George Lewis Holland

George Lewis Holland N E M V R C B K Y Photo: Born: 1832.[1980] Married: Jacquelina M. Payne; 1843–1926; buried Orlean Methodist Church, Orlean.[1981] Jaquelina Mildred Payne on 17 June 1867 in Fauquier County. “They lived at Orlean, … and later in Washington, D. C., where they celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary.” She was born 21 Feb 1843 in Fauquier, and died 1926. “They were buried in grave-yard adjoining [the] Methodist church in Orlean; [their] graves [are] marked.”[1982] Jacquelina was one of ten children of Amos Payne and Elizabeth Barton Smith. Both of her parents are also buried at the Methodist Church in Orlean.[1983] Died: 1927;[1984] buried Orlean Methodist Church, Orlean, Virginia.[1985] Orlean Methodist Church Cemetery.[1986] Obituary: “Mr. Holland… was 96 years old….”[1987] See Obituary Chapter. Children: “They had several children, among them John Barton of Philadelphia, and Elizabeth of Washington, D. C.”[1988] Single marker lists: Minnie Holland Bushong, 1881–1926. Elizabeth S. Holland, 1878–1966.[1989] Parents and Siblings: Other Family: George’s wife’s father, Amos Payne (1808–1887), “received [his] M.D. degree at Transylvania University, Lexington,” Kentucky, in 1833, “and practiced near Orlean.” He married Miss Smith on 18 April 1837 at Orlean. “Prior to 1840 [Amos Payne] and Charles B. Smith were merchants in [Fauquier], trading under the name of Smith and Payne. [In] 1847 [Amos] moved to Pruntytown, Taylor [County, West Virginia, which at that time was part of Virginia], and practiced medicine, returning to Orlean [in] 1860. Four of [their] children were born in Taylor [County]; all others at Orlean.” George’s wife’s mother, Elizabeth Barton Smith (1817–1895), was the daughter “of Capt. John Puller Smith (1782–1838) and [his second] wife Mary Gilbreth Barton … (1793–1841).” Jacquelina’s great-grandparents were “John Smith (1745–1811) of near [Fredericksburg] and [wife] Margaret Puller. Capt. Smith served in the [Virginia] Legislature. He established the village of Orlean, naming it after New Orleans, where General Jackson had recently won a victory. … Capt. Smith was a merchant, Magistrate, and a man of affairs; he and his father were buried where old Piper’s church once stood, less than a mile from Orlean, on [the] road to Hume; their graves are marked.”[1990] Stories, Letters & Biographies: CSR: “George Louis Holland”; 5’11”, dark complexion, black hair, hazel eyes; enlisted 25 April 1861; captured and exchanged November 1862 near Warrenton; wounded May 1864 Spotsylvania; paroled 4 May 1865 Clarksburg, West Virginia. Additional Information: Private.[1991] Wounded at Spotsylvania Courthouse May 1864. Resides at Orleans. [1992] “The old Farmers’ hotel, recently burned, was kept by A. J. B. Smarr. George L. Holland, later a gallant Black Horseman, was Smarr’s clerk.”[1993] See William Harrison Triplett. G. L. Holland formed a partnership with Triplett sometime after June 1870, in a store in Orlean. Eventually Triplett set up a separate business.