8. Elisha Holland was born about 1804.  He died 22 November 1901 on his homestead at age 96.  It is said that he was buried alone on his property.  His gravesite is located near the intersection of North Carolina state roads 1333 and 1337 on the west side of North Carolina Highway 581, referred to here as the Elisha Holland II Cemetery.  Buried with him are Edward O. Snipes and his wife Betty E., and Forest and Doris Snipes Mitchell.  No other Holland graves are there; I guess that is what is meant by his being buried alone. 

Elisha married 1st Elizabeth (Betsey) Holland on 26 March 1822 in Johnston County, North Carolina.  Bondsmen were Enos Holland, Geo. Mitchell, and R. Sanders.  Elisha is listed in the 1840, 1850 and 1860 censuses of Wayne County, North Carolina.¹⁰⁰  Elisha married 2 times after Betsey's death, first to Zilphia Pate on 28 November 1863 in Wayne County; and then to Polly M. Hocutt on 24 August 1881 in Johnston County.   There is a picture in the Album section of Elisha with his third wife Polly.  All children are by the first marriage.
Children of Elisha Holland (b. 1805) and Elizabeth Holland:

1. Curtis (or Charles) Holland was born around 1820 or 1821 in North Carolina.  In the 1850 Wayne County census, he was 27; in the 1860 census he was 40 and a cooper by profession.  He is listed with Charlotte age 22, his wife, Avy Ann 3, Wiley 2, Elisha T. 7 months, and Sarah Holland 80.  This seems to be the Charles Holland who served and died in the Civil War in 1863.  He was deceased when his son Matthew applied for a marriage license in 1882; Charlotte was living in Johnston County.  His military record is in the Public Records section of this web site.  
Children of Curtis Holland and Charlotte:

1.  Avy Ann Holland was born about 1857, in North Carolina.

2.  Wiley Holland, a female, was born about 1858, in North Carolina.

3.  Elisha T. Holland was born about 1859, in North Carolina. 

4.  Matthew Holland was born about 1860, presumably in Wayne of Johnston County, North Carolina.  He was living in Johnston County when he applied for a marriage license on 30 January 1882.  He married Vanie Pender on 1 February 1882, in Wayne County.  She was 18 years old, the daughter of John Pender and Anne; both parents were living in Wayne County.  The marriage was performed by Thomas Holland, minister and probably his uncle.  The marriage took place at Elder E. Holland's, who was probably Mathew's grandfather Elisha Holland and Curtis and Thomas Holland's father.

2.  John Holland was born about 1822 or 1823 in Wayne County, North Carolina.  He married Serena Jane Howell.  She was born 10 (or 18) July 1820, died 10 July 1889, and was buried in the Jinnett Caswell Holland Cemetery in Wayne County, North Carolina.  There is a picture of her grave in the Album section of this web site.  After her death, John Holland  married 2nd Mary Jane Frances Worley, called "Fannie."  She was born in 1870.¹⁰⁰  They had six children together.²⁴² 

This family was listed in the 1850 census for Wayne County.  John was age 27, Jane age 32, Elisha age 6, Elizabeth age 3, and William age 1.  In the 1860 and 1870 censuses in Wayne County, John was listed as 37 and a cooper; and 49 and a farm laborer, respectively.  John Holland died in 1898.
Children of John Holland and Serena Jane Howell:

1.  Elisha Holland was born about 1844.  He appeared in the 1850 census with his parents, at age 6.  He was also listed with them in 1860 and 1870.

2.  Elizabeth Holland was born about 1847.  She appeared in the 1850 census with her parents, at age 3.  She was not listed with them in 1860. 

3.  William B. Holland was born about 1849.  He appeared on the census with his family in 1850, 1860, and 1870. It is probably his grave that is in the Jinnett Caswell Holland Cemetery, marked as W. B. Holland, born 1 August 1949, died 10 December 1928. 

