John Holmes (abt. 1765 - aft. 1834)

Descendants

Died after 10 Dec 1834 after about age 69 in Montgomery County, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

• born between 1760 and 1770^[1]
• was probably at Morgan's Station^[2][3][4] when it was raided and hostages taken by Native Americans
• married Elizabeth Hanks^[5]
• lived in Montgomery County, Kentucky through 1834^[6][7][1] and died by December 1840 when his will was proved^[8]
• a transcription of his (relatively unhelpful) will^[8]

It is interesting that in the 1830 census his neighbors are Luke Martin and someone who is transcribed as John Morton (it does look like the word "Morton", not Martin),^[1] for twenty years later, his daughter Rebecca Holmes Knox and her husband's household in the 1850 includes two people marked as being black, Solomon and Rachel Morton, age 50 and 70, and born in Kentucky and Virginia, respectively (the Holmes' and Knoxes where white).^[9] Since John Holmes origins remain a mystery, it may be worthwhile to understand his relationship with the Mortons if there was one, or if Morton is a name really distinct from Martin.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} "United States Census, 1830", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPG-QDT : accessed 25 August 2015), John Holmes, 1830.
2. ↑ Ron Hanks, "More info on my Hanks family", 2 Mar 2004; rootsweb (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KYMONTGO/2004-03/1078388097 : accessed/archived 25 Aug 2015); citing Enoch, Harry G., In Search of Morgan's Station and "the Last Indian Raid in Kentucky." Bowie, Md: Heritage Books, 1997, page 30.
3. ↑ Morgan's station is described as "on Slate creek, 7 miles east of Mount Sterling, in what is now Bath County".
4. ↑ "Settlements." 'Montgomery County KyGenWeb, rootsweb' (http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kymontgo/Settlements.html : accessed/archived 25 Aug 2015)
5. ↑ Ron Hanks, "Re: Shane Collection", 26 Dec 2004; rootsweb (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/KYMONTGO/2004-12/1104106954 : accessed/archived 25 Aug 2015); citing microfilm of notes taken by Reverend John D. Shane in interview of James Wade, Kentucky Papers, Draper Manuscripts. "Shane made a notation stating the relationship between Peter Hanks and his sons William and John Hanks (although Shane's abbreviations make it a rather cryptic notation.) It also mentions a daughter of Peter Hanks (Elizabeth) that married to a John Holmes Considering that Shane also interviewed John Hanks around 1839 it seems that his notes about the relationships should be accurate."
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1810", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2P-NVX : accessed 25 August 2015), John Holmes, 1810.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGF-9PX : accessed 25 August 2015), John Holmes, 1820.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Shirley Gillespie Moore , contributor, "Wills: John Holms, 1834, Montgomery County KY," USGenWeb Archives (http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/montgomery/wills/h452001.txt: accessed/archived 25 August 2015).
9. ↑ United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M65N-KBL : accessed 27 April 2015), George Knox, Montgomery county, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States; citing family 115, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).