William and John Holloway Family Bible

This written copy of the William and John Holloway Bible is found at the DAR, Washington, DC in the files of John and William Holloway. On the copy of the front page there is no publisher or date of publication however the 2nd page states that “The Holloway Family Bible Bought in Savannah City May 1826.” Any date occurring before 1826 must be considered added after the fact. There are two hand writings in the Bible, indicating the likelihood of two separate authors.

William Holloway, Sr. starts on page 1, John Holloway, Sr. starts on page 2. Sally and Ann Holloway were alledged to be sisters who married brothers William and John Holloway, and daughters of Benjamin Griffin of Craven County, North Carolina.


This Bible is controversial. Some descendants claim it’s a fraud, and was written well after the time to justify descendants entry into the Daughters of the American Revolution Society (DAR). Most specifically at issue is the contrast between this Bible which was obviously written at a later date and the genealogy as reported by the grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Huxford’s Pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia.

I notice that there is no order to the material as you would normally find within a Bible record. The style of writing is also different then you would see, more of a genealogical record, then entries that occurred over time. Information considered dubious is the entry of Salley Griffin as the mother of the children, as descendants, such as Mr. Griffin Holloway, the grandchild of William, state his grandmother was named Orpha, and all the children were by her. They say the marriage to Salley (or Sarah) Griffin was after the birth of Orpha the child in 1825.


The Evangelical Expositor or a Commentary on the New Testament Wherein The Sacred Text Is Inserted at Large
By The Revered Thomas Haweis, LL.B and M.D. Rector of Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire

Bible Record – Page 1

Marriages

Willaim (sic) Holloway Sr. was married to Salley Griffin December 15 17[8]8 in North Carolina Daughter of Benjamin Griffin. [The bracketed 8 was written over.]

Lavina was married to Tarleton Swain.

Nancy was born 14 August 1792.

Nancy was married to Ansel Parrish 3 March 1814 Daughter of William Holloway Sr.

Matthew son of William Holloway Sr. was never married.

William Holloway Jr, son of William Holloway Sr. was married to Elizabeth Edmondson Daughter of Isaac Edmondson January 17, 1825.

James son of William Holloway Sr married Judith Hendry Daughter of John July 20, 1820.

Roxie Ann Daughter of William Holloway Sr. was married to James Alderman son of David Alderman.

Catherine Daughter of William Holloway Sr. married Jesse S. Albritton son of Matthew. [See Rev. Matthew Albritton Family]

Births

William Holloway Sr. was born 1 April 1757

Salley Griffin was born March 17, 1766 Wife of William Holloway Sr.

LaVina was born October 17, 1790 Daughter of William Holloway Sr.

Matthew was born February 4, 1797

William Holloway Jr was born May 5, 1802

James Holloway son of William Holloway Sr. was born June 4, 1805

Roxie Ann Daughter of William Holloway Sr. was born April 7, 1808

Catherine Daughter of William Holloway Sr. was born June 9, 1814

Susannah Daughter of William Holloway Sr. was born Feby 3, 1819

Griffin Holloway son of William Holloway Sr was born July 9, 1822

Orpha Lee Daughter of William Holloway was born May 19, 1825

Bible Record – Page 2

Marriages

Griffin Holloway son of William Holloway Sr. was married to Sina Selph Daughter of Thomas Selph June 9, 1842

Susannah Daughter of William Holloway Sr. was married to William Smith January 8, 1835

Orpha Lee Daughter of William Holloway Sr. was married to Lasa Adams April 17, 1842.

John Holloway Sr. Brother of William Holloway Sr was married to Ann Griffin Daughter of Benjamin Griffin March 21, 1768

Nancy Daughter of John Holloway Sr. was married to Thomas Kimbrell November 2, 1787

Jeremiah son of John Holloway Sr was married to Mary Malden Feby 9, 1799.

Births

John Holloway, Sr. Brother of William Holloway Sr. was born May 10, 1745

Ann Griffin Daughter of Benjamin Griffin was born June 16, 1752

John Holloway Jr. son of John Holloway Sr. was born January 13, 1770

Nancy Daughter of John Holloway Sr. was born October 11, 1772

William son of John Holloway Sr. was born September 3, 1774

Jeremiah son of John Holloway Sr. was born April 5, 1776

Bible Record – Page 3

Marriages

James son of John Holloway Sr. was married to Catherine Summerlin November 2, 1803

Mickleberry son of John Holloway Sr. was married to Patsy Sowell April 23, 1820

Births

James son of John Holloway Sr. was born May 2, 1782

Thomas son of John Holloway Sr. was born March 11, 1786

Mickleberry son of John Holloway Sr. was born July 11, 1793

Bible Record – Page 4

Deaths

William Holloway Sr. died in Thomas County Ga. in 1850. Aged 93 years.

Sally Holloway Wife of William Holloway Sr. died in 1825 soon after the birth of her Daughter Orpha Lee.

John Holloway Sr. died in Bullock County, Georgia in 1818.

Ann Holloway Wife of John Holloway Sr. died in Bullock County Georgia in 1810.

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