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6. Curtis Holland, sixth child of Elisha Holland and Patience Watkins, was born in 1800 or 1801, in North Carolina.  Curtis Holland married Nancy Holland 1 May 1823 in Wayne County, North Carolina.  Nancy Holland, born in 1808, was from Edgecombe County, North Carolina, coming there from Nansemond County, Virginia.  She was not from the Jacob Holland family, as previously thought, but possibly came from the Richard, Daniel, or Dempsey Holland families.  They all lived in Edgecombe County at the same time as Jacob Holland but they didn't show up on the 1790 census. Curtis and Nancy are listed in Wayne County Marriage Bonds, witnessed by William Jackson.  

Nancy Holland was possibly the daughter of John Holland from whom Elisha Holland bought property. That Elisha Holland bought property from John Holland is mentioned in Elisha's will and is recorded in the grantee-grantor index book of Dobbs (historic) County, North Carolina. This John Holland was possibly the John Holland described in Nellie Russell's book, Bonnie New World, who came with Elisha Holland to Dobbs County from Gates County.

Curtis is listed in the 1830 census of Wayne County with four children.  He is listed in the 1860 census of Johnston County, North Carolina, at age 59, born in North Carolina, along with his wife Nancy Holland and three children.  He died in Johnston County, North Carolina, in 1876, and was buried in the Curtis Holland Cemetery near Hickory Crossroads in Johnston County. 

Children of Curtis Holland and Nancy Holland: 

1.  Possible but unsubstantiated child: Curtis Holland was born est. 1820.  There is a Wayne County, North Carolina marriage record for Curtis Holland and Charlotte Atkinson on 13 Jul 1852, at the home of John Holland. This record could be for this Curtis, possibly the 1st son of Curtis Holland and Nancy Holland.⁸⁶ 

2.  Possible but unsubstantiated child: Calvin Holland was born before 1830.  

3.  Possible but unsubstantiated child: Bryant Holland was born before 1830. In the Johnston County marriage bond records, there is a Bryant Holland marrying Polly Lee 16 Jun 1853. The marriage was performed by J. Johnson, Justice of the Peace, and witness was John H. Keneday, Clk. I don't know if it is the same Bryant Holland as this, but the date fits. This Bryant Holland would have been 23 or more years old, since he was born "before 1830."  

I have him born "before 1830" because his parents, Curtis and Nancy Holland are listed in the 1830 census with 4 children and Bryant is their 3rd child that I know of.  

There is a Confederate Army record for a Bryan Holland who enlisted 23 Aug 1862 as a Private at Wayne County, NC, into "F" Co., NC 1st Light Artillery. On 20 Mar 1864 he transferred into "G" Co, NC 3rd Infantry.  This could be Bryant Holland.  The military record is in the Public Records section of this web site.  Source: North Carolina Troops 1861-65, A Roster.⁶⁹

It seems likely that there were other children born between 1830 and Enos J. in 1838 so I place Alva and Polly here:

4.  Alva Holland was born est. 1832.

5. Poly Holland was born est. 1835.

6.  Enos J. Holland, C. S. A., was born in 1838.  He is listed in the 1870 census for Johnston County, North Carolina.  

Enos J. Holland enlisted in the Confederate Army as a Private, serving North Carolina; the date of his enlistment is unknown. He took the Oath of Allegiance on 22 October 1864 at Fort Monroe, VA.  There is further information on Enos J. Holland's Civil War service in the Public Records section of this web site. 

On 6 March 1868, he married Zilphia Jane Pate who was born in 1840.  She was the daughter of Zilphia (last name unknown, born about 1805) and Bryant Handley Pate, and was the widow of John Wesley Garris (born ca. 1838).²⁹    Enos and Zilphia died around 1876 of tuberculosis.⁵⁰   After their parents' deaths, sons Curtis Frankkin Holland and Bryant Holland were reared by their mother's brother, the Rev. Thomas Jefferson Pate and his wife, Anna Holland, daughter of Curtis Holland and Nancy Holland. "Darb" Holland was reared at Wait Garris' home. 
Children of Enos J. Holland and Zilphia Jane Pate:

1.  Elmer J. Holland was born about 1858.

2.  Bryant H. Holland was born about 1867.  He married Della Walls, daughter of Emily and Harrison Walls, blacksmith.  Bryant ran a cooper shop and made hogsheads.  The information on Bryant H. and Della Walls Holland and their descendents was provided by Grover B. Proctor, Jr., their great-grandson.  ²⁸
Children of Bryant H. Holland and Della Walls:

