
Child of James Clifford West:

1.  James Lamar West was born est. 1944.  He may be in Dothan, Alabama.

2.  Diane West was born est. 1946.  She may be in Tifton, Georgia.

8.  William Clarence West was born 18 August 1925, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He married Alpha Mae Smith on 2 September 1952, in Colquitt County.  She was born 30 January 1932, in Colquitt County, and died 7 December 1991, in Georgia.  William Clarence West died 27 August 1992, in Georgia.  Both  were buried in Meigs Cemetery in Thomas County, Georgia.⁹⁵
Child of William Clarence West and Frances Louise Butler, granddaughter of Dollie Holland: 

1.  Jack Morgan Strickland, biological son Clarence West, was brought up by Marion Strickland; his line is followed in Enos' branch.

Children of William Clarence West and Alpha Mae Smith:

2.  Shirley West was born est. 1954, probably in Georgia.

3.  Ruth West was born est. 1956, probably in Georgia.

4.  William Clarence West, Jr., was born est. 1958, probably in Georgia.

5.  Alfred Scott West was born est. 1960, probably in Georgia.

6.  Jerry West was born est. 1963, probably in Georgia.

7.  Debbie West was born est. 1969, probably in Georgia.

9.  Della Clarice West was born 2 August 1928, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  She married Clayton Wyman Slaughter 1 July 1948, in Camilla, Mitchell County, Georgia.  Dick Slaughter, as he was called, was born 7 April 1917, in Grady County, Georgia.  He died 7 January 1987, in Thomasville, Thomas County, Georgia, and was buried 9 January 1987 in Meigs Cemetery in Thomas County, Georgia.
Children of Clarice West and Clayton Slaughter:

1.  Clara Josephine Slaughter was born 11 July 1949, in Thomasville, Georgia.  She married first, Jackie Bryant 20 July 1967.  She married second, Jakie Thomas 27 March 1976.  She married third, Gene Pierce in June 1980.
Child of Clara Slaughter and Jackie Bryant:

1.  Jackulin Michelle Bryant was born 26 February 1970, in Thomasville, Georgia.  She married first, Dwayne McClelland, in June 1988, probably in Georgia.  She married second, Donnie Hurst December 2001, probably in Georgia.  Jackulin married third, Tim Ridgeway in 2004.
Children of Jackulin Bryant and Dwayne McClelland:

1.  Dustin Krig McClelland was born 24 August 1989, in Thomasville, Georgia.

2.  Chelsey Danielle McClelland was born 1 March 1993, in Cairo, Georgia.

3.  Hunter Boyce Burgess was born 29 July 1996, in Cairo, Georgia.

Child of Clara Slaughter and Jakie Thomas:

2.  Clayton Irving Thomas was born 1 August 1978, in Thomasville, Georgia.  He married Ayaka Shingi 1 June 1998. 

2.  Delores Jean Slaughter was born 12 October 1951, in Thomasville, Georgia.  She married first, Scott Rogers.  She married second, Frank Ramsey in 1983.  Delores married third, Jim Harp in 1991. 
Child of Delores Slaughter and adopted by Jim Harp:

1.  Elizabeth Ashley Harp was born 25 April 1983, in Atlanta, Georgia.

3.  Clayton Wyman Slaughter, Jr., was born 9 February 1955, in Thomasville, Georgia.  He married Donna Brandon in August 1976.  He died 13 December 1976, in Thomas County, Georgia. 

4.  Danny Thomas Slaughter was born 16 October 1957, in Thomasville, Georgia. He married first, Wanda Allen in 1976.  He married second, Joann Johnson on 1 August 1987, in Whigham, Grady County, Georgia.¹⁷⁶
Children of Danny Slaughter and Wanda Allen:

1.  Alan Wayne Slaughter was born 20 October 1976, in Thomasville, Georgia.  He married Joy Kathleen Hinson, probably in Georgia. 
Children of Alan Slaughter and Joy Hinson:

1.  David Gregory Slaughter was born 15 September 2000, in Atlanta, Georgia. 

2.  Matthew James Slaughter was born 24 October 2003, in Thomasville, Georgia.

3.  Refekah Faith Slaughter was born 21 November 2004, in Thomasville, Georgia.

2.  Patrick Bryan Slaughter was born 19 February 1985, in Thomasville, Georgia.

Child of Danny Slaughter and Joanne Johnson:

