Peter W. HOLDEN
Birth:
12 Oct 1793
New Jersey/or Elk Creek, Harrison, Virginia
Death:
5 Sep 1872
Harrison, West Virginia
Burial:
(Near)Grasselli, Harrison, West Virginia
Marriage:
8 Oct 1812
Harrison, Virginia
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
1850 CENSUS, HARRISON CO, VA "PETER 57, BN.NEW JERSEY
1860 CENSUS, HARRISON CO, VA P. 117 #805351 CLARKSBURG POST OFFICE. STATED HE
WAS A BAPTIST MINISTER.
1870 CENSUS, HARRISON CO......NEED TO SEARCH.
BIBLE RECORDS: NEED TO FIND ONE
HARRISON CO.V.VA FAMILY RECORDS (F W.VA. H 3B PT 49 22409)
REMINISCENT HIST. OF NORTHERN W. VIRGINIA P.355
DEATH: HARRISON CO W.VA DEATH RECORDS BK1 1872 "PETER W. HOLDEN, 9/16, 78Y1M
PARENTS/SPOUSE: BENJ/JEMIMA; SARAH B., BIRTHPLACE: HARRISON CO
RESEARCH FILE IN MY POSSESSION
CEMETERY RECORDS: HOLDEN FAMILY GRAVEYARD, NEAR GRASSELLI, HARRISON CO.W.VA
(163927) 78 Y 10 M 26 D WHEN HE DIED.
CEMETERY RECORDS RESEARCHED BY MYSELF: F W. VA 3 PT 2 22436 "REV. PETER W.
HOLDEN...DEATH 9-5-1872...HOLDEN FAMILY GRAVEYARD."
DAR CLARK DIST HARRISON CO ALSO HAS CEMETERY RECORDS ...SEE FILE....
HARRISON CO GEN SOC CEMETERIES CLARK DIST. P.412 GIVES DESCRIPTION & LOCATION
ALSO "REV. PETER W. HOLDEN, DIED 5 SEP 1872, 78Y10M26D/NANCY HOLDEN,DIED 6 DEC
1853 58Y1M13D."
THE WEST VA HERITAGE ENCYCLOPEDIA VOL. 6 1974 THRU CORRESPONDENCE WITH HARRISON
COUNTY LIBRARY. BIRTHDATE INFORMATION, ETC. SEE FILE ON HOLDEN RESEARCH.
WILL: COPY IN MY POSSESSION..FROM HARRISON CO.,W.VA STATED "I WILL TO MY SON
LEMUEL D. HOLDEN" "SECOND I DESIRE TO PROVIDE FOR MY BELOVED WIFE, SARAH B.
HOLDEN AS FOLLOWS" ETC. "IT IS MY DESIRE THAT MY SON LEMUEL D. HOLDEN AND
ALFRED B. CROPP, BOTH OF WHOM I HEREBY APPOINT, BECOME THE EXECUTORS OF MY
WILL" WRITTEN 6 MAY 1870. SUPPLEMENT TO WILL 23 AUG 1871. NAME OF SON ALSO
LEE D. HOLDEN ON HIS SIGNITURE. PRESENTED WILL TO RECORDER 14 SEPT 1872.
FAMILY RECORDS OF WEST VA CALL NO. 163771.
MARRIAGE BOND RECORDS OF HARRISON CO.,W.VA 1784-1850 FROM CLARKSBURG LIBRARY.
Nancy HICKMAN
Birth:
25 Oct 1795
Harrison, Virginia
Death:
6 Dec 1853
Harrison, Virginia
Burial:
(Near)Grasselli, Harrison, West Virginia
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Harrison Co, W.VA. Family Records FHL FILM 163771
1850 Census, Harrison Co, W. Va..Nancy is 54 yrs. old Bn: Va.
(NOTES UNDER HUSBAND...PETER #1522)
DEATH: Harrison Co.,Death Records BK 1 1853 Nancy Holden 12/7 age 58 13D
Parents: Arthur/Nancy Hickman Birth Place: Harrison Co. W/O Peter W. Holden.
BURIAL: Holden Family Graveyard, near Grasseli, Harrison CO, W. Va..
See File:
DAR Research...Clark Dist. Harrison Co...Nancy Holden, died 6 Dec 1853, 58y1m13d.
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
20 Oct 1813
Elk Creek, Harrison, Virginia
Death:
11 Sep 1904
Elk Creek, Harrison, Virginia
Notes:
1860 CENSUS, CLARK TWP,CLARKSBURG POST OFFICE,HARRISON CO,VA P.16 #805351
1870 CENSUS, " " " " " " " W-VA #553187
1880 " " " "
HARRISON CO., W.VA FAMILY RECORDS (F W.VA H3B PT.49 22409)
THE W.VA HERITAGE ENCYCLOPEDIA VOL.6 1974 BY CORRESPONDENCE WITH CLARKSBURG
HARRISON COUNTY LIBRARY.