1. Thomas Henry Holland, born 25 January 1894.  He married Mamie Smith.   Thomas died 18 April 1922 at age 28.

2.  Infant (Carrole?), born about November 1894.

3.  Bertha Gertrude Holland was born 28 August 1895 in Wake County, North Carolina.  She died 5 October 1991 in Raleigh, North Carolina and was buried in Apex, North Carolina.  Bertha married Bennett Hardy Hooks who was born 22 October 1890, in Apex, Wake County, North Carolina, and died 12 June 1929, in Apex, North Carolina.  He was son of Ransom J. Hooks and Sarah C. Pope, one of five children.  Bennett Hooks was approximately ten years old when his mother died.  His father then married Sarah C. Pope.  Bennett Hardy Hooks died 12 June 1929, in Apex, North Carolina, and was buried in Apex.¹⁹¹
Children of Bertha Gertrude Holland and Bennett Hooks:

1.  Mary Louise Hooks was born 14 November 1913 in Apex, North Carolina, died in  1991. She married Zebulon Vance Burchette who was born 25 September ~1913.
Children of Mary Louise Hooks and Zebulon Vance Burchette::

1.  Zebulon Vance Burchette, Jr. was born 30 April 1934 in Wake County, North Carolina.  He married Anne Glover who was born 1 October ~1934.
Children of Zebulon Burchette, Jr. and Anne Glover:

1.  Terry Burchette

2.  Cindy Burchette

2.  Alma Gertrude Hooks was born 23 January 1916 in Apex, North Carolina.  She married Ernest George Northcutt who was born 17 July 1911.
Children of Alma Hooks and Ernest Northcutt:

1.  Donna Leigh Northcutt was born 16 March 1947.  She married Timothy Mills. Donna and Timothy were divorced.
Children of Donna Northcutt and Timothy Mills:

1.  Dustin Mills was born 20 January 1974 in Greenville, North Carolina.

2.  Sylvia Elizabeth Northcutt was born 20 March 1950.  She married Dana Leebrick who was born 18 February 1948.
Children of Sylvia Northcutt and Dana Leebrick:

1.  Ryan Thomas Leebrick was born 9 January 1979.

3.  James Bennett Hooks was born 14 July 1921 in Apex, North Carolina.   He died 16 June 1980 in Apex, North Carolina and was buried in Apex.  He married Lois Mae Pritchett, daughter of Joshua Hudson Pritchett and Mary Jane Scarborough, who was born 17 December 1922.
Children of James Hooks and Lois Pritchett:

1. Michael Bennett Hooks was born 3 August 1947;  he died 21 October 1995 in Apex, North Carolina.  He married Judy Yates, daughter of Olive Wendell Yates and Catherine Clark on 30 August 1970 in Apex, North Carolina.  Judy Yates was born 5 March 1947 and was christened in September 1959.
Children of Michael Hooks and Judy Yates:

1.  Catherine May Hooks was born 1 November 1972 and was christened in April 1983.

2.  Cynthia Michele ("Shelly") Hooks was born 24 April 1975 and was christened in December 1983.

2.  David Jackson Hooks was born 29 October 1956 in Raleigh, North Carolina.  He married Joan Ringler on 19 May 1990 in Apex, North Carolina.  Joan was born 5 August 1961.
Children of David Hooks and Joan Ringler:

1.  Nathaniel James Hooks was born 31 July 1992.

2.  Megan Leigh Hooks was born 1 February 1995.

3.  Jimmy Hudson Hooks was born 17 June 1962 in Raleigh, North Carolina.  He married Lori Pollard who was born 4 April ~1962.
Children of Jimmy Hooks and Lori Pollard:

1.  Joshua Hooks

2.  Emily Hooks

3.  James Hooks was born in 1997.

4.  Edna Ruth Hooks was born 6 February 1925 in Apex, North Carolina.  She married Grover Belmont Proctor, son of Henry Proctor and Mary Ella Hinton, on 11 Jul 1943 in Pinetops, North Carolina.  Grover was born 7 January 1918 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.  He died 22 June 1982 in Raleigh, North Carolina and was buried in Apex, North Carolina.
Children of Edna Hooks and Grover Proctor:

1.  Grover Belmont Proctor, Jr. was born 31 August 1951 in Raleigh, North Carolina.  He married Adrianne Beaumont Cornett, daughter of Sanford Heyck Cornett and Stephanie Joan Falcon, on 27 August 1983 in Midland, MI.  Adrianne was born on 6 January 1949 in Washington, DC.

