James H. Holloway

Birth Date

1835-02-03

Death Date

1911-09-04

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Henderson County, Kentucky, farmer, merchant, and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of William Holloway and Mary Hillyer Holloway. Married to Mollie Elliott Williams Holloway. Attended the Henderson Seminary. Member and elder of the Presbyterian Church. Merchant at Holloway & Company in Henderson County from 1854 to 1861. Captain of Captain James H. Holloway's Company in September 1861, called into the U.S. Service by General Robert Anderson to guard Lock No. 1 on the Green River. Captain in the 7th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) from January 1862 to June 1862. Major in the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from September 1862 to January 1863. Promoted to lieutenant colonel of the 8th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) from January 1863 to September 1863. Colonel of the 48th Enrolled Militia (U.S.A.), resigning in April 1864. Moved to Clark County, Kentucky in 1865.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Henderson County, Division No. 1, p. 52.
The Biographical Encyclopædia of Kentucky of the Dead and Living Men of the Nineteenth Century, vol. 1 (Cincinnati: J. M. Armstrong & Company, 1878), 469.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0090.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 209, 228, and 980.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2 (Frankfort: John H. Harney, Public Printer, 1866), 833.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1964), KDLA, Roll #7016189, Clark County Deaths, File #22895.

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