Civil War

In the handwritten notes handed down by Mabel (Drake) Wilkins, it is stated that Sebril Holland served in the Civil War and family lore has it that when he returned, he was so dirty and ragged that nobody recognized him.  Since we have not definitively been able to link the names Sebril and Mallory as one, his Civil War enlistment cannot yet be verified, but Cousin Art has found an enlistment document under the name Malory that could very well be our man, yet....we are still unsure.

 

 Malory Holland;  Enlistment Date: 24 Feb 1862;  Enlistment Place: Isle of Wight Court House, Virginia; Side Served: Confederacy; State Served: Virginia; Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 24 February 1862, Enlisted in Company I, 3rd Infantry Regiment Virginia on 24 Feb 1862.  As noted on the image above, Company I, 3rd Infantry is not listed and did not come through on the image, yet it is listed in Ancestry.com.

Another record from Art:

PRISONER OF WAR RECORD

Malory M. Holland (is the M. a typo?),  3rd Va Company I, captured near Farmville Virginia  April 6, '65

Sebril's Marriage to Martha Heath

As stated in the last post, Sebril Holland and Martha (Garner) Heath were married 18 June 1859 in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, and both are listed as widowed. There hasn't been any information found as to who Sebril could have been married to previously. On the other hand, we do know Martha was previously married to Samuel J. Heath.
Sebril and Martha had two children, an infant who died and a son named James Lee Holland, born Oct 10, 1863.


Handwritten notes passed on from my grandmother Mabel (Drake) Wilkins:

Sebril Holland

Sebril Holland was born in Isle of Wight County, Virginia the son of John Holland and Nancy Elizabeth Turner. There is some question as to the year of his birth. According to the 1850 U.S. Federal Census of the Isle of Wight County, Eastern District, his age is stated as 17 years which implies his birth year to be 1833, yet the Virginia marriage register 1785 - 1940 has his birth year as 1835.




Sebril's occupation is that of a laborer on a farm owned by Exum Bracy. His mother, Nancy Holland and sister Polly are shown to live at a neighboring residence. Also listed as an occupant of this home is Georgianna Gaskins. Georgianna's relationship to the Holland family has not been determined.

This is the only known census record for Sebril Holland.