3.  Amanda Carolyn Slaughter was born 24 October 1992, in Thomasville, Georgia.

10.  Robert Franklin West, called Bobby, was born 25 April 1934, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He married Judy Elizabeth Montgomery on 5 October 1963, in Thomas County, Georgia.  She was born 23 November 1943, in Thomas County, Georgia.  Robert West died 3 August 2000, in Thomas County, Georgia.
Children of Robert Franklin West and Judy Montgomery:

1.  Robert Todd West was born 5 October 1965, in Thomas County, Georgia.  He married first, Linda Karen Harden.  He married second, Ana Paula Damato Ferree.
Children of Robert Todd West and Linda Harden:

1.  Robert West, called Jake, was born 29 August 1986.

2.  Brandon Lee West was born 11 May 1988.

Child of Robert Todd West and Anna Paula Ferree:

3.  Anthony West, called Tyler, was born 11 November 1993.

2.  Daryl Anthony West, called "Tony," was born 3 August 1967, in Thomas County, Georgia.  He married Rita Marlene Arrington.  She was born 26 December 1968.¹⁷⁵ 
Child of Daryl West and Rita Arrington:

1.  Kristen Elizabeth West was born 29 January 1995.

2.  Dalton Anthony West was born in January 2006.

3.  Sheri Elizabeth West was born 3 July 1975, in Thomas County, Georgia.  She married Rocky Loyd Gilliard.  She married 2nd Mark Marcinowski in March 2005.
Children of Sheri West and Rocky Gilliard:

1.  Rocky Bryce Gilliard was born 21 November 1995.

2.  Sterling Brett Gilliard was born 13 June 2000.

Child of Sheri West and Mark Marcinowski:

3.  Jagger Mark Marcinowski was born est. 2008.

11.  Earl David West was born 10 October 1936, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He married Sara Lee Taylor on 3 October 1964 in New Bethel Church, Colquitt County, Georgia.  She was born 19 February 1948 in Mitchell County, Georgia.
Children of Earl West and Sara Taylor:

1.  James Alan West was born 21 July 1965, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  He married Leanne V. Little on 23 September 2000, in Naples, Florida.  She was born 28 February [year unknown].
Child of James West and Leanne Little:

1.  Cooper Pawley West was born 13 August 2003, in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.

2.  Jeffrey Kevin West was born 12 August 1967, in Mitchell County, Georgia.  He married Wendolyn Harper on 4 December 1993, in Thomas County, Georgia.  They divorced in February 2002.
Children of Jeffrey West and Wendolyn Harper:

1.  Joshua Taylor West was born 16 June 1994, in Thomas County, Georgia.

2.  Karsyn Elizabeth West was born 18 November 1998, in Thomas County, Georgia. 

3.  Kimberly Daune West was born 30 March 1969, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  She married Chadwick Lee Cavender 23 October 1993 in Meigs, Thomas County, Georgia.  They were married in the First Baptist Church.  He was born 7 January [year unknown]. 
Children of Kimberly West and Chadwick Cavender:

1.  Dustin Chadwick Cavender was born 5 June 1994, in Albany, Georgia.

2.  Andrew Lee Cavender was born 10 June 1999, in Thomasville, Georgia.

4.  Stacy Devon West was born 16 July 1970, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He married Heather Morris 22 November 2002.  She was born 26 November 1979, in Bainbridge, Georgia. 
Child of Stacy West and Heather Morris:

1.  Hartley Thomas West was born 11 March 2005, in Thomasville, Georgia.

5.  Alicia Lynn West was born 6 June 1979, in Thomas County, Georgia.  She married Matthew Erik Lee 21 October 2000, in Americus, Sumter County, Georgia.  He was born 23 March [year unknown], in Sumter County, Georgia.
Children of Alicia West and Matthew Lee:

1.  Taylor Holland Lee was born 9 May 2001, in Albany, Georgia.

2.  Noah Matthew Lee was born and died 26 August 2003, in Albany, Georgia.  He was buried in Meigs Cemetery in Thomas County, Georgia.

3.  Victoria Grace Lee was born 24 November 2004, in Albany, Georgia.

6.  Mary Jane Holland was born in January 1900 in Colquitt County, Georgia. There is a picture of her in the Album section of this web site.

