The following story is taken from a book called "The Holly Tree" written by Betty Hollandsworth Jackson
William Hollingsworth
William, son of Vincent, was born in North Carolina according to records of his children, Lydia, Rebecca, and Isam, who were alive in 1880 when information about parents' birth states was taken for the census. Records show his in Ashe County, North Carolina through 1810. He is on the tax list of 1811 in Clay County, Kentucky. His name is in court and census records in Clay County throughout the years up to and including 1830.
There are several indications that William's family and John's family shared a close relationship, which suggests the possibility that they moved together to Morgan County, Indiana in the late 1830. John died there in the spring of 1831.[This is the same area where their brother, isaac, died about 1821.] William was present in the county at least by 1834, the year of a land transaction with his son, James. He lived in Morgan County until late 1840, when he moved to Gasconade County, Missouri. He died there October 29, 1843.
There is no marriage record found as yet for William and Rhoda, but oral tradition has her maiden name Rhode Reed; she is believed to have been Cherokee Indian. She died September 27, 1873 in Missouri, 30 years after William died. William Webster Hollandsworth, a grandson(son of Isam, Sr.), told his children that he remembered his grandmother, Rhoda, who rode sidesaddle and could get on and off a horse quite well at a very old age.
William owned land in each area he lived. his father sold him 135 acres on the North Fork of New River in Ashe County, North Carolina in 1808. He recieved a total of 150 acres through land grants in Clay County, Kentucky in 1816 and 1819. These parcels were on the South Fork of Kentucky River and Sexton's Creek. In 1824 he was a partner in the sale of 50 acres of land on Sexton's Creek, and in 1826 he sold Stephen Reed, his brother-in-law, 100 acres on the South Fork of Kentucky River. He owned land in Morgan County, Indiana. In 1834 he sold 16 acres to his son, James. In 1839 he sold 34 acres to Isaac Hollinsworth, son of his deceased brother, John.He bought land on Red Oak Creek two miles southeast of Owensville, Gasconade County, Missouri in 1840 and more land one mile due south of Owensville in 1842. The court-ordered estate sale of the early 1850s deals with about 290 acres of land.
Records show that he handled business affairs for his family. He was given power of attorney for his brothers, Beasley and James, and his sisters, Winny and Susannah, in 1816 in connection with the eastate of their father. In 1825 his nephew, Perry, son of his deceased brother, Isaac, was apprenticed to him "to be taught the art, trade, and mystery of farming." In 1835 he is named as sharing responsibility with his nephew, William, John's son, for a bond related to the nephew's administration of his father's estate. In 1840 Barney and Nanct Roark appointed him attorney to collect their share of the estate of her father, Isaac--William's brother.
Clay County, Kentucky court records show that William took an active interest in community affairs. In 1820 he was appointed clerk for an election. In 1821 he acted as security for Jacob Bowman, a Methodist minister, who was obtaining a license to perform marriage ceremonies.
William and John, his brother, were members of a committee in 1825 to plan a road from the mouth of Larel Creek which was to pass John's mill and cross Estill Road at Joseph Hubbard's place. William was appointed the surveyor and maintenance supervisor. He and John, also in 1825, were on a committee to appraise the estate of John Maupin. In 1826 William was on a committee to plan another road, and again, he was appointed surveyor and maintenance supervisor. In 1827 he served on aa jury in a vagrant case. Also that year, he and John posted security for Sheriff John Hibbard's bond for the purpose of tax collection.
The known children of William and Rhoda were: Jonathan, Nancy, James, Lydia, Rebecca, Charity, Isam, Mary, Susannah, and Rhoda. James and Mary's husband, William McDaniel, served as administrators for his estate. Some of the documents give the impression that there may have been some family squabbling before the estate was settled. This should not be particularly surprising, but it would be impossible to discuss this matter with full information or fairness.
It seems proper to say that William was an enterprising man who lived a full and active life.