4. Ollen Holland was born 12 October 1851.  He married 1st, Pherby Bunn, about 1874, in Wayne County, North Carolina, when he was about 22 years old.  Pherby Bunn was a daughter of James Bunn and his wife Martha, born in January 1855.  This family was living in Pikeville, North Carolina, at the time the 1860 census was taken.  James Bunn was 29 years old and a cooper by trade.  His wife Martha was also 29; children Mary A. Bunn was 10, John H. Bunn was 6, Pherby Bunn was 5, Joseph S. Bunn was 4, and James H. Bunn was 3. Ollen Holland was also living in Pikeville at the time of the 1860 census.  It was his first appearance on a census; he was 7 years old and living with his parents John Holland and Jane Howell, along with brothers Elisha, 17 and William B., 11.¹⁸²  In 1880, Ollen Holland and his wife Pherby are listed on the census living in Great Swamp, Wayne County, North Carolina with their first two children, Charlie and Mary, ages 5 and 2.

The Ollen Holland family appears on the 1900 census in Wayne County, North Carolina, recorded by a census-taker who, it appears, may have been hard of  hearing or at least had difficulty spelling. Ollen was 'Oland,' Pherby was 'Harley.'  Living with them were son Ben, age 17; daughter Pasishie, 11; Henrietta, age 10; and Lornier, a son, age 7.  The family was living in Fremont, district 108.  Pherby must have died soon after the census was taken, because Ollen married Mary Nixon on 8 October 1901, when he was about 46 years old. They were married in Wilson County, North Carolina.  It was a second marriage for her, also; she was previously married to an Allen. 

In 1910, Ollen Holland's wife was listed in the census as Mary J.  This was Mary J. Nixon, born in Greene County, North Carolina on 27 August 1853, the daughter of Theodore Nixon and his wife Polly [last name unknown], who were also born in Greene County.  The Ollen Holland family was living in Buck Swamp Township district of Wayne County at that time. ¹³²  Mary J. Nixon died 6 May 1930, in Wilson, North Carolina.  She was buried in the Edwin Owens Cemetery in Wilson.  Ollen Holland died 18 July 1933, in Wayne County.  He was 81.¹⁸²
Children of Ollen Holland and Phoebe Burn:


1.  Charlie Holland was born 29 July 1874, in Wayne County, North Carolina.  Charlie was listed on the1880 census in Great Swamp, Wayne County, North Carolina, when he was 5 years old, living with his parents. In 1896, he married Addie Johnson in Wayne County, the daughter of Johnathan Johnson and Mary Roberts.  Addie Johnson was born 22 September 1873 and died 2 December 1951.  Charlie Holland was drafted into World War I.  He died 27 September 1953, in Fremont, North Carolina.  He was 79.  Addie and Charlie are both buried in Pikeville Cemetery on Mount Carmel Church Road in Pikeville, North Carolina.²⁴⁴   There is a picture of his death certificate in the Public Records - Death section of this website. 
Children of Charlie Holland and Addie Johnson:

1.  Earl Holland was born 18 September 1898.

2.  Rondal Holland was born 3 June 1906.  He died 2 August 1976. 

2.  Mary Eliza Holland was born 16 November 1877.  She married Robert Lee Blow.  Mary Holland Blow died at age 62 on 21 May 1940.  There is a picture of her death certificate in the Public Records - Death section of this website. 

3.  Benjamin Harrison Holland was born 16 March 1882, in Wayne County, North Carolina.  He appears on the 1900 census in Wayne County with his parents, listed as Ben, age 17.  On 23 September 1906, he married Mary Anne Pierce who was born 13 July 1890, in Goldsboro, Wayne County on 13 July 1890.  She was the daughter of Hezekiah Pierce, who was born 19 May 1857, and died 8 December 1920.  Ben Holland died 19 June 1973 at age 91; Mary died 6 May 1974.  They are buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Fremont, North Carolina.  A Masonic emblem is on his gravestone.¹³³  Images from Benjamin and Pharbe Holland's family Bible are in the Public Records section.¹⁷⁰ 
Children of Benjamin Harrison Holland and Mary Pierce:


1.  James Winfrey Holland, called Winfrey, was born in Fremont, Wayne County, North Carolina, 20 June 1907.  He married on 9 September 1939.  He died 28 June 1966.

