William Sanford Holman

1816 - 1843  (27 years)

• Name	William Sanford Holman  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	12 Sep 1816	Fayette County, Kentucky   [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Death	23 Dec 1843	San Augustine County, Texas   [3, 5, 6]
  Burial	Holman Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas   [7]
  Notes	Biographical Notes from the Texas Archival Resources Online, A Guide to the Sanford Holman Papers, 1839-1845 William Sanford Holman was born in Fayette County, Kentucky, on 1816 April 12, a son of Isaac (1775-1835) and Anne Wigglesworth (1783-1841) Holman. A veteran of the War of 1812 and an attorney, Isaac Holman served as a Kentucky legislator and Tennessee state senator. Sanford Holman moved with his family to Lincoln County, Tennessee, around 1818. A shortage of money and a resulting credit crisis in that state in 1834 prompted the Holman family to move to San Augustine County, Texas, in three groups between 1834 October and 1835 March. The family soon became prominent in the area, with Sanford's brother, William W. (1806-1873), representing San Augustine in the first Congress of the Republic of Texas. Another brother, James Saunders Holman (1804-1867), served as the first mayor of Houston after it was incorporated in 1837. Sanford Holman served in the Texan army during the Texas Revolution and was a member of Captain William Kimbro's "San Augustine Company" at the Battle of San Jacinto. In 1842 September, President Sam Houston appointed Holman as Customs Collector for the San Augustine District. Owing the government more than $2,600, he was removed from office by 1843 July. Sanford Holman married Clementine Cartwright (1819-1847) in San Augustine...The couple had two children, Annie (1839-1923), who married Richard Fendall Slaughter (1829-1904), and William Sanford, Jr. Sanford Holman died in San Augustine on 1843 December 23. His brother William W. Holman and his widow Clementine were named administrators of his estate the following month. References Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Daughters of the Republic of Texas Patriot Ancestor Album. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing, 1995. Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Founders and Patriots of the Republic of Texas: The Lineages of the Members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Volume II. Austin, Texas: Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1974. Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Muster Rolls of the Texas Revolution. Austin, Texas: Daughters of the Republic of Texas, 1986. Dixon, Sam Houston, and Louis Wiltz Kemp. The Heroes of San Jacinto. Houston, Texas: Anson Jones Press, 1932. Holman, Dixon W. "James Sanders Holman." Handbook of Texas Online. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fho38. Holman, Dixon W. "William W. Holman." Handbook of Texas Online. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fho39. Ingmire, Frances Terry, compiler. San Augustine County, Texas, Marriage Records, 1837-1880. St. Louis, Missouri: Frances Terry Ingmire, 1980. Noble, Harry P., Jr. Texas Trailblazers: San Augustine Pioneers. Lufkin, Texas: Best of East Texas Publishers, 1999. San Augustine Public Library. 1828-1940: Probate Cases of San Augustine County, Texas. Nacogdoches, Texas: Ericson Books, 1984
  Person ID	I8658	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Col. Isaac Holman,   b. 14 Sep 1783, Surry County, North Carolina d. 10 Aug 1835, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Anne Wigglesworth,   b. 14 Sep 1783   d. 22 Jul 1841, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	25 Dec 1800	Kentucky   [2, 4]
  	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

  
  

  Family	Clementine G. "Mentie" Cartwright,   b. 14 Apr 1819, Wilson County, Tennessee d. 10 Mar 1847, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 27 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1838	San Augustine County, Texas   [8, 9]
  Children	1. Anna Holman,   b. 15 Jan 1839, Texas d. Abt 1923 (Age 83 years)   2. William "Billy" Sanford Holman, Jr.,   b. Abt 1842, Texas d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F4028	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 Sep 1816 - Fayette County, Kentucky Marriage - 14 Jan 1838 - San Augustine County, Texas Death - 23 Dec 1843 - San Augustine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S232] Noble, Harry Jr. "William Garrett Shared Burdens of Kin" SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE, 20 April 1995, page 6. [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999). [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), Appendix, Chart II: John Cartwright's Children and Grandchildren AND Appendix, Chart III: Isaac Holman's Descendants (Reliability: 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. [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999), Pres. Sam Houston appointed 25 year old Sanford Holman as customs collector at San Augustine. He was in trouble within 10 months "... removed from office by July 30, 1843." Five months later, on Dec. 23, 1843, he died abruptly, possible a suicide. (Reliability: 3). [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 126 (Reliability: 3). [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), pp. 150-151 (Reliability: 3). [S475] Woodall-Ivey, Emily "SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY, TEXAS MARRIAGE BOOKS", (10 May 1998 Printed in the State of Texas, U.S.A. Author and Publisher Emily Woodall-Ivey Rt. #1 Box 164, 88 Forecastle Drive Broaddus, TX 75929-9743). [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 103 (Reliability: 3).