John Holladay

Capt. John Holladay
BIRTH
20 Apr 1676
Jamestown, James City County, Virginia, USA
DEATH
4 Nov 1742 (aged 66)
Spotsylvania Courthouse, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
BURIAL
Bellefonte Cemetery
Lewiston, Spotsylvania County, Virginia, USA
MEMORIAL ID
42175830 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 0
FLOWERS 28
John Holladay's plantation was known as "Bellefonte," and is located on East Creek (now part of Lake Anna) in the southwest part of Spotsylvania County.

Son of Thomas and Mary Ann (Hardy) Holladay

John Holladay was a Captain (Marshall) of the Virginia Rangers.

Gravesite Details
This is an unmarked grave. Information about this burial is from historical accounts.

Family Members
Spouse
Elizabeth Lewis Holladay
1678–1742 (m. 1702)

Children
William H Holladay
1705–1769

John Holladay
1708–1781

Joseph Holladay
1718–1795

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42175830/john-holladay

notes

Given name might specifically be John Marshall.

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Surname has also been reported to be Hollyday.

Date and place of birth have also been (erroneously?) reported to be April 20, 1676 at Jamestown, James City County, Virginia (apparently attested at WeRelate).

Date and place of death have also been (erroneously?) reported to be November 4, 1742 at East Creek, Spotsylvania County, Virginia (apparently attested at WeRelate).

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https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:John_Holladay_%282%29
H. John Marshall Holladay 1676 - 1742
W. Ann Elizabeth Lewis ABT 1680 - 1742
Children:

• William H. Holladay 1705 - 1769
• John Marshall Holladay, Jr. ABT 1708 - 1781
• Winifred Ann Holladay 1714 - BEF 1758
• Elizabeth Holladay ABT 1716 - 1797
• Sarah Holladay ABT 1718 - 1788
• Susannah Holladay ABT 1724 - 1795
• Daniel Holladay, Sr. ABT 1725 - 1784
• Capt. Joseph Holladay 1726 - 1795
• Benjamin Holladay 1730 - 1785

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No.8. John Marshall Holliday, 1690-1742, is mentioned as captain, also as colonel, and was also called Holliday Gent. He married first Anne Lewis, and second Elizabeth Brocas. He fell in Gates defeat at Camden. His home was called "Bellefonte," and the local courts often met there.

http://www.hollidaydental.com/reunion/Holliday/700Years/Text_versio...

6/12/2020 - disconnected William H Holliday, II as son because he was born in Ireland and died in GA. LJB

• Ex. sons, Joseph and Benjamin Holloday and son-in-law Thomas Pulliam.
• Leg. son William Holloday, 200 acres of land, where Thomas Certain formerly lived;
• son John Holloday, 230 acres of land where James Perry Junr., lived;
• son Daniell Holloday, 200 acres of land;
• son Joseph Holloday, 300 acres of land;
• son Benjamin Holloday, 300 acres of land;
• daughter Elizabeth, now the wife of Patterson Pulliam;
• daughter Winifred, now the wife of Thomas Pulliam;
• daughter Sarah, now the wife of James Rollings, 300 acres of land lying in Caroline Co., and joining the tract I sold to Thomas Burch;
• daughter Susanna Holloday, 200 acres of land adjoining Mr. Wyat's land. [agrees with order of birth given above, with sons listed first]

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FamilySearch #L5KY-FLQ

http://www.kykinfolk.com/knott/hollidays/holliday_john_theranger.htm

descendants of John "the Ranger" Holladay of Spotsylvanie Co. Va.

1. John Holladay, The Ranger was born April 26, 1676 in MINCHINHAMPTON, ENGLAND1, and died November 4, 1742 in SPOTSYLVANIA, Co. ,VA. He married Elizabeth Brocas Abt 1702 in VA. This according to A. M. Holladay, author of the book "The Holladay Family" but other records indicate differently. Who is right it is hard to say. I think it is best to read all the evidance and make up your own mind and you may change it as more evidance is found.

He is known in some records as John Marshall Holladay and Capt John Holliday instead of "the Ranger". There is a reason for this if you will study the different records etc.