2.  George Ramon Holland, called Georgie and Buddy, was born in Fremont, Wayne County, North Carolina, 4 January 1909.  He married on 26 November 1930.  He died 22 October 1975.

3.  Charlie Milton Holland, called Milton, was born in Fremont, Wayne County, North Carolina, 4 March 1911.  He married on 13 May 1934.  He died 22 September 1988.

4.  Jessie Leon Holland, called Leon, was born in Fremont, Wayne County, North Carolina, 5 July 1913.  He married on 2 March 1934.  He died in August.

5.  Emma Rachel Holland was born in Fremont, Wayne County, North Carolina, 24 October 1915.  She married Walter Windham on 26 May 1934.  They had one child that died at birth.  Emma Holland died 28 August 1968.

6.  Annie May Holland was born in Fremont, Wayne County, North Carolina,  24 December 1917.  She married on 9 December 1936.

7.  Effie Elizabeth Holland was born 14 November 1920, in Eureka, Wayne County, North Carolina.  She married Walter Fulcher on 14 October 1942.  They did not have children.  Effie Holland died 7 July 2006.

8.  Mary Lee Holland was born 27 January 1923, in Eureka, Wayne County, North Carolina.    She married Glenn pope on 1 March 1941.

9.  William Harvey Holland was born in Stantonsburg, Wilson County, North Carolina.    He married Jane [last name unknown] on 11 March 1950. 

10.   Benjamin. Anderson Holland, called Andy, was born 20 November 1929, in Stantonsburg, Wilson County, North Carolina.  He married Jo Anne [last name unknown] on 15 November 1950.  She died 31 October.

11.  Ruby Marie Holland was born 28 July 1932, in Wayne County, North Carolina.  She married Raymond Gilbert on 22 December 1951.

4.  Pasishie Holland was born 11 November 1888, in Wayne County, North Carolina. She appears on the 1900 census of Wayne County with her parents, age 11.

5.  Henrietta Holland was born 10 May 1890, in Wayne County, North Carolina. She appears on the 1900 census of Wayne County with her parents, age 10.

6.  Lornier Holland was born 7 September 1892, in Wayne County, North Carolina.  He appears on the 1900 census of Wayne County with his parents, age 7.

Children of Ollen Holland and Phoebe Burn:

5.  James B. Holland was born about 1863.

Children of John Holland and Mary Jane Frances "Fannie" Worley:

1.  John Henry Holland was born in 1888.  He married Rebecca Evans.  They had six children.
Children of John Henry Holland and Rebecca Evans:

1.  Mary Alma Holland was born in 1912.  She married an Ellis.  She died in 1941 following childbirth.

2.  Alice Lee Holland was born in 1913 and died an infant.  She had epilepsy.

3.  Rosa Lee Holland was born in 1916.  She married a Corbett. 

4.  Ruth Eliza Holland was born in 1920.  She did not marry.  She died in 2000. 

5.  Henry Patrick Holland was born in 1923.  He is called "Pat."  He played in a bluegrass band called "Roby Huffman and one called Bluegrass Cut-ups in his younger years. .

6.  Nathan Thel Holland was born in 1931.  He died in 1984.

2.  Edith "Eudy" Holland was born in 1895

3.  Christina Holland

3. Thomas Holland was born in October 1828 in North Carolina.  He married twice and served in the Civil War.   He married first Keziah Johnston on 23 July 1847, in Johnston County, North Carolina.  She was born in May 1827.  Thomas Holland appears in the 1860 Wayne County Census at age 31, a grocer by occupation.  With him in his household are Cuzzy (this would be his wife Keziah, who was called Kizzie), age 35; and children Willis, 11 (male); Shadrie, 3 (male); Fancy Ann, 6 (female); Rhoda, 5 (female); and Patience, 2 (female).  Keziah Johnston Holland died between 1900 and Nov. 1905. 

