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Jeremiah Holloway
born c. 1840
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Overview
Service
Civil War · Confederate Army · 1862–1863 Likely
Private, Co. C, 43rd Mississippi Infantry; enlisted April 1862, paroled at Vicksburg July 1863.
In the story: Maine and Confederate service in the Civil War · Veterans of the family
Family
Parents
- Father: Wilkins Holloway c. 1800–1864
Likely evidence: show why
Why: In Wilkins Holloway's 1850 household and among his heirs in 1864 (images inspected in the saved research); neither states relationships, but heirs at law of a man without a will are his descendants.
Records:
- 1850 U.S. census, Lowndes County, Mississippi, Wilkins Holloway household
- Monroe County, Mississippi, probate case 1250, estate of Wilkins Holloway (widow's affidavit 5 Dec 1864; dower petition and heirs list). Ancestry collection 8995, record 3802815, image 005841869_00957 (view at Ancestry)
Review: assessed 09-24-2026; evidence: Image examined.
Life events
| Born | about 1840, Georgia Likely evidence: show whyWhy: Age and birthplace in the 1850 household (image inspected in the saved research). Records: Review: assessed 09-24-2026; evidence: Image examined. |
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| Died | No death date is recorded here. The site classifies this person as deceased from the dated records; no death record is cited. |
| Guardianship petition | Petitioned the probate court for letters of guardianship of Rebecca E. and Gilla Ann Holloway, minor heirs of Wilkins Holloway, stating that he was their brother and that the two, being over fourteen, had chosen him, 6 Feb 1865, Monroe County, Mississippi Confirmed evidence: show whyWhy: The minors' signed selection of a guardian, acknowledged 3 Feb 1865, and Jeremiah Holloway's sworn petition to the February 1865 term (images read in the R6-O03 research). A note on the docket appears to read 'Dismissed Nov 7 1865', but the reading is uncertain and gives no reason, so whether he was appointed is not stated. Records:
Review: assessed 09-26-2026; evidence: Image examined. |
Sources
Research sources
- 1850 U.S. census, Lowndes County, Mississippi, Wilkins Holloway household Census
- Monroe County, Mississippi, probate case 1250, estate of Wilkins Holloway (widow's affidavit 5 Dec 1864; dower petition and heirs list) Wills and probate view at Ancestry
- Monroe County, Mississippi, Probate Court, estate of Wilkins Holloway, case 1250: the appraisal warrant and return (Dec 1864), the dower petition's docket (filed 5 Dec 1864), the widow's petition of January 1865, the writ citing the heirs to answer her dower petition, the commissioners' division, the guardianship papers (Feb 1865), her second annual account (1867) and tax receipts (1869-1872) Wills and probate view at Ancestry (Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982)
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