Wiley Holder son of George Vincent Holder


Wiley Holder was born 25 April 1812 in Duplin County North Carolina. He moved to Cumberland County North Carolina in the 1830's. Wiley is first seen on a land deed in 1835. Next he is listed in 1841 as owing back taxes on his land. In 1845 Wiley is a witness for a court case. In 1846 Wiley has a marriage bond to Ann Blanchard. In 1850 Wiley is on the Census with wife Ann. Wiley in 1848 is selling land to his brothers Ithra and Jacob. In 1848 he is buying land to build a mill with his brothers. In 1860 and 1870 Wiley and Ann are again on the census records as living in Barbecue Harnett North Carolina. 1880 Census shows Wiley and his second wife Catharine living in Barbecue Harnett North Carolina. Wiley dies 2 June 1888 in Barbecue Harnett and is buried in the Holder family cemetery.

When Wiley was 27 years old in 1839 he got a 19 year old slave girl pregnant. This set in motion the family tree we have today.

 This young slave girl's name has not been found. We have named her Miss McNeill Holder. McNeill because her mother and siblings were McNeill's. Holder because she was owned by William Holder the brother of George Vincent Holder. Nelson used the name Holder also.

7 years after the event with Miss McNeill Holder, Wiley married Ann Blanchard in Nov of 1846. Together they had 5 Children:
                              Catherine A Holder born 1847      Never Married
                               Susan Jane Holder born 16 Dec 1848     Never Married         
                              John Vincent Holder born abt 1851   Married Sarah Ann McLean
                              Daniel Wiley Holder born 3 Sep 1854    Married Adelaide Wicker
                               Martin Archie Holder born Aug 1863    Never Married


After Ann's death in 1870 Wiley married Catharine Black and had 2 children together:
                                 Mary Francis Holder born 14 Oct 1875   Married John Albert Carey
                                Andrew Jackson Holder born 26 Apr 1881 Married Sarah Margaret Thomas




                                               SON OF WILEY- JOHN VINCENT HOLDER

                                          SON OF WILEY-DANIEL WILEY HOLDER

ADELAID WICKER,DANIEL WILEY HOLDER,JOHN VINCENT HOLDER,SARAH MCLEAN

                             Wiley Holder land deed-date is wrong should be 1835

                               Wiley Holder 1836 Cumberland County Land

                      1836 Land deed of Wiley Holder Cumberland County North Carolina

                                         Wiley was a witness in a court case 22 Nov 1837

                            Wiley Holder land deed 1838 cumberland County North Carolina

                 Wiley Holder land Harnett County North Carolina-still in the Holder Family

                               Wiley Holder land in Harnett County North Carolina

                                   Wiley Holder Land deed Cumberland County 1848

                    Wiley Holder land deed 1848 Cumberland County North Carolina

                                                          Wiley Holder signiture

                                     1850 Census Cumberland County(1855 became Harnett County)

                                                    1860 Harnett County Census

                                                 1870 Harnett County Census

              1880 Harnett County Census Wiley and second wife Catharine Black

                                       Wiley marriage to first wife Ann Blanchard

                                           Wiley Holder mentioned in middle column

                                                   Wiley Holder land records

                               Wiley Holder's land to be sold in 1841 for back taxes

Hand written note found in old Holder family trunk stating that Wiley is buried in the Holder family Cemetery- NO HEADSTONE FOUND

                                                          1888 Obituary for Wiley Holder

Holder Family Cemetery in Harnett County North Carolina where Wiley and his father and Mother are buried. Cemetery is on Holder property.

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Jenny McLean and Joe McLean parents of Sarah McNeill

In the last month Deena Hill and Desi Campbell ,cousins,found the parents of Sarah McNeill.
In the 1880 Census of Harnett County North Carolina Sarah list her father as born in North Carolina and her mother as born in Virginia.

A Jenny McLean (she was a McLean because Archibald McLean owned her) was found on a 1880 Upper Little River Harnett County North Carolina Census. Jenny is living with her son George and list her birth place as Virginia and her parents birth as Africa. This is a VERY exciting find, you will not see too many people that have proof of coming from Africa in their family tree.

We know this is Sarah's mother because we match DNA from people who descend from George McLean, so if Jenny is George's Mother then that means Jenny is Sarah's Mother and Sarah said her Mother was born in Virginia.

Jenny is living with her son Jim McLean in Barbecue, Harnett,North Carolina which is right next door to Upper Little River where she lived with son George. The age of Jenny in this census is WAY off but that is not unusual with former slaves. The reason being that no records were kept on slave births,death or marriages so as far as age goes it was usually a guess by who ever the census taker was asking.


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                                                Slaves waiting to be sold in Virginia

                                                      Slaves being sold in Virginia

All the descendants of Jenny and Joe that have had their DNA tested come from these regions of South West Africa.

