Daniel
Holder
Born in Prince William County, Colony of Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Davis Holder
and Susannah (Hardin) Holder
Brother of
Elizabeth (Holder) Spradling, John Hardin Holder, Davis Martin Holder, Jesse Holder, William Holder, Hannah (Holder) Hardin [half], Levicy Holder, Benjamin Holder and Susannah Holder
Husband of
Ruth Agnes (Welborn) Holder
— married
Jan 1787 in Guilford, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Amey Welborn (Holder) Walker and Sarah (Holder) Bearden
Died
at about age 88
in Union District, South Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Dec 2014
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Biography
Private Daniel Holder served with Pittsylvania County Militia, Virginia Militia during the American Revolution.
Daniel Holder is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A057047.
Daniel Holder was born in April, 1755, in Prince William county, Virginia. During the American Revolutionary War, Daniel enlisted as a Private in the military. He served under Captain Isaac Clemons, Captain Spencer Shelton, and Captain Peter May, under the command of Colonel Falkner and General Stevens.[1]
Daniel was named in his father's Will on 6 October 1784 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.[2]
Daniel and his wife, Ruth A. Welborn, made their home first in Pittsylvania county, Virginia and then in the Union District of South Carolina, where he died April 23, 1843. Daniel is honored for his military service by the Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution as DAR Ancestor #A057047. Applications for membership in the Society of the DAR have been made by the descendants of his daughter, Amy Welborn Holder, who married William Smith Walker.[3]
Research Notes
Birth
According to DAR records, Daniel was born in April, 1758. The inscription on his headstone indicates he died April 23, 1843, in the 88th year of his life. Calculating his birth from his headstone would give him a year of birth as 1755, which matches his Find A Grave memorial. Daniel is buried in the Forest Lawn Cemetery in Union county, South Carolina. There is a photograph of his headstone on his Find A Grave memorial.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Applications for Revolutionary War Pension S*W9064
- ↑ County Court, Pittsylvania County, VIrginia, Deed books, 1767-1901 (with wills 1767-1820) ; indexes to deeds, 1767-1934, Deeds and wills book, v. 11, 1780-1820 (contains deeds 1790-1791 & wills 1780-1820, 1822, 1836).; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C9PX-G22D?i=83&cat=415497), image 84.
- ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 15 Apr 2024), "Record of Daniel Holder", Ancestor # A057047.
- ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #113307499 for Daniel Holder.
See also:
- Family Search profile, Daniel Holder (1755–1843).
- US Revolutionary War Pension Payments Ledgers, 1818–1872, Daniel Holder.
Acknowledgments
- Holder-1119 was created by Dan Holder through the import of HOLDER_2014-06-17_2014-10-13.ged on Dec 23, 2014.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Daniel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Daniel:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Daniel by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Daniel:
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~2.34%
Dan Holder
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member dano_holder
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #504009
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~1.56%
Rick Couch :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member RICOUCH52
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~1.17%
Peg Parham :
23andMe
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~0.78%
John Dean :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Patricia Harris :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
John Hodge :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch BT7577276 [compare], Ancestry member johnny_hodge69
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~0.39%
Dustin Dean :
23andMe, GEDmatch A033095 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A033095 [compare], Ancestry member nonethewiser
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #N96424
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Holder-2348 and Holder-1119 appear to represent the same person because: The death date needs to be sourced because of the year difference before the merge.
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Rejected matches › Daniel Holder (bef.1790-1842)
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