Edna married 2nd John Wesley Hartsfield on 28 December 1985 in Raleigh, North Carolina.  John was born 24 October 1913.

Bertha married 2nd Harold Edgerton.  Harold died in 1968 in Raleigh, North Carolina and was buried in Apex, North Carolina.

4.  Wester Lee Holland was born ~ 1897.  She married Claude Clifton.

5.  Oma Lee Holland (twin of Herman)was born 29 October 1919.  She married W. H. Goodwin.

6.  Herman Lee Holland (twin of Oma) was born 29 October 1919.  He died in April 1993.⁸⁵ 
Children of Herman Lee Holland:

1. Monte Blair Holland was born 19 September 1961.  

2.  Kevin Bryant Holland was born 17 July 1957.  
Children of Kevin Bryant Holland:

1.  Ashley Elizabeth Holland was born 14 January 1989.

2.  Sarah Katherine Holland was born 30 October 1991.  

3.  Curtis Franklin Holland was born 13 March 1869.  Like his grandfather Curtis Holland, he married a Holland from yet another, unrelated line.  He married Alice Arelia (called "Betsy") Holland on 20 December 1893.  The marriage was performed by J. J. Pearson, Justice of the Peace and recorded in the George Allison Holland family Bible.

Alice Arelia Holland was born 5 June 1875, probably in Wayne County, North Carolina.  She was the fifth and last child of George Allison Holland (b. 15 February 1831 probably in North Carolina; d. 11 Feb 1880 Wake County, NC) and Mary Green "Polly" Williams (b. 27 October 1839 probably in North Carolina; d. 26 July 1917 in Wake County, NC).  She was one of triplets; the other two died at birth.¹⁵³

Curtis Franklin Holland died 5 August 1935, and was buried in Apex, North Carolina. 
Children of Curtis Franklin Holland and Alice Arelia ("Betsy") Holland:

1.  Laylon Arelia Holland was born 20 September 1895.  She died 29 May 1964 and was buried in Olive Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery in Apex, North Carolina.  She married Franklin Lee Garrard on 23 December 1916.  Frank was born 11 November 1875 and died 14 October 1960.  He also was buried in Olive Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery in Apex. 
Children of Laylon Arelia Holland and Frank Lee Garrard:

1.  Mildred Elizabeth Garrard was born 26 January 1922, and died 18 August 2000.  She did not marry and had no children.  Mildred was buried in Olive Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery in Apex.

2.  Ruth Inez Garrard was born 4 July 1925.  She married Robert Oscar Johnson on 24 September 1949.  Robert Johnson was born 21 November 1919, and died 22 March 1998.  He was buried in Lafayette Memorial Park Mausoleum in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, North Carolina. 

2.  Claude Franklin Holland was born 25 March 1897.  He married 1st Exie Massey who was born 10 January 1904 and died 29 June 1941.  He married 2nd Irma Regan.  The section that follows on Claude Franklin Holland's descendants was furnished by his grandson Dale Michael Holland  of Charlotte, North Carolina.⁵¹ 

Children of Claude Franklin Holland and Exie Massy Holland:

1.  Douglas Holland was born 19 March 1925.
Children of Douglas Holland:

1.  Janet Kay Holland was born 22 April 1955.  

2.  Daniel Holland was born 17 May 1960

2.  Darrell Massey Holland was born 20 December 1928.  He married Bettie Katherine Yates on 13 June 1929.  
Children of Darrell Holland and Bettie Yates:

1.  David Mark Holland was born 14 June 1954.
Children of David Holland:

1.  Brett Holland

2.  Drew Holland 

2.  Marcia Jean Holland was born 4 March 1956
Children of Jean Holland:

1.  Katie was born est. 1976.

2.  Jessica was born est. 1978.

3.  Matthew was born est. 1985

3.  Tammy Ann Holland was born 18 December 1958.
Children of Tammy Holland:

1.  Craig

2.  Daniel was born est. 1980.

4.  Dale Michael Holland was born 20 May 1963. 

Children of Claude Franklin Holland and Irma Regan:

