Wiley Thomas Holland

Wiley Thomas Holland (1804-1884) was a son of Jacob Holland, Jr. and Temperance Johnson.

Husband of Irene Passmore Holland (1806-1842).

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Name: Wiley Thomas Holland 1 2

Birth: 1804 in Hancock County, Ga. 1 2

Death: 3 JUN 1884 in Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Ga. 1 2

Burial: 5 JUN 1884 Wilkinson Co., Ga., Holland Family Cem. 1 2

Will: 8 SEP 1888 Wilkinson Co., GA 1 2

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Born in1804 in Hancock County, Georgia and died June 3, 1884 in Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia. He was the first of this line to be born in Georgia. About 1823, Wiley moved to Houston County with his father a nd sister Abra. He purchased property in Houston County from William Kem p, lot 178, district 14. He had moved back to Wilkinson County by the ear ly 1830s and remained there the rest of his life. Wiley Thomas' plantati on in Wilkinson County was estimated to be over 2000 acres before the Civ il War. When he died, he only had 505 acres remaining following the Recons truction policies inflicted on the South.

He served as a Justice of the Peace from 1837 yearly until 1848 and aga in in 1865. In that capacity Wiley conducted at least forty one weddings t hat are recorded. Wiley also served as Wilkinson County Tax Collector fr om 1844 through 1853. In 1875 he served on the Roads and Revenue Commissio n. In 1841, Wiley was a delegate to the Young Men's Convention held in Mil ledgeville, Georgia, state capitol at that time, and in 1855, Wiley w as a delegate to the Democratic Convention representing the 7th Congressio nal District of Georgia. Between 1852 and 1859, he volunteered as a teach er at the "Poor School" which educated children from poor families who cou ld not pay for the cost of a teacher. His son, Wiley Thomas Jr. also taug ht with him at the school. Wiley was a member of the Missionary Baptist Ch urch in Irwinton.

In 1864, Wiley was appointed Policeman in the Passmore District to guarant ee that the indigent families of deceased Confederate soldiers be given fo od from the Confederate stores in Milledgeville. The 1860 slave schedu le of Wilkinson County shows that Wiley Thomas was a slave owner but it do es not list the names and number of his slaves. It was customary at the ti me for slaves to assume the last names of their former owners, particular ly after the Civil War. In analyzing the freed blacks listed in the 1870 a nd 1880 census who were born before the war ended in 1865 with the last na me Holland, it appears that Wiley Holland owned at least 26 slaves He mig ht have owned more since some might have died or moved between 1865 and t he 1870 census. One former house slave, Peggy Holland, was still livi ng in his household in 1870 listed then as a domestic servant. She was bo rn in 1790.

On April 30th, 1825 Wiley Holland married Irene(Jincy) Passmore, the daugh ter of Alexander Passmore. Irene was a descendant of Thomas Passmore who c ame to Jamestown in 1623 from England with a wife, Sarah, and two servant s. He was the son of Sir Robert Passmore, born in England about 1570. T he Passmore family had migrated from the Halifax, Edgecombe County N.C. ar ea at the same time as Jacob Holland Jr. Alexander Passmore was a large la ndowner and planter in Wilkinson County and the Passmore District was nam ed for him. Wiley Thomas Holland was the executor of Alexander Passmore s will in 1858. Irene Passmore Holland was born in Hancock County, Georgi a, 1805 and died June 1842. She is presumed to be buried next to her husba nd, Wiley Thomas, in the Holland family cemetery on a hill overlooking t he home which burned in 1940. The cemetery is located about 100 yards fr om the ruins of the house and is comprised of three, possibly four grave s. There are no headstones but at one time wooden markers identified the g raves. The wooden markers are now decayed and scattered on the ground.

Eye witness accounts(Perry Dominey, age 83 in 2001) say the home of Wil ey Thomas was very large with a porch surrounding the entire house. Per ry also said that even today a corner of Wiley Thomas former proper ty is known as HATE Corner. He said that after the Civil War Yankee Carpet baggers were buying up property in Wilkinson County from landowners who h ad become impoverished due to the war. One carpetbagger had taken over la nd that bordered on Wiley s for about 400 yards. Not wanting to have anyth ing to do with the Yankee, Wiley asked him if he would split the cost of i nstalling a fence on their boundary line. The Yankee refused and apparent ly he and Wiley began a lifetime feud. Wiley paid for the fence to be bui lt and he would patrol the line on his horse carrying a sawed off shotgun.

