| Name |
Jesse S. Holder [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
| Alt. Birth |
13 Aug 1810 |
North Carolina  [3] |
| Alt. Birth |
Abt 1816 |
Georgia [6] |
| Born |
Abt 1817 |
North Carolina [2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Alt. Birth |
Abt 1820 |
North Carolina [9] |
| Residence |
Abt 1820 |
Georgia [3] |
| Occupation |
16 Aug 1850 |
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia [8] |
| farmer |
| Illness |
28 Jun 1860 |
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia [9] |
| insane |
- He is noted as "insane" on the 1860 census.
|
| Military Service |
24 Aug 1861 |
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia [3, 10] |
| Company F, 24th Georgia Infantry, and "The Independent Blues." |
| Military Service |
15 Apr 1862 |
Richmond City, Virginia [3, 10] |
| mustered out of the "Independent Blues" |
- This is his military discharge by reason of "old age and stiffness in his back and legs". He had pay due him from 28 February 1862 to the 15 April 1862 at a rate of $11.00 per month. He was due $25.00 for clothing but was "indebted to the Confederate States two 50/100 dollars on account of blanket drawn." His total pay for service and clothing was $42.00, minus the $2.50 deduction for the blanket, netting $39.50, and this payment was made on 26 September 1862.
|
| Physical Description |
26 Sep 1862 [3] |
| as 5 feet 7 inches tall, dark complexion, dark eyes, and 'dark slightly grey" hair |
| Military Service |
Jun 1865 |
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia [3] |
- On his pension application he states he served about two years and was transferred to the militia where he served until discharged at Lawrenceville in June 1865.
|
| Occupation |
17 Aug 1870 |
Rome, Floyd, Georgia [6] |
| farm laborer |
| Pension |
10 May 1895 |
Floyd County, Georgia [3] |
| applied for a pension |
- The document is signed with Jesse's "X" and dated 10 May 1895. Accompanying that document is a sworn statement by a witness, James M. Patterson, attesting to the same facts, and a letter written by G. B. Holder dated 24 September 1895 stating that his father is indigent and has been unable to work or contribute to his own support for "15 or 20 years on account of his physical condition."
|
| Pension |
19 Jan 1896 |
Georgia [3] |
| was awarded his Confederate pension |
| Alt. Death |
Aft 1896 |
Silver Creek, Floyd County, Georgia [2] |
| Name |
Jesse Holder [8, 9, 11, 12] |
| Died |
17 Mar 1897 |
Rome, Floyd, Georgia [12] |
JESSE HOLDER DEAD
The Well-Known Citizen of Rome Expires
at His Home This Morning
Rome, Ga., March 17,
Special to Th eEvening Constitution.
Mr. Jesse Holder, father of ex0Commissioner G. B. Holder, died here this morning after a long illness.
He was one of the most highly respected citizens in Floyd county.
|
| Buried |
Silver Creek, Floyd County, Georgia [5] |
| Person ID |
I827 |
If the Legends Are True... |
| Last Modified |
2 May 2015 |
| Family |
Hepsebah Langley, b. Abt 1826, Georgia , d. Bef 10 May 1895 (Age ~ 69 years) |
| Married |
- Both sons enlist together in the Confederate Army on 6 March 1862, fight in various campaigns including the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, and are present at Appomattox for Robert E. Lee's surrender on 9 April 1865. The brothers walked home to Georgia and soon relocated, along with their parents, to Floyd County in the northwestern part of Georgia.
George G. Morgan
|
| Census |
16 Aug 1850 |
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia [8] |
- Cates District, 36th Subdivision, Page 148A, Line 39, Dwelling 270, Family 270:
The household consisted of Jesse Holder, 33, male; Hepsebeah, 24, female; John, 9, male; and Greenberry, 4, male. Jesse did not declare any real estate.
|
 |
Census of 1850 - Georgia, Gwinnett County
Cates District, 36th Subdivision, Page 148A |
| Census |
28 Jun 1860 |
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia [9] |
- District 407, Page 50, Line 22, Dwelling 369, Family 369:
The household consisted of Jesse Holder, 30, male; Hepsaba, 35, female; John 17, male; and Greenberry, 14, male. Jesse declared no occupation, or real or personal estate, and is noted to be insane.
The previous household, dwelling 368, family 386, consited of Fanny Langly, 67, f., persumably Hepsaba's mother.
Fanny declared $500 real estate and $40 personal estate. According to MeasuringWorth.com, in 2013 the relative worth of $540 from 1860 was:
$15,600.00 using the Consumer Price Index
$11,600.00 using the GDP deflator
$96,300.00 using the unskilled wage
$196,000.00 using the Production Worker Compensation
$206,000.00 using the nominal GDP per capita
$2,070,000.00 using the relative share of GDP
|
 |
Census of 1860 - Georgia, Gwinnett County
Lawrenceville, District 407, Page 50 |
| Occupation |
1830-1865 |
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia [3] |
| farmer |
| Residence |
1843-1865 |
Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia [13] |
| Residence |
1865 |
Lindale, Floyd County, Georgia [13] |
| Census |
17 Aug 1870 |
Rome, Floyd, Georgia [6] |
- Subdivision 141, Page 102, Line 27, Dwelling 738, Family 120:
The household consisted of Jesse S. Holder, 54, male; Hepzevah, 46, female; and Katie C. Langley, 12, female.
Jesse S. declared no real or personal estate. The previous household was that of his son Green Berry Holder & family. The next household that of his son John T. Holder & family. The next household is that of Willis T. Langley & family, probably a brother or nephew of Hepzevah.
|
 |
Census of 1870 - Georgia, Floyd County
Rome, Subdivision 141, Page 102 |
| Census |
7 Jun 1880 |
Floyd County, Georgia |
| Children |
| + | 1. John Thomas Holder, b. 30 Aug 1840, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia , d. 19 Feb 1905, Rome, Floyd, Georgia (Age 64 years) |
| + | 2. Green Berry Holder, b. 22 Dec 1843, Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County, Georgia , d. 18 Jun 1914, Rome, Floyd, Georgia (Age 70 years) |
|
| Last Modified |
2 May 2015 |
| Family ID |
F310 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Abt 1817 - 1897 (~ 80 years)
