Thursday, July 19, 2012

Moses, Milly and the Children

 Moses Holifield was born between 1795 and 1800 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.1 He is enumerated in Census for 1820 Anson County, North Carolina, and 1830 Chesterfield South Carolina. 2 3 Sometime after 1830, probably around 1832-1833, Moses moved his family to Mississippi where he can be found in the US Population Census and State Censuses from 1840-1870. 4 5 6 7 9 11

Moses served in the military during the Civil War in 1861–1865. He enlisted on May 4, 1861 in the 8th Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers at Ellisville and traveled 57 miles to the rendezvous point at Enterprise.  Upon ascertaining that Moses was 65 years old, the officers doubtlessly saluted his determination and vigor, but sent him home.

Moses received 3 patents for land totaling 328 acres in the St. Stephens Meridian, Jones County Mississippi. 8 12

Moses died sometime after 1870 and before 1880 at the age of 70+ years in Jones County, Mississippi.

Moses Holifield and Emilla "Milly" Rivers were married about 1817 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.13 Emilla "Milly" Rivers, daughter of Mark Rivers and Annie Parker, was born about 1800 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.14 15 She died before 1867 at the age of 67 in Jones County, Mississippi.

Moses Holifield and Emilla Rivers had the following children:

          2          i.   Joshua Holifield, born 15 Mar 1814, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Mary Ann Craft, about 1840, Jones County, Mississippi; died 29 Jan 1894, Jones County, Mississippi.
                     ii.   Ray Holifield was born about 1822 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina.
          3        iii.   Charlotte Holifield, born 4 Mar 1826, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Robert Cooper; died 14 Jun 1902, Jones County, Mississippi.
          4        iv.   John C. Holifield, born about 1827, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Mary A. Brown, about 1843; married Rachel Lee, about 1867; died 4 Apr 1892.
                     v.   Mark Holifield was born about 1830 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. 16 17
                    vi.   Jonathan Holifield, born about 1833, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Sarah F. Musgrove, about 1854, Jones County, Mississippi.
                   vii.   James Holifield, born about 1835, Greene County, Alabama; married Lucinda Sims, about 1852, Jones County, , MS; died before 1880.
                  viii.   Moses Holifield Jr., born about 1837, Jones County, Mississippi; married Nancy Elizabeth Rivers, about 1860, Jones County, , Mississippi; died Aug 1870, Jones County, Mississippi.


Moses Holifield and Nancy M. McCary were married about 1867 in Jones County, MS. Nancy M. McCary, daughter of Tandy McCary and Cloah, was born about 1837 in Alabama.

Moses Holifield and Nancy M. McCary had the following children:

                      i.   William Martin Holifield was born on 15 Jan 1868 in Jones County, , MS. He died on 27 Sep 1915 at the age of 47 in Jones County, Mississippi.
                     ii.   Charles H. Holifield, born Nov 1870, Jones County, Mississippi; married May Addeline Walters, 19 Mar 1893, Jones County, , MS; died 1943, Jones County, Mississippi.
                    iii.   Mary Elizabeth Holifield was born in Jan 1872 in Jones County, Mississippi.










