George Holloway Family
South Carolina, Natchez Terr. and North Carolina

Rev. George Holloway
b. Dec 27, 1766 Lynches Creek, near Georgetown, S. C.
d. Dec. 8, 1851 Little Mulberry, Burke Co., N. C.

m. Mary Loving Oct 1787
b. 1768 Wilkes Co., NC
d. May 1852 (at age 84)
her father: William Loving#
her mother: perhaps Jane White#

his father: John Holloway, King and Queen Co., VA
his mother: unknown
Children of this marriage
Elizabeth Hattie Holloway
 b. Feb. 15, 1787 Burke Co., NC
 d. 1890 Swain (Macon) Co. NC
 m. Bennett Benjamin Crisp 9 Jul 1813 Burke Co., NC (1786-1890)
John ?
 b. 1789 Burke Co., NC
 d. young
Mahala Holloway
 b. 1793 Burke Co., NC
 d. Caldwell Co., NC
Jane (Jean) Holloway
 b. Oct 6, 1795 Burke Co., NC
 d. May 31, 1877 Burke Co., NC
 m. David Setzer 4 Jun 1814 Burke, NC(1791 NC-1872NC) son of Adam J. Setzer and Eliz. Arney
Sarah (Sally) Hollaway
 b. 1800? Burke Co., NC
 d. Caldwell Co., NC
 m. William Flemmings (1801-1854)
Washington Hollaway
 b. 1802? Burke Co., NC
 b. Cherokee Co., NC
daughter
 b. Burke Co., NC
 d. young
Susan L. Hollaway
 b. 23 Jun 1806 Burke Co., NC
 d. 27 Jul 1861 Caldwell Co., NC
 m. ? Fleming (said to be the brother of William above)
Robert Hollaway
 b. 31 Jan 1809 Burke Co., NC
 d. 1 Mar 1891 Caldwell Co., NC
 m. ? Catharine Hood 8 Feb. 1830 Burke, NC*
(b. 1807 - d. 1902)
dau. of John Hood and Isabella Kincaid
George Hollaway
 b. 1811 Burke Co, NC
 d. aft 1850 Caldwell Co., NC
 m. Amanda ?   abt 1832
James Taylor Hollaway
 b. 1813 Burke Co, NC
 d. 5 Mar 1843
*marriages of Ancestry.com, US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
#records of George N. Holloway, Feind-Holloway Family History, 2005

about 1778- George Holloway is the oldest son of John Hollaway. (Note the spelling difference) George is about eleven when John Hollaway traveled to the Natchez Territory with his family in a probably flat boat.  John had probably supported the English in the Revolutionary conflict which caused him and his other relatives to sell all their real estate holdings and other less portable possessions. Others in the same frame of mind converted their cash into slaves that they took with them on the trip for later resale.  John becomes an overseer on the an estate just north of Natchez in this territory controlled by the Spanish at this time. 

1778-81 John Holloway and Elizabeth decide to move themselves and their children to Mississippi Territory. They probably take a flat boat or at least took two pirogue (or dugout canoes) down the Tennessee River which hooks up with the Ohio and then down the Mississippi River to Natchez as did the later White families.

1780, November - Rachael gives to her son John his share of his father's estate. It amounted to a little over eight pounds. [Lisabeth Holloway]

1781- Oct. - John Holloway is killed by "Indians" and his wife survives with the children. John Holloway was apparently working at the time as "an overseerer" for the plantation of John Havard. In one version of the story says that George Holloway, John's son, actually saw the killing. George is said to have written about this in his later years after he returned to live with his uncle, William White, in Burke County, North Carolina. There is some suspicion that the Nellie Price settled her dispute with John with this killing.

According to one story from the heirs of George, John was shot and scalped by Indians at his plantation five leagues from Fort of Natchez. 

Present day researcher George Holloway, writes that Bishop Francis Avery(I think this should be Asbury) visits to this area includes the earliest documention that William White was living in this area -in 1786. As a Methodist circuit rider Avery came through Burke Co. 8 times between February 1786 and Oct 1814. "On his first visit he passed through Morganton... [he did not preach] but did meet with a "society" that had already been formed at the plantation of William White, Esquire, the most influential Methodist in the area". His plantation was located [in present day Collettsville]. According to the memorial of 1852 to George Holloway, George was converted to the denomination in 1795 at White's. [Vineyard p. 112]
George goes on, "If you look at the map of Collettsville on my page for George Holloway you will see how close Collettsville, Holloway Mountain (not shown on most maps) and the Johns River and Little Mulberry Creeks are to each other. From Morganton this is not a difficult trip. The White family eventually operated White's Mill not far from Morganton."
But one year, according to his diary, Bishop Asbury comes down from the north:
"Oct. 22, 1799. We had a serious laborious ride of 30 miles to William White's, Esquire, Upon John's River, Burke Co., N.C." This path (Indian trail at that time) ends near the present Holloway Mountain Road not far from Grandfather Mountain. My parents and I travelled DOWN this road once in the 1990's and it is a long slow route. My father went UP it later and it is even more treacherous. It may be the rest of Holloway Mountain Road, and explains why it was called that and not Grandfather Mountain Road. This whole area is still quite remote. Also according to his 1852 memorial, George's last words were "O happy place, hard struggling to get there."
This is where the Whites, Lovings and Holloways finally settled permanently, isolated from the outside world until the Civil War took several of the family's members.
I guess what I am trying to prove is that two close families each split SO FAR apart from each other after 1781 and probably never have any contact with each other (until now??? .. you and me???). The fact that each faction of the family and court records in both places tell the same story about John makes me believe that it is true.