3.  Donald Lloyd Holland was born 15 November 1948.  Don married Florence Wilson. 
Children of Donald Holland and Florence Wilson:

1. Stacy Holland

2.  Adam Holland

3.  Robert Holland was born in 1908.  He married Florence.

4.  Mable Ann Holland was born 28 March 1914, a twin to Maggie Lee Holland.  She married Woodrow Wilson Harris on 9 May 1936.  Woodrow Harris was born 6 September 1913, and died 19 October 1991.  Mable Holland died 31 March 1981.  Mable Holland and Woodrow Harris were buried at Olive Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery in Apex, North Carolina. 
Children of Mable Ann Holland and Woodrow Harris:

1.  Betsy Ann Harris was born 16 October 1937.  She married Otis Everett Sykes on 20 April 1957.  Otis Sykes was born 23 July 1936.  Betsy Harris died 10 May 2005; she was buried at Montlawn Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina.  After her death Otis Sykes married 2nd Trudy Petko (born 20 April 1936) on 23 December 2006.
Children of Betsy Harris and Otis Sykes:

1.  Michael Everett Sykes was born 2 October 1959.  He married Deborah Daniels on 6 June 1986.
Children of Michael Sykes and Deborah Daniels:

1.  Christine Roxanne Sykes was born 20 May 1986.

2.  Cynthia Michelle Sykes was born 19 June 1987. 

3.  Michael Travis Sykes was born 24 October 1989.

2.  Milton Woodrow Sykes, called Woody, was born 10 May 1964.

2.  Billy Alton Harris was born 25 February 1940.  He married Jo Newcomb on 14 December 1963.  Jo Newcomb was born 10 March 1943.  They do not have children.

3.  Curtis Woodrow Harris was born 5 January 1942.  He married Janice Barbara Clayton on 17 October 1964.  Janice was born 30 August 1944. 
Children of Curtis Harris and Janice Clayton:

1.  Amanda Dawn Harris was born 13 November 1966.  She married Douglas Eugene Jones who was born on 11 December 1956.  He died 21 September 2005, and was buried in Family Cemetery, in Bailey, Nash County, North Carolina.  After his death, Amanda married 2nd Tim Brackett on 23 June 2007.  Tim was born 21 October [year unknown].  He had a child, Ivey Brackett from a previous marriage.
Child of Amanda Dawn Harris and Douglas Jones:

1.  Morgan Ashley Jones was born 11 July 1992.

2.  Diane Cheryl Harris was born 1 June 1970.  She married Neal Evans Tackney, Jr. on 25 October 1997.  Neal was born 23 September 1966.
Children of Diane Harris and Neal Evans Tackney, Jr.:

1.  Caitlin Anne Tackney was born 24 November 1999.

2.  Camryn Elizabeth Tackney was born 15 June 2003.

4.  Jean Carolyn Harris was born 8 September 1943.  She married Allie Martin Howard, Jr. on 18 November 1962.  Martin Howard, Jr. was born 21 December 1938.
Children of Carolyn Harris and Martin Howard, Jr.:

1.  Brenda Kaye Howard was born 25 May 1966.  She married Donald Steven Hurst on 25 June 1988.  Donnie Hurst was born 18 October 1960.

2.  Teresa Gail Howard was born 7 March 1977.  She married Eric Sherrell McClenny on 16 June 2007.  Eric McClenny was born 18 July 1982.

5.  Gerald Ray Harris was born 16 September 1949.  He married Sandy Mills on 1 August 1971.  Sandy was born 16 July 1949. They do not have children.

6.  Joseph Lynn Harris was born 17 July 1952.  He married Trudy Arlene Spencer on 1 December 1973.  Trudy Spencer was born 19 December 1953.
Children of Joe Harris and Trudy Spencer:

1.  Joli Rene Harris was born 24 May 1978.  She married John William Denton on 8 December 2001.  John was born 22 January 1978.

