Elisha Warren Holmes Sr. (1773 - 1846)

Born 6 Jul 1773 in Lincoln Park, Upson, Georgia

Husband of Sarah (Stovall) Holmes — married about 1795 in Augusta-Lincolnton, Wilkes County, Georgia

Descendants

Died 25 Feb 1846 at age 72 in Pike, Mississippi, United States

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Biography

Elisha W. Holmes is the Patriarch of the vast South Mississippi Holmes family. Having been established in Wilkes/Lincoln County, Georgia, Elisha Holmes left there and planted his family in the primeval forests west of the Lower Pearl in the Mississippi Territory. The late Dr. Wendell B. Holmes (the Holmes family genealogist) of McComb, Mississippi said there were more than 20,000 descendants today from Elisha & Sarah (Stovall) Holmes.^[1]

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".

Elisha and Sarah, "Sally", immigrated to Mississippi with families that included the Stovalls and Foils. About 1814 they traveled the Lower Federal Road (also known as "The Three Chopped Way").

Settling on Collins Creek, Old 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, Walthall County, MS, now known as the "Jap Holmes Place". Rilas Family Gen.

Children

1. John Coleman Holmes (b. ca. 1800) md. Mary "Polly" Ann Foil.
2. James Holmes (1796-1861) md. Nancy Shirley.
3. Virginia Jane Holmes (b. ca. 1797) md. 1st Willis Brumfield
4. Josiah Holmes (b. ca. 1798) md. 1st Agnes Sumrall; md. 2nd Louisa Willoughby.
5. Benjamin Holmes (b. ca. 1801) md. Mary "Nancy" Sumrall.
6. Elisha Holmes, Jr. (b. ca. 1803) md. Mary Roberts.
7. Cynthia Holmes (ca. 1804-1884) md. Davis Brumfield.
8. William Stovall Holmes (b. 1806-1876) md. Jane Perkins Foil.
9. Elizabeth Holmes (1808-1890) md. Isaac Brumfield.
10. Betty Ann Holmes 1809
11. Berrian (Berry) Holmes (1810-ca. 1860) never married.
12. Jesse Holmes (1820-1899) md. 1st Nancy Sumrall.

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He was on the 1840 US Census for Pike Mississippi. Record

A few years later, Elisha died 25 FEB 1846 in Pike, Mississippi, USA.

Burial

Elisha Holmes Senior Cemetery Tylertown Walthall County Mississippi, USA

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=fls&FLid=83205807&FLgrid=27526716 FAG
2. ↑ Luke Conerly's History of Pike County, Page, 66

• http://havingfun.tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=havingfun&view=0&pid=133&rand=268174383#moreinfo_
• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=shannon50&id=I02783

See also:

• "United States Census, 1820," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHG6-YWB : accessed 5 November 2020), Elisha Holmes, Pike, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 91, NARA microfilm publication M33, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 58; FHL microfilm 181,360.

• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRL-JJB : 19 May 2020), Elisha Holmes, Pike, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 167, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .

Acknowledgements

This person was created through the import of Thornhill_2011-05-04.ged on 05 May 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom.

This person was created through the import of Holmes.ged on 20 May 2011. The following data was included in the gedcom.

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