In 1978, I talked with an elderly third generation attorney in Irwinton wh ose grandfather had known Wiley and handled some land transactions for hi m. The attorney, whose name I have forgotten, made the following commen ts as told to him by his father and grandfather, The Holland residence w as known as the White House and was the social center of that part of Wilk inson County before the Civil War. He further said anybody who knew anyo ne knew Wiley Holland and all his sons. This is the attorney who estimat ed Wiley s original land holdings to be about 2000 aces. He based th is on his family legal records where his grandfather had closed real esta te transactions showing the original property owner as Wiley Holland.. T he original property of Wiley Holland, including the remains of the home a nd cemetery is now part of the Arcilla Timber and Mining Company which ow ns thousands of acres in Wilkinson County. The ruins of he house and the o riginal property including the cemetery are located in land district 4, la nd lot 189. The closest road approach is Ga. Highway 112 at milepost 30. 4. ½ mile on Poor Road. It requires a halfmile walk to the site when giv en permission to enter.

On December 25, 1842, Wiley Thomas married Frances McKenzie of Wilkinson C ounty. Frances was born in 1823 and died after 1884.Wiley Thomas had 16 so ns and 2 daughters by his wives, Irene Passmore and Frances Mckenzie. In 1 840 Irene Passmore Holland and Frances McKenzie were both members of Liber ty Church in Wilkinson County. Wiley Thomas did not join the church unt il 1845, three years after marrying Frances McKenzie. Draw your own conclu sions. Wiley Thomas had NINE sons and a son-in-law who fought for the Conf ederacy, four were wounded, one died of disease, and one was killed. He al so had a half brother, William Green Holland who was killed.

Obituary of Wiley Holland printed in the Advance, a local newspaper, Ju ne 1884 Died in Wilkinson County at his home near Irwinton on June 3 rd of this year, Mr. Wiley Holland in the 80th year of his life. He was bo rn in Hancock County and moved to Wilkinson County when he was six yea rs of age. Few men have lived a more honorable life than he did. He was t he genuine type of manhood, twice married, the father of eighteen childre n, sixteen boys and two girls, who reflect honor upon their parents, bo th in their business capacities of life and their hospitable nature, for w hom he was so well known.

His was the stranger s home and no one was under necessity to compla in of ill treatment with whom he met, whether at home or abroad. He serv ed his county as Tax Collector for the long term of eight years in those g ood old antebellum days when there was honor connected with the office, wh en the man was sought and not the office. He joined the Missionary Bapti st Church at Liberty on April 25th, 1845, was baptized by Reverend W.B. St eely; since which time he lived a most consistent Christian life, walki ng honorably, dealing justly, having mercy, modest and retiring, he quiet ly moved in his sphere of life.

None knew him but to do him honor and those who knew him best were constra ined to love him. Though dead, he yet speaketh, though we shall not aga in greet his cheerful face in our gatherings in the earthly courts. We rej oice in hope that beyond the river we shall grasp his hand again. We off er our condolence to the bereaved family circle, hoping that he who tempe rs the wind to the shorn lamb, will shield them from the storm and tempe st of life---beyond the dark cloud there is a silver lining of joy benea th their blackness. NOTE. IT IS VERY APPARENT TO ME THAT WILEY S PASTOR PR OBABLY WROTE THIS OBITUARY

Wiley Thomas Holland WILL dated September 8th, 1883, Wilkinson County, GA.

I, Wiley Holland, of the said state and county being of advance age b ut of sound and disposing mind and memory knowing that I must shortly depa rt this life, deem it right and proper, both as respects myself and fami ly that I should make a disposition of the property which a kind providen ce has blessed me: I do hereby make this my last will and testament, here by revoking and annulling all by me heretofore made.

FIRST. I desire and direct that my body be buried in a decent and Christi an like manner, suitable to my circumstances and conditions in life; my so ul, I trust, shall return to rest with God who gave it and I hope for salv ation through the merits and atonements of the beloved Lord and savior, Je sus Christ.

SECOND. I desire that all my just debts be paid without delay by my execut ors herein after named and appointed.

THIRD. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Frances, for and during h er natural life or widowhood only, 405 acres of land , being lot No.1 90 and 100 acres of land known as the Dismuke Place. I give and bequea th to my beloved wife in the same manner the farming utensils used on t he farm of the previously described 405 acres with all the household and k itchen furniture.

