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Henry Holland b. 3/1/1757 d. 6/26/1853 CANDLER COUNTY, GEORGIA
A native of Bertie County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1779 in Duplin County. He served six months as a private in Captain King's Company, Colonel Kenan's North Carolina Regiment and fought at the Battle of Stono. He re-enlisted in 1781 for three months in Captain Toole's Company, Colonel Brown's Regiment. In 1781, he enlisted for six months in Captain Coleman's Company, Colonel Murphy's Regiment and fought at the Battle of Eutaw Springs. Soon after the Revolution, he moved to Warren County, Georgia for four years, then to Washington County for eight years, and finally to Tattnall County where he applied for a pension for his services.
Buried: Old Holland family cemetery.
See: (1) Abstracts of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots, Reported to D.A.R. in 1959.
(2) Abstracts of Some Revolutionary War Pensions, p. 160.
(3) Genealogical Abstracts of Revolutionary War Pension Files, v. 2, p. 1679.
Source: Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers & Sailors, Patriots & Pioneers; Volume 1, by Ross Arnold & Hank Burnham with additions and corrections by: Mary Jane Galer, Dr. Julian Kelly, Jr., and Ryan Groenke. Edited by: Ryan Groenke.
A Georgia County-by-County compilation of Revolutionary War Patriots who made Georgia their permanent home and died here, including information on service history, birth dates, death dates and places of burial with an index.
Published by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution, 2001.
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Author: Hugh I. Rodgers
HOLLAND, Henry.
He was born 1 Mar 1757 in Bertie County, North Carolina; he died on 28 June 1852 in Tattnall County, Georgia.
He resided in Duplin County, North Carolina, when he entered the Revolutionary in 1779 War as a private in a militia company that fought at Stono, near Charleston, South Carolina. After his initial six-month serviced ended he returned to Duplin County. In 1781 he reentered active service in a company led by Capt. Toole, in Col. Brown’s Regiment under General Livingston’s command.
He marched to the “Big Bridge” at Wilmington and from there to Elizabethtown. By September 1781 he was in a company in Colonel Murphy’s Regiment. After a march to Wilmington and on to Pons-Pons in South Carolina, his unit was attached to the 3rd Regiment of General Nathanael Greene’s Continental Army. He participated in the Battle of Eutaw Springs on September 8, 1781.
After his discharge he returned to Duplin County; he married there Sarah Clay on 2 September 1783. In 1789 he moved to Warren County, Georgia, then to Washington County, Georgia, the southern part of which became Montgomery and Tattnall counties.
He applied for a Revolutionary War pension, granted in 1834 (S31759). He was a successful farmer, an active citizen, and the father of nine surviving children.
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