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William Sanford Holman

Male 1816 - 1843  (27 years)


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  • Name William Sanford Holman  [1, 2, 3
    Birth 12 Sep 1816  Fayette County, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Dec 1843  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6
    Burial Holman Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 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) 
    Marriage 25 Dec 1800  Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Mar 1847, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years) 
    Marriage 14 Jan 1838  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Children 
     1. Anna Holman,   b. 15 Jan 1839, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1923 (Age 83 years)
     2. William "Billy" Sanford Holman, Jr.,   b. Abt 1842, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F4028  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Dec 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 12 Sep 1816 - Fayette County, Kentucky Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Jan 1838 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Dec 1843 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S232] Noble, Harry Jr. "William Garrett Shared Burdens of Kin" SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE, 20 April 1995, page 6.

    2. [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999).

    3. [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).

    4. [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.

    5. [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).

    6. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 126 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), pp. 150-151 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [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).

    9. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 103 (Reliability: 3).