John Holloway's Statement
in Applying for the 1832 Revolutionary War Pension
The information below is from the TN GenWeb site for Morgan County. The contributor(s) is/are identified. The URL is http://tngenweb.org/morgan/HOLLOWAYPension.html Note that his statement makes no reference to having participated in King's Mountain or even in the Piedmont country generally.
In "History of Pittsylvania County Virginia" (Maud Carter Clement, Genealogical Publishing Co. 2009. 340 p.) a John Holloway is located on Pigg River at 'the Bloomery' (iron furnace) of John Donelson in 1774 and in 1779 Donelson sold out in VA and moved to the 'Great Bend of the River in Middle Tennessee' (i.e. future Nashville).
A peition for a Revolutionary War pension by John Anderson of Whitley County, KY identifies that he marched under 'Col. Severe' from Washington Co. NC to 'the Chichmauga Towns' and burned several of them. John Holloway may also have been present. The 'Chichmauga Towns' were in the Ridge and Valley south of present-day Chattannooga, TN. In the Cherokee census in 1830, this was still the most densely settled area in Cherokee, Georgia.
A John Holloway received a 50 acre land grant (# 439) in what was then Sullivan County, TN on Aug. 9, 1787 from the state of North Carolina as TN did not yet exist. It is described as being "on the south side of the North Fork of Holston River". The North and South Forks of the Holston come together on the southwest side of present-day Kingsport, TN. The references are "North Carolina Land Grants in Tennessee 1768-1791" by Goldene Fillers Burgner, 1981. Sullivan County Deed Book Number One 1773-1788 WPA Records, no date. Reprinted 2006 by Mountain Press PO Box 400 Signal Mountain, TN 37377-0400; web address www.mountainpress.com
| JOHN HOLLOWAY |
| First Families of Tennessee |
| Pension List # 271 |
| On 20-November 1832, John Holloway of Morgan County, Tennessee, appeared before John H. Hughes, Justice of the Peace, to file for a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier. He calculated his age as 73 years and made the following statement about his service record.
John Holloway, was born near Richmond, Virginia. He was drafted into the Service in East Tennessee near Jonesborough under Captain John Clark, Major Jesse Walton and Colonel John Sevier. They first marched to the Doe River and concluded that it was not safe to leave the frontier so the troop returned home. This became the pattern for fighting the Indians zig-zagging through the Indian Nation fighting and capturing Indians and then returning home. John Holloway fought in this manner for two years and was awarded a pension even though he could produce no written documentation of his service. John Holloway was born near Richmond, Virginia, the date and his parents names not stated. He removed to Henry County, with his parents at about 10 years of age and then to East Tennessee where he entered the Revolution. After the war, he moved back to Henry County, Virginia, but returned to Moccasin Gap in East Tennessee where he married Rebecca, maiden name unknown, 17 March 1790, in Sullivan Co., Tennessee. Rebecca stated that she and John Holloway had the following children: Nancy (the eldest child) married Matthew Griffith on 31 August 1808 in Roane County and lived in Marion County. Elizabeth married Alexander Hunter and 2) Elisha Hood. She died at "The Cove" in Overton County, (later became Fentress County) about 1824. Joseph born 17 March 1795 married the daughter of Robert McCartt. Her name is not stated but the 1850 Census shows her name to be Rebecca. Children listed were Joseph, Clark, Poleacy (Perlesia), Preston and M.C. They also had a son, Henry, who was married by the 1850 Census. He is mentioned in the Pension Application. William born 17 March 1798. Kesiah born 24 May 1801. Rachel born 24 January 1804. Rebecca is shown living with her in the 1840 Moses Claibourn born 25 February 1807. . |
| Submitted by:Edna Pansy Briggs Ward, 1331 Margaret Rd, Knoxville, TN, 37920-4601.I am the ggg grand daughter of John Holloway. |
| This was submitted to the Library by: Sue Krezelak from Oregon, Andpassed on to me when I began to research in 1995 |