Individual Details For -   Capt. John A. Holloway
Gender Male    
Date Of Birth 11 JAN 1797 Date Of Death
Place Of Birth Wilkes County, North Carolina Place Of Death
Date Of Baptism Date Of Burial
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Date Of Christening Date Of Emigration
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Source Roots Web http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/HOLLOWAY/2009-01/1232433025

Cemetery notes and/or description: On Private Property, End Of Wiles Ridge Road, Dockery, Wilkes,NC.

War of 1812 Service; said to have served with Andrew Jackson in Louisiana;applied for pension.

Big man, never whipped in a fight.

Story was that when the Holloways came down off the mountain, especially on Saturday night, anyone who didn't want to lose a fight would get out of their way.