 Shortly after John Holloway's murder George Hollaway, now fifteen or sixteen years old, leaves with his uncle William White for Wilkes (now Burke Co) NC. In his new surroundings in NC he is converted to Methodism and becomes a well known minister.  He has a large family who all seem to have stayed in the area.  Here he writes a memior  of his life where he describes his life.  He is included in a list of the Holloway Society, 1810-1821, which was never published.

In the "Class Papers of the Holloway Society of 1810-1821" never before published and which also includes a list of members.  August 19, 1817.  It stated that William Loving is listed second after George Holloway.  William Loving is probably his brother-in-law, since his uncle of the same name probably died by 1806.  Jane Loving is listed on page 126 as "Jean Loving" at the meeting May 6, 1821, and "UNABLE TO ATTEND OFTEN".  After Sept 15th she is deceased . (Jane and Jean are used interchangeably and quite often.)
 [Vineyard p. 113]

The reseachers Maribeth Lang Vineyard and Eugene Wiseman, wrote in their book that, "1) George Holloway 1766-1851 m. 1st cousin Mary Loving. George Holloway was raised in the home of his Grandfather James Taylor White and Uncle William White Esq. on Mulberry Creek - Caldwell Co. N.C. and formed the "Holloway Society" 1810 to 1821."[Vineyard p. 81-112]

According the research of George M. Holloway, George Holloway was converted to the local Methodist movement by Rev. Jesse Lee in the late 1790's, he founded a Methodist group that produced a manuscript titled Class Papers for Holloway's Society, 1810-1821. The Loving family were some of the original members and lived near George and the present Mt. Olivet Methodist Church in Collettsville NC which is said to have been known as Holloway's Chapel.
[George Holloway, Feind-Holloway Family History web site 2005]

From much early coorespondence I had heard of a biography that George (the elder) had written.  I still have not found any researchers that has a copy.  Some of the information in the Holloway Society papers seems to have referenced it. The story about his father having been scalped is not mentioned in any other record I have discovered. 

1819- The Tax list of Caldwell county, North Carolina shows 
William Loving owning 180 acres , $600, and one white poll.  [Annals of Caldwell County, p. 115]

Although it is certainly possible that Mary is the supposed wife of George,  I have no real documenation that proves that she is a Loving or that her parents are William Loving whose wife is also the daughter of James Taylor White.  Gifford White, my primary researcher of the White family now deceased, does not list any Jane White in his research and makes no mention of William Loving having married a White family member.  I would hope that someone can come up with some documentation for this family connection. 


George is listed as living on Mulberry Creek, Burke County (now called Caldwell County, NC). [Vineyard p. 113]

1820 -  US Census, North Carolina, Burke Co., p. 23
George Holloway      male 2(u10)  1m(10-15)  1m(16-18)  1m (16-25) 1m(45+)  -fem.  1(10-15) 2(16-25)  1(45+)  7 invol. in Agri. 
                                 slaves   2 m(u14)  2m (14-25)  2f (u14)  1f (45+)  free w(u16) 4 free w(+25) total slaves   7
only four perons away in census
William Loving                    male     1(u10)  -  1(16-18)  2(16-25)  -  3m(45+)   -  -  3  -  2
                                         slaves     -   -   -   -  -  -  -  -  -   -  -

1830 - US Census, North Carolina, Burke Co., p.135.
Robert Hollaway                         males     0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0 
                                                    females  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Washington Hollaway                 males     0  1  1  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                                                    females   0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
George Hollaway                        males     0  0  0  2  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0
                                                    females  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0   1  0  0  0  0


1840- US Census, Burke Co., Catawba R., p. 304 (note the different spelling)
Robert Halloway                         male      1  1  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                                                    female   1  2  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
Geo. Holloway Sr.                       male      0  2  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0
                                                     female   1  1  0  0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0

1843, Nov 8 - According the Vineyard book, "George's will mentions son James Taylor Holloway "is dec'd - his two children Catherine and Elizabeth Jean Holloway" (note the names) .  Its pretty clear that George Sr. lived beyond a1850 since he shows up in the 1850 Census below.  I'm not sure why he would have made his will at this date,  most people of this time waited to make their will until they were on their death bed.  Perhaps he may have had an illness and recovered.

1850 - US Census, Caldwell Co., (note the different spelling) John's River District, p. 2
George Halloway      83 m   farmer    1125   South Carolina
Mary Halloway         82  f                               Wilkes  NC

Lower Crk. Dist., Caldwell Co., p. 58
George Halloway      39  m  Miller                     N. Carolina
Amanda     "              38  f      "                             "          "
Mary          "              18 f       "                             "          "
Lucindy     "              14 f        "                             "          "
Nelson       "              13 m      "                             "          "
John           "              11 m      "                             "          "
Cornelia     "                8 f        "                             "          "
Elisha         "                2 m      "                             "          "     

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