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        1. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (http://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 11 June 2011), entry for MOSES HOLIFIELD, Sr., Private; 8th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry; Confederate. BIRTH YEAR: Based on census data; His Civil War Record, page 2 shows he enlisted August 21, 1861 and although the page is undated Moses Holifield, Sr. age is reported as 65 years old. http://www.fold3.com/image/#20|73257757.
        2. 1820 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Huntley, Anson County, North Carolina, page 33, Line 22, Household of Moses Holyfield; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 2011); citing  National Archives Microfilm M33, Roll 80.
        3. 1830 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, page 244, Line 19, Household of Moses Holifield; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2009); citing  National Archives Microfilm M19_172. 1830 CENSUS: Chesterfield County, South Carolina; NARA Series: M19; Roll Number: 172; Family History Film: 0022506, Page: 244; Line 19; Moses HOLIFIELD, male, age 30-39; 2 Male under 5 years [Ray & John]; 1 Male, age 5-9 [Joshua]; 1 Female less than 5 years [Charlotte] ; 1 Female, age 30-39 [Milly].
        4. 1840, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Jones County, Mississippi, page 305, Line 1, Household of Moses Holyfield; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.om : viewed 2009); Family History Library Film: 0014840, Roll 214.. 1840 CENSUS: Jones County, Mississippi; Roll: 214; Image: 620; Family History Library Film: 0014840, Page: 305; Line 1;  1 Male, Under age 5 [James]; 1 Male, age 6-9 [Moses, Jr. & Jonathan]; 1 Male, age 10-14 [Mark]; 2 Males, age 15-19 [John C, Ray]; 1 Male, age 20-29 [Joshua]; 1 Male, age 40-49 [Moses]; 1 Female, age 10-14 [Charlotte] and 1 Females, age 40-49 [Milly].
        5. 1841, Jones County, Mississippi, state census, No Township Listed, Moses Holyfield; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.om : viewed 20 June 2011).
        6. 1850 Census, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Jones County, Mississippi, Page 128A; Line 1, Dwelling 186, Family 186, Household of Moses HOLYFIELD; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2009); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 374.         
    7. 1853, Jones County, Mississippi, Mississippi state and territorial census collection, 1792-1866, , Line: 88, Moses Holifield; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.om : viewed 11 June 2012); Microfilm V229. 3 rolls. Heritage Quest .Roll : v229_2.
    8. Bureau of Land Management, Mississippi Pre-1908 Patents: Homesteads, Cash Entry, Choctaw Indian Scrip and Chickasaw Cession Lands, on-line database (: The Generations Network, Inc.,, 1997), Moses Holifield.
        9. 1860 Census, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Jones County, Mississippi, page 709, Line 10, Dwelling 329, Family 329, Household of Moses Holifield; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2009); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 584. 1860 CENSUS: Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi;  Roll: M653_584;  Image 131;  Family History Library Film: 803584; page 709, Line 10, Dwelling 329, Family 329, Moses Holifield, age 70, farmer, born in MS; Millie Holifield, female, age 80, born in AL and Mark HOLIFIELD, Male, age 33, born in MS.  .
        10. National Park Service, "Soldiers" database, Civil War Soldiers & Sailor System (http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm : accessed 11 June 2011), entry for Moses Holifield Sr., Private; 8 Mississippi Infantry; Confederate
On May 4, 1861 he enlisted in the 8th Regiment, Mississippi Volunteers at Ellisville and traveled 57 miles to the rendezvous point at Enterprise.  Upon ascertaining that Moses was 65 years old, the officers doubtlessly saluted his determination and vigor, but sent him home.
        11. 1870 US Census, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Township 8,  Jones County , Mississippi, Page 204B; Line 15, Dwelling 84, Family 86, Household of  Moses HOLYFIELD; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 June 2011); citing NARA publication M593_733.
        12. Ed Payne, "Ed Payne on Jones County Civil War Widows: Part 4: Ed Payne on Jones County Civil War Widows," Victoria Bynum, Renegade South, 7 April 2010 (https://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/part-4-ed-payne-on-jones-county-civil-war-widows/ : viewed 11 June 2011), Moses Holifield sold 40 acres to Kitty Sumrall, 1871. 3) It is very likely that there were other connections between the Sumrall and McCary families. After all, this was the Piney Woods. For example, I found a land deed from 1871 in which Moses Holyfield sold a 60 acre parcel near Pinelville to "Mrs. Kitty Sumrall" for $100. This is a further suggestion of a connection between Kitty and Nancy, who I suspect were sisters–my assumption being that Kitty was the Catherine McCary, age 16, on the 1850 census report Tim cited.
It is interesting the land was sold to Kitty rather than to her husband, Carney. This property (near Pinelville) seems to be where the couple resided in 1880. Carney later homesteaded 160 acres near Soso. His property there adjoined that of widow Elizabeth Hinton Coats, whom he married in 1889.
https://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/part-4-ed-payne-on-jones-county-civil-war-widows/.
        13. Patricia N. Edwards & Jean Strickland, Who Married Whom (Ashdown Arkansas 71822: Strickland Books, 1986), page 68.
        14. 1850 Census, Jones County, Mississippi, Population Schedule, Jones County, Mississippi, Page 128A; Line 1, Dwelling 186, Family 186, Household of Moses HOLYFIELD. 1850 CENSUS:  Jones County, Mississippi; Roll: M432_374; Image: 260, Page 128A; Line 1, Dwelling 186, Family 186; Moses HOLYFIELD, Male, age 50, born in SC; Milly HOLYFIELD, Female, age 50, born in SC; Mark HOLYFIELD, Male, age 20, born in AL; Jonathan HOLYFIELD, Male, age 15, born in MS; Moses HOLYFIELD, Male, age 12, born in MS; Ann DRIMAN, Female, age 17, born in AR and Louisa DRIMAN, Female, age 11, born in MS. .
        15. 1860 Census, Jones County, Mississippi, Population Schedule, Jones County, Mississippi, page 709, Line 10, Dwelling 329, Family 329, Household of Moses Holifield. 1860 CENSUS: Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi;  Roll: M653_584;  Image 131;  Family History Library Film: 803584; page 709, Line 10, Dwelling 329, Family 329, Moses Holifield, age 70, farmer, born in MS; Millie Holifield, female, age 80, born in AL and Mark HOLIFIELD, Male, age 33, born in MS.  .
        16. 1850 Census, Jones County, Mississippi, Population Schedule, Jones County, Mississippi, Page 128A; Line 1, Dwelling 186, Family 186, Household of Moses HOLYFIELD. 1850 CENSUS:  Jones County, Mississippi; Roll: M432_374; Image: 260, Page 128A; Line 1, Dwelling 186, Family 186; Moses HOLYFIELD, Male, age 50, born in SC; Milly HOLYFIELD, Female, age 50, born in SC; Mark HOLYFIELD, Male, age 20, born in AL; Jonathan HOLYFIELD, Male, age 15, born in MS; Moses HOLYFIELD, Male, age 12, born in MS; Ann DRIMAN, Female, age 17, born in AR and Louisa DRIMAN, Female, age 11, born in MS. .
        17. 1860 Census, Jones County, Mississippi, Population Schedule, Jones County, Mississippi, page 709, Line 10, Dwelling 329, Family 329, Household of Moses Holifield. 1860 CENSUS: Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi;  Roll: M653_584;  Image 131;  Family History Library Film: 803584; page 709, Line 10, Dwelling 329, Family 329, Moses Holifield, age 70, farmer, born in MS; Millie Holifield, female, age 80, born in AL and Mark HOLIFIELD, Male, age 33, born in MS.  .


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  1. My ancestor was John C. Holifield, son of Moses Holifield and served in the 8th CSA inf,His last wife was Rachel Lee,who was my gggrandmother,please contact me with any information on where they lived in Jones County Mississippi and where they were buried,My name is Van C. Lowe and my email address is goldclaw83@aol.com

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