William "Billy" Holloway, Jr., of Pittsylvania Co., VA

William "Billy" Holloway Jr. (c. 1754–1831) appears as a resident of Pittsylvania County for the last time in the 1800 personal property tax list. He and his wife Caty seem to have moved to North Carolina sometime between 1800 and 1802. On 19 Oct. 1802, Billy Holloway of Lincoln Co., NC sold his property on Little Sandy Creek in Pittsylvania Co., VA. Billy's daughter Jean Holloway then married William Wyatt in Lincoln County, their bond issued 13 Jan. 1804. Billy and his son Barnes Holloway both appear in the Lincoln County land tax list of 1805, Billy with 74 acres and 0 polls, Barnes with 594 acres and 1 poll. Barnes Holloway married Sarah Magill/McGill in Lincoln County, their marriage bond issued 1 Apr. 1806. (Note that the last digit of the year 1806 is smudged on the original marriage record, causing the date to be given as 1800 in published volumes of Lincoln County marriages. However, the marriage bond refers to Nathaniel Alexander as Governor, who took office in 1805, thus making clear that the marriage bond dated to 1806, not 1800.)

Billy's second wife Caty Poteet Holloway presumably died in Lincoln County before 1809, when Billy married his third wife. Billey Holloway and Anne Senter were married in Lincoln County, their marriage bond issued 23 Jan. 1809. Anne "Nancy" Holland Senter was born about 1764, an apparent orphan of Charles Holland of Cumberland County (c. 1722–1767) and widow of Steven Senter, whom she married in Lincoln County in 1779. (The Holloways lived near the communities of Dallas and Hardins, Lincoln County, later formed into Gaston County.) Billy, his son Barnes, and his daughter Jean all moved with their spouses to Blount Co., TN by at least 1812, Barnes having done so by 1808. Billy's brother Joseph had made this same move from Lincoln to Blount in about 1796. Billy, Joseph and their extended families lived in the community of Six Mile, Blount County, where they were members of the Six Mile Baptist Church. Billy was ordained as a minister there in 1819. Billy stated in his Revolutionary War pension application in 1820 that his wife was Nancy, age 56, and that two of her children and a grandson from a previous marriage lived with them, all having the surname Senter. This confirms that the Billy Holloway and Anne/Nancy Senter who married in Lincoln County were the same couple who moved to Blount County. Billy's military pension file proves that he and Joseph were brothers. Joseph
Holloway (c. 1750–1820) was married with children during the Revolution and thus did not serve during the war. He provided an affidavit for Billy's military pension application, stating that he and Billy were brothers and that he knew Billy to have served during the war. Despite this evidence, early genealogists adopted the view that Billy was Joseph's father, a mistake that escalated into the further mistake that Billy Jr. was married to his mother, Frances Meador, as claimed in many online family trees. These family trees typically fail to differentiate between William
"Billy" Holloway Sr. (c. 1729–aft. 1801) and his son, William "Billy" Holloway Jr. (c. 1754–1831). The correct attributions are that William Sr. was married to Frances Meador, and that Billy Jr. (Reverend and Revolutionary War soldier) was married first to an unknown wife, married second to Catherine "Caty" Poteet, and married third to Anne "Nancy" Holland Senter. Adding to the confusion is that Billy Jr. had both a brother and son named Barnes Holloway. Billy's brother Barnes Holloway Sr. (c. 1754–aft. 1824) married Sarah Meador in Bedford Co., VA in 1780, moved
to Georgia, and died in Marion Co., AL. Billy and his first unknown wife had a son Barnes Sr. (1781–1846) who married first to Sarah McGill in Lincoln Co., NC in 1806, married second to Ruth Wallace in Blount Co., TN in 1816, and died in Cass Co., MO. These two Barnes Holloways (uncle and nephew) are often confused with each other in online family trees. Both of them had sons named Barnes Jr.

There are many early records of Pittsylvania County that have not been published in print editions, such as the Pittsylvania County Court Minutes. It is likely that much more information for the Holloway family in Pittsylvania County will eventually be brought to light.