2.  Jared Wilson Harris was born 13 November 1980.  He married Carly Ann Styles on 4 December 1999.  Carly Styles was born 25 January 1980.
Children of Jared Harris and Carly Styles:

1. Colby Joseph Harris was born 30 June 2000.

2.  Wyatt Austin Harris was born 29 June 2006.

3.  Jason Bernard Harris was born 23 December 1982. 

7.  Donna Lou Harris was born 15 January 1954.  She married David Earl Guy on 8 April 1973.  David Guy was born 25 July 1949.
Children of Donna Harris and David Guy:

1.  Candace Denise Guy was born 29 October 1981.

5.  Maggie Lee Holland was born 28 March, 1914, she married Walter Wray Baker on 22 December 1933, in Halifax, Halifax County, Virginia.  Wray Baker was born 12 January 1910, and died 19 January 1998.  Maggie Lee Holland died 19 July 2000.  They are both buried at Montlawn Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina. 
Children of Maggie Lee Holland and Wray Baker:

1.  Judith Marie Baker was born 28 March 1938.  She married Frederick Arnold Beacham on 19 June 1960.  Fred, as he is called, was born 12 January 1938. 
Children of Judi Baker and Frederick Beacham:

1.  Frederick Arnold Beacham, Jr. was born 20 January 1964.  He married Cheryl Ann Crombie on 18 December 1993.  Cheryl was born 2 February 1964.
Children of Arnold Beacham and Cheryl Crombie:

1.  Frederick Arnold Beacham III was born 14 July 1997.  He is called "Tripp." 

2.  Christopher William Beacham was born 23 January 2000.

2.  David William Beacham was born 24 May 1968.  He married Jan Elizabeth Monteith on 30 December 1995.  Jan was born 22 February 1971.
Children of David Beacham and Jan Monteith:

1.  Rose Elizabeth Beacham was born 23 May 2002.

2.  Grace Alexandra Beacham was born 16 November 2005.

2.  Walter Wray Baker, Jr. was born 27 July 1942.  He married Jane Marlyn Green on 14 June 1964.  She was born 15 July 1944.  Walter Baker died 4 March 2007, and was buried at Floral Garden Memorial Park in High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina. 
Children of Walter Wray Baker, Jr. and Jane Green:

1.  Susan Jane Baker was born 1 January 1968.  She married Donald Phillip Morrison III on 20 June 1993.  They divorced in 1996. 
Child of Susan Baker and Phillip Morrison III:

1.  Nathan Phillip Morrison was born 19 April 1995.

Child of Susan Baker:

2.  Edward Bennett "Ben" Baker was born 25 May 2000.

2.  Valerie Kay Baker was born 24 January 1972.  She married Ralph Christian Shepherd, Jr. on 23 January 1999.  Christian Shepherd was born 16 December 1968.  Children of Valerie Baker and Christian Shepherd, Jr.:

1. Riley Christian Shepherd was born 3 October 2001.

2.  Evan Wray Shepherd was born 2 November 2004.

3.  Walter Wray "Trip" Baker III was born 9 August 1977.  He married Rose Diane Hengeveld on 12 May 2007.  Rose Hengeveld was born 5 December 1981. 

4.  Jarvis (called "Darb") Holland, born ~ 1874, died ~ 1897 at the age of 23 of tuberculosis.

7. Susan Anna (called Annie) Holland was born about 1842.  She was listed in the 1860 census for Wayne County, North Carolina as 18 years old.   She married Thomas Jefferson Pate, son of Bryant Handley Pate and his wife Zilphia.  He was pastor of Rock Springs Freewill Baptist Church on Olive Chapel Road at the crossroads near the Ed Clark homeplace near Apex, North Carolina.  He is brother to Zilphia Pate who married second Enos J. Holland.

8.  Possible but unsubstantiated child: Sally Holland was born about 1846.  She was listed in the 1860 census for Wayne County, North Carolina as 14 years old.  

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About this History

My father's people came from Wayne County, North Carolina.  Although I live in Alabama now, I inherited his love of our heritage.  So it is with love for him and admiration for his strong desire to preserve our history that I dedicate my part in compiling and maintaining this Holland Family History and Tree to my father,

Louis Lea Holland
17 February 1917 -  8 January 1976

There are errors in this work; some dates could not logically work.  If you see a mistake or can add to the information here, please contact me.  The information is from family historians Nellie Holland Russell and Mary Ketus Deen Holland, information of which I have personal knowledge or have gathered from family members, and contributions sent to me through this web site.  Though imperfect, it is a good start.  Enjoy and please let me know if you have questions or corrections.  This work will be updated on a regular basis so check the revision date below to see when additions or changes were last made.

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Holland Family History in America -  Curtis Holland's branch
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