Keziah Holloway

Brief Life History of Keziah

When Keziah Holloway was born in 1773, in South Carolina, United States, her father, Reuben Holloway, was 20 and her mother, Phenniah Jordan, was 23. She married Benjamin Mitchell Jr. about 1788, in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States in 1810 and Vermilion Grove, Vermilion, Illinois, United States in 1850. She died on 28 January 1848, in Edgefield, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Gilgal Baptist Church Cemetery, Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Mitchell
1770–1823
Keziah Holloway
1773–1848
Marriage: 1788
Bramblee B Mitchell
1802–1848
William Mitchell
about 1805–
Simeon L. Mitchell
–1825
Francis T Mitchell
1808–1838
Caleb Mitchell
1810–1850

Sources (18)

  • Kiziar Mitchell, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Keziah Holloway - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: Keziah Holloway
  • Keziah Holloway Mitchell, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1776 · Battle of Sullivan's Island

On June 28, 1776, the Battle of Sullivan's Island takes place on Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. Since it is so close to Charelston, the battle is sometimes referred to as the First Siege of Charleston. This is the first time that the Americans had a victory against a land and sea attack by the British.

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived ‘(by the) sunken road’, from Middle English hol(g)h ‘hollow’ + weie ‘way, road’ (Old English holh + weg), or else a habitational name from any of numerous places so named, such as Holloway (Middlesex) or Holway (Somerset). In Ireland (Leinster), the name has sometimes been Gaelicized as Ó hAilmhic (see Hulvey ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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