Hollands of Gadsden County, Florida
1830 - 1880
Widow Susan Holland of the Sycamore community in Gadsden County, Florida is being researched as a possibility for the mother of Mary J Gray, wife of Joseph Gray of Geneva County, Alabama. See their page for background.
John Holland, the shoemaker appears on the 1830 and 1840 censuses of Gadsden County, as well as the 1850 census when the Widow Susan Holland first appears. The connection between them, if any, is unknown at this time.
Besides Susan and John, the shoemaker, there were only a few other adult Hollands recorded in Gadsden County between 1830 and 1880.
1. One was a John Holland on the 1856 and 1857 tax rolls who appears to be a different person from John, the shoemaker.
2. Also on the 1850 census was a James Holland, age 30, laborer, born in Georgia, in the household of William Campbell.
3. Another was a William Holland who appears on a tax roll for 1846, paying for one male age 21-50. He may have turned 50 because in 1847 he was on the list but not taxed for any male 21-50. He does not appear again after 1847 and he was not on the voter list of 1845. However, there is a William Holland on the Leon County voter list, but he does not appear to be the same one. This Gadsden William seems to be the most likely candidate for husband of the widow Susan Holland.
4. One other was an unnamed Holland (the only Holland) on the 1851 Gadsden roll who was taxed for 14 slaves, with J Thomas as agent. (James Thomas also had 1800 acres, 23 slaves and a sawmill.) This could possibly be Griffin W Holland, who was on the Leon Co. tax lists during the 1830s - 1860s as 1 male poll with over 1000 acres of land and 25 - 60 slaves north of Lake Iamonia near the Georgia line. Or, more likely, it could have been the William L Holland who appears on the 1852 Gadsden tax roll for 1 male, 80 acres, 25 slaves, 1 gold watch, 1 silver watch and a $175 pleasure carriage. He does not appear again after 1852.
5. D. P. Holland, a lawyer taxed for 1 male and 2000 acres, appears on the tax rolls from 1854 - 1859.
