HOLDERFIELD/HOLYFIELD: Miscellaneous data for states other than NC

Updated 10 Dec 2007.

Pre Civil War TIMELINE
and Post Civil War TIMELINE
Holderfield/Holyfield
States other than NC
This is from notes I had gathered from various
sources that I trust.
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Theories about the origins of the HOLDERFIELD/HOLYFIELD families in America
The Heritage of Rutherford County, North Carolina Vol I, 1984 says Peyton Hollifield came to Philadelphia from England in the late 1600s. His family migrated to VA and later to the Rutherford Co area of NC. One of Peyton's descendants in that area was John HOLLIFIELD, wife Sarah C. Could this group account for the Hollifields in western NC that William Hollifield III could not "connect" directly with the other families of Holyfields?
William Hollifield III says: Valentine HOLYFIELD was the indentured servant who came to MD from England before 1720. His wife was Elizabeth GILLEY. He was indentured to Thomas WORTHINGTON, Anne Arundel Co MD. He supposedly had sons Ralph (1720), Orson, and Daniel. The Ralph who lived in Wake co NC died there in 1790...he would have been about 70 years old.
The Joseph HOLLYFIELD family of Prince George Co MD in 1763..see below.

Year	Location	Event
1729	VA	C-43...Northern Neck Grant to Valentine HOLYFIELD of Stafford Co adjacent to William MATTHEWS on Goose Creek...Land Grant C-43 Date 5 Mar 1729 Northern Neck of Virginia=area lying between the Potomac River and the Rappahannock River [found this recorded in "Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742" by Gertrude Gray page 102] The following address will take you to the Library of Virginia site where you can type in Holyfield to see the record: http://eagle.vsla.edu/lonn/virtua-basic.html
1731	VA	C-178...Northern Neck area...Valentine HOLIFIELD still owned land in the area...he was listed as one of the nearby land owners in the grant to Landon Carter on Goose Creek...others listed were Jacob Binks, John Lasswell, Isaac Lasswell, Col. Lee and William Sturman. Dated 30 June 1731. Also mentions the names of what I think are other streams in the area: Seconnel's Br., Beaverdam Br. of Broad Run of Potomack [found this recorded in "Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742" by Gertrude Gray page 110] One dated 29 June 1731 granted also to John Lasswell lists as adjacent land owners Valentine HOLEFIELD, Jacob Binks, George Sleator, Mr. Francis Awbrey [found this recorded in "Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1694-1742" by Gertrude Gray page 109]
1744	VA	F-182 on page 9 of "Viginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1742-1775, Vol II" has the name of the grantee Hugh Caldwell. Adjacent land owners are Landon Carter Gent., Isaac Lasswell, Valentine HOLYFIELD, and Stacey Beakes. Dated 25 June 1744
1745	VA	F-234 on page 12 of "Viginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1742-1775, Vol. II" has the name of the grantee missing but lists as adjacent land owners, Vall't HOLYFIELD, and James Rice, Samuel Conner, Holly (or Hally) Beeks & William Matthews on Goose Creek. This one is not dated by is in with others of summer 1745 [see 1789 below]
1761	see NC page	William and Ralph HOLDERFIELD/HOLYFIELD were already in NC by this time.
1763	MD	Prince George Co. Maryland...Book "To Maryland from Overseas" by Harry Wright Newman...Joseph HOLLYFIELD, Prince George Co, 4 Feb 1763, "Give and bequeathe unto my eldest son Joseph HOLLYFIELD all my real and personal estate purchased by my grandfather Thomas Hollyfield lying and being in Warwickshire in Great Britain in the town of Birmingham." Ref: Wills, Liber 32, folio 334
Rev. War	SC	Who is the Valentine HOLDERFIELD who is in the Revolution in the 5th South Carolina Regiment? [Index to Revolutionary War Service Records V. II by Virgil D. White..page 1324]
Rev. War	VA	Who is the Daniel HOLIFIELD who was a private in the 3rd Virginia Regiment Continental Line? Daniel HOLEFIELD is also listed as in the Index of the Revolutionary Records in the Virginia State Archives, by Dr. H. J. Eckenrode. [also in Index to Revolutionary War Service Records V. II by Virgil D. White..page 1326]
1789	VA	Entry U-501 in "Viginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1775-1800, Vol. III" has the name of the grantee Benjamin C. Payne in Loudon County with no first name HOLYFIELD, and THOMPSON on Goose Creek and additional adjacent owners, MATTHEWS, MORRIS, JORDON & John LITTLEJOHN. This one is dated 7 Dec 1789. Is this Valentine or a son? [see 1796 below]
1790	SC	William HOLLYFIELD Chester Co, SC page14 01 01 03 00 00 William HOLYFEILD Chester Co, SC page14 01 03 03 00 00 Jacob HOLYFIELD Chester Co, SC page 14 01 00 01 00 00
1795	VA	Valentine HOLDERFIELD married Easter [Esther] WILLIAMS 12 Jan 1795 in Chesterfield Co VA [data from a marriage CD that someone sent me]
1796	VA	23 Sep 1796 #189... Deed book I 1796-1797 in Alexandria Hustings Court...Margaret West transferred a parcel of land in Loudoun Co VA to her sister Sybil West. This land came from George William West's will to Margaret, had been willed to him by George West, and had originally been a tract granted to Valentine HOLIFIELD on 5 Mar 1729. [We don't know from this when or how much land of Valentine's original tract had been sold....dates of the in between events were not given in the book.] [from "Alexandria Hustings Court Deeds 1797-1801" [page 16] [There are deeds from 1796 in this too.] [see 1820 below]
1803	SC and GA	"Colwell ESTES, [had been soldier in the Revolutionary War], at the ripe age of fifty-five was married to Miss Jemima Holyfield, no children greeted their household. He and his wife moved with their goods from Troup Co., Ga., to Sumter Co., Ala., and purchased much land." [His father was Zachary ESTES of Virginia. His mother was Miss COLWELL. They had only this one child.] page 298 Colwell was age 17 when he entered the war [page 297]. Colwell's brother Zachary[born SC 1783] married Celia HOLYFIELD in Oglethrope, GA in 1803. She was the daughter of Daniel HOLYFIELD of Oglethrope. They had 12 children. page 299 These are from Estes Genealogies, 1097-1893, by Charles ESTES. published in 1894 by E. Putnam.
1810	VA	Hester HOLDERFIELD is on page 61 in the 1810 federal census for Chesterfield Co VA. [This may be the same person who married Valentine in 1795 above.]
War/1812	VA	John HOLDERFIELD...Library of VA lists him on muster rolls on page 503 in the Index to the War of 1812 Pay Rolls & Muster Rolls on microfilm Go to this Library of Virginia page and type in Holderfield: http://eagle.vsla.edu/war1812/virtua-basic.html
War/a812	SC	Robert Martin Cemetery, Cherokee County, SC William HOLLYFIELD . War of 1812 But there are no dates.
1819	Missouri	Richard HOLTERFIELD land grant in Carroll Co MO, 5 May 1819 lists him as "late a" Private in Dormans(?) Company 8 Regiment of Infantry
1819	Missouri	John HOLDERFIELD land grant in Carroll Co MO, 15 Apr 1819 lists him as "late a" Private in Birch's Company 7 Regiment of Infantry