2.  Wiley Newell Holland, Jr. was born about 1855.  He was listed on the 1860 Colquitt County, Georgia, census with his parents, Wiley N. and Diadoma, and his siblings.  He was listed as a 5-year-old male, born in Georgia.  He also appears on the 1870 Colquitt County census, at age 15.  He married Dora I. [last name unknown] around 1897, probably in Colquitt County, Georgia.  They are listed on the 1920 Colquitt County census:  Wiley is 56, Dora I. is 50; and living with them are Dovard T. Holland, 23; and Charlie W. Holland, 21, both presumably sons. 
Children of Wiley Newell Holland, Jr. and Dora I.:

1.  Dovard T. Holland was born about 1897 in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He is listed on the 1920 census with his parents Wiley N. Holland and Dora; he is 23.

2.  Charlie W. Holland was born about 1899 in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He is listed on the 1920 census with his parents Wiley N. Holland and Dora; he is 21. 

3.  Civil A. R. Holland was born about 1857.  She was listed on the 1860 Colquitt County, Georgia census with her parents, Wiley N. and Diadoma, and her siblings.  She was listed as Civil A. R., female, age 3, born in Georgia.  Her name may have been Civil America R.  She also appears on the 1870 Colquitt County census, at age 13. 

4.  Eli Holland was born about 1860.  He was listed on the 1860 Colquitt County, Georgia, census with his parents, Wiley N. and Diadoma, and his siblings. He was listed as a 2-month-old male, born in Georgia.  He may have died before he was 10 years old as he is not listed on the 1870 census with his family. 

5.  Martha Hawkins Holland, called Hawkins, was born about 1865 in Georgia.  She appeared on the 1870 census for Colquitt County, Georgia, and again on the 1880 census.

Children of Wiley N. Holland and his 2nd wife Elizabeth F. Holland:

6.  John Holland was born about 1868 in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He may have died between 1870 and 1874, which would help one understand another child being named John in the same family. This first child of Wiley and Elizabeth, named John, was listed on the 1870 census for Colquitt County, Georgia, at age 2.  By 1880, he was not listed but another child who was born in 1874 and named John Thomas had been added to the family, leading me to think that this John Holland had died.

7.  Forcian Elmo Holland was born about 1870 in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He was 8 months old on the 1870 Colquitt County, Georgia, census where his name was written as Forsfenchose Holland.  In 1880, the Colquitt County census shows him living with his family in his Uncle John Thomas Holland's home.  His father, Wiley N. Holland was listed as being 56, his mother Elizabeth Holland was 34, his step-sister Martha K. (Martha Hawkins Holland) was 15, and Forcian was 10.  Also listed were James R., 8; John T., 6; Richard, 4; and Lenora, 1.  John Holland, his older brother who was 2 in 1870 and would have been 12, was not listed. 

Forcian Holland married Dora Cutts on 22 May 1898, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  Dora was born 25 August 1883, in Mitchell County, Georgia, daughter of Allen Sherrod Cutts and Artie Wiggins.  She has a sister and a brother who also married into this Holland family:  Pennellie Cutts married Forcian's brother John Thomas Holland; and George Allen Cutts married Lucy May Holland, daughter of Henry Harrison Holland and Louisa Tyson.  Enos and Eli Holland's branches merged with the marriage of Elizabeth F. Holland and Wiley N. Holland, and again when Elizabeth F. Holland's daughter Louisa married Henry Harrison Holland.  Dora is listed with Forcian Holland on the Colquitt County censuses of 1900 (age 16), 1910 (age 26), and 1930 (age 46).  Forcian Elmo Holland died on 2 January 1934, in Colquitt County. 
Children of Forcian Elmo Holland and Dora Cutts:⁹⁷

1.  Idella Holland was born in May 1899 in Colquitt County, Georgia.¹¹⁹  In the 1900 census she is listed with her parents, age 1.  In the 1910 census, she is listed as 9 years old.  

2.  Elmore Holland was born about 1902 in Colquitt County, Georgia.  In the 1910 census he is listed with his parents, Force E. Holland, age 38; Dora, 26; Idella, 9; Elmore, 8; and Elva, 3. 

3.  Elva Holland was born about 1907 in Colquitt County, Georgia.  In the 1910 census she is listed with her parents, Force E. Holland, age 38; Dora, 26; Idella, 9; Elmore, 8; and Elva, 3. 