FOURTH. I give and bequeath to my daughter Jane Yarborough, wife of B. Yar borough of Appling County in the state of Georgia , $50.00 in cash. I gi ve and bequeath to my granddaughter, Irene Hester of the County of Applin g, state of Georgia, the sum of $50.00 in cash.

FIFTH. I give and bequeath to my children who are the offsprings of my fir st wife, Irene; Benjamin F., John J, W.T.,E.J., A.P.,Willam G, to them a nd their heirs , the amount that may be collected out of the notes and exe cutions that I hold against my sons E.J., an W.T. Holland. The same amoun ts collected to be equally divided between the above named children and th eir heirs.

SIXTH. I desire and direct that should any of the perishable property prev iously described, from any providential or any other cause threaten or pro mise to go to waste or to decay; and in the opinion of the executors, here inafter named, the property should be sold and the proceeds be either rein vested or otherwise deposited in the opinion of my executors that they de em best.

SEVENTH. I further desire and direct that at the death of my beloved wif e, Frances E.; all of the property that may be left after said dea th of my beloved wife, Frances, shall be equally divided between the offs prings of my union with Frances; to wit: James E., Wiley J, David W., Am os I, Joel H., Samuel C., Jesse M., Arthur A, Addison R.; to them and if n ot , to their heirs if any.

EIGHTH. I constitute and appoint my sons Samuel C. and Jesse M. executo rs of this, my last will and testament, this September 8th, 1883.

NOTE ON WILL- Wiley s daughter Sara Anne was not listed but her child Lyd ia Irene was designated to receive $50.00. Lydia Irene had spent her ear ly life with her grandfather after her mother had died in childbirth. T he only child by Frances McKenzie not listed in the will was Joseph H. bec ause he had been killed in the Civil War and had no children. In today s t erms $50.00 sounds like an insignificant sum but in researching unimprov ed land values in Appling County during the early 1880 s, I found that la nd could be purchased for 50 cents per acre.

Father: Jacob Holland , Jr. b: 11 FEB 1782 in Edgecombe Co., NC

Mother: Sarah Unknown

Marriage 1 Irene Passmore b: 1805 in Hancock County, Ga.

Married: 1 APR 1825 1 2

Children

Benjamin Franklin Holland b: 1827 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

John J. Holland b: 1829 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Wiley Thomas Holland , Jr. b: 1831 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Elisha Jackson Holland b: 1833 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

William G. Holland b: 1835 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Alexander Pinkney Holland b: 1837 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Martha Jane Holland b: 1838 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Sarah Ann Holland b: 1840 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Marriage 2 Frances McKenzie b: 1823 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Married: 25 DEC 1842 1 2

Children

James E. Holland b: 1844 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Joseph H. Holland b: 1846 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Wiley Thomas Holland b: 1847 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

David Wesley Holland b: 1849 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Amos Ichabod Holland b: 1851

Joel H. Holland b: 1853 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Addison R. Holland b: 1856 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Samuel C. Holland b: 1857 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Jesse M. Holland b: 1859

Arthur Andrew Holland b: 1868

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Title: John Henry Holland 1582.FTW

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Name: Wiley Thomas Holland 1 2

Birth: 1804 in Hancock County, Ga. 1 2

Death: 3 JUN 1884 in Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Ga. 1 2

Burial: 5 JUN 1884 Wilkinson Co., Ga., Holland Family Cem. 1 2

Will: 8 SEP 1888 Wilkinson Co., GA 1 2

The Holland Family In America

Contact: gabe holland

Born in1804 in Hancock County, Georgia and died June 3, 1884 in Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia. He was the first of this line to be born in Georgia. About 1823, Wiley moved to Houston County with his father a nd sister Abra. He purchased property in Houston County from William Kem p, lot 178, district 14. He had moved back to Wilkinson County by the ear ly 1830s and remained there the rest of his life. Wiley Thomas' plantati on in Wilkinson County was estimated to be over 2000 acres before the Civ il War. When he died, he only had 505 acres remaining following the Recons truction policies inflicted on the South.

He served as a Justice of the Peace from 1837 yearly until 1848 and aga in in 1865. In that capacity Wiley conducted at least forty one weddings t hat are recorded. Wiley also served as Wilkinson County Tax Collector fr om 1844 through 1853. In 1875 he served on the Roads and Revenue Commissio n. In 1841, Wiley was a delegate to the Young Men's Convention held in Mil ledgeville, Georgia, state capitol at that time, and in 1855, Wiley w as a delegate to the Democratic Convention representing the 7th Congressio nal District of Georgia. Between 1852 and 1859, he volunteered as a teach er at the "Poor School" which educated children from poor families who cou ld not pay for the cost of a teacher. His son, Wiley Thomas Jr. also taug ht with him at the school. Wiley was a member of the Missionary Baptist Ch urch in Irwinton.

