Ayres Holliday (1774 - abt. 1836)

Born 1774 in Wilkes, Georgia

Descendants

Died about 1836 at about age 62 in Washington Parish, Louisiana, USA

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Biography

Ayres was born about 1770. He passed away about 1836.

From The Holliday Families of Copiah County:

Ayres (Ayers) Holliday was one of the two youngest sons of William Holliday and Ann Ayres, immigrants from Ireland.

Ayres Holliday owned property in Washington County, GA, in 1785. In 1786 William Holliday died leaving Ayres Holliday (one of his two youngest sons) a division of property along the Little River, Wilkes County, GA. Ayres was to take possession on the death of his mother.

In 1792 Ayres and Ollay (his first wife) Holliday sold the property in Wilkes County, GA left to Ayres by his father.

Ares Holliday is recorded as a member of the Wilkes County Militia in 1793.

In 1801 Ayres Holida was listed on the tax rolls in Lincoln County, Samuel District, GA.

On the ninth day of April 1803, in Lincoln County, GA, Ayres Holliday was granted a passport to travel to the Mississippi Territory in order to collect a considerable sum of money due him from Mr. John Hollowday.

In 1805 Airs Halliday was listed on the tax rolls in Lincoln county, Lanton District, GA

On December 9, 1808, Ayres Holliday, along with his two relatives Thomas & John (Ayres had brothers, sons and nephews with these names.), were granted passports to move to the Natchies. (The Natchez District, Mississippi)

In the 1810 census Ayers Holliday is recorded as over the age of twenty-one, living in Amite County, Miss. Having a household that included two white males under the age of twenty-one and one white female over the age of twenty-one (assume his wife Olivia), and six white females under the age of twenty-one.

In 1811 Ayves Holliday bought land in Marion County, Mississippi. In the 1816 Territorial Census Ayers Holliday is recorded as over the age of twenty-one, living in Marion County, Miss. Having a household that included two white males under the age of twenty-one and no white females over the age of twenty-one (assume his wife Olivia died), and five white females under the age of twenty-one.

On 17 April 1817, Ayers Holliday married his second wife Cenith Simmons in Marion County, Mississippi. In 1818 Ayres Holliday had moved to Washington Parish, Louisiana.

In the 1820 Census Aires Holida is recorded being between the ages of twenty-six & forty-five, living in Washington Parish, Louisiana. Having a household that included two white males, one under ten & the other between ten and sixteen, and one white female between twenty-six & forty-five (assume his 2nd wife Cenith), and three white females one between sixteen & twenty-six & two between ten and sixteen. He had acquired three slaves.

In 1828, A-es Halliday is listed on the tax rolls of Copiah County, Mississippi.

In 1829, Aee(?) Holliday is listed on the tax rolls of Copiah County, Mississippi.

In 1828, Ayres Holliday is listed on the tax rolls of Copiah County, Mississippi.

In 1830, Ayres Holliday lived “in the area of Sunny Hill along the :Silver Creek”, Washington Parish, Louisiana.

In the 1830 Census Ayres Holliday is recorded being between the ages of seventy & eighty (This is inconsistent with the 1820 census.), living in Washington Parish, Louisiana. Having a household that included one white male under five, two between five & ten & two between ten and fifteen, and one white female between twenty & thirty (assume his wife Mahala), and one white female under five. There was one slave in the household.

Ayers Holliday died before the 1840 Census in Washington Parish, Louisiana.

In the 1840 Census Ayres Holliday’s third wife, Mahala Holliday, (Ayers must have died) is recorded being between the ages of thirty & forty, living in Washington Parish, Louisiana. Having a household that included one white male one under five, one between five & ten, one between ten and fifteen, two between fifteen & twenty, one between twenty & thirty, and one between forty & fifty; and two white females, one under five, and one between ten and fifteen. . There was one slave in the household.

--- From Born of Texas:^[1]

AYRES HOLLIDAY was born Abt. 1750 in Ireland, and died Bet. 1830 – 1840 in Washington County, Louisiana. He was the son of William Holliday and Ann Ayres. He married (1) OLIVIA JOHNSTON. She died Bet. 1810 – 1816 in Mississippi. He married (2) CENITH SIMMONS 17 Apr 1817 in Marion County, Mississippi.

Notes

Birth place: Wilkes County was not formed until 1777. Birth location should be a parish name.

Sources

1. ↑ https://bornoftexas.com/holliday/william-holliday-and-ann-ayres/ayres-holliday-and-olivia-johnston/

• Selected Records of the War Department Commissary General of Prisoners Relating to Federal Prisoners of War Confined at Andersonville, GA, 1864-65; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M1303, 6 rolls); Records of the Commissary General of Prisoners, Record Group 249; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M598, 145 rolls); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• Lists of Confederates Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M2072, 1 roll); War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• Register of Confederate Soldiers, Sailors, and Citizens who Died in Federal Prisons and Military Hospitals in the North, 1861-1865; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M918, 1 roll); Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, Record Group 92; National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• Source number: 3801.005; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1; Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.

• http://bornoftexas.com/holliday/william-holliday-and-ann-ayres/ayres-holliday-and-olivia-johnston/