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HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM/BILLY DAR Ancestor #: A056832

• Service:  VIRGINIA    Rank: PRIVATE
• Birth:  1754    VIRGINIA
• Death:  4-30-1831     BLOUNT CO TENNESSEE
• Pension Number:  *S38844
• Service Source:  *S38844
• Service Description:  1) CAPTS CHARLES FLEMING, GROSS SCRUGGS 2) COLS WILLIAM DANGERFIELD, CHARLES SCOTT
• RESIDENCE 1) County: CUMBERLAND CO - State: VIRGINIA

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Billy was born Abt. 1758 . He was a Baptist preacher of English descent. Billy enlisted in Cumberland County, Virginia on February 14, 177 6. He served as a private in Captain Fleming's Company, Colonel Dangerfield's Virginia regiment until late September 1776. He transferred to Captain Scrugg's Company, Colonel Scott's 5th Virginia regiment and marched north. He was in both battles of Trenton. The battles of Brandywine and Germantown. He served until February 15, 1778, at which time he was discharged at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Billy was allowed pension on his application executed May 2, 1818, at which time he resided in Blount County, Tennessee and was 64 years old.

Billy, age , died in 1831 in Tennessee.

Served under General Washington in the Revelutionary War

14 FEB 1776 Enlisted in Cumberland County, Virginia Served a a private in Captain Flemings COmpany, Colonel Dangerfields, Virgi nia Regiment until the latter part of September 1776 Transferred to Captain Scruggs Company, Colonel Scotts Fifth Virginia Regim ent Fought in both battles of Trenton in the Revolutionary War Fought in the battles of Brandywine and Germantown in the revolutionary war 15 FEB 1778 Discharged at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania 1781 Served a tour in the Militia Religion: Baptist Occupation: Baptist Minister

Sources: 1.Title: D Blocher.GED Note: Merged 29/03/2009 22:10 Date: 2 APR 2009 Note: Record originated in...

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William "Billy" Holloway Jr. (c. 1754–1831) (Reverend) was the son of William Holloway Sr. and Frances Meador. William (Jr.) was listed in the 1783 tax list of Henry County as living in the home of Thomas Poteet, his apparent brother-in-law. William seems to have been widowed at the time with two young children. Thomas Poteet's wife was Frances, who seems to have been an unproven daughter of William Holloway Sr. and Frances Meador. William Jr. married Caty Poteet in Henry County in 1786, which seems to have made William Jr. and Thomas Poteet double brothers-in-law, each of them married to the other's sister. Caty Poteet was William's second of three wives. William and Caty appear in records of Washington Co., NC/TN, where they lived next door to William's parents on Kendrick Creek. William Holloway Senr. and William Holloway Junr. were
listed alongside each other on the Washington County land and personal property tax lists in 1787. "William Holloway Junr. and Katherine his wife" sold their 200 acres in Washington Co., NC/TN to Thomas Poteet in 1792. Many members of the Poteet family moved from Washington Co., TN to Lee Co., VA beginning in 1795. William and Frances Holloway Sr. made this same move by at least 1798. The only apparent rationale for them
doing so was that Thomas Poteet's wife Frances was their daughter. (Also, descendants of Thomas Poteet's apparent brother Squire Poteet have passed down the family tradition that Squire's first wife was a Holloway.) Before selling their property in Washington County, William Jr. and Caty had established a residence in Pittsylvania County, where they lived near James and Sally Holloway from 1788 to 1800. Upon leaving Pittsylvania County between 1800 and 1802, William and Caty moved to Lincoln Co., NC. In 1802, Billy Holloway of Lincoln Co., NC sold his property in Pittsylvania Co., VA. Billy married his third wife in Lincoln County in 1809, and then moved to Blount Co., TN by at least 1812. James and William/Billy Holloway's homes in Pittsylvania County were near the community of Kentuck, about 8 miles northeast of Danville. This put them about 40 miles southeast of Barnes and Sarah of Blackwater River and Poplar Camp Creek, and about 50 miles southeast of John and Charles of Doe Creek. James and his apparent wife Sally were the parents of a number of children who married in Pittsylvania County during the 1790s. James has sometimes been identified as the James Holloway of Cumberland County, son of John and Hannah. James of Cumberland was married to Ann, whereas James of Pittsylvania was apparently married to Sally. The same James might have been married first to Ann and second to Sally, though this is doubtful. Because James of Pittsylvania County was closely associated with William/Billy Jr., DNA testing is needed to determine whether James and Billy Jr. were brothers, first cousins, or some other relation. Preliminary Y-DNA results indicate that James and Billy were close relatives of unknown relation.