DANIEL WILLIAM HOLLADAY, JR. - PATRIOT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AND HIS MIGRATION FROM THE "HIGH HILLS OF THE SANTE" IN SOUTH CAROLINA TO “MOSCOW” IN LAMAR COUNTY, ALABAMA

How did the Hollidays (Holladays….) of Virginia and South Carolina get to the new state of Alabama???

Daniel William Holladay, Sr. sold his land in Virginia, 197 acres on East Northeast River, to his brother-in-law, Thomas Pulliam in 1743 and in 1756, Daniel and wife Agnes moved to Albemarle County, Virginia. On February 14, 1756 Daniel was granted 2 patents for land (400 acres) in the extreme Southeast part of Albemarle County on Totier Creek, which paralleled the Hardware River just South of it and ran into the James RIver. He also bought 150 acres on Hudson’s Creek. In about 1758, he migrated to South Carolina where he bought 150 acres in Craven County (now known as Sumter County). On September 4, 1759, 350 acres were assigned to him in Craven County near the “High Hills of the Santee.” Part of this tract is now Poinsett State Park (15 miles off I95, located near Wedgefield SC - close to Sumpter SC).

As the march towards war with England continued to escalate, both Daniel, Sr. and Daniel, Jr. signed the South Carolina Association test, pledging their loyalty to the colonial cause. Daniel, Jr. enlisted when South Carolina’s troops were first organized on November 4, 1775, as an orderly-sergeant in Col. William Moultrie’s South Carolina Regiment. He served under Captain James McDonald in the battle of Fort Sullivan on June 28, 1776. Unfortunately, his military record also documents that on August 8, 1777, he was reprimanded for gambling. He was also reprimanded on April 3, 1778, for neglect of duty. He was discharged on April 6, 1778 after paying a substitute to continue service in his place.

In 1778, Daniel, Sr. and Agnes sold 750 acres of land in Craven County, South Carolina to William Ree for 5000 pounds. In 1781 and 1782, Daniel furnished supplies to the Continental troops and petitioned the government for repayment. Both Daniel and Agnes died in 1784.

In 1798, Daniel Jr. was appointed a Commissioner to ascertain the dividing line between the South Carolina counties of Kershaw and Richland. In 1804, he bought 500 acres of land in Kershaw District on the Wateree River.

In 1819, Daniel Jr.’s son Daniel moved to the new state of Alabama, settling in Marion (now Lamar) County. He acquired a tract of 160 acres of land on January 8, 1820.

In 1826, Daniel Jr. moved from South Carolina with son John and his young family, to join his son, William Daniel, at Moscow, Marengo County, Alabama [Not Marengo, an older town - Moscow, in Marion County, near current day Sulligent, Lamar County Alabama]. Daniel subsequently applied for and was adjudicated a Revolutionary War veteran pension and land grant in Alabama. He died on February 4, 1837, and is buried at Mulberry Cemetery in Moscow. (NSDAR Genealogy Records, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

His service in the Revolutionary War is documented in his application for a pension and reflects that “Sgt. Daniel Holladay (aka Holiday/ Holliday) S10867:SC Troops, under Lt. Fuller, for 3 years, served in 2nd Regiment of regular Troops (SC Continental Line) under Lt. Hall, Capt. James McDaniel & General William Moultrie. From High Hills of Santee, Sumpter District, marched to Ft. Moultrie, Sullivan’s Island, Charleston SC; after 2.5 years, hired a substitute, George Powell (paid 200 # currency). Stated he is known (in 1832) by Colonel John Hollis; Colonel James Moore & D. Hollis, Esquire.” (Barb Carruth, Sulligent, AL)