26 Aug 1820 Will of Archibald McLean listing Jenny and her husband Old Joe and son Young George

                                        up close 1820 Will of Archibald McLean

                        1838 Deed of Hugh M Clark selling Jenny to Archibald McLean Jr.

                                                  up close of 1838 deed of Hugh M Clark

                     1820 Will of Archibald McLean listing Old Joe husband of Jenny and young George son of Joe and Jenny

                                 1880 Upper Little River Harnett North Carolina Census

 Jennie McLean living with her son George in 1880 Upper Little River Harnett North Carolina
Parents listed as born in Africa!! This is very rare to find a document stating this.

             1870 Barbecue, Harnett North Carolina Jenny living with her son James(Jim)

            Jenny living with her son James (Jim) in 1870 Barbecue Harnett North Carolina ages way off but this is her.

             

 George Vincent Holder- Son of George Holder



George Vincent Holder was born Abt 1780 in Duplin(Sampson) County North Carolina. He and his family moved to Cumberland(Harnett) County right next door to Duplin County. George married Mary Lockamy. Nothing is known of Mary but DNA shows we are related to the Lockamy family that comes from Sampson County North Carolina.

George Vincent Holder was listed on the 1800 Sampson County Census and owned land in 1805 in Sampson County and then by 1830 he is listed on the Barbacue District, Cumberland County, North Carolina Census and ownes land in 1838 Cumberland County.

In 1806 George Vincent Holder had an illegitimate child with Sarah Hall and was ordered in court to pay for the girl child until she is 21 years old.Then in about 1806 George Vincent married Mary Lockamy. Together they have 6 children:
                                           Elizabeth (Betsy) Holder born abt 1807 Married William Garman(Jarman)
                                           Nancy Holder 27 Apr 1810  Married Alexander McPhail
                                           Wiley Holder 25 Apr 1812  Had a illegitimate child with a slave(Miss McNeill Holder) of his Uncle William Holder. Married Ann Blanchard born 1825. Married Catherine Black born 1849.
                                           Ithra Holder born abt 1818 Married Mary Jane Stewart
                                           Jacob Holder born 1820 Married Elizabeth Mason
                                           George Vincent Holder Jr. born abt 1822 Married Nancy Campbell

In abt 1830 George married Christian McLean and have one child:
                                             Anna Jane Holder born abt 1830

In the history written by Elizabeth (Bessie) Ritchie Rogers and Grace Ritchie Mann,(daughters of Nelson Holder Ritchie) they both mention that Nelson told them that people used to tell him he looked like his Grandfather  OLD VINCENT. Notice George Vincent Holder is often listed as VINCENT and he has a son named George Vincent Holder Jr so the older George Vincent would be called OLD VINCENT.



                          Headstone of George Vincent Holder and Mary Lockamy
               Located in the Holder Family Cemetery in Harnett County North Carolina

                     Land owned by George Vincent Holder Harnett County North Carolina

                                           George Vincent Holder land Harnett Co North Carolina

                                                        George Vincent Holder Land-still growing tobacco

                  Map of land owned by George Vincent in Sampson County North Carolina

                                 George Vincent Holder owned land in Sampson County NC 1801

                             Land owned by George Vincent Holder Sampson Co. 1802

            Land owned by George Vincent and his father George Holder in Sampson County NC

       1802 Sampson County Land deed for George Vincent Holder sometimes recorded as Vinson

George Vincent Holder had a child out of wedlock with Sarah Hall ordered to pay to care for the girl child 1803

                             George Vincent Holder had a child out of wedlock with Sarah Hall

                       George Vincent Holder to be a river worker 1807 Sampson County NC

                      George Vincent Holder to be a road worker 1797 Sampson County NC

                                        1800 Sampson County North Carloina Census

                      George Vincent Holder land to be sold for back taxes for the year 1807

               George Vincent Holder 1810 Sampson County North Carolina Census

                           George Vincent Holder estate of his father 1812

                               George Vincent Holder 1820 Sampson County Census

                     George Vincent Holder 1828 letters in the Fayetteville post office Cumberland

George Vincent Holder 1830 Barbacue District,Cumberland County North Carolina Census

                            George Vincent Holder 1837 Land deed Cumberland NC

            George Vincent Holder property in Harnett County North Carolina. Property has been in the                Holder family since the 1830's

                       George Vincent Holder property in Harnett County North Carolina

              Jones Creek Harnett County NC location of the grist mill of George Vincent Holder

                  George Vincent Holder 1840 Cumberland County North Carolina Census

                     1838 Cumberland County land deed for George Vincent Holder

                           1835 Cumberland County Land Deed for George Vincent Holder

                           1837 Cumberland County Land deed for George Vincent Holder

                      1851 Cumberland County land deed for George Vincent Holder

                                     George Vincent Holder letter left at post office 1843

George Vincent Holder marriage to second wife Christian McLean 1848

                          George Vincent Holder land to be sold for back taxes 1849

                    George Holder and second wife in the 1850 Cumberland County NC Census