Ose Holliman Ancestors

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Alabama
Surnames/tags: Holliman Halliman

Contents 1 The Story 2 DNA 3 Source Hunt 4 More DNA 5 More Research 6 DNA CHART 7 Sources

The Story

As I was researching my grandfather Wilford Ryan's father (see Wilford Ryan Mystery Page https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Wilford_Ryan_Mystery ) I found a close DNA link to Ose Holliman.

Ose Holliman was born in August 1880 (per the 1900 census) so missed the 1880 census. There are only two records for Ose - the 1900 census and a marriage record in 1899. On the marriage record he signed with an 'X' so the spelling of his name is uncertain. There are 3 newspaper articles from 1902 to 1904 and all spell his name differently.

DNA

The great grandson of Ose Holliman, P.H. had tested DNA at FTDNA. P.H. was a 66/67 Y-DNA match for my father and a 1-3rd cousin at 281cM auDNA. This started me on my first hunt.

The other close auDNA test from Alabama at this time was A. Welch at 68cM. A look at his tree brought me to the Oate's family in neighboring Autaugu county.

Source Hunt

I worked with researchers of this line and worked back to Ose Holliman/Halliman . Unfortunately we could not get past the 1899 record. The 1900 census listed both parents born in Alabama. I reviewed all Hollimans living in Chilton and neigboring Counties.

In 1900 only Joseph Holliman was living in Chilton county, he was the son of James B Holliman, grandson of Gilivus Holliman. There were 18 Holliman's living in Autauga county in 1900.

I returned to 1880 in Chilton County and there were no Hollimans but in Autauga county I found 22. Reviewing older census records I discovered that they were all the descendants of Gillivus Holliman and Nancy Oates. Nancy was related to A. Welch noted above.

At this point I looked at every male descendant of Gillivus and Nancy. I reviewed all 7 and based primarily on census records (especially the 1900 listing of children born/alive) I could account for all offspring of 6 of the sons. The last one was Stephen Holloman (born 1853).

Stephen was married to Martha Hollon in November 1879. They are listed in the 1880 census in Pine flat, Autauga, Alabama. On 8 December 1881, Stephen marries Laura Ann Driver in Jefferson County, Alabama. Stephen and Laura remain in Jefferson county though 1920. Looking at this it is likely that either Martha died between July 1880 (census) and late 1881 or they separated. Ose was born in Aug 1880 so it is possible she died in child birth or shortly after and her son was raised by a family member. This was as far as research could take me until more clues arrived.

More DNA

Over time I found 2 more tests of a first cousin and a second cousin of P.H.. They are 281 cM, 125 cM, and 238 cM. All 3 are great grandchildren of Ocie Holliman/Halliman.

There are several more auDNA from people in the Autauga/Chilton counties in Alabama. Seven of them range from 47 to 92 cM.

One of these tests, W.V., showed a 182 cM auDNA match but their tree did not show a link to the family. This was the start of the next records search.

More Research

I began researching the W.V. line and found a dead end with W.V.'s grandfather, William Vernon. His wife was listed with just her first name and a married last name in most records and the family researcher had her listed as Holland. I found a child's marriage certificate and the mother was listed as Della Hollon. Della's death record had her parents listed and W Holland and Martha Holland. When I searched for a marriage record she was listed as Mary D Hollon and the parents names were listed G W Hollon and Sarah Hollon. Lott A Scott, who signed the bond, was married to Della's sister Sarah. I found Martha Hollon's marriage record image and Lott Scott and W K Vernon posted the bond for her marriage to Stephen Holliman.

Mary Della Hollon matched someone in the research tree I had developed while tracing DNA. When looking from that end I found more records to support the link. If this information is correct then W.V is a grandson of the Mary Della Hollon, sister of Martha Hollon, who, it appears, was Ocie's mother.

DNA CHART

Base for DNA comparison is Richard Ryan in the center of the chart. All living people are initials only.

5th Gen	4th Gen	3rd Gen	2nd Gen	1st Gen	Base Generation	1st Gen	cM	Pred	Rel
/	Sion Hollon Jr 1818	Oscar Hollon 1863	Hugh Hollon 1900	TH			47cM	2-4c	3C1R
Sion Hollon 1787 ---	Martha Hollon 1834	Mary Ann Oates 1868	Arthur Welch 1910	AW	ALSO OATES		68cM	3c	2x 3C1R
				/	Clara Bowden 1931	P B	51cM		3C1R
\	/	John W Hollon 1840	John F Hollon 1866	Clara Hollon 1912 ---	Dewey Bowden 1939	RB	82cM	3C	3C1R
	Sam Hollon1813 --	M Della Hollon 1864	Emmet Vernon 1897	WV			182cM	2c	2c1r
	\			/	Tommy Halliman	PH	281cM	1-3 C	half 1C1R
		Martha Hollon 1857 \	/	G T Halliman 1902 ---	Rene Halliman 1931	LS	125cM	2c	half 1C1R
		/	Ocie Holliman 1880 -	Wilford Ryan 1908	Richard Ryan
/	Nancy Oates 1826	Stephen Holloman 1853	\	Essie Halliman 1904	Adam Cobb 1926	DC	238cM	2c	half 1C1R
		\	Steve R Holloman	Alice Holloman	Son	Dau	KB	30cM	half 3C2R
					TR		50cM	2-4c	4C
/	Hannah Oates 1920	Sarah Bazzell 1842	Joseph Cook ----	SR /			92cM	2-4 C	3C1R
			\	TC			67cM	3-5c	3C1R
Stephen Oates 1793 ----	Stephen Oates 1830	Mary Ann Oates 1868	Arthur Welch 1910	AW	ALSO HOLLON		68cM	3c	2x 3C1R
\	William Oates 1818	Dau	Dau	Son	NH		39cM	4C	4C
\	Archibald Oates 1825	Barzilla Oates 1853	Lillie Tanner 1875	Eugene Seamon 1903 ---	JS		31cM	4-6c	2x 4C
\	Hannah Oates 1820	Mary J Bazzell 1851	Ed Seamon 1871	\	SS		50cM	3-4c	2x 4C

Sources

• "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT4X-BMX : 4 November 2017), Ose Hollman and Rosa Lee Cleckler, 27 Sep 1899; citing Chilton, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,782,620.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M989-NQP : accessed 29 August 2019), Ocia Holiman, Precinct 5 Cooper (all west of L.N.r.r.), Chilton, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 29, sheet 11B, family 221, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,007.

• "Alabama, County Marriage Records, 1805-1967" [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016; Original data: Marriage Records. Alabama Marriages. County courthouses, Alabama.

• "1880 United States Federal Census" [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880; Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

• "Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1957", Ancestry.com, 2014

• FTDNA Y-DNA and AU tests of Richard Ryan