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James Saunders Holman

Male Abt 1804 - Abt 1867  (~ 63 years)


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  • Name James Saunders Holman  [1, 2
    Born Abt 1804  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Died Abt 1867  Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • James would make his mark in Houston, Texas. He would become involved in John and Augustus Allen's Houston venture and would eventually own 13 1/2 Houston blocks, and would serve as Houston's first Mayor. Holman avenue was named in his honor. (Noble, page 112).

      James, along with his brother William W., joined Captain Bailey Anderson, Jr.'s company, the Texas forces that had been camped around San Antonio since early October, 1835---reinforcements to the "Siege of Bexar." (Noble, page 113). Henson and Parmelee note that they took eleven pounds of powder and a bar of lead from the Cartwright store. (Henson & Parmelee, p. 85). His son, Columbus Holman of Austin, stopped for lodging at the home of his Aunt Amanda Holman Cartwright in Sabine county in 1863, en route to Mississippi for duty with the commissary department. (ibid, p. 227)

      Richard Browning, on the "Ancestors and others for the Texas Cartwrights" shows him instead as James Barksdale Holman, born 7 Sept 1801 and died 24 Feb 1855. This conflicts with Henson and Parmelee's book about the allied Cartwright family of San Augustine. They instead shows his dates as 1804-1867, and note he married a cousin, Martha Holman. They had a eight children, Hardy Columbus, Isaac W, Joseph, James Smith, Polly Ann who m. J. D. GILLUM, Willis M., Louisa Virginia who m. G. M FLOURNOT and William Fulton.
    Person ID I14098  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father Col. Isaac Holman,   b. 14 Sep 1783, Surry County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Aug 1835, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Anne Wigglesworth,   b. 14 Sep 1783,   d. 22 Jul 1841, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1800  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    • Shown as marrying in Woodford County, Kentucky by some. Henson and Parmelee instead cite their marriage as taking place in Harrison County.
    Family ID F1133  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1804 - Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Abt 1867 - Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999).

    2. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), Appendix, Chart III: Isaac Holman's Descendants (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S292] Collins, Jerry H. (Jerry H. Collins@comcast.net) Ver. 2009-01-18; http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=jhc-3cousins.