Mary Ann (Foil) Holmes (1808 - abt. 1855)

Born 1808 in Georgia

Ancestors

Wife of John Coleman Holmes — married 1830 (to about 1850) in Georgia

Descendants

Died about 1855 at about age 47 in Pike County, Mississippi

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Biography

Mary "Polly" Ann Foil was born 1808 in Georgia the daughter of William Foil and Jane Perkins Foil.

Polly married John Coleman Holmes (b. ca. 1800). They had eight children on the 1850 census for Pike Co. Mississippi. And in 1852 they had a son named Ransom.

John's parents Elisha Warren Holmes and Sally Stovall were from Morgan County, Georgia. They lived previously in Lincoln County where most of their children were born. Later, Elisha and Sarah, "Sally", immigrated to Mississippi with families that included the Stovalls and Foils. Settling on Collins Creek, Pike County, Mississippi, they were the original ancestors of the Holmes family in Pike County. Elisha Holmes was a successful blacksmith. His large family was well respected. His home was located three miles east of the present "Tylertown", now known as the "Jap Holmes Place". Elisha was a member of the Goshen Baptist Church. He was brought before the church in 1806 for using improper language and was expelled for his "indifference".

Death

^[1]Find a Grave

Date: AFT 1850

Place: Pike County, Mississippi

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=155129221

[http://havingfun.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=havingfun&view=0&pid=133&rand=268174383#moreinfo_ McEwin@usa.net Note: Title: 1820 Pike County MS Text: Elisha Holmes was listed in 1820 Pike County census Title: Michael E. Shotwell Text: Descendants of Elisha Holmes Sarah (Stovall) Holmes of Pike Co., Mississippi. Elisha Holmes (1773-ca. 1850) married about 1795 in Wilkes Co., Georgia to Sarah "Sally" Stovall (1777-ca. 1852). About 1814 they traveled the Lower Federal Road (also known as "The Three Chopped Way") to the Mississippi Territory and settled on the headwaters of Collin's Creek in present-day Walthall County, Mississippi.

• This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.Foil-68 was created by Kelly Sullivan through the import of Rishor.ged on Jan 23, 2015.