Jacob Holyfield was born in 1804 in Tennessee, maybe Stewart County. His father may have been Elisha Holyfield whom I found in Stewart and Madison counties and as a witness on a land deed of Jacob. Jacob married Sarah Holly of Georgia and they appear in the 1830 and 1840 District 13 censuses in Hardeman County, Tennessee. Jacob moved just across the county line to McNairy County District 2 maybe as early as 1842, for he is found in land records making deals with Fielding Hurst of that area which later becomes known as "The Hurst Nation". Jacob and family appear in 1850 District 2 McNairy County census and that is where Jacob and Sarah are last recorded in the 1870 census, passing before 1880. According to Franklin P. Mitchell's book "The Hurst Nation and its People" they are buried in Woodville Cemetery then McNairy County now Chester County. Chester County was formed after the Civil War.
Jacob and Sarah had 9 children, 7 boys and 2 girls. Five sons served in the Civil War, John H. Holyfield 51/52 infantry fought at Shiloh and the first Battle of Corinth, was captured and later paroled at Bethel Springs, Tennessee, he was then in co. C Newson's 18th Tennessee Calvary until he was wounded July 15, 1864 at Old Town Creek at the Battle of Harrisburg Mississippi. John lived in the section that came to be called Woodville with wife Mary Ann Franks and children. He died in 1904 and his wife was approved and drew a military window's pension starting in 1907. She had two sons Morgan P. and James C. who continued to live with her at the homestead and tend the farm. Mary died in 1919. John, Mary and son Elihu are buried at Hatchie Cemetery in Hardeman County, Tennessee.
Morgan P. lived at the Homestead with wife Leonia and daughter Exie, and brother James who never married. I was in the house in the early 1960s, after Leonia had past and tenets were living there helping my father Shelby Cox with farm work. That old Homestead became known as the Old Patterson Place. Jimmy Patterson married Leonia in 1931 after Morgan P. died in 1929. Shelby Cox my father was born in 1928, so all he ever knew it by was The Patterson Place. So just in my recent research did I put things together. So when I was that little boy in the old Patterson house, I had no idea it was the House of my Great Great Grandparents John H. and Mary Ann Holyfield. The house was less than 1\2 mile from were I grew up in Woodville, Tennessee.
Sons Calvin and William moved to Palo Pinto, Texas before 1860 and died there with family. When the Civil War broke out, William joined the Confederacy as a pvt. in co. K, 34th Texas Calvary. He made it thru the war and when he died in 1903 his wife Nancy was approved for a pension. She died in 1931
Sommers B. Holyfield was living with his brother John H. Holyfield in the 1860 McNairy County census. When the war broke out, Sommers join the Union Army as a pvt. co. A 6th Tennessee Calvary. We don't understand all the dynamics that divided families during the Civil War. After the war Sommers moved to White County, Arkansas, raised a family and died there in 1898. His wife Teletha J. Holmes Holyfield drew a pension after his death. She died in 1929.
James Leonard Holyfield was a pvt. co. I in the 154 Senior Regiment. James died in 1871 from unknown causes. We know he died in 1871 because his wife Adeline Hightower Holyfield had moved to Texas and indicated so on her pension application in 1916. She died about a year later in 1917.
Son Fielding Holyfield was 8 years old in the 1850 census. No further records found.
Son Elihu Creps Holyfield was a pvt. co. E, Wilson's 21th Tennessee Calvary. Elihu applied for a pension. His wife Margaret died in 1913. He died in 1921. He lived in the Purdy, Tennessee area.
Daughter Lucrative Holyfield Riley Wilkins, born in District 13 Hardeman County in 1832, had two husbands and 14 children. She died between 1900 and 1910 in Hardin County, Tennessee.
Daughter Frances Jane Holyfield Ballentine was born in 1837 District 13 Hardeman County, Tennessee. She married William Ballentine in 1858 had four children and died in Gibson County, Tennessee about 1892.
Bret Cox
Jacob and Sarah had 9 children, 7 boys and 2 girls. Five sons served in the Civil War, John H. Holyfield 51/52 infantry fought at Shiloh and the first Battle of Corinth, was captured and later paroled at Bethel Springs, Tennessee, he was then in co. C Newson's 18th Tennessee Calvary until he was wounded July 15, 1864 at Old Town Creek at the Battle of Harrisburg Mississippi. John lived in the section that came to be called Woodville with wife Mary Ann Franks and children. He died in 1904 and his wife was approved and drew a military window's pension starting in 1907. She had two sons Morgan P. and James C. who continued to live with her at the homestead and tend the farm. Mary died in 1919. John, Mary and son Elihu are buried at Hatchie Cemetery in Hardeman County, Tennessee.