In 1864, Wiley was appointed Policeman in the Passmore District to guarant ee that the indigent families of deceased Confederate soldiers be given fo od from the Confederate stores in Milledgeville. The 1860 slave schedu le of Wilkinson County shows that Wiley Thomas was a slave owner but it do es not list the names and number of his slaves. It was customary at the ti me for slaves to assume the last names of their former owners, particular ly after the Civil War. In analyzing the freed blacks listed in the 1870 a nd 1880 census who were born before the war ended in 1865 with the last na me Holland, it appears that Wiley Holland owned at least 26 slaves He mig ht have owned more since some might have died or moved between 1865 and t he 1870 census. One former house slave, Peggy Holland, was still livi ng in his household in 1870 listed then as a domestic servant. She was bo rn in 1790.

On April 30th, 1825 Wiley Holland married Irene(Jincy) Passmore, the daugh ter of Alexander Passmore. Irene was a descendant of Thomas Passmore who c ame to Jamestown in 1623 from England with a wife, Sarah, and two servant s. He was the son of Sir Robert Passmore, born in England about 1570. T he Passmore family had migrated from the Halifax, Edgecombe County N.C. ar ea at the same time as Jacob Holland Jr. Alexander Passmore was a large la ndowner and planter in Wilkinson County and the Passmore District was nam ed for him. Wiley Thomas Holland was the executor of Alexander Passmore s will in 1858. Irene Passmore Holland was born in Hancock County, Georgi a, 1805 and died June 1842. She is presumed to be buried next to her husba nd, Wiley Thomas, in the Holland family cemetery on a hill overlooking t he home which burned in 1940. The cemetery is located about 100 yards fr om the ruins of the house and is comprised of three, possibly four grave s. There are no headstones but at one time wooden markers identified the g raves. The wooden markers are now decayed and scattered on the ground.

Eye witness accounts(Perry Dominey, age 83 in 2001) say the home of Wil ey Thomas was very large with a porch surrounding the entire house. Per ry also said that even today a corner of Wiley Thomas former proper ty is known as HATE Corner. He said that after the Civil War Yankee Carpet baggers were buying up property in Wilkinson County from landowners who h ad become impoverished due to the war. One carpetbagger had taken over la nd that bordered on Wiley s for about 400 yards. Not wanting to have anyth ing to do with the Yankee, Wiley asked him if he would split the cost of i nstalling a fence on their boundary line. The Yankee refused and apparent ly he and Wiley began a lifetime feud. Wiley paid for the fence to be bui lt and he would patrol the line on his horse carrying a sawed off shotgun.

In 1978, I talked with an elderly third generation attorney in Irwinton wh ose grandfather had known Wiley and handled some land transactions for hi m. The attorney, whose name I have forgotten, made the following commen ts as told to him by his father and grandfather, The Holland residence w as known as the White House and was the social center of that part of Wilk inson County before the Civil War. He further said anybody who knew anyo ne knew Wiley Holland and all his sons. This is the attorney who estimat ed Wiley s original land holdings to be about 2000 aces. He based th is on his family legal records where his grandfather had closed real esta te transactions showing the original property owner as Wiley Holland.. T he original property of Wiley Holland, including the remains of the home a nd cemetery is now part of the Arcilla Timber and Mining Company which ow ns thousands of acres in Wilkinson County. The ruins of he house and the o riginal property including the cemetery are located in land district 4, la nd lot 189. The closest road approach is Ga. Highway 112 at milepost 30. 4. ½ mile on Poor Road. It requires a halfmile walk to the site when giv en permission to enter.

On December 25, 1842, Wiley Thomas married Frances McKenzie of Wilkinson C ounty. Frances was born in 1823 and died after 1884.Wiley Thomas had 16 so ns and 2 daughters by his wives, Irene Passmore and Frances Mckenzie. In 1 840 Irene Passmore Holland and Frances McKenzie were both members of Liber ty Church in Wilkinson County. Wiley Thomas did not join the church unt il 1845, three years after marrying Frances McKenzie. Draw your own conclu sions. Wiley Thomas had NINE sons and a son-in-law who fought for the Conf ederacy, four were wounded, one died of disease, and one was killed. He al so had a half brother, William Green Holland who was killed.