Thomas Holland married second, Fannie Chance on 1 August 1908, in Johnston County, North Carolina.  Fannie Chance was born in October 1873 in Johnston County, the daughter of Elisha M. Chance and Charity Hamilton.  She died 29 November 1929, in Johnston County. 

This seems to be the Thomas Holland who served and died in the Civil War in 1863.  His military record is in the Public Records - Military section of this website.   He died 14 December 1912  His estate records are in the Public Records - Estate section of this website..²¹³ 
Children of Thomas Holland and Keziah Johnston:

1.  Willis Holland was born 13 September 1848, in Wayne County, North Carolina.   He married first, Nancy Ann Gurley on 20 February 1870, in Wayne County, North Carolina.  The marriage was performed by E. Holland, Justice of the Peace, presumably his grandfather Elisha.  Nancy was born about 1853, the daughter of D. Gurley and his wife Martha.⁶³   They had one daughter together.  Willis Holland married second, Mary Jane Lamm on 26 March 1876, in Nash County, North Carolina.  They had three children.  In 1860 Willis Holland was listed on the census in Wayne County; in 1870, he was in Johnston County; in 1880, in Nash County, and in 1900, in Wayne County.  He die 29 July 1918, in Wayne County.  ²¹² 
Child of Willis Holland and Nancy Ann Gurley:

1.  Pattie Ann "Patsey" Holland was born in October 1870.  She married William Pharoah Lamm about1891.  William Lamm was born 12 October 1857, in Nash County, North Carolina, the son of Jacob Lamm and Purity Lamm.  This was his second marriage.  He had at least two children with his first wife whose name is unknown, born in Nash County, North Carolina:  John W. Lamm, born in March 1884; and George Ernest Lamm, born 8 September 1886, and died 4 October 1967 in Wake County, North Carolina.  
Children of Patsey Holland and William Pharoah Lamm:

1.  William N. Lamm was born in September 1892, in Nash County, North Carolina. 

2.  Luther Thomas Lamm was born 28 August 1895, in Nash County, North Carolina.

3.  Minnie Lamm was born in April 1898, in Nash County, North Carolina.

4.  Arthur Lamm was born about 1902, in Nash County, North Carolina.

5.  Harvey May Lamm was born 3 October 1903, in Nash County, North Carolina, and died 1 April 1973, in Wilson County, North Carolina.

6.  Albert Sidney Lamm was born 9 August 1906, in Nash County, North Carolina.

7.  Alcey C. Lamm, a male, was born about 1908, in Nash County, North Carolina.

8.  Baby Lamm was born about 1910, in Nash County, North Carolina.

9.  Jessie R. Lamm, a female, was born in 1917, in Nash County, North Carolina. 

Children of Willis Holland and Mary Jane Lamm:

1.  Griffin Holland was born about 1879, probably in Nash County.

2.  George W. Holland was born in January 1880, probably in Nash County, North Carolina.  He married Patience "Pashia" McKeel on 14 November 1906, in Wayne County, North Carolina.   Pashia McKeel was born in December 1887, probably in Wayne County, North Carolina, the daughter of Willis Holland's sister Celia and Michael William McKeel. 
Children of George W. Holland and Patience McKeel:

1.  Robert M. Holland

2.  Sarah Holland was born about 1850 and died before 1860.  She is listed with the family in the 1850 census.

3.  Shardrie H. Holland, a male, was born in March 1852 in North Carolina.  He married Susan A. Laney. 

4.  Fancy Ann Holland was born about 1854 in North Carolina.  She married William Taylor Radford. 
Children of Fancy Ann Holland and Radford:

