Lenoir County, NC - Charles Holloman Collection ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ North Carolina State Archives - Private Manuscript Collections Charles Holloman Collection 1747 PC 606 Finding Aid Acquisition: Print purchased from the University of North Carolina Library, made from microfilm, British Public Records Office, Reel #443, Volume I (Colonial Office 5-296, page 75 ff.) February 25, 1963 Description: Petition - William Sharpe to the Lords of the Committee of the Council for Plantation Affairs at the Council Chamber, Whitehall, July 13, 1747, concerns the complaint of the Palatines dispossession by Thomas Pollock and their petition for restoration of their property The Petition of the Palatines in North America to King George II explains the terms upon which they came to America under the guardianship of de Graffenried, tells of the Indian wars and Pollock's desertion of them to the mercy of the Indians and later returned to take their lands, and lists the petitioners ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Addition: 1965 Acquisition: Gift of Charles R. Holloman, February 18, 1965 Description: Survey of Colonel William Dry of land granted to Lewis Conner on the south side of "Great Contenney Creek" by Fairfield Green, 1767 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Addition: 1966 Acquisition: Received 15 February 1966 from Charles R. Holloman, accessioned 25 February 1966 Description: "We the People" [magazine], Vol. XXIII, Nos. 7 and 8, edited by Mr. Holloman and including his articles on Fort Nohoroco, the Tuscarora War, and the Palatines in New Bern (issues for December 1965 and January 1966 included) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Addition: 1966 Acquisition: Gift of Charles R. Holloman - copy of original in U.S. National Archives - received 15 November 1966 - accessioned 29 November 1966 Description: Declaration of Revolutionary War Service by Major Hunt, Granville County ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Addition: 1967 Acquisition: Gift of Charles R. Holloman, accessioned 12 May 1967 Description: Land grant to Elijah Koonce, Jones County, December 18, 1817 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Addition: 1979 Acquisition: Gift of William F. Taylor, Hookerton, accessioned February 24, 1979 Description: Will of George Miller, Greene County, July 24, 1801 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following information about this collection is contained in the North Carolina Archives and History MARS database: Charles R. Holloman Collection Years: 1759-1833 Call Number: PC.606 Location: 3B MARS Id: 1116 (Group) Genres / Forms: Wills, Articles, Land grants, Petitions, Abstracts Quantity: 17 Item(s) Scope / Contents: Will of George Miller, Greene Co. (1801); Jones Co. land grant to Elijah Koonce (1817); and record of Holliman deaths (1848-1870). Photocopies relate to a petition from North Carolina Palatines about Col. Thomas Pollock (1747); to land owned by William Dry (n.d.) and by St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Kinston (1833); and to the Baker family of Hertford Co., including typescript by Judge Benjamin B. Winborne (1910). There are also abstracts of records from Dobbs, Greene, Johnston, and Craven counties, and magazine articles by Dr. Holloman on the Tuscarora Indians and the Palatines. Index Terms: Geographic Names: Greene County Jones County Hertford County Dobbs County Greene County Johnston County Craven County Subjects: Land Deaths (Vital Statistics) Colonels Judges Tuscarora Indians Indians Palatines Corporate Names: North Carolina Palatines Saint Mary's Episcopal Church (Kinston) Personal Names: Holloman, Charles R. Miller, George Koonce, Elijah Holloman Family Pollock, Thomas Dry, William Baker Family Winborne, Benjamin B. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by North Carolina Archives and History ___________________________________________________________________