Obituary of Wiley Holland printed in the Advance, a local newspaper, Ju ne 1884 Died in Wilkinson County at his home near Irwinton on June 3 rd of this year, Mr. Wiley Holland in the 80th year of his life. He was bo rn in Hancock County and moved to Wilkinson County when he was six yea rs of age. Few men have lived a more honorable life than he did. He was t he genuine type of manhood, twice married, the father of eighteen childre n, sixteen boys and two girls, who reflect honor upon their parents, bo th in their business capacities of life and their hospitable nature, for w hom he was so well known.

His was the stranger s home and no one was under necessity to compla in of ill treatment with whom he met, whether at home or abroad. He serv ed his county as Tax Collector for the long term of eight years in those g ood old antebellum days when there was honor connected with the office, wh en the man was sought and not the office. He joined the Missionary Bapti st Church at Liberty on April 25th, 1845, was baptized by Reverend W.B. St eely; since which time he lived a most consistent Christian life, walki ng honorably, dealing justly, having mercy, modest and retiring, he quiet ly moved in his sphere of life.

None knew him but to do him honor and those who knew him best were constra ined to love him. Though dead, he yet speaketh, though we shall not aga in greet his cheerful face in our gatherings in the earthly courts. We rej oice in hope that beyond the river we shall grasp his hand again. We off er our condolence to the bereaved family circle, hoping that he who tempe rs the wind to the shorn lamb, will shield them from the storm and tempe st of life---beyond the dark cloud there is a silver lining of joy benea th their blackness. NOTE. IT IS VERY APPARENT TO ME THAT WILEY S PASTOR PR OBABLY WROTE THIS OBITUARY

Wiley Thomas Holland WILL dated September 8th, 1883, Wilkinson County, GA.

I, Wiley Holland, of the said state and county being of advance age b ut of sound and disposing mind and memory knowing that I must shortly depa rt this life, deem it right and proper, both as respects myself and fami ly that I should make a disposition of the property which a kind providen ce has blessed me: I do hereby make this my last will and testament, here by revoking and annulling all by me heretofore made.

FIRST. I desire and direct that my body be buried in a decent and Christi an like manner, suitable to my circumstances and conditions in life; my so ul, I trust, shall return to rest with God who gave it and I hope for salv ation through the merits and atonements of the beloved Lord and savior, Je sus Christ.

SECOND. I desire that all my just debts be paid without delay by my execut ors herein after named and appointed.

THIRD. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Frances, for and during h er natural life or widowhood only, 405 acres of land , being lot No.1 90 and 100 acres of land known as the Dismuke Place. I give and bequea th to my beloved wife in the same manner the farming utensils used on t he farm of the previously described 405 acres with all the household and k itchen furniture.

FOURTH. I give and bequeath to my daughter Jane Yarborough, wife of B. Yar borough of Appling County in the state of Georgia , $50.00 in cash. I gi ve and bequeath to my granddaughter, Irene Hester of the County of Applin g, state of Georgia, the sum of $50.00 in cash.

FIFTH. I give and bequeath to my children who are the offsprings of my fir st wife, Irene; Benjamin F., John J, W.T.,E.J., A.P.,Willam G, to them a nd their heirs , the amount that may be collected out of the notes and exe cutions that I hold against my sons E.J., an W.T. Holland. The same amoun ts collected to be equally divided between the above named children and th eir heirs.

SIXTH. I desire and direct that should any of the perishable property prev iously described, from any providential or any other cause threaten or pro mise to go to waste or to decay; and in the opinion of the executors, here inafter named, the property should be sold and the proceeds be either rein vested or otherwise deposited in the opinion of my executors that they de em best.

SEVENTH. I further desire and direct that at the death of my beloved wif e, Frances E.; all of the property that may be left after said dea th of my beloved wife, Frances, shall be equally divided between the offs prings of my union with Frances; to wit: James E., Wiley J, David W., Am os I, Joel H., Samuel C., Jesse M., Arthur A, Addison R.; to them and if n ot , to their heirs if any.

EIGHTH. I constitute and appoint my sons Samuel C. and Jesse M. executo rs of this, my last will and testament, this September 8th, 1883.

NOTE ON WILL- Wiley s daughter Sara Anne was not listed but her child Lyd ia Irene was designated to receive $50.00. Lydia Irene had spent her ear ly life with her grandfather after her mother had died in childbirth. T he only child by Frances McKenzie not listed in the will was Joseph H. bec ause he had been killed in the Civil War and had no children. In today s t erms $50.00 sounds like an insignificant sum but in researching unimprov ed land values in Appling County during the early 1880 s, I found that la nd could be purchased for 50 cents per acre.

