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Sex: Male Father: Mother: Individual Facts: Birth: Abt. 1791 in Delaware or Maryland or Virginia 2 Death: 1868 in Portage, St Joseph, Indiana, USA Burial: 1868 in Portage, Porter, Indiana, USA Shared Facts: Nancy Bailey Marriage: 24 Nov 1811 in Albemarle, Virginia, USA3 Children: Virginia Holston Hardin Holston William Holston John Holston James Holston Nancey Holston Abram Holston Sarah Holston Waller Holston Notes: Person Notes: According to Bert's letter, John Holston was a Baptist preacher who traveled from town to town on horse back doing evangelical work. He was of Scotch parentage.
John Holston is found in the 1840 Census, Edgar County, Illinois.
Research Notes: (Research):Search for John Holston's birthplace and his parents.
1. Was he born in Delaware as Bert states in his letter or Delaware County, PA which was formed from Chester County, PA in 1789 or in Maryland as his son Abram states in the census of 1880. They do border each other. In the 1880 census John Holston (the son) stated that both of his parents were born in Virginia. Who is correct? 2. Is the Holston name derived from Holsteiner - Holstein - Holstoner Holston - Stoner which were common spellings in the late 18th century. 3. A descendant of John Holston, claims her grandmother said the Holstons were of Swedish origin and settled on both sides of the Delaware River. (presumably this refers to the Swedish Colony. Her sources are suspect, but she says her grandmother told her this as a child. History: The Swedish Colony established in the Delaware bay area in the year 1638. It encompassed all of today's Delaware, part of Pennsylvania, and the shoreline of New Jersey. Later in the century, this piece of Pennsylvania was deeded to William Penn. The boundaries of Delaware did not reach their present configuration until 1760, due primarily to the long battle over control of much of this territory waged by the Penn family of Pennsylvania and the Calvert family of
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4. John Holston married Nancy Bailey on 24 Nov 1811 in Albermarle, Virginia. Since he was born about 1788 he would have been about 23 when he was married. 5. In this same southeast corner of Pennsylvania, a man by the name of Leonhardt Holsteiner settled in the Tulpehocken Valley (near today's Lancaster) in the spring of 1723 with his family (see Leonhardt Holsteiner.doc). This man and his family were from the Zweibruchen region of Germany. His descendants changed the name to Holstein, Holston, Stoner over the years. The John Holdston listed in the 1715 taxables list of Edgmont Township predates the arrival of Leonhardt Holsteiner in 1723 so they are probably not related. But the John Holston listed in the 1799 taxables list could be either from John Holdston's family or from Leonhardt Holsteiner's line or neither. Tulpehocken Valley is close to Edgmont township in Delaware County, PA, but are the families connected? There is a John Holston b. 1807 in Delaware with father Elisha Holston entered in the LDS church records after 1991 by an LDS member. No other family information. Cishist@aol.com states in an email on 21 Jan 2003: It would be helpful to have the name of John and Nancy's children. They might be named for grandparent. I found a Robert Holston in Baltimore county in 1790 census, with 2 males under 16. Robert married in 1785 and appears on the 1783 tax lists.
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Sex: Male Father: Mother: Sources: 1 Bert Holston, Letter written 7 Jan 1900 to Billy Holston. 2 Bert Holston, Letter written 7 Jan 1900 to Billy Holston. 3 FamilySearch Individual Record, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Salt Lake City Utah.
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