Thomas Hollandsworth / Hollingsworth

 [Revolutionary War Patriot Series, Part 3 of 12]

 

Born:  circa 1745
Died:  post 5 November 1833 in Patrick County, Virginia

Service:  Private;  Patriotic Service

• Took Oath of Allegiance, 1777
• Private under Capt. John Cunningham & Col. Abraham Penn, 1781

Wife:  Susannah Mayze

Children:

• Elizabeth, wife of Samuel Harris
• Sally, wife of David Stowe
• Phoebe, wife of Simon Dotson

Timeline:

[Note:  Patrick Henry County, Virginia was formed in 1777 from Pittsylvania County.  In 1791, it was split into two separate counties, Patrick County and Henry County.]

30 August 1777
Patrick Henry County, Virginia
Thomas Hollingsworth took the Oath of Allegiance:

I do swear or affirm that I do renounce and refuse all allegiance to George the Third, King of Great Britain, his heirs and successors, and that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the Commonwealth of Virginia, as a free and independent state, and that I will not at any time do or cause to be done any matter or thing that will be prejudicial or injurious to the freedom and independence thereof as declared by Congress, and also that I will discover and make known to some one of the Justices of the Peace for said state all treasons or traitorous conspiracies which I know of shall hereafter know to be formed against this or any of the United States of America, so help me God.

1 March 1781
Patrick Henry County, Virginia
Thomas Hollingsworth received a land grant from Governor Thomas Jefferson for 52 acres of land on both sides of Blackberry Creek.

11 March 1781
Guilford County, North Carolina
Thomas Hollinsworth served in the militia under Capt. John Cunningham and Col. Abram Penn.  They marched south to the assistance of Gen. Nathanael Greene at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, which took place on March 15th.

27 October 1785
Patrick Henry County, Virginia
Thomas Hollensworth signed a petition in protest against the bill in the legislature requiring Virginia residents to pay the teachers of the Christian religion.

1791
Patrick County, Virginia
Thomas Hollandsworth appeared on Henry County tax lists until 1790.  While living there, he owned up to 3 horses and 8 cows, depending on the year.  In 1791, with the formation of Patrick County, he began appearing on tax lists there.  Most of these years, he owned up to 5 horses.  In only year, 1815, was he taxed on cows, his tax bill that year reaching a high of $1.26.  Thomas last appears on a tax list in 1832.

26 March 1792
Patrick County, Virginia
Thomas Hollandsworth sold 60 acres of land on Gussetts Creek to John Hill for £5.

27 March 1794
Patrick County, Virginia
Thomas Holandsworth gave consent for his daughter “Febey” to marry Simon Dodson.

29 March 1800
Patrick County, Virginia
Thomas Hollandsworth received a land grant from Governor James Monroe for 56 acres of land on Blackberry Creek.

31 October 1805
Patrick County, Virginia
Thomas Hollandsworth received a land grant from Governor John Page for 51 acres of land on the north waters of Blackberry Creek.

20 November 1807
Patrick County, Virginia
Thomas Hollandsworth Sr. purchased 30 acres of land from Samuel Harris for $25.

1 September 1809
Patrick County, Virginia
Thomas Hollandsworth received a land grant from Governor John Tyler for 15 acres of land on the north side of Blackberry Creek.

1820
Patrick County, Virginia
In the 1820 U.S. federal census, there were 5 individuals in Thomas Hollandsworth’s household:  1 male over 45;  2 males between 16-25;  1 female over 45;  and 1 female between 26-44.

7 January 1823
Patrick County, Virginia
Thomas Hollandsworth Sr. gave 100 acres of land on both sides of Blackberry Creek to his grandson Thomas Stow.

29 September 1823
Patrick County, Virginia
Thomas Hollandsworth Sr. received a land grant from Governor James Pleasants Jr. for 50 acres on the north waters of Blackberry Creek.  On the same day, Thomas Hollandsworth Jr. received a grant for 54 acres in the same area.

21 November 1826
Patrick County, Virginia
Thomas & Susanna Hollandsworth sold 100 acres of land on Blackberry Creek to William Hollandsworth for $200, and another 100 acres of land on the north waters of Blackberry Creek to Elizabeth Harris for $153.

1830
Patrick County, Virginia
In the 1830 U.S. federal census, there were only two people in Thomas Hollandsworth’s household, 1 male and 1 female, both aged between 80-89 years old.

9 July 1833
Patrick County, Virginia
Thomas Hollandsworth Sr gave to his daughter Elizabeth Harris a gray mare, a cow, a calf, 14 hogs, 4 sheep, 2 feather beds, and his household & kitchen furniture.

5 November 1833
Patrick County, Virginia
Thomas Hollandsworth Sr sold 100 acres of land on Blackberry Creek to Daniel Harris (his grandson) for $50.  The deed stipulates, “It is to be understood that this deed is on conditions provided that Daniel Harris provides for and supports Thomas Hollandsworth Senr. and his wife so long as they may live, then the land is to be his.  It is to be understood that the said Thomas Hollandsworth doth hold the wright in himself so long as he lives.”  This is the last record that Thomas appears on.

Sources:

• VA Magazine of History & Biography, Vol 9, p 17, FamilySearch.org
• Land Grants, Legislative Petitions, Library of Virginia
• Henry Co VA Tax Lists, FamilySearch.org
• Patrick Co VA Tax Lists, FamilySearch.org
• Hill, History of Henry Co VA, p 12, Ancestry.com
• Patrick Co VA Marriage Bonds, Library of Virginia
• Patrick Co VA Deed Book 1, p 64;  Deed Book 4, p 186;  Deed Book 6, pp 462, 565, 568;  Deed Book 8, pp 363, 369, Library of Virginia
• 1820 & 1830 U.S. Federal Censuses
• VA Deaths & Burials 1853-1912, FamilySearch.org