William Holcomb

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Family Group Record                 0021
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Husband's Name   William Holcomb
 Born:                   Place: Illinois
 Died:       Bef 1848    Place: Ouachita County, Arkansas (tax list)
 Married: 16 Dec 1824    Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
 Father:         
 Mother:         
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Wife's Name      Elizabeth A. Driskill (Driskel-Driscoll)
 Born:    13 Apr 1806    Place: Tennessee
 Died:    11 Sep 1879    Place: Quachita County, Arkansas
 Father:         
 Mother:         
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Children
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 1. Sex Name
     M  John Harmon Holcomb
        Born:    10 Oct 1825    Place: Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
        Died:       Oct 1874    Place: Prescott, Nevada, Arkansas
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  Flora Ann Mason
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 2. Sex Name
     F  Cassa Ann Holcomb
        Born:    07 Dec 1826    Place: Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
        Died:           1858    Place: Ouachita County, Arkansas
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  Elbert Millege (Millage) Jeffus
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 3. Sex Name
     M  William S. Holcomb
        Born:    29 Nov 1828    Place: Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
        Died:                   Place:
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  
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 4. Sex Name
     F  Thomas C. Holcomb
        Born:    19 Oct 1830    Place: Claiborne Parish, Louisiana
        Died:                   Place:
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:   
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                    Moved to Hempstead County, Arkansas
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 5. Sex Name
     M  David Green Holcomb
        Born:    06 Feb 1833    Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
        Died:                   Place:
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  
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 6. Sex Name
     M  James D. Holcomb
        Born:    06 Oct 1835    Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
        Died:                   Place:
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  
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 7. Sex Name
     M  Obadiah Houston Holcomb
        Born:    20 Feb 1837    Place: Hempstead County, Arkansas
        Died:    05 Dec 1880    Place: Lone Oak, Hunt, Texas
        Married: 17 Mar 1864    Place: Ouachita County, Arkansas
        Spouse:  Nancy Jane Davis
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 8. Sex Name
     M  Arthur Washington Holcomb
        Born:    30 Jul 1839    Place: Union (Ouachita) County, Arkansas
        Died:    08 Mar 1920    Place:
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  Ann Eliza Gooch
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 9. Sex Name
     M  George Warren Holcomb (twin)
        Born:    18 Oct 1840    Place: Union (Ouachita) County, Arkansas
        Died:                   Place:
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  
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10. Sex Name
     F  Martha Catharine Holcomb (twin)
        Born:    18 Oct 1840    Place: Union (Ouachita) County, Arkansas
        Died:    08 Jan 1902    Place: Ouachita County, Arkansas
        Married: 24 Dec 1868    Place: Ouachita County, Arkansas
        Spouse:  Jonathan Roundtree Rogers
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            Ouachita County, Arkansas created November 19, 1842
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11. Sex Name
     F  Mary Elizabeth Holcomb
        Born:    18 May 1843    Place: Ouachita County, Arkansas
        Died:                   Place:
        Married:                Place: 
        Spouse:  
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Sources of Information: Reference to Original Marriage Record of William
Holcomb & Elizabeth Driskill; marriage solemnized December 16, 1824 by
William Stevenson; Hempstead County, Arkansas Marriage Records 1817-1875,
Capitola Glazner and Bobbie Jones McLane, 1969, page 70. The Holcombes:
Nation Builders, Elizabeth Weir McPherson, 1947, page 630, 631, 632;
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, Ouachita County,
page 691. Census Records: Quachita County, Arkansas 1850, 1870; Clark
County, Arkansas 1860; Pike County, Arkansas 1870; Lineage Charts and
Family Group Sheets, Volume II, Hempstead County (Arkansas) Genealogical
Society, Hope, Arkansas (December 1990) page 123. Early Ouachita County
Arkansas Tax Records 1846-1850, Yvonne Spence Perkins, page 84. Early
Ouachita County Arkansas Tax Records 1851-1857, Yvonne Spence Perkins, page
120. 
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Jonathan R. Rogers ... was born September 29, 1848, in Autauga County,
Alabama, and came to this county with his parents, when he was but eight
years of age ... December 24, 1868, he was married to Miss Martha C.
Holcomb, a native of this county, born in October, 1842, a daughter of
William and Elizabeth (Driskel) Holcomb, natives of Illinois and Tennessee,
respectively, who came to this county when they were children, here grew
to maturity, and there they were married. He was one of the first settlers
of this county, and owned a part of the farm which our subject now owns ...
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas, 1890, Ouachita
County, page 691.
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William Holcombe, a pioneer in Ouachita Co., Ark., ... m. Elizabeth A.
Driscoll ... From the original family Bible of ... William Holcombe ... the
following are listed as his family: John Harman, Oct. 10, 1825; Cassa A.,
Dec. 7, 1826; William S., Nov. 29, 1826; Thomas C., Oct. 19, 1830; David
G., Feb. 6, 1833; James D., Oct. 6, 1835; Obediah Houston, Feb. 20, 1837;
Arthur Washington, July 30, 1839; George Warren and Martha Catherine, Oct.
18, 1840; Mary Elizabeth, May 18, 1843. When the 1850 Census of Buchanan,
Lafayette Twp., Ouachita Co., Ark. was recorded William ... had (died) ...
his widow and nine of their (children) being then recorded living with her,
5 in 1860, 1870 Census ... Elizabeth A. Holcombe was living in (the) family
of (her) son Arthur Washington Holcombe. The Holcombes: Nation Builders,
Hannah Elizabeth (Weir) McPherson, 1947, page 630.
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              Quachita County Arkansas Tax Records 1846-1850
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1846 Holcomb, Wm.        Poll-1  Land SE1/4 NE1/4 Sec 17 Twp 13 Rng 18  40a
                                 Land W1/2  SE1/4 Sec 17 Twp 13 Rng 18  80a