4.  Emmett Holland was born 23 April 1911 in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He was listed in the 1930 census at age 17, with his parents, F. E. Holland, age 60 and Dora, 46.  He died 7 Feb 1979, in Colquitt County, and was buried in Hartsfield Cemetery in Colquitt County.¹¹⁹ 

8.  James R. Holland was born about 1872 in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He married Claudia [last name unknown] about 1903 in Colquitt County, Georgia.  Claudia was born about 1889 in Georgia.

9  John Thomas Holland was born 12 February 1874, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He married Pennellie Cutts on 11 February 1896, in Colquitt County.  She was born about 1881 in Colquitt County.  He is listed on the 1910 census for Colquitt County, living in Hartsfield Township.  He was 35, his wife Nellie, as she was called, was 29; and children listed were Docie, 18; Ocie, 10; Bernard, 5; and baby 2 months.  John Thomas Holland died at age 55 on 29 October 1929, in Colquitt County, Georgia.¹¹⁹
Children of John Thomas Holland and Pennellie Cutts:

1.  Docie Holland was born October 1898, in Colquitt County, Georgia.

2.  Ray Ociac Holland was born November 1899, in Colquitt County, Georgia.

3.  Bernard Vernon Holland was born 4 September 1904, in Mitchell or Colquitt County, Georgia. He married Edith Humphries, born 15 September 1905, in Thomas County, Georgia, the daughter of Sherod H. Humphries (b. 25 June 1855 in Thomas County, d. 22 February 1922 in Thomas County) and Artie Cox (b. April 1861 in Georgia).  Bennie Holland, as he was called, died 20 January 1969, in Mitchell County, and was buried in Pelham City Cemetery in Mitchell County.  Eddie Humphries died 1 July 1994, in Mitchell County, and was also buried in Pelham City Cemetery.
Children of Edith Humphries and Bernard Holland:

1.  Gloria Holland was born 25 July 1927, in Mitchell County, Georgia.

2.  William H. Holland, called Bill, was born August 1929, in Mitchell County, Georgia.

4.  Baby Holland was born about 1910, in Colquitt County, Georgia.

5.  Ethel Holland was born about 1907, in Colquitt County, Georgia.

6.  Hermis Holland was born about 1912, in Georgia.

7.  Leroy Holland was born about 1917, in Georgia.

8.  Roscoe "Earnest" Holland was born about 1919, in Georgia.

9.  Evelyn Holland was born about 1926, in Mitchell County, Georgia.

10.  Richard Holland was born in March 1876 in Georgia.  In 1880 he was listed as the 4-year-old son of Wiley Holland and wife Elizabeth, living in the Bridge Creek District of Colquitt County, Georgia.  They were living at the time with Wiley's brother's family.  He is listed in the 1900 census of Colquitt County with his parents at age 24.  He married Cora Jackson on 21 February 1904, in Colquitt County, Georgia. 

11.  Lenora (Sarah) Holland was born in June 1878 in Georgia.  She is listed in the 1900 census of Colquitt County with her parents at age  21.  Her name was listed as Sarah; previously she had been listed as Lenora.

12.  Wiley Newell Holland was born 14 February 1881, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He married Margaret M. [last name unknown] in Colquitt County.  He is listed in the 1930 census for Colquitt County, living in Hartsfield Township with his wife Margaret.  He was 47; she was 29.  He died 4 December 1949 in Georgia, at age 68.

13.  Nelson S. Holland was born 13 March 1883, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He married Leslie Britt in Colquitt County.  He is listed in the 1920 census for Colquitt County, living in Hartsfield Township, age 36; with his wife Leslie, 24; and children Ambrose, 5; and Lonnie H., 2.  He died 19 May 1936, in Colquitt County, Georgia, at age 53.  Leslie Britt died 27 August 1928.  They are both buried at Liberty Hill Cemetery in Colquitt County.   
Children of Nelson S. Holland and Leslie:

1.  Ambrose Holland was born about 1915 in Colquitt County, Georgia.

2.  Lonnie Holland was born about 1918 in Colquitt County, Georgia. 

4.  Elizabeth A. Holland was born in November 1827, in North Carolina.  She married Elijah Fields.  Their family is listed on the 1860 census of Colquitt County, Georgia, as dwelling 42, family 27.  Elijah Fields is 26, a farmer born in Georgia, and Elizabeth Fields is 31, born in North Carolina.  Children Thomas J. Fields, 4, and Mary J. Fields, 1, are living with them, both born in Georgia.  