Father: Jacob Holland , Jr. b: 11 FEB 1782 in Edgecombe Co., NC

Mother: Sarah Unknown

Marriage 1 Irene Passmore b: 1805 in Hancock County, Ga.

Married: 1 APR 1825 1 2

Children

Benjamin Franklin Holland b: 1827 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

John J. Holland b: 1829 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Wiley Thomas Holland , Jr. b: 1831 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Elisha Jackson Holland b: 1833 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

William G. Holland b: 1835 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Alexander Pinkney Holland b: 1837 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Martha Jane Holland b: 1838 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Sarah Ann Holland b: 1840 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Marriage 2 Frances McKenzie b: 1823 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Married: 25 DEC 1842 1 2

Children

James E. Holland b: 1844 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Joseph H. Holland b: 1846 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Wiley Thomas Holland b: 1847 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

David Wesley Holland b: 1849 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Amos Ichabod Holland b: 1851

Joel H. Holland b: 1853 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Addison R. Holland b: 1856 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Samuel C. Holland b: 1857 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Jesse M. Holland b: 1859

Arthur Andrew Holland b: 1868

Sources:

Title: John Henry Holland 1582.FTW

Ancestry of Lewis Edward Story

Entries: 29979 Updated: 2004-10-02 21:05:17 UTC (Sat) Contact: Lewis E. Story

Name: Wiley Thomas Holland 1 2

Birth: 1804 in Hancock County, Ga. 1 2

Death: 3 JUN 1884 in Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Ga. 1 2

Burial: 5 JUN 1884 Wilkinson Co., Ga., Holland Family Cem. 1 2

Will: 8 SEP 1888 Wilkinson Co., GA 1 2

The Holland Family In America

Contact: gabe holland

Born in1804 in Hancock County, Georgia and died June 3, 1884 in Irwinton, Wilkinson County, Georgia. He was the first of this line to be born in Georgia. About 1823, Wiley moved to Houston County with his father a nd sister Abra. He purchased property in Houston County from William Kem p, lot 178, district 14. He had moved back to Wilkinson County by the ear ly 1830s and remained there the rest of his life. Wiley Thomas' plantati on in Wilkinson County was estimated to be over 2000 acres before the Civ il War. When he died, he only had 505 acres remaining following the Recons truction policies inflicted on the South.

He served as a Justice of the Peace from 1837 yearly until 1848 and aga in in 1865. In that capacity Wiley conducted at least forty one weddings t hat are recorded. Wiley also served as Wilkinson County Tax Collector fr om 1844 through 1853. In 1875 he served on the Roads and Revenue Commissio n. In 1841, Wiley was a delegate to the Young Men's Convention held in Mil ledgeville, Georgia, state capitol at that time, and in 1855, Wiley w as a delegate to the Democratic Convention representing the 7th Congressio nal District of Georgia. Between 1852 and 1859, he volunteered as a teach er at the "Poor School" which educated children from poor families who cou ld not pay for the cost of a teacher. His son, Wiley Thomas Jr. also taug ht with him at the school. Wiley was a member of the Missionary Baptist Ch urch in Irwinton.

In 1864, Wiley was appointed Policeman in the Passmore District to guarant ee that the indigent families of deceased Confederate soldiers be given fo od from the Confederate stores in Milledgeville. The 1860 slave schedu le of Wilkinson County shows that Wiley Thomas was a slave owner but it do es not list the names and number of his slaves. It was customary at the ti me for slaves to assume the last names of their former owners, particular ly after the Civil War. In analyzing the freed blacks listed in the 1870 a nd 1880 census who were born before the war ended in 1865 with the last na me Holland, it appears that Wiley Holland owned at least 26 slaves He mig ht have owned more since some might have died or moved between 1865 and t he 1870 census. One former house slave, Peggy Holland, was still livi ng in his household in 1870 listed then as a domestic servant. She was bo rn in 1790.

