I45: William Henry Harrison HOLLAND (29 Dec 1844

William Henry Harrison HOLLAND

29 Dec 1844 - 7 Aug 1895

OCCUPATION: Civil War Veteran
BIRTH: 29 Dec 1844, Near Gaston, Northhampton Co., NC
DEATH: 7 Aug 1895, DeView Township, Woodruff Co., AR
BURIAL: Odd Fellows Cemetery, McCrory, AR

Father: James HOLLAND
Mother: Jane RED

Family 1 : Sarah Elizabeth WRIGHT

MARRIAGE: 16 Aug 1874, DeView, Woodruff Co., AR

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 _James HOLLAND _|
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|--William Henry Harrison HOLLAND 
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Possible tintype pictures of W. H. H. Holland

Is enumerated as William H. Holland in the listing for his parents in the 1850 Census for North 018, Northampton Co., NC and as William H. Blackwell in the listing for his mother in the 1860 Census for Green Plains, Northampton Co., NC.

In 1870 Census, for Augusta Township, AR (p. 50), dwelling 380, there is listing for a William H. Holland, 25 years old and born in North Carolina working in Farm Labor. Also enumerated here are David H. Adar (15, GA) also working in Farm Labor and a female, France H. Ward (20, NC).
In Dwelling 379, was Thomas Ward (51, NC), his wife Nancy E. (46, NC), William R. (24, NC), Winfield S. (22, NC), Phillip A. (19, NC), Porthena S. (16F, VA), and James L. (11, AR).
In Dwelling 381, was Erastus J. Ward (21, NC), his wife Sarah (20, NC) and Nancy J. (1, AR), along with John Adar (17, GA) and James Adar (7, NC).

In the 1880 Census (ED. 296 SD. 1 page 14), DeView Township, dwelling 114, lists his father born in Virginia, mother in North Carolina. Enumerated with wife Sarah (26, NC), Cora Lee (4, AR), William (2, AR), and John (4/12, AR).

Appears on the Company E, 56 North Carolina Confederate Infantry muster roll for August 31 to December 31, 1864. He enlisted September 4, 1862 in Northampton and had transferred from the 4th North Carolina Cavalry on November 30, 1864. He was captured near Petersburg on March 25, 1865 and released on June 13, 1865. He signed an Oath of Allegiance to the United States at Point Lookout, Md. on June 13, 1865. At the time he had a light complexion, gray eyes, and was 5 feet 6 inches tall. He signed the oath by his mark.

From Cora Warner's collection

William Holland was mustered into Company E, 56th Regiment of the North Carolina Confederate Infantry at the age of 17 on May 26, 1862. Joined the same unit as his brother, Zachariah Holland. A service record exists for him. He was 5 feet 4 inch tall. His occupation was a farmer. He enlisted as a substitute for Rufus Shary or Shay, with Shay being a more likely name. He was believed to be living in the area, however, I have not been able to find this family in the various North Carolina Census indexes which are available.
According to his service record, William Holland was captured at Gum Swamp, North Carolina on May 22, 1863 and was released or exchanged for a Union prisoner in two days. He was captured again at Petersburg on April 2, 1865 and was released June 27, 1865 (Lee surrendered April 9, 1865). He signed with his mark an Oath of Allegiance to the United States at Point Lookout, Md., on June 27, 1865. At that time he had a fair complexion, blue eyes, was 5 feet 9 inches tall, and his place of residency was listed as Northampton Co., NC.
An extensive regimental history for the 56th Regiment of the North Carolina Confederate Infantry exists.

Extracted tax record information from DeView, Woodruff County for W. H. H. Holland is available.

Abstracts of W. H. H. Holland's property holdings in Woodruff County are also posted here.

A H. H. Holland is listed as owning plot 30 of the "old part" of the "cemetery at DeView." This from a handwritten document which includes plot maps on LDS Fiche #6018052 (found by Pat Bodine), "Arkansas Tombstones: DeView, Arkansas."

No newspaper obituary for William Henry Harrison Holland has been found yet.

Helen Holland told me when I visited her in 1996, that her grandmother's house never had any pictures of her grandfather displayed, nor did anyone in the family ever talk about him, and for that reason, she knew no stories about him at all. She always thought that was odd and suspected some controversy about him.

W. H. H. Holand's Grave

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