1.  Lula Ellen Radford was born est. 1875.  She married a Gurley.
Child of Lula Ellen Radford and Gurley:

1.  Annie Gela Gurley was born est. 1895.  She married a Gurley.
Child of Annie Gela Gurley and Gurley:

1.  William Edmond Gurley was born est. 1920.  
Child of William Edmond Gurley:

1.  Tamera Gurley married a Tyner.

2.  Michael Thomas Radford was born est. 1877, probably in North Carolina.  He married Mary Toler.
Child of Michael Thomas Radford and Mary Toler:

1.  Odessa Radford was born 9 January 1922, in Johnston County, North Carolina.  She married first a Davis. She married second, a Duke.  She was a member of Tabernacle Pentecostal Holiness Church.  Odessa died 23 September 2008, in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and was buried in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery northwest of Goldsboro.  Her obituary is in the Public Records - Obituaries section of this website. 
Children of Odessa Radford and Davis:

1.  Ronny Davis was living in Goldsboro, North Carolina at the time of his mother's death in 2008.

2.  Roy Davis was living in Goldsboro, North Carolina at the time of his mother's death in 2008.

5.  Patience Holland was born about 1859 in North Carolina.  She married Thomas J. Jones.  Patience Holland died before May 1894.

6.  Matthew G. Holland was born about 1860.  He married Pattie Caroline Kirby. 

[7.  Mary E. Holland, possible child of Thomas Holland and Keziah Johnston, was listed on the 1870 census.]

8.  Sarah Holland was born in March 1866, and was the second daughter of Thomas Holland and Keziah Johnston to be named Sarah, the first Sarah having died by 1860.  This Sarah Holland was listed on the 1900 census.  She married first, Jesse Worley; second, Richard Baker.  Sarah Holland and Jesse Worley had five children.  Sarah had married Richard Baker by the time her daughter Celia got married in 1893.  She died 10 March 1936. 
Children of Sarah Holland and Jesse Worley:

1. Celia H. Worley was born 16 June 1893.  She married D. W. Mozingo, son of A. D. Mozingo and Frances [last-name-unknown].  Their marriage certificate is in the Public Records - Marriages section of this website.  She died 25 August 1985.

9.  Rhoda West Holland was born 3 March 1866 in Wayne County, North Carolina.  She married Ruffin Davis.  He was born 6 April 1852 (possibly 1860) and died 10 December 1906.  Rhoda West Holland and her husband Ruffin Davis are buried in the Langley Cemetery in Kenly, Johnston County, North Carolina.  The information on this family was provided by Kathy Summerlin.¹⁰⁶
Children of Rhoda West Holland and Ruffin Davis:


1.  Charlie Clinton Davis was born 20 August 1855 in Johnston County, North Carolina.  He married, first, Josephine Crawford.  She was born 11 January 1897 in Johnston County, North Carolina and died 28 December 1914 in Wilson County, North Carolina.  She was buried in the Langley Cemetery in Kenly, Johnston County, North Carolina.

Charlie Davis married, second, Minnie Inez Johnson.  Minnie was born 15 July 1897 in Wilson County, North Carolina, and died 3 July 1968 in Pender County, North Carolina.  Charlie died 4 April 1967 in Pender County, North Carolina.  He and Minnie Johnson were both buried in the Moore's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Curry, Pender County, North Carolina.

2.  William Arthur Davis was born 16 September 1888, probably in Johnston County, North Carolina.  He married Minnie Vick; she was born 3 June 1901.  William Davis died 7 October 1955 in Johnston County, North Carolina.  Minnie Vick died 26 August 1986.  They were both buried in the Kenly City Cemetery in Johnston County, North Carolina.

