The Holland Family
Our Great x 4 Pappaw Jacob Holland was born about 1761 in either Port George's or Anne Arundel County in Maryland. So far, very little has been found regarding Jacob's parents. A family story tells that the family came from Holland. Upon arrival in America in 1761, they changed their name to Holland to honor their country of origin. A Jacob "Hollan" swore allegiance in 1778 in Cecil County, MD. This Jacob may have been our Great x 5 Pappaw Jacob Holland. The Holland family had at least two other boys, Charles (b. 1758) and Thomas (b. 1763).
The Holland sons moved to South Carolina in about 1770. Jacob's sworn statement, for his American Revolution (dated 17 Feb 1835), states that he volunteered in early 1776. He served under Colonel Anderson, Colonel Pickens, and Captain Joseph Pickens. He was marched from the Cherokee Ford on the Savannah River in the Abbeville District of South Carolina, in pursuit of Indians in the State of Georgia. The Indians fled to the interior of the Nation. Jacob was marched home and discharged. This tour lasted only about three weeks.
Jacobs next served under the same Officers shortly after his first discharge. His duties involved guarding supply wagons at Moncks Corner in South Carolina. There were no enemy engagements during this tour. He next volunteered under the same Officers and pursued the Tories into Georgia. They engaged the Tories and Vann's Creek at the Savannah River. The Americans were overwhelmed and forced to retreat. He was wounded in the knee, carried off the battlefield, and sent home to recover.
After "three or four months," he returned to service. He was part of a scouting party that eventually engaged the Tories and Loyalist in June 1777 at the Ninety-Six in South Carolina, currently Cambridge, SC. He engaged in frequent skirmishes over the next five weeks. Lord Rawdon from Charleston eventually reinforced the enemy forces. The Americans were forced to raise the siege and were marched twenty-one miles to Dorchester, SC. After two months, they were disbanded and sent home.
Our Pappaw Jacob describes his next Revolutionary service as follows, "I then volunteered
under Colonel Pickens and Captain William Strain to go after some Tories that was in the
Cherokee Nation trying to get the Indians that were scattered there and bring them to assist the British. About the time we reached our destination the Indians had taken seven of the above mentioned Tories and delivered them to Colonel Pickens, the rest having fled and left the parts and gone home – Colonel Pickens having delivered the Tory prisoners to General Clarke of Georgia, we returned home and was disbanded, in the spring of the year 1778, which ended my service during the Revolution Struggle."
Jacob's brothers, Charles and Thomas, served along side Jacob during his Revolutionary War service. It is interesting to note that South Carolina saw more battles than any other Colony. Our Great Pappaw x 4 James Rodgers also served in South Carolina. I found some minor inconsistencies with Pappaw Jacob's timeline. In his statement, Pappaw Jacob did not recall the year that he was born. Historians acknowledge that this was very common and due to the age of our Patriots at the time of their claim.
Jacob Holland is Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot number A057142. He is listed in the Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, 1899-1903, Volume IV, page 544. All three brothers eventually received pensions.
In 1781, Pappaw Jacob married our Grandmaw Sarah Miller. Sarah Miller was born in South Carolina in 1764. On 7 June 1785, a Jacob Holland received a grant land grant of 287.5 acres near Beaverdam Creek, SC. I cannot confirm this Jacob Holland to be our Jacob Holland. I believe it would pass standards set my professional genealogist associations. He was from the area. Being recently married, he would have been looking to settle down and start a farm.
Jacob and Sarah eventually had eleven children: Elizabeth (1781-1782), Polly (1782 -), Elizabeth (1784-), Jane (1784-1785), Peggy (1786-1787), Jane (1788-), Polly (1788-1789), Charles Sherwood (1794-1881), Robert (1796-), our Hannah (1799-1892), and Sarah (1804-1844). The duplicate listings of Elizabeth and Jane are correct. The records indicate that the first Elizabeth and Jane died very young.
The family lived in South Carolina until 1813. They moved to Madison County, AL, thence Pickens County, AL. Jacob and Sarah are buried at the Mount Hebron Church Yard in Greene County, AL.
Jacob and Sarah's son, Charles Sherwood Holland, eventually moved to Texas and established a settlement in 1846. Jacob bequeathed a slave woman and her daughter to our Hannah Holland Rogers. The Deed is registered at the Itawamba County Courthouse, Deed Book 8, page 394.
