1. Samuel Strain Hollingsworth was born Samuel D.
2. He enlisted in the Confederacy in Kickapoo, Van Zandt, Texas and served from 1863 until 1865, about 2-years.
Source: Widow's Application for a Pension, #47126, filed by his wife, Effie Hollingsworth.3. He was a Private in Co. "H" 13th Texas Volunteers, also known as Bates Battalion Texas Volunteer Confedeate States Army.
4. He was admitted to Hospital, 13th Regiment Texas Infantry, 21 Jul 1864, for Int. Fever and returned to duty, 24 Jul 1864.
5. Family records indicate that Samuel arrived back from the war with a saddlebag full of gold. One can only guess as to where the gold came from. He used some of this gold to buy the first Hollingsworth land holdings in the Frost, Navarro County, Texas, area.
6. Samuel's actions appear to have been the catalyst that promoted Barnett and many other family members to again move and finally settle on the rich land in Navarro County, Texas.
7. In 1865 he bought 500 acres of land near Frost, Navarro, Texas, with gold.
8. Original Marriage License with Molly Jo Tucker, Arkansas. [1997]
1. Bobby R. Huggins books lists the middle initial of "M" for Evelina.
2. Name is N. E. Hollingsworth on tombstone in Dresden Cemetery, Navarro, Texas.
1. Roy had no issue..
2. Doug Hollingsworth gives date of death as 1908.
1. Samuel Jr. had no issue...
1. Robert was Law Partner with his brother John [Jonathan] of HOLLINGSWORTH & HOLLINGSWORTH, Attorneys At Law.
2. He started his practice in Tehuacana, Limestone, Texas and later moved to Graham City, Young, Texas
3. Roberts middle initial could be "J" as listed by Bobby R. Huggins book. On the 1850 Census, it looks like a "J", but on the 1860 Census it is clearly a "G". On his letteer head he simply went by Robt.
4. On the 1880 Census his occupation is listed as a Land Agent.
5. On the 1890 Census he is listed as the County Surveyor.
6. Place of death could very well have been at Fort Worth or Young County, Texas.
1. Haywood was a TWIN to his brother Howard.
2. Haywood lived at Dallas, Texas...
3. There were no known children.
1. Source: J. Selywn Hollingsworth for marriage & date.
2. The 1880 & 1900 Census gives clearer picture of family & dates.
3. He enlisted into the Confederate Army [Company "A" 19th Alabama Regiment, Day's Brigade] 10 Aug 1861 and served untio 26 May 1865 in the Infantry.
3. Jake filed Soldier's Application for a Pension No. 23956 on Form A in Smith County, Texas at age 70.
[Texas State Archives]4. He surrendered at Saulsbury, N. C. May 26th 1865, and was paroled.
5. He had lived in Texas for 48 years and Flint, Texas for 17 years.
6. He was a farmer by trade.
1. Alternate date of birth: 20 Feb 1850.
2. She was listed on the 1860 Census in Barnett's household as 8 year old white female, attending school.
1. 1880 & 1900 Census.
1. Information from 1880 & 1900 Census.
1. Information from 1880 & 1900 Census Reports.
2. The given name is difficult to read...especially the second letter A_arine, but in a letter from Mrs. J. F. Clements of Flint, Texas, dated 31 Aug 1942, she lists George Ayres Goodson, born 13 Apr 1888 and died 12 Mar 1953.
1. Source: Doug Hollingsworth, Bangor, Maine.
2. I challenge this as a child of Jacob & Mary unless she was born after the 1880 & 1900 Census which is not very likely.
3. This was most likely Martha Ellen [child No. 4].
1. Alternate spelling of given name: Roulund...
2. Roland lived at Navarro County, Texas...
3. He is shown to be 6-years old on the 1860 Texas Census which indicates that the family must have moved to Texs between 1853 and 1854.
4. R. G. Hollingsworth signed as a witness for Nathan Hollingsworth's Confederate Pension Application.
5. The 1880 Navarro, Texas, Census shows R. G. aged 25, M.A. aged 23, and a "Bonnie" (a male) aged 6, W. C. aged 2, and P. H. (Permelia) aged 69. Roland and Martha probably told the census taker that their first child's name was "Barney" and he probably thought they said "Bonnie"
6. The 1900 Navarro, Texas, Census shows Roland, Martha, Ada, Susie, Lillian, Emma, and Geroge. Henry and his family are shown "down the road".
7. He was an Ordained Baptist Minister and an elder of that church.
8. On the 1880 Census, Pamelia Smith Hollingsworth lived ith R. G. Navarro Co., ED 135 (p. 437).
9. Roland had the distinction of being the youngest of 19 children of which 17 lived to adulthood.
10. The original Marriage License is with D. F. Fields, Kerens, Texas.
1. Martha's middle inital is shown on the 1900 Census as "A", but it is "J" on her tombstone.
2. Bobby R. Huggins book gives date of death as 26 Mar 1946.
3. 1870, Father owned a store in Blooming Grove, Texas.
4. 1880, was not a nurse but delivered many babies.
5. 1880, her father owned a ranch in Snyder, Texas.
6. 1880 Census lists birth place as Alabama with mother & father as Georgia.
1. Marriage date could be 18 May 1830.
1. Susan age 58 was listed with son Daniel, age 28 and Lusinda age 28 in 1870 Census of Knox County, Indiana.
2. Susan Fox age 65, widowed, listed in the household of Joseph Mallett in the 1880 Knox County, Indiana Census.
1. Robert W. Knowland remained in Greene County, Indiana until thirteen years of age, when he became a "bound boy" in Crawford County, Illinois until 21 years of age.
2. In the Spring 2849 he began farming for himself, and raised a good crop.
3. In March 1886 he sold his splendid farm of 115 acres and left for Hastings, Nebraska.
1. P. 8-9 of The Hollingsworths in Knox County Indiana says Eleanor was born in 1822.
2. There are no Census or Cemetery records in Knox County, Indiana for this family.
1. Robert W. Knowland remained in Greene County, Indiana until thirteen years of age, when he became a "bound boy" in Crawford County, Illinois until 21 years of age.
2. In the Spring 2849 he began farming for himself, and raised a good crop.
3. In March 1886 he sold his splendid farm of 115 acres and left for Hastings, Nebraska.