1847 Holcomb, Wm.        Poll-1  Land SE1/4 NE1/4 Sec 17 Twp 13 Rng 18  40a
                                 Land W1/2  SE1/4 Sec 17 Twp 13 Rng 18  80a

1848 Holcomb, Mrs. E.    Poll-0  Land SE1/4 NE1/4 Sec 17 Twp 13 Rng 18  40a
                                 Land W1/2  SE1/4 Sec 17 Twp 13 Rng 18  80a

1849 Holcomb, Mrs. E.    Poll-0  Land none
1850 Holcomb, Mrs. E.    Poll-0  Land none
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                   Ouachita County Arkansas Census 1850
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Schedule 1. Free Inhabitants in Lafayette Township in the County of
Ouachita, State of Louisiana enumerated by me on the 25 day of Novr. 1850.
B.N. Ingram, Ass't Marshal.

 60-60    John H. Halcomb            25  m     Farmer        Louisiana
          Flora Halcomb              20  f                   Alabama

National Archives Microfilm Publication M-432, Roll 23, Ouachita County,
Arkansas Census, 1850.
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                   Ouachita County Arkansas Census 1850
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Schedule 1. Free Inhabitants in Lafayette Township in the County of
Ouachita, State of Louisiana enumerated by me on the 26 day of Novr. 1850.
B.N. Ingram, Ass't Marshal.

 86-86    Elizabeth Halcomb          44  f     Widow         Tennessee
          Cassy A. Halcomb           24  f                   Louisiana
          William Halcomb            22  m     Laborer       Louisiana
          Thomas Halcomb             20  m     Laborer       Louisiana
          Green Halcomb              18  m     Laborer       Arkansas
          James Halcomb              16  m     Laborer       Arkansas
          Obadiah Halcomb            11  m                   Arkansas
          Arthur Halcomb             10  m                   Arkansas
          George Halcomb      Twin    8  m                   Arkansas
          Katharine Halcomb   Twin    8  f                   Arkansas
          Mary E. Halcomb             6  f                   Arkansas

National Archives Microfilm Publication M-432, Roll 23, Ouachita County,
Arkansas Census, 1850.
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              Quachita County Arkansas Tax Records 1851-1857
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1853 Holcomb, Mrs. E.    Poll-0  Land  none
1853 Holcomb, John H.    Poll-1  Land  E1/2 SE1/4 Sec 17 Twp 14 Rng 16  80a
1853 Holcomb, Thomas C.  Poll-1  Land  NE1/4      Sec 20 Twp 14 Rng 17 160a
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                     Pike County, Arkansas Census 1870
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Schedule 1. Inhabitants in Missouri Township in the County of Pike, State
of Arkansas enumerated by me on the ---- day of ---------, 1870. ----------
----------, Ass't Marshal. Post Office: Huddleston

 71-      John H. Holcomb            44  m  w  Physician     Louisiana
          Flora Holcomb              42  f  w                Alabama
          William O. Holcomb         18  m  w  Farm Laborer  Arkansas
          John P. Holcomb            16  m  w  Farm Laborer  Arkansas
          Edward A. Holcomb          13  f  w  Farm Laborer  Arkansas
          Annice E. Holcomb           9  f  w                Arkansas
          Joseph T. Holcomb           2  m  w                Arkansas
          Robertson Yarborough       12  -  w                Louisiana
          William Yarborough          9  m  w                Arkansas

 74-      Obadiah H. Holcomb         32  m  w  Farm Laborer  Arkansas
          Nancy J. Holcomb           26  f  w                Georgia
          George A. Holcomb           5  m  w                Arkansas
          Joseph G. Holcomb           3  m  w                Arkansas
          Catherine E. Holcomb        1  f  w                Arkansas
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Update 03.07.00              David Kelley 1999                 FGR-0021.HTM
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