Our Great x 4 Pappaw Jacob Holland was born about 1761 in either Port George's or Anne Arundel County in Maryland. So far, very little has been found regarding Jacob's parents. A family story tells that the family came from Holland. Upon arrival in America in 1761, they changed their name to Holland to honor their country of origin. A Jacob "Hollan" swore allegiance in 1778 in Cecil County, MD. This Jacob may have been our Great x 5 Pappaw Jacob Holland. The Holland family had at least two other boys, Charles (b. 1758) and Thomas (b. 1763).
The Holland sons moved to South Carolina in about 1770. Jacob's sworn statement, for his American Revolution (dated 17 Feb 1835), states that he volunteered in early 1776. He served under Colonel Anderson, Colonel Pickens, and Captain Joseph Pickens. He was marched from the Cherokee Ford on the Savannah River in the Abbeville District of South Carolina, in pursuit of Indians in the State of Georgia. The Indians fled to the interior of the Nation. Jacob was marched home and discharged. This tour lasted only about three weeks.
Jacobs next served under the same Officers shortly after his first discharge. His duties involved guarding supply wagons at Moncks Corner in South Carolina. There were no enemy engagements during this tour. He next volunteered under the same Officers and pursued the Tories into Georgia. They engaged the Tories and Vann's Creek at the Savannah River. The Americans were overwhelmed and forced to retreat. He was wounded in the knee, carried off the battlefield, and sent home to recover.
After "three or four months," he returned to service. He was part of a scouting party that eventually engaged the Tories and Loyalist in June 1777 at the Ninety-Six in South Carolina, currently Cambridge, SC. He engaged in frequent skirmishes over the next five weeks. Lord Rawdon from Charleston eventually reinforced the enemy forces. The Americans were forced to raise the siege and were marched twenty-one miles to Dorchester, SC. After two months, they were disbanded and sent home.
Our Pappaw Jacob describes his next Revolutionary service as follows, "I then volunteered
under Colonel Pickens and Captain William Strain to go after some Tories that was in the
Cherokee Nation trying to get the Indians that were scattered there and bring them to assist the British. About the time we reached our destination the Indians had taken seven of the above mentioned Tories and delivered them to Colonel Pickens, the rest having fled and left the parts and gone home – Colonel Pickens having delivered the Tory prisoners to General Clarke of Georgia, we returned home and was disbanded, in the spring of the year 1778, which ended my service during the Revolution Struggle."
Jacob's brothers, Charles and Thomas, served along side Jacob during his Revolutionary War service. It is interesting to note that South Carolina saw more battles than any other Colony. Our Great Pappaw x 4 James Rodgers also served in South Carolina. I found some minor inconsistencies with Pappaw Jacob's timeline. In his statement, Pappaw Jacob did not recall the year that he was born. Historians acknowledge that this was very common and due to the age of our Patriots at the time of their claim.
Jacob Holland is Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot number A057142. He is listed in the Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, 1899-1903, Volume IV, page 544. All three brothers eventually received pensions.
In 1781, Pappaw Jacob married our Grandmaw Sarah Miller. Sarah Miller was born in South Carolina in 1764. On 7 June 1785, a Jacob Holland received a grant land grant of 287.5 acres near Beaverdam Creek, SC. I cannot confirm this Jacob Holland to be our Jacob Holland. I believe it would pass standards set my professional genealogist associations. He was from the area. Being recently married, he would have been looking to settle down and start a farm.
Jacob and Sarah eventually had eleven children: Elizabeth (1781-1782), Polly (1782 -), Elizabeth (1784-), Jane (1784-1785), Peggy (1786-1787), Jane (1788-), Polly (1788-1789), Charles Sherwood (1794-1881), Robert (1796-), our Hannah (1799-1892), and Sarah (1804-1844). The duplicate listings of Elizabeth and Jane are correct. The records indicate that the first Elizabeth and Jane died very young.
The family lived in South Carolina until 1813. They moved to Madison County, AL, thence Pickens County, AL. Jacob and Sarah are buried at the Mount Hebron Church Yard in Greene County, AL.
Jacob and Sarah's son, Charles Sherwood Holland, eventually moved to Texas and established a settlement in 1846. Jacob bequeathed a slave woman and her daughter to our Hannah Holland Rogers. The Deed is registered at the Itawamba County Courthouse, Deed Book 8, page 394.