3. Pearcy Ann Davis was born 25 August 1891, probably in Johnston County, North Carolina.  She married John Anderson Jordan.  She died 27 February 1975 in Johnston County.  Pearcy Davis and John Jordan were both buried in the Smithfield City Cemetery in Johnston County.

4.  Rittie Mae Davis was born 1 January 1896 in Johnston County, North Carolina.  She married Marvin Littleton.  He was born 6 May 1898 in Johnston County, and died 18 January 1969 in Johnston County.  Rittie Davis died 24 February 1974 in Johnston County.  She and her husband were both buried in the Langley Cemetery in Kenly, Johnston County, North Carolina.

5.  Ellen Bell Davis was born 19 March 1900, in Johnston County, North Carolina.  She married Dr. Franklin Parnell on 30 November 1919, in Johnston County.  He was born 20 June 1889, and died 24 February 1958, in Johnston County, and was buried in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Goldsboro,  Wayne County, North Carolina.  Ellen Davis died 23 February 1963, in Johnston County, and was buried in the Langley Cemetery in Kenly, Johnston County, North Carolina.
Children of Ellen Bell Davis and Franklin Parnell:



1.  Annie Bell Parnell was born 26 August 1920, in Johnston County, North Carolina.  She married Ransom Phillips.  He was born 15 September 1905, in Johnston County.  He died 6 August 2002, in Johnston County, and was buried in the Fellowship Methodist Church Cemetery in Princeton, Johnston County, North Carolina.  They had 6 girls and 4 boys. 

2.  Thurman (no middle name) Parnell was born 23 September 1922, in Johnston County, North Carolina.  He married Norma Jane Brown on 19 October 1947 in Adams County, Nebraska.  She was born 26 March 1927 in Adams County.  Thurman Parnell died 30 November 1996 in Hastings, Nebraska, and was buried in Sunset Memorial Gardens in Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska.  Thurman Parnell and Norma Jane Brown had 5 boys.

3.  Mary Bell Parnell was born 4 November 1924, probably in Johnston County, North Carolina.  She married Wiley Franklin Shallington.  He was born 28 January 1897 in Johnston County.  He and Mary Parnell had 4 girls and 3 boys.   Wiley Shallington died and was buried in either Wayne County or Johnston County, North Carolina. 

4.  Martha Ellen Parnell was born 2 November 1926, in Johnston County, North Carolina.  She married, first, Arthur Bass on 4 September 1943, in Marlboro County, South Carolina.  Arthur Bass was born 15 August 1902 in Wayne County, North Carolina.  She was 16 when they got married, he was 41.  He died and was buried in the Princeton City Cemetery in Johnston County. 

Martha Parnell married, second, Junior Eason about 1970.  They divorced about 1973 in Johnston County.  She married, third, Jimmie Harold Price on 1 December 1973, in Dillon, South Carolina.  He was born 10 July 1939, in Johnston County.  They divorced in 1986, in Wayne County, North Carolina.

Martha Parnell and Arthur Bass had one boy and one girl, both who predeceased her.

5.  Rhoda Iona Parnell was born 6 November 1930, in Johnston County, North Carolina.  She married Paul Clifton Bailey on 6 May 1946 in Horry County, South Carolina.  Paul was born 2 August 1919, in Wayne County, North Carolina.  He died 28 May 1976, in Wayne County, and was buried in Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina.  Rhoda Parnell and Paul Bailey had 3 girls and 2 boys.   

6.  Gloria Hope Parnell was born 30 October 1932, in Johnston County, North Carolina.  She married Earl Junior Talton on 1 May 1953, in Wayne County, North Carolina.  Earl was born 13 October in Johnston County.  They had 1 boy and 1 girl.

7. Gladys Irene Parnell was born 2 September 1935, in Johnston County, North Carolina.  She married Elvis Summerlin on 12 January 1954, in Wilson County, North Carolina.  Elvis Summerlin was born 8 December 1931 in Johnston County.  He died 9 June 1997in Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery in Fremont, Wayne County.  They had 1 girl and 1 boy. 