On April 30th, 1825 Wiley Holland married Irene(Jincy) Passmore, the daugh ter of Alexander Passmore. Irene was a descendant of Thomas Passmore who c ame to Jamestown in 1623 from England with a wife, Sarah, and two servant s. He was the son of Sir Robert Passmore, born in England about 1570. T he Passmore family had migrated from the Halifax, Edgecombe County N.C. ar ea at the same time as Jacob Holland Jr. Alexander Passmore was a large la ndowner and planter in Wilkinson County and the Passmore District was nam ed for him. Wiley Thomas Holland was the executor of Alexander Passmore s will in 1858. Irene Passmore Holland was born in Hancock County, Georgi a, 1805 and died June 1842. She is presumed to be buried next to her husba nd, Wiley Thomas, in the Holland family cemetery on a hill overlooking t he home which burned in 1940. The cemetery is located about 100 yards fr om the ruins of the house and is comprised of three, possibly four grave s. There are no headstones but at one time wooden markers identified the g raves. The wooden markers are now decayed and scattered on the ground.

Eye witness accounts(Perry Dominey, age 83 in 2001) say the home of Wil ey Thomas was very large with a porch surrounding the entire house. Per ry also said that even today a corner of Wiley Thomas former proper ty is known as HATE Corner. He said that after the Civil War Yankee Carpet baggers were buying up property in Wilkinson County from landowners who h ad become impoverished due to the war. One carpetbagger had taken over la nd that bordered on Wiley s for about 400 yards. Not wanting to have anyth ing to do with the Yankee, Wiley asked him if he would split the cost of i nstalling a fence on their boundary line. The Yankee refused and apparent ly he and Wiley began a lifetime feud. Wiley paid for the fence to be bui lt and he would patrol the line on his horse carrying a sawed off shotgun.

In 1978, I talked with an elderly third generation attorney in Irwinton wh ose grandfather had known Wiley and handled some land transactions for hi m. The attorney, whose name I have forgotten, made the following commen ts as told to him by his father and grandfather, The Holland residence w as known as the White House and was the social center of that part of Wilk inson County before the Civil War. He further said anybody who knew anyo ne knew Wiley Holland and all his sons. This is the attorney who estimat ed Wiley s original land holdings to be about 2000 aces. He based th is on his family legal records where his grandfather had closed real esta te transactions showing the original property owner as Wiley Holland.. T he original property of Wiley Holland, including the remains of the home a nd cemetery is now part of the Arcilla Timber and Mining Company which ow ns thousands of acres in Wilkinson County. The ruins of he house and the o riginal property including the cemetery are located in land district 4, la nd lot 189. The closest road approach is Ga. Highway 112 at milepost 30. 4. ½ mile on Poor Road. It requires a halfmile walk to the site when giv en permission to enter.

On December 25, 1842, Wiley Thomas married Frances McKenzie of Wilkinson C ounty. Frances was born in 1823 and died after 1884.Wiley Thomas had 16 so ns and 2 daughters by his wives, Irene Passmore and Frances Mckenzie. In 1 840 Irene Passmore Holland and Frances McKenzie were both members of Liber ty Church in Wilkinson County. Wiley Thomas did not join the church unt il 1845, three years after marrying Frances McKenzie. Draw your own conclu sions. Wiley Thomas had NINE sons and a son-in-law who fought for the Conf ederacy, four were wounded, one died of disease, and one was killed. He al so had a half brother, William Green Holland who was killed.

Obituary of Wiley Holland printed in the Advance, a local newspaper, Ju ne 1884 Died in Wilkinson County at his home near Irwinton on June 3 rd of this year, Mr. Wiley Holland in the 80th year of his life. He was bo rn in Hancock County and moved to Wilkinson County when he was six yea rs of age. Few men have lived a more honorable life than he did. He was t he genuine type of manhood, twice married, the father of eighteen childre n, sixteen boys and two girls, who reflect honor upon their parents, bo th in their business capacities of life and their hospitable nature, for w hom he was so well known.

His was the stranger s home and no one was under necessity to compla in of ill treatment with whom he met, whether at home or abroad. He serv ed his county as Tax Collector for the long term of eight years in those g ood old antebellum days when there was honor connected with the office, wh en the man was sought and not the office. He joined the Missionary Bapti st Church at Liberty on April 25th, 1845, was baptized by Reverend W.B. St eely; since which time he lived a most consistent Christian life, walki ng honorably, dealing justly, having mercy, modest and retiring, he quiet ly moved in his sphere of life.

None knew him but to do him honor and those who knew him best were constra ined to love him. Though dead, he yet speaketh, though we shall not aga in greet his cheerful face in our gatherings in the earthly courts. We rej oice in hope that beyond the river we shall grasp his hand again. We off er our condolence to the bereaved family circle, hoping that he who tempe rs the wind to the shorn lamb, will shield them from the storm and tempe st of life---beyond the dark cloud there is a silver lining of joy benea th their blackness. NOTE. IT IS VERY APPARENT TO ME THAT WILEY S PASTOR PR OBABLY WROTE THIS OBITUARY

Wiley Thomas Holland WILL dated September 8th, 1883, Wilkinson County, GA.