In 1870, this family is again listed on the Colquitt County, Georgia census.  Elijah Fields is 36, a white farmer, and Elizabeth is 43.  Children Thomas J., 14; Mary J., 12; William, 8; and Chase (unclear) are listed with them, along with Lucinda, a white female age 38, without occupation and born in Georgia. 

In 1880 they are still in Colquitt County, Georgia.  Elijah is 45, Elizabeth is 51, Mary J. Fields is 20 and attending school, and William Fields is 19.  Thomas J. Fields is living next door to them with his family. 

In the 1900 census for Colquitt County, dated June 27, 1900, Elizabeth A. Fields is widowed, head of household, 72 years old, and living in Militia District 1538 of Hamilton Township. Her brother Thomas Holland, age 70, is living with her.  Both are listed as feeble under occupation, which I presume is what we would now call retired.  In other words, they did not have an occupation to list because they were both old. 
Child of Elizabeth Holland and her Fields husband:

1.  Mary J. Fields was born est. 1850.  She married Benjamin Holland 16 January 1881, in Colquitt County, Georgia.  He was her 1st cousin, the son of Wiley N. Holland and Diamema or Piadama Wood.¹²  Their line is followed in Benjamin's family.

5.  Thomas Holland was born in August 1829, in North Carolina, according to the 1900 census of Colquitt County, Georgia.  He was listed in that census living with his sister Elizabeth A. Fields, who was head of household and 72 years old.  Thomas Holland was  70 years old.  Since this census is the first time we encounter Thomas Holland, I am uncertain as to whether he is another child of Eli Holland and Edith Hood, or whether he is the same person as John Thomas Holland listed above, who married Maria Hutton.  The problem with deciding they are the same person is that John Thomas Holland who married Maria Hutton appears on two censuses -- the 1850 and 1860 -- and both place his birth at around 1821 or 1822.  I am going to consider for now that Thomas Holland is another child of Eli Holland and Edith Hood and that he is a different person from John Thomas Holland who married Maria Hutson.  This is subject to change upon evidence to the contrary.  It is possible that Thomas Holland did not marry and therefore has no marriage record and no family to list on censuses.  Perhaps he moved around a lot like his father Eli did.  If this was the case, it makes it a reasonable scenario that he would be living with his widowed sister at age 70, as shown on the Colquitt County census of 1900, rather than with his children.

6.  Lucinda Hawkins Holland was born 2 September 1834 in Johnston County, North Carolina.  She married Adam Adams in Colquitt County, Georgia, around 1852.  Adam Adams was born 8 November 1833, in Georgia, and died 24 December 1919, in La Casa, Stephens County, Texas.  Lucinda died 4 September 1921 in Red Springs, Baylor County, Texas, at age 87.³⁴  

Lucinda Holland appeared on the 1860 census of Mitchell County, Georgia, with her husband Adam Adams.  He was 26 and born in Georgia; she was 25 and born in North Carolina. They were listed with two children: James H., age 5, and Mary E., 1.  In 1870, they appeared again on the Mitchell County census at ages 35 and 36, with children James Ansil, 15; Thomas, 9; Charles, 2; a Eli Holland Adams, a 3-month-old baby born in March.  Eli Holland, age 78, was living with them.  He was listed as a P. B. M. (Primitive Baptist Minister, presumably), born in North Carolina. 
Children of Lucinda Hawkins Holland and Adam Adams:

1.  James Ansil Adams was born 28 October 1853, in Pelham, Mitchell County, Georgia.  He married Elizabeth Luke on 27 April 1873, in Nashville, Berrien County, Georgia when he was 19.  She was born 26 November 1853, and died 14 August 1940 in Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia.  She was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia.  
Children of James Adams and Elizabeth Luke:

1.  John D. Adams was born est. 1870.

2.  D. P. Adams was born est. 1872.

3.  J. A. Adams was born est. 1874.  She married a Murdock.

4.  Homer Arthur Adams was born in Temple, Bell County, Texas, in 1876.  He moved to Georgia about 1890.  He was listed in the 1900 census in Irwin County, Georgia.  Homer Adams married Jimmie Lou Reid in Ben Hill County, Georgia, on 16 June 1907.  She was born 30 April 1882, in Georgia. 

