Individual Details

McKinney Holdiness

(Abt 1826 - Bet 1900 and 1910)



1850 Census, he was living in the household of Nancy Caloway in Noxubee Co MS, listed as a Laborer. Married Martha L. Harbor 25 Feb 1851 in Noxubee Co MS. Administrator of his brother James' estate in Ouachita Parish LA in 1862. Noxubee Co in 1870, 1880. In 1900 McKinney was living with sister Margaret Jones in Richland Parish LA.

This is probably the M. Holdiness buried beneath a Confederate monument in New Salem Cemetery between Girard and Lake LaFourche LA. No dates but the monument states that he served in Co A, 4th LA cavalry. A book of LA Confederate Soldiers states that his name appears on the Roll of Prisoners of War paroled at Monroe LA on 13 Jun 1865 with residence listed as Morehouse Parish LA. Sister Margaret Jones was living in Morehouse Parish at that time.

Events

BirthAbt 1826Georgia
DeathBet 1900 and 1910Richland Parish, Louisiana

Families

FatherJames M. Holderness (1803 - )
MotherClarissa Wilbourn (1800 - )
SiblingMary Ann Holdiness (1824 - )
SiblingMartha Holdiness (1828 - )
SiblingSamuel Holdiness (1829 - 1878)
SiblingJames M. Holdiness (1831 - 1862)
SiblingEzekial Holdiness (1832 - )
SiblingThomas Holdiness (1838 - 1905)
SiblingMargaret Holdiness (1843 - 1919)

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