The Holmes Family
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James
Holmes, Sr. James Holmes SR was born abt 1768 in South Carolina. He was the son of William Holmes. James served enlisted under Lt Thomas Farrow in Captain Benjamin Tutt's Independent Company from Greenville District South Carolina. On Jan 23 1836 from Perry County, Tennessee, James applied for a pension. James was turned down because they thought he was too young to have been a soldier. He said he was born in 1768 and served in 1780, which put him at 12 yrs. Old. He said he served alongside his father William Holmes and that they both had received bounty land for their service. James never got the pension, even though Davy Crockett, who was a congressman or senator at that time, and whom James called "my friend" tried to help him. The following are research notes taken, but NOT proven to be connected to our James Holmes, Sr.: From
South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution: Holmes,
William Holmes,
William, Sr. American
Revolutionary War Rejected Pensions During America's struggle for freedom, thousands of men fought for the colonial government and many received pensions or bounty land grants for their service. This database is a listing of men who applied for a pension but were rejected. It was originally published in 1852 and was an expanded version of a book published in 1838. Each record provides the applicant's name, state and town of residence, and the reason their petition was denied. It contains the names of over 8600 individuals. For researchers of Revolutionary War ancestors, this can be a helpful database James Holmes Tennessee Perryville, Perry County, No evidence of service Holmes, James, or or Halloms or Hallows, James Holloms R5171, SC Line, applied 23 Jan 1836 Perry Co TN aged 68, he lived in Spartanburg Dist SC at enl 1790
HOLMS JAMES Greenville Dist SC 70 02-01-02-00-00 From 1800-1810 it is unknown exactly were James was. In 1812 it appears as if they were in TN. Unfortunately the Federal censuses for Tennessee have been lost or destroyed for 1790 and 1800, though tax lists can serve as substitutes for the missing enumerations. The 1810 census has survived for only Rutherford and Grainger counties, and the 1820 enumeration exists for only twenty-six counties, all in middle and west Tennessee. Beginning in 1830, the censuses are available for each decennial year through 1920, except for the nation-wide destroyed census of 1890. All are indexed in at least one format. No territorial or state censuses are known to exist except for the reconstructed records. "Holmes"
when first in Tennessee shows: James
Holmes 1819 Washington County The Holmes that were in Perry Co by 1820 were: James, William and George. 1820
HOMES JAMES Perry Co TN 421101-11010 1830
February 18th Revolutionary Claims 1830
Dec 20 Survey for James Holmes, Senior, 25 ac, his occupant
in Perry Co., R10, S3, on waters of Cedar Creek. SCC Isaac Horner,
Abram Holmes. 1838
April 25 James Holmes Senior, Cedar Creek R11, S3, adj. Elisha
Denton Pension
Office Sept 12 1845 Claimant alleges he enlisted in 1780 in South Carolina and left the service in 1782. Agreeably to his own declaration at the time of his enlistment was but 12 years old and was only 15 at the close of the war. Too, young to incur the responsibility, or perform the duties of a Soldier. Accompanying by former declarations was a letter from the ???? General of South Carolina showing that James Holmes had received a certificate for 7.2 lbs sterling for 130 days service in Captain Tutt's Company in 1779 . The courthouse in Perry County had fires in 1863 and 1928, and the earliest surviving wills / probate records for the county begin with 1863. The chance of finding James Holmes will around 1840-49 doesn't look like it will happen. It appears as if the Holmes family may have started out in Williamson Co TN, which was created in 1799 from Davidson County. Rutherford County was created from Williamson Co TN in 1803. From there they seem to have gone to Perry and Wayne Counties. Wayne and Perry County both were created from Hickman. Wayne in 1817 and Perry in 1819. Some of the Children that are listed here are from these counties. POSSIBLE Children of James Holmes: 1
WILLIAM HOLMES |
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James
Holmes, Jr. Mary
Polly Denton
James was born on October 18, 1807 in Perry County, Tennessee. He was the son of James, Sr. He married Mary Polly Denton in 1826 in Perry County, Tennessee. Mary was born on January 09, 1810 in Perry County, Tennessee and was the daughter of Benjamin Denton and Margaret Ann " Peggy" Anderson. James died on October 02, 1884 and Mary died on December 08, 1877, both in Solo, Pope County, Arkansas and are buried in the Smyrna Cemetery. The
following was provided by another Holmes/Denton researcher and
corroborated by Peggy Teague Logan: When this trial was called, the Judge is on the record as excusing two jurors, James Holmes, Sr.and William Holmes because these persons were related to the accused by marriage. William Holmes was the son of James Holmes, Sr. INMATES OF THE TENNESSEE STATE PENITENTIARY 1831 - 1850 Denton James petit larceny Perry 24 The second evidence of Mary Denton marrying James Holmes was found in a copy of a letter written by Benjamin Franklin Denton, born 1836, Perry Co., TN, to M. Denton, about Perry County Denton's genealogy. Benjamin mentions, among other information, that Mary Denton, who md. James Holmes of Perry County was a sister to Benjamin's father, Samuel. He further said that Benjamin Denton & Peggy Ann Anderson Denton, were the parents of his father. He then mentions that his father's grandfather was also named Benjamin, whose father was Samuel Denton born in Virginia. Benjamin also said that his father, Samuel, was born in White Co., TN abt 1801 and about 1812 the Dentons all moved to Hickman Co., TN; then on to Perry Co. about 1817. Many Dentons settled along Cedar Creek and many are still living there in 1894 (time of Benjamin's letter.) . Benjamin also said in his letter that his grandfather was the father of our Mary. Benjamin Denton moved on to Marshall Co., MS and died there about 1848. He also mentions that Mary Denton, his aunt, had one son also named Benjamin and several girls; and James Holmes moved on to AR when he was a small boy. A study of the 1840 Perry County Federal Census, as well as the 1850 Van Buren Co., AR Census supports most of the information given in Benjamin Denton's letter Christopher Denton, bro. to our Mary, and his wife Elizabeth Ann Holmes, moved to AR and lived in Van Buren Co. near our Holmes family and that Christopher was killed by bushwhackers or carpet baggers and that some older people remembered that the "women folks" in the family had buried him secretly at night, but I don't know why they found it necessary to do it secretly, unless they also feared for their own lives. Heirs
that Will: Caroline Winters are named in James Benjamin Holms
Elisebeth Cash Jane Burness Winney Arthur Sarah Yates Rebecca
Braudaway Mary Bell ?eby Bell & Benjamin P. Parker Rebecca Polk??,
James Ruff James Watts State of Ark, Pope Co May the 4 1887 received of Enice Bell the administrator of my grandfathers state five dollars being my part of the personal property. Signed by E. H. Winters and Caroline Winters Received Aug the 31 1887 of E.M. Bell as admrs of the estate of James Holmes deceased the sum of five dollars. The same being in full payment and satisfaction of my distributive share in said estate and in full of all claims against him as such dministrator. Signed J.C. Polk and B.J. Polk Pope County Arkansas March the 19 188?. Received of E Bell Administrator of the estate of James Holmes deceased the sum of 20.05 in full to date. Signed J.R. Parker guardian of B.P. Parker Received
July the 27 1887 of E.M. Bell as admrs of the estate of James
Holmes deceased the sum of five dollars. The same being in full
payment and satisfaction of my distributive share in said estate
and in full of all claims against him as such administrator.
Signed ?M B Watts and Mary ? Watts Children of James and Mary: 1.
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