6.  Romy Davis was born in Johnston County, North Carolina.  He died there as an infant. 

10.  Celia Holland, called Celie, was born 9 December 1869, in Wayne County, North Carolina.  She four times.  She married first, Michael William McKeel.  They had daughters Patience McKeel and Flossie Ethel McKeel.  Celia married second, Henry W. Morgan; third, Dempsey Daughtry, and fourth, Aaron Henderson Wilkins. 

Aaron Henderson Wilkins, called Henderson Wilkins, was born 30 October 1859, in North Carolina, and died 30 October 1925, in Johnston County, North Carolina.  He previously married  Cloah Pittman on 26 December 1881, in Johnston County.  She was born in North Carolina in 1855, the daughter of Eliza and Edna Pittman.  They were living in Johnston County in 1920, in Pinelevel Township.  She died 6 August 1921, in Johnston County, and was buried in Peedin Cemetery.  Celia Holland and Henderson Wilkins were apparently married between 1921 and 1925, after Cloah Pittman died in 1921.    ^{174, 213}
Children of Celia Holland and Michael William McKeel:

1.  Patience McKeel was born in December 1887, probably in Wayne County, North Carolina. 

2.  Flossie Ethel McKeel was born about 1893, probably in Wayne County, North Carolina.  She married Sidney Beasley.
Child of Flossie McKeel and Sidney Beasley:

1.  Albert Beasley was born in North Carolina. 
Child of Albert Beasley:

1. Frank Beasley married Amy.

Children of Thomas Holland and Fannie Chance:

11.  Eunice Holland was born 3 February 1897, in Johnston County, North Carolina, while Thomas Holland's first wife Keziah Johnston was still alive.  She married a Langston who preceded her in death.  Eunice Holland Langston was living in Wilson, Wilson County, North Carolina, when she died.  An image of her death certificate is in the Public Records - Deaths section of this website. 

12.  Beatrice Holland was born 20 March 1905, in Johnston County, North Carolina, possibly while Thomas Holland's first wife Keziah Johnston was still alive.

13.  Nancy Etta Holland was born 22 July 1910, in Wayne County, North Carolina.  Only Etta is listed in the Thomas Holland estate record.  she has a birth certificate, the other girls have a death certificate.  In the 1910 census Thomas states that they are his daughters. 

4. Nancy Holland, born 1835 and married James Grice (the name he went by; his real name was Johnson). (Two brothers married 2 sisters, and one sister married other brother in this family.)

5. Several children died young

Nellie Holland Russell commented: Elisha is an interesting member of the Holland family. All the family insisted he was at least 105 years old when he died.  He was no doubt older than 96. Since Elisha was his father's last child by his first wife, and Elisha the father married his second wife Patience Peacock in 1806, Elisha must have been born about 1804 or earlier. He grew a third set of teeth, or so he claimed, and when anyone expressed doubt, he suggested the doubter put his or her finger in his mouth and feel the new molars and then bit them, as he said, "good and hard." In his later years he became a freelance preacher and built a meeting house on his farm, but when the weather permitted he preached out doors. He was buried alone on property he owned.

This is the end of Elisha's branch.  His father Elisha's children continue with Warren Holland.

Elisha Holland's children with wife Patience Watkins:	Elisha Holland's children with wife Patience Peacock:
1.  Enos Holland 2.  Eli Holland 3.  Woodard D. Holland 4.  Jesse-Betsy Holland 5.  Bryant Holland 6.  Curtis Holland 7.  Absalom Holland 8.  Elisha Holland (this page)	9.  Warren Holland 10.  Ave (Nancy) Holland 11.  Exum Holland 12.  Jinnett Holland 13.  Ginsey Holland 14.  West Holland 15.  Green Holland 16.  Candace Holland 17.  Needham Gray Holland

 

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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
Published 10 June 1996 ~ Last updated 14 March 2014

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