James Saunders Holman

Abt 1804 - Abt 1867  (63 years)

• Name	James Saunders Holman  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1804	Kentucky   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1867	Texas   [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 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   [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		Birth - Abt 1804 - Kentucky Death - Abt 1867 - Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [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 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.