The Holland Family
Our Great x 4 Pappaw Jacob Holland was born about 1761 in either Port George's or Anne Arundel County in Maryland. So far, very little has been found regarding Jacob's parents. A family story tells that the family came from Holland. Upon arrival in America in 1761, they changed their name to Holland to honor their country of origin. A Jacob "Hollan" swore allegiance in 1778 in Cecil County, MD. This Jacob may have been our Great x 5 Pappaw Jacob Holland. The Holland family had at least two other boys, Charles (b. 1758) and Thomas (b. 1763).
The Holland sons moved to South Carolina in about 1770. Jacob's sworn statement, for his American Revolution (dated 17 Feb 1835), states that he volunteered in early 1776. He served under Colonel Anderson, Colonel Pickens, and Captain Joseph Pickens. He was marched from the Cherokee Ford on the Savannah River in the Abbeville District of South Carolina, in pursuit of Indians in the State of Georgia. The Indians fled to the interior of the Nation. Jacob was marched home and discharged. This tour lasted only about three weeks.
Jacobs next served under the same Officers shortly after his first discharge. His duties involved guarding supply wagons at Moncks Corner in South Carolina. There were no enemy engagements during this tour. He next volunteered under the same Officers and pursued the Tories into Georgia. They engaged the Tories and Vann's Creek at the Savannah River. The Americans were overwhelmed and forced to retreat. He was wounded in the knee, carried off the battlefield, and sent home to recover.
After "three or four months," he returned to service. He was part of a scouting party that eventually engaged the Tories and Loyalist in June 1777 at the Ninety-Six in South Carolina, currently Cambridge, SC. He engaged in frequent skirmishes over the next five weeks. Lord Rawdon from Charleston eventually reinforced the enemy forces. The Americans were forced to raise the siege and were marched twenty-one miles to Dorchester, SC. After two months, they were disbanded and sent home.
Our Pappaw Jacob describes his next Revolutionary service as follows, "I then volunteered
under Colonel Pickens and Captain William Strain to go after some Tories that was in the
Cherokee Nation trying to get the Indians that were scattered there and bring them to assist the British. About the time we reached our destination the Indians had taken seven of the above mentioned Tories and delivered them to Colonel Pickens, the rest having fled and left the parts and gone home – Colonel Pickens having delivered the Tory prisoners to General Clarke of Georgia, we returned home and was disbanded, in the spring of the year 1778, which ended my service during the Revolution Struggle."
Jacob's brothers, Charles and Thomas, served along side Jacob during his Revolutionary War service. It is interesting to note that South Carolina saw more battles than any other Colony. Our Great Pappaw x 4 James Rodgers also served in South Carolina. I found some minor inconsistencies with Pappaw Jacob's timeline. In his statement, Pappaw Jacob did not recall the year that he was born. Historians acknowledge that this was very common and due to the age of our Patriots at the time of their claim.
Jacob Holland is Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot number A057142. He is listed in the Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, 1899-1903, Volume IV, page 544. All three brothers eventually received pensions.
In 1781, Pappaw Jacob married our Grandmaw Sarah Miller. Sarah Miller was born in South Carolina in 1764. On 7 June 1785, a Jacob Holland received a grant land grant of 287.5 acres near Beaverdam Creek, SC. I cannot confirm this Jacob Holland to be our Jacob Holland. I believe it would pass standards set my professional genealogist associations. He was from the area. Being recently married, he would have been looking to settle down and start a farm.
Jacob and Sarah eventually had eleven children: Elizabeth (1781-1782), Polly (1782 -), Elizabeth (1784-), Jane (1784-1785), Peggy (1786-1787), Jane (1788-), Polly (1788-1789), Charles Sherwood (1794-1881), Robert (1796-), our Hannah (1799-1892), and Sarah (1804-1844). The duplicate listings of Elizabeth and Jane are correct. The records indicate that the first Elizabeth and Jane died very young.
The family lived in South Carolina until 1813. They moved to Madison County, AL, thence Pickens County, AL. Jacob and Sarah are buried at the Mount Hebron Church Yard in Greene County, AL.
Jacob and Sarah's son, Charles Sherwood Holland, eventually moved to Texas and established a settlement in 1846. Jacob bequeathed a slave woman and her daughter to our Hannah Holland Rogers. The Deed is registered at the Itawamba County Courthouse, Deed Book 8, page 394.
