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State of Service: NC
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
Author: Frank Grady Hall, III
When Isaac Holeman was born in 1725 in Frederick County, Virginia, his father, Daniel, was 25 and his mother, Elizabeth, was 25. He married his wife, Mary Ann “Annie” Benton Hardy [1729-1782], about 1746 in Wilkesboro, North Carolina; no record of their marriage is recorded in the Rowan County records. He settled along the South Yadkin River in northwest Rowan County. A farmer by profession, he provided service during the Revolution by serving as the overseer of roads from William Frohock’s mill to Moses Mitshells’ mill being appointed in 1778. They had at least one son, Isaac, Jr, who served in the American Revolution, and after the war, this son moved to Tennessee to claim land he was granted. They also had at least one daughter, Mary [1770-1828], who married Francis Neely on December 2, 1793. Isaac died on August 15, 1807, in Rowan County, North Carolina, having lived a long life of 82 years; he is buried on his farm in a family plot.
“[The family] moved from Virginia to North Carolina in 1752. [Daniel Holeman] had at least four sons, Isaac, William, James and Thomas. The oldest brothers, Isaac, William and James settled in Rowan County, later to be Davie County. The aged parents died soon after arriving in Rowan and were buried on Isaac's farm. They did not record the names of the older Holemans, who were said to be from England. [Ancestral Study of Four Families, V.II, Emily G. Roberts, 1948 Excerpt from a letter from Diane Lynch, 10-01-90.] In relation to our particular line of Holman, it seems certain that the first immigrants to America were six brothers, Englishman, who settled in Virginia, and whose names were: Isaac, Thomas, James, William, Henry, and Richard. Of these brothers, Isaac was the eldest, his birth date being about 1725; his death occurring 1808. He was married to Mary, whose surname is unknown [Hardy]. Isaac Holman, as a young man, with two of his brothers, William and James, removed to North Carolina, where they established a Holman settlement. Each received land Grants in Rowan County. Isaac lived in that part of Rowan which was cut off 1835-36 for Davie County, and some of his brothers located in the part later known as Surry and Wilkes Counties. Thomas and Henry finally removed to Kentucky. There is still in Davie County a place known as "Holman's Cross Roads", where many of the Holmans lived. They probably are buried nearby, but many of the old graves were not permanently marked. Holman Arms Shield: Vert, chevron or, between three pheons argent Crest: a greyhounds head couped. Diane Lynch letter 10-01-90 Nat. No. DAR, 545934, joined on Henry Holman. She stated they were the sons of Edward Holman and his wife, Rosetta, and all were born in Kent County, MD. “ References: Wilkes County Heritage, 1980, pg 276; Rowan County Deed Book G, pg 92; McCubbins File, Rowan Public Library, Salisbury, NC.
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