Williams Estate Sale
Sale bill and list of the sales of the goods and chattels belonging to the estate of William Hollandsworth, late of Gasconade County, deceased, sold at public venue by the undersigned administrator of said estate on the 15th day of December, 1843:
PURCHASER'S NAME---PROPERTY---PRICE
Larkin Henson*---mallet---.25
James Henson*---1 sheep skin---.12 1/2
Larkin Henson*---3 beef hides---5.12 1/2
William Thomas*---1 hand saw---1.62 1/2
Isum Hollandsworth*---1 chisel and square---.62 1/2
James Hollandsworth*---1 ax---1.25
Dudley Faris---1 wedge tron---.12 1/2
James Henson*---1 broad ax---1.50
Isum Hollandsworth*---1 frow---.87 1/2
James Hollandsworth*---1 satt barrel---.12 1/2
John Hollandsworth*---1 barsheer plow---2.43 3/4
James Henson*---1 drawing knife---1.12 1/2
Isum Hollandsworth*---2 clevises---.37 1/2
James Hollandsworth*---2 augers---1.06 1/2
Jame Henson*---1 pair of stretchers---2.12 1/2
Thomas Smith---1 box of oats---.37 1/2
William Thomas*---2 bee gums---1.00
William Thomas*---1 lot of apple trees---2.06 1/4
James Hollandsworth*---1 shovel---1.87
Thomas E. Smith---1 bull tongue---.25
William Thomas*---1 pair of stillards---1.12 1/2
James Fenly---1 gunshot bag, box, and bullett molds---7.12 1/2
Larkin Henson*---1/2 side of upper leather---3.18 3/4
James Hollandsworth*---1/2 side of upper leather---3.31 1/4
William Thomas*---1 side of upper leather---3.37
William Meason---1 piece of leather---2.06 1/4
William Thomas*---1/2 side of sole leather---3.00
William Meason---1 side of upper leather---3.87 1/4
Baly Simson---1 upper leather---3.43
James Henson*---1 upper leather---3.87
James Henson*---1 upper sole leather---2.37
James Hollandsworth*---1 box of sole leather---.06 1/4
Martha Hollandsworth*---1 hankerchief---.18 3/4
James Hollandsworth*---1 hankerchief---.25
Widow Hollandsworth*---2 hankerchiefs---.25
William Thomas*---1 piece of bedticking---3.12
Isum Hollandsworth*---1 piece of calico---2.31 1/4
Thomas Smith---1 piece calico---1.62 1/2
Martha Hollandsworth*---1 piece of calico---1.75
James A. Matthews---1 yard of calico---.25
James Henson*---1 piece of calico---2.50
James Hollandsworth*---1 piece of calico---2.56 1/4
John Hollandsworth*---1 piece of calico---3.56 1/2
James Henson*---1 set of knives and forks---2.00
William Thomas*---1 piece of calico---1.18 3/4
Joseph Goodman---1 piece factory---11.06 1/4
James Greenstreet---1 wagon and...---66.62 1/2
Isum Hollandsworth*---3 sheep--2nd choice---3.62 1/2
James Hollandsworth*---3 sheep--3rd choice---3.00
James Brown---1...philly---22.00
Joseph Goodman---1 mare---15.75
Nathan Ware---1 four year old horse---30.93 3/4
John Ritcherson---1 lot of corn---20.00
James A. Matthews---1 yoke of oxen---26.37 1/2
John Ritcherson---1 red steer---5.62 1/2
James Stiles---1 speckled cow---7.12
Larkin Henson*---1 pied cow---9.00
John Ritcherson---1 white steer---5.06 1/2
Isum Hollandsworth*---1 white and black steer---3.68
James Snelson---1 white and red heifer---3.25
William Thomas*---1 steer calf---2.50
George M. Faris---1 red steer---1.75
James Hollandsworth*---1 white and red bull---6.25
Isum Hollandsworth*---20 shocks of fodder---5.12 1/2
Widow Hollandsworth*---1 wagon cover---.50
William Meason---1 box of oats---2.12
Isum Hollandsworth*---1 auger---.31 1/4
Isum Hollandsworth*---1 compass---.37
James Hollandsworth*---1 padlock---.25
James Hollandsworth*---1 pile of corn---3.00
Isum Hollandsworth*---1/2 a wheat...---5.00
Thomas E. Smith---1 row swingletree and open rings---4.00
Isum Hollandsworth*---1 lot of wheat sowed---4.62 1/2
James Henson*---2 hogs---3.12
Larkin Henson*---1 lot of corn in field---6.37
James Henson*---3 first choice hogs---8.43 3/4
James Hollandsworth*---3 second choice hogs---8.43 3/4
John Ritcherson---4 third choice hogs---6.93 3/4
John Hollandsworth*---1 hog---.37
William Thomas---1 hog---2.25
James Hollandsworth*---1 pair of socks---.25
James Hollandsworth*---1 piece of calico---2.06 1/4
James Hollandsworth*---1 piece of bedticking---2.18 3/4
James Matthews---1 side of sole leather---2.75
James Finley---1 side of upper leather---2.75
Thomas Groff---3 sheep--3rd choice---4.37
James Greenstreet---1 stack...fodder---1.50
Baley Simson---1 colt---10.00
TOTAL AMOUNT OF SALES------------$405.88 1/2
{*Relatives}
James Hollandsworth, Administrator