Our Great x 4 Pappaw Jacob Holland was born about 1761 in either Port George's or Anne Arundel County in Maryland. So far, very little has been found regarding Jacob's parents. A family story tells that the family came from Holland. Upon arrival in America in 1761, they changed their name to Holland to honor their country of origin. A Jacob "Hollan" swore allegiance in 1778 in Cecil County, MD. This Jacob may have been our Great x 5 Pappaw Jacob Holland. The Holland family had at least two other boys, Charles (b. 1758) and Thomas (b. 1763).
The Holland sons moved to South Carolina in about 1770. Jacob's sworn statement, for his American Revolution (dated 17 Feb 1835), states that he volunteered in early 1776. He served under Colonel Anderson, Colonel Pickens, and Captain Joseph Pickens. He was marched from the Cherokee Ford on the Savannah River in the Abbeville District of South Carolina, in pursuit of Indians in the State of Georgia. The Indians fled to the interior of the Nation. Jacob was marched home and discharged. This tour lasted only about three weeks.
Jacobs next served under the same Officers shortly after his first discharge. His duties involved guarding supply wagons at Moncks Corner in South Carolina. There were no enemy engagements during this tour. He next volunteered under the same Officers and pursued the Tories into Georgia. They engaged the Tories and Vann's Creek at the Savannah River. The Americans were overwhelmed and forced to retreat. He was wounded in the knee, carried off the battlefield, and sent home to recover.
After "three or four months," he returned to service. He was part of a scouting party that eventually engaged the Tories and Loyalist in June 1777 at the Ninety-Six in South Carolina, currently Cambridge, SC. He engaged in frequent skirmishes over the next five weeks. Lord Rawdon from Charleston eventually reinforced the enemy forces. The Americans were forced to raise the siege and were marched twenty-one miles to Dorchester, SC. After two months, they were disbanded and sent home.
Our Pappaw Jacob describes his next Revolutionary service as follows, "I then volunteered
under Colonel Pickens and Captain William Strain to go after some Tories that was in the
Cherokee Nation trying to get the Indians that were scattered there and bring them to assist the British. About the time we reached our destination the Indians had taken seven of the above mentioned Tories and delivered them to Colonel Pickens, the rest having fled and left the parts and gone home – Colonel Pickens having delivered the Tory prisoners to General Clarke of Georgia, we returned home and was disbanded, in the spring of the year 1778, which ended my service during the Revolution Struggle."
Jacob's brothers, Charles and Thomas, served along side Jacob during his Revolutionary War service. It is interesting to note that South Carolina saw more battles than any other Colony. Our Great Pappaw x 4 James Rodgers also served in South Carolina. I found some minor inconsistencies with Pappaw Jacob's timeline. In his statement, Pappaw Jacob did not recall the year that he was born. Historians acknowledge that this was very common and due to the age of our Patriots at the time of their claim.
Jacob Holland is Daughters of the American Revolution Patriot number A057142. He is listed in the Transactions of the Alabama Historical Society, 1899-1903, Volume IV, page 544. All three brothers eventually received pensions.
In 1781, Pappaw Jacob married our Grandmaw Sarah Miller. Sarah Miller was born in South Carolina in 1764. On 7 June 1785, a Jacob Holland received a grant land grant of 287.5 acres near Beaverdam Creek, SC. I cannot confirm this Jacob Holland to be our Jacob Holland. I believe it would pass standards set my professional genealogist associations. He was from the area. Being recently married, he would have been looking to settle down and start a farm.
Jacob and Sarah eventually had eleven children: Elizabeth (1781-1782), Polly (1782 -), Elizabeth (1784-), Jane (1784-1785), Peggy (1786-1787), Jane (1788-), Polly (1788-1789), Charles Sherwood (1794-1881), Robert (1796-), our Hannah (1799-1892), and Sarah (1804-1844). The duplicate listings of Elizabeth and Jane are correct. The records indicate that the first Elizabeth and Jane died very young.
The family lived in South Carolina until 1813. They moved to Madison County, AL, thence Pickens County, AL. Jacob and Sarah are buried at the Mount Hebron Church Yard in Greene County, AL.
Jacob and Sarah's son, Charles Sherwood Holland, eventually moved to Texas and established a settlement in 1846. Jacob bequeathed a slave woman and her daughter to our Hannah Holland Rogers. The Deed is registered at the Itawamba County Courthouse, Deed Book 8, page 394.
Inscription
SACRED TO the memory of JACOB & SARAH HOLLAND JACOB, departed this life Oct. 1st, 1852, Aged 91 years. SARAH, May 13th, 1851, Aged 87 years.