By 1702 he married, Elizabeth Brocas, She is supposley a Rawlings by some. Others refute this. Others say they don't know. but I put Brocas as it is better than nothing. Anyway most say Brocas but it has never been proven one way or another.

Most will say that John's parents are the Thomas Holliday that came to America and settled in Jamestowns, James, city in Va. Others say that he did not, that that is a differant Thomas. A. M. Holladay say he is a different one. It is best to just look at the possible fathers of John and make up your own mind.

LDS has his mothers as Mary Anne Hinton, A. M. Holladay has a different one. Again this goes back to his father Thomas as they list different fathers for him. Children of John Holladay and Elizabeth Brocas are:

• i. Elizabeth Holladay
• ii. William H. Holladay
• iii. John Holladay II
• iv. Daniel Holladay
• v. Joseph Holladay,
• vi. Benjamin Holladay
• vii. Winfred Holladay
• viii. Sarah Holladayi
• ix. Susannah Holladay.

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http://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holliday-34

http://www.hollidaydental.com/reunion/Holliday/700Years/Text_versio...

https://www.colonial-settlers-md-va.us/getperson.php?personID=I0393...

Heraldry http://hwmw.net46.net/sahw/hh/hhe.htm#rob

Bellefonte Cemetery is a family graveyard on the grounds of the Holladay estate. "Bellefonte" was established by Captain John Holladay on property he received in a 1702 land grant for his service as a Virginia Ranger. The property remained in the Holladay (Holliday) family until after the Civil War.

The family burying ground is located within a rock wall installed in 1922, behind the remains of the main house (vacant and in a state of neglect in 2013.) The cemetery is overgrown and does not appear to have been maintained for decades.

The graveyard contains only one marked headstone, that of Major Lewis Holladay which is marked with a D.A.R. plaque dedicated in 1933 recognizing his service as a Revolutionary War soldier.

All other graves in this cemetery are unmarked.

The cemetery photo was provided by Thomas Holladay.

Information on those buried in this cemetery is contained in “Bellefonte: survey report, 1936 Dec. 11” written by Mildred Barnum, Virginia Historical Inventory Project; Virginia Conservation Commission. Division of History.; United States. Works Progress Administration.

The place was a grant to Capt. John Holladay in 1702 for his service in the Virginia Rangers. It stayed in the same family until after the War Between the States.

The following concerning Major Lewis Holladay is quoted from the address of Judge Henry T. Holladay on the occasion of the dedication of the Lewis Holladay Memorial in 1933.

“Major Holladay served through the Revolutionary War. He was commissioned Lieutenant of the Spotsylvania County Militia by the Virginia Committee of Safety, October 5th, 1775. In 1785 and 1787 he was appointed Captain by Governors Henry and Randolph, and Major in 1793 by Governor Lee (The colorful Light Horse Harry) and Coroner in the same year, having previously been a Justice of Spotsylvania County in 1790. In turn he was sheriff of the county, justice and Overseer of the Poor for many years. With these employments he also followed the business of farmer and planter, owning in this later years, three farms, consisting of 1, 795 acres, so that this time was fully and usefully employed.”

There is a family burying ground back of the “Bellefonte” house. It is now enclosed with a stone wall but this was put there in 1922. There is only one tombstone which has the following inscription:

Lewis Holladay Major Virginia Troops Revolutionary War Revolutionary Soldier 1775 – 1783 Placed by Washington Lewis Chapter, D.A.R.

Mrs. J. E. Timberlake has a plot of this cemetery, established in 1755, showing the following buried there:

Mary Ann Scott, second wife of Lewis A. Boggs Dr. Lewis Littlepage Holladay Alexander Boggs, father of “Parson Boggs” Rev. Hugh C. Boggs Nancy Holladay, wife of Hugh C. Boggs Jane G. Holladay, wife of Dr. L.L. Holladay John H. Holladay, son of L.L. and Jane G. Holladay Mrs. Polly Coleman (nee Mary Littlepage) Betty Lewis Littlepage, wife of Maj. Lewis Holladay Mildred Boggs, niece of Rev. Hugh C. Boggs Ann Boggs, sister of Rev. Hugh C. Boggs Elizabeth Rawlings, wife of L.A. Boggs