CEMETERIES CLARK DISTRICT HARRISON CO., WVA FROM HARRISON CO.GEN. SOC. P.412
LEMUEL D. HOLDEN, BORN 20 OCT 1813, DIED 11 SEP 1904../DISCRIPTION OF CEM & LOC
ATION UNDER LEMUEL'S WIFES NOTES. AT LEAST 6 HOLDENS ARE BURIED THERE, INCL
PETER W. HOLDEN AND WIFE NANCY, JOHN C. HOLDEN SON OF LEMUEL & ELIZ, MARY A.
HOLDEN, DAUGHTER OF LEMUEL & ELIZ.
HOLDEN FAMILY GRAVEYARD, NEAR GRASSELLI, HARRISON CO., W.VA.
CEMETERY RECORDS F W.VA 3 PT 2 22436 "LEMUEL D. HOLDEN, 10-20-1813, DIED
9-11-1904 90 YRS 11MO 21 DAYS"
HARRISON CO. W. VA HIST VETERANS PROJECT 847166 FAMILY HIST.LIBRARY SLCITY
LLOYD HOLDEN CIVIL WAR CHAPLAIN SERVING WITH CONFEDERACY ....GIVES VITAL
INFORMATION...
Microfilm 163927
HOLDEN FAMILY GRAVEYARD near Grasselli
Adams, Amanda d 9/24/1894 wife J.R. Adams age 58 5 27
Do Charlie R. d 9/3/1864 son J.R. and Amanda age 1 6 9
Do Harriet B. d 5/15/1870 mother J.R. and J. Browning Adams age 66
Davis, Mollie d 8/21/1891 dau Evander L. & Olive Lucinda (Holden) Davis
Do Evander L. b 5/25/1850 d 11/19/1;891
Holden, Eliza W. b 4/6/1815 d 12/30/1903 wife Lemuel Holden age 88 8 24
Do John C. b 11/6/1845 d 2/28/1878
Do Lemuel D. b 10/20/1813 d 9/11/1904 age 90 11 21
Do Mary A. b 11/4/1837 d 8/23/1890 dau of Lemuel Holden
Do Rev. Peter W d 9/5/1872 age 78 10 26
Do Nancy d 12/6/1853 age 58 1 13
Leachman, Laura d 11/16/1860 Wm B. and Dolly E. Leachman age 6 7 24
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MARRIAGE BOND RECORDS OF HARRISON CO., W.VA 1784-1850 BY CORRESPONDANCE WITH
CLARKSBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY. LISTED LEMUEL D. HOLDEN & ELIZA W. HASKINSON MARRIED
24 DEC 1833.
OBITUARY OF SUSAN MARY HOLDEN, WIFE OF JOHN C. HOLDEN STATED, "LEMUEL D.
HOLDEN, FATHER OF JOHN C., WAS A SON OF PETER W. HOLDEN, AN OUTSTANDING MEMBER
OF THE PIONEER FAMILY AND LONG A BAPTIST MINISTER, WHO WAS BORN OCTOBER 12,
1793, IN NEW JERSEY AND CAME WITH HIS FATHER BENJAMIN HOLDEN'S FATHER TO TURKEY
RUN OF ELK CREEK NEAR WHAT IS NOW NORWOOD AND SETTLED IN 1798 ON LAND THE
LATTER HAD PURCHASED. BENJAMIN HOLDEN'S FATHER, BENJAMIN, AS WELL AS HIMSELF
AND A BROTHER WERE AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR." FROM "SELECTED
WEST VIRGINIA OBITUARIES 1934-1937", HARRISON CO GEN. SOC, CLARKSBURG, W.VA.
CHURCH RECORDS: HARRISON COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOC. VOL VI NO 3 1992...THE
BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST NAMED CENTERBRANCH...SEPT 25, 1818 MINUTE BOOK BEGAN.
PG 11 DATED: MARCH 25, 1843 "BRO. WM. GOLDEN, BRO ELIAS REED, SISTER ELIZABETH
DICKS CAME FORWARD WERE RECEIVED AND ORDERED BAPTIZED. ALSO LEMUEL D. HOLDEN,
ELIZA HOLDEN AND JACKSON HOLDEN."
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Peter W. Holden - Nancy Hickman
Peter W. Holden
was born at New Jersey/or Elk Creek, Harrison, Virginia 12 Oct 1793.
His parents were Benjamin Holden and Mary Jemina Derumple.
He married Nancy Hickman 8 Oct 1812 at Harrison, Virginia . Nancy Hickman was born at Harrison, Virginia 25 Oct 1795 daughter of Arthur Hickman and Nancy .
They were the parents of 1
child:
Lemuel D. Holden
born 20 Oct 1813.
Peter W. Holden died 5 Sep 1872 at Harrison, West Virginia .
Nancy Hickman died 6 Dec 1853 at Harrison, Virginia .