1820	VA	Dated 13 June 1820...Thomas Fouch asignee of Isaac Wright in Loudoun Co....adjacent land owners were HOLLIFIELD, Hugh Caldwell, & Rev. Amos Thomson deceased So does this mean that the family was still on at least a part of that same land one hundred years later that Valentine had bought in 1720? [found in "Viginia Northern Neck Land Grants 1800-1862, Vol. IV" page 94, C2-29]
1820	SC	Fairfield Co, S.C. Holyfield, Jacob 3 1 1 1 0 1 - 0 1 0 0 1
1828	Wilson Co TN	Jacob HOLDERFIELD married Elizabeth HEARN, 3 May 1828 County Court Clerk, Wilson Co TN
1829	Perry Co Alabama	Jesse HOLIFIELD, of Perry Co AL got land patent for land in Perry Co AL 7 July 1829
1836? Creek War	Alabama	Green HOLIFIELD served as Private in House's Co of Webb's Bttn of AL Mtd Mil Inf in the Creek War ["Index to Volunteer Soldiers in Indian Wars and Disturbances, 1815-1858, V. I by Virgil D. White page 659]
1836? Creek War	GA	Jackson or A. J. HOLIFIELD served in Glover's Co of Alford's Bttn in the GA Mtd Vols in the Creek War. ["Index to Volunteer Soldiers in Indian Wars and Disturbances, 1815-1858, V. I by Virgil D. White page 659]
1837	Tuscaloosa Co AL	On 30 Mar 1837 William Buchanan was assignee of Green HOLIFIELD for two parcels of federal land in Tuscaloosa Co AL.
1837	Clermont Co OH	John HOLDERFIELD married Rebecca FISHLER, 7 Dec 1837, Clermont County Probate Court OH
1836-1839 Cherokee War	GA	Daniel HOLIFIELD, Private, served in Derrick's Co of Lindsay's GA Mtd Mil in the Cherokee War. ["Index to Volunteer Soldiers in Indian Wars and Disturbances, 1815-1858, V. I by Virgil D. White page 659]
1839	Madison Co TN	Emsey HOLEYFIELD married Lewis RIDEN 22 July 1839 Madison Co Court Clerk, TN
1841	Jasper Co. Mississippi	Sion HOLYFIELD of Jasper Co Mississippi got land patent for land in Jasper Co Mississippi 5 Jan 1841
1840	Russell Co VA	In Russell Co VA...William HOLYFIELD is in the 1840 census. He is between ages 20 and 30..
1840	Clermont Co. OH	Census index...John HOLDERFIELD, Clermont Co. Batavia twp.
1841	Cannon Co TN	Sally HOLYFIELD married Henry SPICER, 10 Jun 1841, Cannon Co TN Court Clerk
1843	Murray Co GA	Murray Co GA...Jacob HOLLIFIELD (HOLDERFIELD) married Lucretia GORDON
1843	Madison Co NC	Sarah M. HOLDERFIELD married Hiram HALL, 27 Jul 1843, Madison Co TN Court Clerk
1844	Weakley Co TN	Thomas M. HOLLYFIELD married Nancy J. MORRIS, 29 Mar 1844, Weakley Co TN Court Clerk
1845	Coosa Co AL	Green HOLDERFIELD of Coosa Co AL bought a parcel of federal land in Coosa Co on 1 Oct 1845.
1846	White Co TN	Fanney HOLDERFIELD married Benjamin SAPP, 28 Dec 1846, County Clerk, White Co TN
1847	White Co TN	Louisa HOLDERFIELD married David GILLITINE, 16 Sep 1847, County Clerk, White Co TN
1850	Butler Co OH Clermont Co OH	Census index...James HOLDERFIELD, Butler Co Fairfield twp. John, Richard and William HOLDERFIELD, all of Clermont Co, Ohio twp.OH