Morgan P. lived at the Homestead with wife Leonia and daughter Exie, and brother James who never married. I was in the house in the early 1960s, after Leonia had past and tenets were living there helping my father Shelby Cox with farm work. That old Homestead became known as the Old Patterson Place. Jimmy Patterson married Leonia in 1931 after Morgan P. died in 1929. Shelby Cox my father was born in 1928, so all he ever knew it by was The Patterson Place. So just in my recent research did I put things together. So when I was that little boy in the old Patterson house, I had no idea it was the House of my Great Great Grandparents John H. and Mary Ann Holyfield. The house was less than 1\2 mile from were I grew up in Woodville, Tennessee.
Sons Calvin and William moved to Palo Pinto, Texas before 1860 and died there with family. When the Civil War broke out, William joined the Confederacy as a pvt. in co. K, 34th Texas Calvary. He made it thru the war and when he died in 1903 his wife Nancy was approved for a pension. She died in 1931
Sommers B. Holyfield was living with his brother John H. Holyfield in the 1860 McNairy County census. When the war broke out, Sommers join the Union Army as a pvt. co. A 6th Tennessee Calvary. We don't understand all the dynamics that divided families during the Civil War. After the war Sommers moved to White County, Arkansas, raised a family and died there in 1898. His wife Teletha J. Holmes Holyfield drew a pension after his death. She died in 1929.
James Leonard Holyfield was a pvt. co. I in the 154 Senior Regiment. James died in 1871 from unknown causes. We know he died in 1871 because his wife Adeline Hightower Holyfield had moved to Texas and indicated so on her pension application in 1916. She died about a year later in 1917.
Son Fielding Holyfield was 8 years old in the 1850 census. No further records found.
Son Elihu Creps Holyfield was a pvt. co. E, Wilson's 21th Tennessee Calvary. Elihu applied for a pension. His wife Margaret died in 1913. He died in 1921. He lived in the Purdy, Tennessee area.
Daughter Lucrative Holyfield Riley Wilkins, born in District 13 Hardeman County in 1832, had two husbands and 14 children. She died between 1900 and 1910 in Hardin County, Tennessee.
Daughter Frances Jane Holyfield Ballentine was born in 1837 District 13 Hardeman County, Tennessee. She married William Ballentine in 1858 had four children and died in Gibson County, Tennessee about 1892.
Bret Cox
Jacob Holyfield was born in 1804 in Tennessee, maybe Stewart County. His father may have been Elisha Holyfield whom I found in Stewart and Madison counties and as a witness on a land deed of Jacob. Jacob married Sarah Holly of Georgia and they appear in the 1830 and 1840 District 13 censuses in Hardeman County, Tennessee. Jacob moved just across the county line to McNairy County District 2 maybe as early as 1842, for he is found in land records making deals with Fielding Hurst of that area which later becomes known as "The Hurst Nation". Jacob and family appear in 1850 District 2 McNairy County census and that is where Jacob and Sarah are last recorded in the 1870 census, passing before 1880. According to Franklin P. Mitchell's book "The Hurst Nation and its People" they are buried in Woodville Cemetery then McNairy County now Chester County. Chester County was formed after the Civil War.
Jacob and Sarah had 9 children, 7 boys and 2 girls. Five sons served in the Civil War, John H. Holyfield 51/52 infantry fought at Shiloh and the first Battle of Corinth, was captured and later paroled at Bethel Springs, Tennessee, he was then in co. C Newson's 18th Tennessee Calvary until he was wounded July 15, 1864 at Old Town Creek at the Battle of Harrisburg Mississippi. John lived in the section that came to be called Woodville with wife Mary Ann Franks and children. He died in 1904 and his wife was approved and drew a military window's pension starting in 1907. She had two sons Morgan P. and James C. who continued to live with her at the homestead and tend the farm. Mary died in 1919. John, Mary and son Elihu are buried at Hatchie Cemetery in Hardeman County, Tennessee.
Morgan P. lived at the Homestead with wife Leonia and daughter Exie, and brother James who never married. I was in the house in the early 1960s, after Leonia had past and tenets were living there helping my father Shelby Cox with farm work. That old Homestead became known as the Old Patterson Place. Jimmy Patterson married Leonia in 1931 after Morgan P. died in 1929. Shelby Cox my father was born in 1928, so all he ever knew it by was The Patterson Place. So just in my recent research did I put things together. So when I was that little boy in the old Patterson house, I had no idea it was the House of my Great Great Grandparents John H. and Mary Ann Holyfield. The house was less than 1\2 mile from were I grew up in Woodville, Tennessee.
