Individual Details

Probably buried Ridgeport Cemetery, Bloomfield, Greene Co IN - there are no dates on his stone but it does show he served in the KY Infantry during the War of 1812.

1850 Census. Greene Co IN, Hh 151
Martin Holesclaw, Sen. age 56, farmer, b. VA
Nancy, 47, b. NC [probably 2nd wife]
Jordan Holesclaw, 25, b. KY
Benjamin Holesclaw, 30, b. KY

Martin married Nancy Dover, 6 Apr 1842, Greene Co, Indiana Marriages 1802-1892, Ancestry. com.

I believe in Hh 149 I found Polly, married to John Akin, and William and Martin Holesclaw were living with her.


1860 Census. Carter Twp, Greene Co IN, Hh 799
Martin Holstclaw, age 66, farmer, b. VA
Nancy, age 57, b. NC
Nancy Dover, age 10, b. IN [prob a grandchild of Nancy's from her 1st marriage]

In 1870, Nancy was living with a son by her first marriage, Fairplay Twp, Greene Co, Hh 115
Joshua Dover, 36, b. IN. Elizabeth J., 27, b. IL
John W. 8, b. Iowa. Nancy C., 5, b. Iowa. Mary A., 3, b. IN, Ezra A., 9 months, b. IN
Nancy Holtzclaw, age 67 "Lives with Son", b. NC


In 1850, in Greene Co, there was a 4-year-old, Zachry T. Holesclaw living with the family of William McKee, Hh 588. He wasn't with them in 1860, nor did I find him anywhere. But in 1870, he was again living in Greene Co, now married. Benjamin Holtzclaw also named a son Zachary Taylor - he was born about 1858.
1870 Census. Richland Twp, Bloomfield P.O. Greene Co, Hh 39
Z. T. Holtzclaw, 23, shoe merchant, b. IN
Maria E., 21. John B. age one month.

Buried Faucett-Fellows Cemetery, Greene Co IN:
Maria E. Holtsclaw, born 11 Oct 1853, died 7 Oct 1870, wife of Z. T. Holtsclaw.

In 1880, the child John was living in Worthington Twp, Greene Co, Hh 250
Silesia Fossett, female, age 53, b. Ohio, father born MA, mother b. VT
Frank Fellows, age 22, son, b. IN. Edward Fellows, age 20, son, b. IN
John Holtsclaw, age 10, grandson, b. IN
Irene Haywood, age 39, servant, b. IN, parents b. TN

Birth	Abt 1794	Virginia
Marriage	20 Dec 1814	Lincoln County, Kentucky - Sally Parsons
Marriage	6 Apr 1842	Greene County, Indiana - Nancy (Hammons) Dover
Death	Bef 1870	Indiana

Spouse	Sally Parsons ( - 1840)
Child	Beverley Holtzclaw ( - )
Child	Benjamin Holtzclaw (1817 - 1900)
Child	Barnett Holtzclaw ( - 1858)
Child	Hosea Holtzclaw ( - )
Child	Mary "Polly" Holtzclaw (1821 - )
Child	Martin Holtzclaw Jr. (1823 - 1894)
Child	Jordan Holtzclaw (1825 - )
Child	William Holtzclaw (1826 - 1911)

Spouse

Nancy (Hammons) Dover (1803 - 1880)

Father	Benjamin Holtzclaw (1748 - 1826)
Mother	Catherine Melinda Russell (1757 - 1834)
Sibling	Jemima Holtzclaw (1773 - 1846)
Sibling	Amos Holtzclaw (1774 - 1842)
Sibling	Catherine Holtzclaw (1775 - 1850)
Sibling	Mary "Molly" Holtzclaw (1776 - )
Sibling	Hosea Holtzclaw (1778 - 1815)
Sibling	Abner Holtzclaw (1779 - 1861)
Sibling	Josiah Holtzclaw (1781 - 1856)
Sibling	Elizabeth Holtzclaw (1783 - )
Sibling	Sallie Holtzclaw (1785 - )
Sibling	Benjamin Holtzclaw (1788 - 1879)