Daniel Holladay Sr. Sr. "Rev.War"

Daniel Holladay Sr. is reported in the supplied material with differing birth information. A pedigree sheet from Della Holladay gives 1725, while The Holladay Family gives a probable birth year of 1712 in King William County, Virginia. A GEDCOM entry instead records a 14 November 1720 christening in Virginia and a 1725 birth at Bellefonte, Spotsylvania County, Virginia. These conflicting details do not permit a single birth date or place to be stated with certainty.

He was associated with Spotsylvania County, Virginia, during the 1740s. A 7 June 1743 Spotsylvania County deed identifies Daniel Holloday and his wife Agnes, both of St. George Parish, as grantors to Thomas Pulliam. The deed concerned 197 acres on the East North East River, described as land devised to Daniel by the 4 November 1742 will of his father, John Holloday. A GEDCOM residence entry places him in St. George Parish between 7 June 1743 and 1747.

The supplied material also places Daniel in Albemarle County, Virginia. A property-related GEDCOM entry refers to land on the west side of the Little Mountains adjoining Thomas Carr, dated between 6 April 1734 and 10 January 1750. Another entry notes an Albemarle County deed dated 10 January 1750 to Charles Gilliam. These entries require further examination before their details can be fully connected to Daniel Holladay Sr.

A family note states that Daniel Holladay Sr. fought in the Cherokee War expedition of 1759 and 1760. The GEDCOM additionally describes him as a leader of a militia in Spotsylvania, Virginia, but provides no date or supporting citation for that statement. Both claims should be treated as unverified pending identification of original military records.

During the American Revolution, Daniel Holliday Sr. is recognized by the Daughters of the American Revolution as Ancestor A134546, with patriotic service in South Carolina. The DAR entry states that he signed the Association Test. The family-tree notes say that both Daniel Sr. and Daniel Jr. signed this test. The cited service source is the National Genealogical Society Quarterly, volume 18 (1930), pages 1–2.

Daniel’s residence is recorded in the Camden District of South Carolina. He died on 30 September 1784, with the supplied material variously giving Camden District, St. Marks in Craven County, and burial in St. Mark’s Parish, Sumter, South Carolina. A sales account for an estate in Craven County dated 6 January 1785 is listed among the references and may relate to his estate. The supplied material identifies Agnes as his wife, but provides no further reliable details about her life or their family.