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- North Carolina, Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
Name James Holland
Gender Male
Spouse Sarah Gilbert
Spouse Gender Female
Bond date 12 Jan 1780
Bond # 000134196
Level Info North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
ImageNum 002933
County Rutherford
Record # 01 147
Bondsman James Miller; Jno Moore
James Holland
Sarah Gilbert
HOLLAND, James, (1754 - 1823)
HOLLAND, James, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Anson County, near the present town of Rutherfordton, N.C., in 1754; received a very limited education; was a major in the State militia and also saw service in the Continental line 1775-1783; sheriff of Tryon County from July 1777 to July 1778; justice of the peace of Rutherford County 1780-1800; comptroller of Rutherford County from July 1782 to January 1785; member of the State senate in 1783; served in the State house of commons in 1786 and again in 1789; delegate to the second State constitutional convention in 1789 that adopted the Federal Constitution; member of the first board of trustees of the University of North Carolina 1789-1795; studied law; was admitted to the bar on October 15, 1793, and commenced practice in Rutherfordton, N.C.; elected as a Republican to the Fourth Congress (March 4, 1795-March 3, 1797); declined to be a candidate for reelection but was again a member of the State senate in 1797; resumed the practice of his profession and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; elected to the Seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1801-March 3, 1811); was not a candidate for renomination in 1810; in 1811 moved to what is now Maury County, Tenn., engaging in agricultural pursuits near Columbia; justice of the peace 1812-1818; died on his estate in Maury County, Tenn., May 19, 1823; interment in the Holland Family (now known as Watson) Cemetery, nine miles east of Columbia, Tenn., Maury County, Tenn.
Bibliography
Hughes, Nathaniel Cheairs. Big Jim Holland. Chattanooga, TN: N. C. Hughes, 2000.
James Holland
Birth 12 Jan 1754
Anson County, North Carolina, USA
Death 19 May 1823 (aged 69)
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Holland Cemetery
Maury County, Tennessee, USA
Memorial ID 37370203
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1754 - 1823 (69 years)