In the 1910 census in Ben Hill County, Georgia, Homer was listed at Fitzgerald as being 31, along with his wife Jimmie Lou, 28, and their son Banie Joe, 1 year and 3 months.  He died 4 March 1941 in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia, and was buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Fitzgerald.  Jimmie Lou died 28 August 1966 in Fitzgerald, Georgia.  She was also buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Fitzgerald.  
Children of Homer Arthur Adams and Jimmie Lou Reid:

1.  Baney R. Adams was born abt. 1909.  He married Angelle Stone.  
Children of Baney Adams and Angelle Stone:

1.  Carol Adams was born est. 1930.

2.  Dale Adams was born est. 1932.  She married a Golden.
Children of Dale Adams and Mr. Golden:

1.  Reid Golden was born est. 1958.

2.  Ben Golden was born est. 1960.

2.  Homer Adams, Jr. was born est. 1910.

3.  James H. Adams was born est. 1912.  He was married and had a son, James H. Adams, Jr.

4.  Carol Adams was born 2 May 1920 in Georgia.  She married Bill Keith.  Carol died 7 July 1943 in Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Georgia.  She and Bill were both buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Fitzgerald, Georgia.

5.  Vardis P. Adams was born in May 1880 in Texas.  He appeared in the 1900 Irwin County, Georgia, census with his parents and siblings.  He was 20 years old.

6.  William Ansel Adams was born 14 November 1883 in Texas.  He appeared in the 1900 Irwin County, Georgia, census at age 17 with his parents and siblings.  He married Dorothy Selby.  She was born 13 November 1886 and died 20 March 1972.  He died 15 April 1984 at age 100.  

7.  Grover Cleveland Adams was born in November 1884 in Texas.  He appeared in the 1900 Irwin County, Georgia, census at age 15, with his parents and siblings.  

8.  Charles G. Adams was born in May 1887 in Texas.  He appeared in the 1900 Irwin County, Georgia, census at age 13, with his parents and siblings.  

9.  Augustus E. Adams was born in December 1890 in Texas.  He appeared in the 1900 Irwin County, Georgia, census at age 9, with his parents and siblings.  

2.  Mary E. Adams was born in 1859 in Georgia.  She was listed on the 1860 census for Mitchell County, Georgia, with her parents, 1 year old.  She was not listed with her family in the 1870 census; presumably she died between 1860 and 1870. 

3.  Thomas L. Adams was born in Georgia in 1861.  He was listed on the 1870 census in Mitchell County, Georgia, with his family.  He was 9 years old.  In 1880 he appeared on the Stephens County, Texas, census, along with his parents, and Eli and Tennie.  He was 19. 

4.  Charles Adams was born in Georgia about 1868.  He was listed on the 1870 census in Mitchell County, Georgia, with his family.  He was 2 years old.  

5.  Eli Holland Adams was born 23 March 1870 in Milltown (no longer exists), Mitchell County, Georgia.  He was listed on the 1870 census in Mitchell County, Georgia, at 3 months old.  The 1880 census in Stephens County, Texas, shows him to be 10 years old, born in North Carolina.  On 23 December 1903, at the age of 33, he married Sarah Novella Eveline Smith.  Sarah was 19.  She was born 25 July 1884 in Burnet, Burnet County, Texas.  Eli Adams died 22 July 1949, in Ranger, Eastland County, Texas.  Sarah died 26 July 1952 in Electra, Wichita County, Texas.
Children of Eli Holland Adams and Sarah Smith:

1.  Adam Monroe Adams was born 3 July 1905 in La Casa, Stephens County, Texas.  He married Margaret Baker.  Adam died between 1949 and 1995 in Abilene, Taylor County, Texas.

2.  Idella Novella Adams was born 16 January 1910 in La Casa, Stephens County, Texas.  She married a Glenn.  She last lived in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma; social security number 440-42-6094.  She died 13 July 1991 in Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma.  

3.  Charlie Homer Adams was born 1 July 1912 in La Casa, Stephens County, Texas.  His wife's name was Evelyn.  He died 25 March 1992 in Rush Springs, Grady County, Oklahoma. 

6.  Tennie

More information about Eli Holland can be found in his Letter to the editor of The Primitive Baptist, written in his own words in 1842.  A copy of this letter is in the Stories section of this web site.