I, Wiley Holland, of the said state and county being of advance age b ut of sound and disposing mind and memory knowing that I must shortly depa rt this life, deem it right and proper, both as respects myself and fami ly that I should make a disposition of the property which a kind providen ce has blessed me: I do hereby make this my last will and testament, here by revoking and annulling all by me heretofore made.

FIRST. I desire and direct that my body be buried in a decent and Christi an like manner, suitable to my circumstances and conditions in life; my so ul, I trust, shall return to rest with God who gave it and I hope for salv ation through the merits and atonements of the beloved Lord and savior, Je sus Christ.

SECOND. I desire that all my just debts be paid without delay by my execut ors herein after named and appointed.

THIRD. I give and bequeath to my beloved wife, Frances, for and during h er natural life or widowhood only, 405 acres of land , being lot No.1 90 and 100 acres of land known as the Dismuke Place. I give and bequea th to my beloved wife in the same manner the farming utensils used on t he farm of the previously described 405 acres with all the household and k itchen furniture.

FOURTH. I give and bequeath to my daughter Jane Yarborough, wife of B. Yar borough of Appling County in the state of Georgia , $50.00 in cash. I gi ve and bequeath to my granddaughter, Irene Hester of the County of Applin g, state of Georgia, the sum of $50.00 in cash.

FIFTH. I give and bequeath to my children who are the offsprings of my fir st wife, Irene; Benjamin F., John J, W.T.,E.J., A.P.,Willam G, to them a nd their heirs , the amount that may be collected out of the notes and exe cutions that I hold against my sons E.J., an W.T. Holland. The same amoun ts collected to be equally divided between the above named children and th eir heirs.

SIXTH. I desire and direct that should any of the perishable property prev iously described, from any providential or any other cause threaten or pro mise to go to waste or to decay; and in the opinion of the executors, here inafter named, the property should be sold and the proceeds be either rein vested or otherwise deposited in the opinion of my executors that they de em best.

SEVENTH. I further desire and direct that at the death of my beloved wif e, Frances E.; all of the property that may be left after said dea th of my beloved wife, Frances, shall be equally divided between the offs prings of my union with Frances; to wit: James E., Wiley J, David W., Am os I, Joel H., Samuel C., Jesse M., Arthur A, Addison R.; to them and if n ot , to their heirs if any.

EIGHTH. I constitute and appoint my sons Samuel C. and Jesse M. executo rs of this, my last will and testament, this September 8th, 1883.

NOTE ON WILL- Wiley s daughter Sara Anne was not listed but her child Lyd ia Irene was designated to receive $50.00. Lydia Irene had spent her ear ly life with her grandfather after her mother had died in childbirth. T he only child by Frances McKenzie not listed in the will was Joseph H. bec ause he had been killed in the Civil War and had no children. In today s t erms $50.00 sounds like an insignificant sum but in researching unimprov ed land values in Appling County during the early 1880 s, I found that la nd could be purchased for 50 cents per acre.

Father: Jacob Holland , Jr. b: 11 FEB 1782 in Edgecombe Co., NC

Mother: Sarah Unknown

Marriage 1 Irene Passmore b: 1805 in Hancock County, Ga.

Married: 1 APR 1825 1 2

Children

Benjamin Franklin Holland b: 1827 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

John J. Holland b: 1829 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Wiley Thomas Holland , Jr. b: 1831 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Elisha Jackson Holland b: 1833 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

William G. Holland b: 1835 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Alexander Pinkney Holland b: 1837 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Martha Jane Holland b: 1838 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Sarah Ann Holland b: 1840 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Marriage 2 Frances McKenzie b: 1823 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Married: 25 DEC 1842 1 2

Children

James E. Holland b: 1844 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Joseph H. Holland b: 1846 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Wiley Thomas Holland b: 1847 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

David Wesley Holland b: 1849 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Amos Ichabod Holland b: 1851

Joel H. Holland b: 1853 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Addison R. Holland b: 1856 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Samuel C. Holland b: 1857 in Wilkinson Co., Ga.

Jesse M. Holland b: 1859

Arthur Andrew Holland b: 1868

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Title: John Henry Holland 1582.FTW