Sons Calvin and William moved to Palo Pinto, Texas before 1860 and died there with family. When the Civil War broke out, William joined the Confederacy as a pvt. in co. K, 34th Texas Calvary. He made it thru the war and when he died in 1903 his wife Nancy was approved for a pension. She died in 1931
Sommers B. Holyfield was living with his brother John H. Holyfield in the 1860 McNairy County census. When the war broke out, Sommers join the Union Army as a pvt. co. A 6th Tennessee Calvary. We don't understand all the dynamics that divided families during the Civil War. After the war Sommers moved to White County, Arkansas, raised a family and died there in 1898. His wife Teletha J. Holmes Holyfield drew a pension after his death. She died in 1929.
James Leonard Holyfield was a pvt. co. I in the 154 Senior Regiment. James died in 1871 from unknown causes. We know he died in 1871 because his wife Adeline Hightower Holyfield had moved to Texas and indicated so on her pension application in 1916. She died about a year later in 1917.
Son Fielding Holyfield was 8 years old in the 1850 census. No further records found.
Son Elihu Creps Holyfield was a pvt. co. E, Wilson's 21th Tennessee Calvary. Elihu applied for a pension. His wife Margaret died in 1913. He died in 1921. He lived in the Purdy, Tennessee area.
Daughter Lucrative Holyfield Riley Wilkins, born in District 13 Hardeman County in 1832, had two husbands and 14 children. She died between 1900 and 1910 in Hardin County, Tennessee.
Daughter Frances Jane Holyfield Ballentine was born in 1837 District 13 Hardeman County, Tennessee. She married William Ballentine in 1858 had four children and died in Gibson County, Tennessee about 1892.
Bret Cox
Jacob and Sarah had 9 children, 7 boys and 2 girls. Five sons served in the Civil War, John H. Holyfield 51/52 infantry fought at Shiloh and the first Battle of Corinth, was captured and later paroled at Bethel Springs, Tennessee, he was then in co. C Newson's 18th Tennessee Calvary until he was wounded July 15, 1864 at Old Town Creek at the Battle of Harrisburg Mississippi. John lived in the section that came to be called Woodville with wife Mary Ann Franks and children. He died in 1904 and his wife was approved and drew a military window's pension starting in 1907. She had two sons Morgan P. and James C. who continued to live with her at the homestead and tend the farm. Mary died in 1919. John, Mary and son Elihu are buried at Hatchie Cemetery in Hardeman County, Tennessee.
Morgan P. lived at the Homestead with wife Leonia and daughter Exie, and brother James who never married. I was in the house in the early 1960s, after Leonia had past and tenets were living there helping my father Shelby Cox with farm work. That old Homestead became known as the Old Patterson Place. Jimmy Patterson married Leonia in 1931 after Morgan P. died in 1929. Shelby Cox my father was born in 1928, so all he ever knew it by was The Patterson Place. So just in my recent research did I put things together. So when I was that little boy in the old Patterson house, I had no idea it was the House of my Great Great Grandparents John H. and Mary Ann Holyfield. The house was less than 1\2 mile from were I grew up in Woodville, Tennessee.
Sons Calvin and William moved to Palo Pinto, Texas before 1860 and died there with family. When the Civil War broke out, William joined the Confederacy as a pvt. in co. K, 34th Texas Calvary. He made it thru the war and when he died in 1903 his wife Nancy was approved for a pension. She died in 1931
Sommers B. Holyfield was living with his brother John H. Holyfield in the 1860 McNairy County census. When the war broke out, Sommers join the Union Army as a pvt. co. A 6th Tennessee Calvary. We don't understand all the dynamics that divided families during the Civil War. After the war Sommers moved to White County, Arkansas, raised a family and died there in 1898. His wife Teletha J. Holmes Holyfield drew a pension after his death. She died in 1929.
James Leonard Holyfield was a pvt. co. I in the 154 Senior Regiment. James died in 1871 from unknown causes. We know he died in 1871 because his wife Adeline Hightower Holyfield had moved to Texas and indicated so on her pension application in 1916. She died about a year later in 1917.
Son Fielding Holyfield was 8 years old in the 1850 census. No further records found.
Son Elihu Creps Holyfield was a pvt. co. E, Wilson's 21th Tennessee Calvary. Elihu applied for a pension. His wife Margaret died in 1913. He died in 1921. He lived in the Purdy, Tennessee area.
Daughter Lucrative Holyfield Riley Wilkins, born in District 13 Hardeman County in 1832, had two husbands and 14 children. She died between 1900 and 1910 in Hardin County, Tennessee.
Daughter Frances Jane Holyfield Ballentine was born in 1837 District 13 Hardeman County, Tennessee. She married William Ballentine in 1858 had four children and died in Gibson County, Tennessee about 1892.
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