Anson County, NC - James Holland, 1754-1823

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Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
Biographies
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HOLLAND, James, a Representative from North Carolina; born in Anson 
County, near the present town of Rutherfordton, N.C., in 1754; received 
a very limited education; was a major in the State militia and also saw 
service in the Continental Line 1775-1783; Sheriff of Tryon County from 
July 1777 to July 1778; Justice of the Peace of Rutherford County 1780-
1800; Comptroller of Rutherford County from July 1782 to January 1785; 
member of the State Senate in 1783; served in the State House of 
Commons in 1786 and again in 1789; delegate to the second State 
Constitutional Cnvention in 1789 that adopted the Federal Constitution; 
member of the first board of trustees of the University of North 
Carolina 1789-1795; studied law; was admitted to the bar on October 15, 
1793, and commenced practice in Rutherfordton, N.C.; elected as an 
Anti-Federalist to the Fourth Congress (March 4, 1795-March 3, 1797); 
declined to be a candidate for reelection, preferring to serve in the 
State senate; again a member of the State senate in 1797; resumed the 
practice of his profession and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; 
elected to the Seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 
1801-March 3, 1811); was not a candidate for renomination in 1810; 
retired from public life and in 1811 moved to what is now Maury County, 
Tenn., engaging in agricultural pursuits near Columbia; justice of the 
peace 1812-1818; died on his estate in Maury County, Tenn., May 19, 
1823; interment in the Holland Family (now known as Watson) Cemetery, 
nine miles east of Columbia, Tenn., in District Four, Maury County, 
Tenn.