Nielsen Hayden genealogy
John Hollis
1736 - 1832 (96 years)-
Name John Hollis Birth 1736 England 
[1] Gender Male Death 27 Aug 1832 Cannon County, Tennessee [1] Burial Brawley's Fork Cemetery, Readyville, Cannon, Tennessee [1] Person ID I37651 Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of PNH Last Modified 1 Jun 2022
Family Mary d. Bef 1820, Rutherford County, Tennessee Marriage Abt 1767 [2] Children + 1. David Hollis, b. 1769, Rowan County, North Carolina d. 16 Oct 1852, Cannon County, Tennessee (Age 83 years)Family ID F22143 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 1 Jun 2022
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Notes - Said by some to have been born in or near London; said by his Wikitree entry, without obvious proof, to have been the John Hollis baptised 10 Jul 1737 in Risely, Bedfordshire, a son of John Hollis and Lydia Dickins. That he was born in England seems clear from his gravestone inscription.
He served several terms of enlistment in the North Carolina militia during the Revolution, under Gen. Griffith Rutherford and others. He is said to have on one occasion been captured and then escaped. After the war he was an early member of the Jersey Settlement Baptist Church in Rowan County, mentioned several times in their records as an elder. With his wife and their youngest son Micajah, he emigrated to Tennessee in 1808-09.
- Said by some to have been born in or near London; said by his Wikitree entry, without obvious proof, to have been the John Hollis baptised 10 Jul 1737 in Risely, Bedfordshire, a son of John Hollis and Lydia Dickins. That he was born in England seems clear from his gravestone inscription.
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