Nicholas John Holley Sr was born in 1773, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States as the son of John Holley and Tsula (choo-lah) Fox Chatan (Hawk). He had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Sarah Jenkins. He lived in Pulaski, Giles, Tennessee, United States in 1820 and Giles Town, Shelby, Tennessee, United States in 1830. He died in 1848, in Giles, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 75.
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English:
nickname from Middle English hol ‘hollow’ + eie, egh(e) ‘eye’ (Old English hol + ēage), perhaps a nickname for someone with a missing eye.
topographic name for someone who lived by a ‘clearing in a hollow’, from Middle English hol ‘hollow’ + lei(e) ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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