1852	Washington Co TN	George M. HOLLIEFIELD married Margaret RIGSBY, 19 Jun 1852, Washington County Court Clerk, TN
1853	Washington Co. TN	George M. HOLLYFIELD married Minerva ROGERS, 30 Oct 1853, Washington County Court Clerk, TN







1858	Gibson Co. TN	Francis J. HOLDERFIELD married William BALLENTINE, 28 Oct 1858, Gibson County Court Clerk, TN
1859	AL	Green HOLDERFIELD of Randolph Co AL bought 2 parcels of federal land in Randolph Co AL on 1 Jan 1859.
1860	OH	Census index...Richard HOLDERFIELD, Hamilton Co, Anderson twp.OH
1860	VA	Isaac HOLDERFIELD and his son William HOLDERFIELD are listed on the 1860 Grayson Co VA Agriculture Census [Descendants of Valentine and Susannah of Surry NC] Go here: http://www.ls.net/~newriver/gray60ag.htm
1860	Hamilton Co OH	Julia A. HOLDERFIELD married George W. PHIPPS, 11 Oct 1860, Hamilton County Probate Court OH
Civil War	state unknown	Warren HOLDERFIELD, Private, Company F, 8th Regiment, United States colored Heavy Artillery, film nuimber M589 roll 41. His name is on the African American Civil War Memorial in Washington DC, plaque number A-19. Is listed at Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System .
Civil War	Andersonville, GA	Union prisoner in Andersonville: Joseph R HOLDERFIELD, 6th Illinois Cavalry
Post Civil War
1870 Census	AL	Peter HOLDERFIELD, race B, age 51 GA, residing in Nixburg BT, Coosa County, AL, a farmer, page 303. Minerva, age 50, race M, keeping house; Peter, race B, age 16 AL, working on farm; Arin? [male], race B, age 14 AL, working on farm; and Lizer [female], race B, age 11 AL, working on farm.
1878 and 1886	KY and OH	The Descendants of Patrick Fagin, Fagin Family Association, 1967, page 80: Louis HOLDERFIELD, son of John and Rebecca HOLDERFIELD[see 1837 above], married Laura FAGIN, daughter of Isaiah FAGIN and Euphemia CALLANT. married at Newport KY on 27 Mar 1878. Five children, Euphemia, Fannie, Clarence, Mary Louise, and Louisa. James HOLDERFIELD, brother of Louis, married Anna Fannie FAGIN, sister of Laura on same day as above. Had 5 children, Augustus, Myrtle, Laura, Bertha, and Clveland. Susan B HOLDERFIELD, daughter of Wesley HOLDERFIELD and Emma LINDSEY from Clermot County OH, married 20 Feb 1886 near Ross KY to Charles Edward FAGIN, brother of the above Fagins. Children: Iva May, Howard Wesley, Florence E, Clarence E, Bertha, Mamie Pearl, Emma L, Raymond C, Hazel Marie and Lawrence M.
1880 Census	KY	Doaks Dist, Shelby County, KY, page 230: George HOLDERFIELD, race B, age 30 KY, working on farm, parents born KY; Margaret, race B, wife, age 25 KY, parents born KY; James T, race B, son, age 6 KY; Anne?, race B, daughter, age 5 KY; Elizabeth, race B, daughter, age 3 KY; baby HOLDERFIELD, race B, son, age 5 months, born Jan? KY.
1880 Census	AL	Minnie HOLDERFIELD, race B, age 10 AL, servant in the household of Erastus? and MV ROLAND. page 414
1880 Census	LA	1st Ward Enumeration Dist. No 9, Claiborne County, LA, page 230: George HOLDERFIELD, race M, age 28 GA, laborer, parents born GA; Martha, race B, wife, age 25 AR, parents born GA; George Jr, race B, son, age 5 LA, mother born AL, father born GA; Chatham, race B, son, age 3 LA, father born AL, mother born GA; Robert, race B, son, age 8 LA, father born AL, mother born GA.