Julius Preston Holley (1839 - 1895)

Born 27 Dec 1839 in South Carolina, United States

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Died 5 Dec 1895 at age 55 in Iron City, Seminole County, Georgia, United States

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Biography

Julius was born in 1839. Julius Holley ... He passed away in 1895.

Military Record

ROSTER OF THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF GEORGIA 1861 - 1865 VOLUME II, page 305

• Company G, 13th Regiment - Ga. Volunteer Infantry
• Evan's Brigade, Gordon's Division, Army Northern Virginia
• C.S.A. Early County, Georgia ("Early Guards")

Holley, Julius Preston:

Private July 8, 1861. Wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863. Captured at Cedar Creek, Va., Oct. 23, 1864 Paroled at Point Lookout, Md. and transferred to Aiken's Landing, Va. for exchange Mar. 17, 1865. Received at Boulware & Cox's Wharves, James River, Va., Mar. 19, 1865. Surrendered Tallahassee, Fla., May 10, 1865. Paroled Bainbridge, Ga., May 20, 1865. (Resident of Georgia since Jan. 1860). Died in Miller County, Georgia.

Burial

Corinth Cemetery, Iron City, Seminole County, Georgia

Sources

• Billie Ruth Holley Newsome McCarley, Interviewed by Debra Jordan Pate

• 1850 CENSUS Barnwell County, SC

• 1860 CENSUS District 28, Early County, GA "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM2-J3L : 10 November 2020), Preston Holly, 1860.

• ROSTER OF THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF GEORGIA 1861 - 1865 VOLUME II, page 305

• "Georgia Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFHK-CD1 : 24 December 2014), Julius P Holley, 1861; from "Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Georgia," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing military unit 13th Infantry, publication number M266 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 278.

• Early County, GA: Georgia, Office of the Governor. Returns of qualified voters under the Reconstruction Act, 1867. Georgia State Archives, Morrow, Georgia.

• 1880 CENSUS Colquitt, Miller County, GA "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GF-T4Q : 22 August 2017), Preston Holly, Colquitt, Miller, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 44, sheet 396D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,158.

• Lucas, Gloria Ramsey. Slave Records of Edgefield County, South Carolina. Digitized book and electronic index. Edgefield, South Carolina: Edgefield County Historical Society, 2010, page 187, 194

• Find a Grave Memorial 44154063 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44154063

• Robert Eldon Drake, MD, Descendants of Exum Drake Vol. 4 Desc. of Exum Drake, Jr. through Jenkins James Drake, (1978).

Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Holley-180 was started through the import of Paula's family 5-28-2011.GED on May 29, 2011 by Paula Marksman.