John Holman Family Bible Record
Submitted to the Digest, Vol. IV, No. 2, Apr Jun 1989
Bible of: John Holman, Salisbury NC, Newberry SC, Louisville MS
Owned by: Mrs. Bascom F. Cox, Macon MS
John Holman son of William Holman and his wife
nee Martha Lydia PINCHBACK
JOHN HOLMAN
Born in Salisbury, NC 17 August 1798, died in Louisville, MS 4 September 1867, married in
Newbeny County, SC 8 January 1821 to Catherine CRENSHAW born 13 October 1804 in
Fredericksburg, VA, died 23 October 1889 m Louisville, MS.
Children all born in Newberry County, SC:
Robert Briscoe Holman, son, born11 October 1821, married Frances E. KINARD
David Randolph Holman, son, born 12 October 1823, married Martha BARRE
Elizabeth Frances Holman, daughter, born 22 May 1826, died young.....no date
Sarah Ann Holman, daughter, born 2 October 1828, died young.....no date
Andrew Holman, son, born 5 March 1830, died young......no date
Eliza Jane Holman, daughter, born 5 March 1833, died young.... ..no date
Catherine C. Holman, daughter, born 12 July 1834, died young......no date
John Nicholas Holman, son, born 24 May 1836, married 31 July 1860 to Martha Ethelda ROBY
On a fly leaf: "Grandma Catherine Crenshaw Holman said that she was left an orphan when she was a baby and her Aunt in Newberry came to Virginia and brought her back to Newberry, SC an reared her.
(Note from Eleanor Wicker: please show that this Bible Record was sent to me by Edward Spearman Lipscomb; Marietta, GA. He is a descendant of Robert Briscoe Holman.)
The following was also sent by Eleanor Wicker, same Bible, different version:
MISSISSIPPI BIBLE AND CEMETERY RECORDS,
MS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, Jackson MS
HOLMAN BIBLE
Family record from the Bible of John and Catherine Holman. These pages were removed by Catherine Holman and Frances Cornelia May and used by them to secure Social Security cards in the 1930's. Catherine Holman May stated that two weeks after she removed the pages the house containing the Bible burned: Elizabeth Harden Aydelott
MARRIAGES:
John Holman and Catherine his wife were married January 8th, 1821
NAMES, BIRTHS and DEATHS:
John Holman born August 17,1796, died September 4,1867
Catherine Holman born October 13,1804, died October 23, 1889
Robert Holman born October 11,1821
David Holman born October 22, 823
Elizabeth Frances Holman born May 22, 1826
Sarah Amelia Holman born October 2,1828, died October 1830
Andrew Holman born March 5,1830, died June 5, 1832
Eliza Jane Holman born March 5,1833, died August 3,1833
Catherine Ann Holman born July 13,1834, died August 13,1835
John Nicholas S. Holman born May 24,1836
Edward Percy Holman born August 3.1841, died May 7, 1842
William Charles Holman born August 3,1841, died June 8,1843
Lucy Cornelia Holman born September 9,1846, died May 16,1898
Annie Johnstone May born September 24,1867
Catherine Holman born January 1,1870
Alice May born September 23,1873
Fannie Cornelia May born February 14,1883
These family records are in the possession of Mrs. W. W. Aydelott; Clinton MS. A descendant of Lucy C. Holman. (1989)
CHILDREN'S MARRIAGES:
Edward Y. R. McMorris and Miss Elizabeth F Holman married January 6,1842.
David R. Holman married to Miss Martha Barre July 11,1843.
Robert B. Holman married to Miss Frances Kinard January 17,1844.
John Nicholas S. Holman and Miss Martha E. Roby married July 29.......
Joseph J. May and Lucy Cornelia Holman married October 2,1866
NAMES, BIRTHS and DEATHS:
Emma Francis McMorris born March 1,1843
Edward Sinclair Holman born October 5,1844
John Edward McMorris born September 21,1845
Susan Frances Holman born January 17,1846
Mary Catherine Holman born December 14,1844
William Henry Holman born November 10,1844
William McMorris, Jr. born May 15,1848, died May 15,1848
Robert Thompson Holman born July 1, 1848
William Walter Holman born February 24,1850
Lucy Augusta Holman born December 13,1852
John Matthew Holman born December 12, 853, died January 20,1855
James Lambert Holman born October 18,1850, died August 17,1855
Sallie Elmira Holman born January 26,1854, died February 4,1855
Frances Minerva Holman no dates
Lucy Cornelia May died May 16,1898
John Edward McMorris died May 3,1854
Joseph Johnstone May and Lucy Cornelia Holman was married October 2,1866.
Posted 20 June 2004