JOHN ZACHARY³ HOLLADAY (WALLER LEWIS², LEWIS¹)^1,2 was born December 13, 1806 in "Prospect Hill," Spotsylvania County, Virginia³, and died October 12, 1842 in Scottsville, Virginia³. He married JULIA ANN MINOR_4,5 May 19, 1836 in Louisa County, Virginia⁶. She was born Abt. 1817⁷, and died Unknown.

Notes for JOHN ZACHARY HOLLADAY:

"The following notice of Mr H is from the pen of Thomas Ritchie, Sr, editor of the Richmond Enquirer:

'John Z Holladay was a native of Spotsylvania county, and settled in Louisa soon after he came to the Bar. He was gradually winning his way to the head of his profession. He had always taken a deep interest, but never a very active part in politics, until the excitement of 1840 called him out. He then suddenly appeared, like a billiant luminary, on the political horizon, and rapidly rose upon the zenith of public admiration. We met Mr Holladay, for the first time, at the Charlottesville Convention of September, 1840, and from that moment, to the day of his death, we have never ceased to rank him among the ablest, the most amiable, and most promising men we have ever known. Gifted with a quick, strong, and analytic mind--possessed of great industry, and capable of great labor--with the happiest words at his command--with an elocution singurlarly chaste, and sometimes eloquent, and with a manner alwa ys dignified, yet persuasive--always as courteous in his manners as he was amiable in his temper and liberal in his feelings, he was destined to make a great figure on the political theatre, if such had been the cast of his fortunes. Mr Holladay first appeared in the Legislature at the close of the session of 1840-'41, and he also served as the Delegate of Louisa, throughout the last session. We do not claim too much for him when we say that, young as he was in parliamentary life, few members could ever equal him, and none surpassed him. He was in the front rank on every great question, and no one retired to private life with more distinction and respect than his virtues and abilities secured to J Z Holladay. He was eminent, too, not only as a speaker, but as a writer. When the Democratic State Convention assembled in this city in February last, he was called upon to write the Address. He plead his engagements, as well as his inability; but his mod esty was silenced by the importunity of his friends, and he at length consented to undertake the office. His numerous engagements did not permit him to devote more than portions of three days to its composition--but never can we forget the deep impression which it produced upon the committee, nor upon the convention itself. It is, indeed, a chef d' oeuvre in political essays. 'His private business compelled him to retire from public life at the end of the session, and it is in the bosom of his friends that the fatal arrow has sped to its mark. Few men were ever as much esteemed--no man was more beloved by his family. None ever graced private life more than John Z Holladay. The soft light that he shed around it was genial, as the brilliance of his public career had been splendid. Few men could ever have served the widow and the orphan with more affectionate devotion. He was administering upon the estates of five widows when he was snatched away. The beauties of his domestic life are beyond description, and we must draw a veil over the inexpressible grief of his bereaved family. 'May Providence temper the wind to the shorn lamb.' He died the 'victim of his amiable sympathy,' and his devoted affection, from the effects of the epidemic which has so deplorably scourged the vi llage of Scottsville during the present season. Noble spirit, light be the turf upon thy grave.'"
[Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, pp. 373-374.]

More About JOHN ZACHARY HOLLADAY:
Cause of Death: Typhoid Fever⁸
Education: Law School of Judge Henry St George Tucker, Winchester, Virginia⁹
Obituary: 1842, Charlottesville Advocate; Richmond Enquirer^10,11
Occupation: Attorney ¹²
Public Office: Member of the Virginia General Assembly¹³
Residence: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia¹⁴

Children of JOHN HOLLADAY and JULIA MINOR are:

i. MARY MINOR4 HOLLADAY^15,16, b. Abt. 1837¹⁷; d. Unknown; m. RT REVEREND JACOB JAMES ALLEN LATANE^18,19,20, September 07, 1855²¹; b. 1831, Essex County, Virginia^21,22; d. 1902²³.

More About RT REVEREND JACOB JAMES ALLEN LATANE:
Degree: Doctor of Divinity²⁴
Graduation: University of Virginia, 1853; Virginia Theological Seminary, 1856²⁴
Ordination: Deacon Protestant Episcopal Church by Bishop Meade, September 19, 1856; Priest by same, 1857^24,25
Religion: Protestant Episcopalian; Reformed Episcopal Church²⁶
Residence: Baltimore, Maryland²⁷

ii. ANN ELIZABETH HOLLADAY^28,29,30, b. 1839^31,32; d. 1888³³; m. DR WILSON CARY NICHOLAS RANDOLPH, SR³⁴, November 11, 1858³⁵; b. October 26, 1834, "Edge Hill," Albemarle County, Virginia³⁵; d. April 26, 1907³⁵.

More About DR WILSON CARY NICHOLAS RANDOLPH, SR:
Degree: Doctor of Medicine³⁶
Education: University of Virginia³⁶
Graduation: University of Virginia, 1854³⁶
Military service: Served in the Confederate States Army as surgeon³⁶
Occupation: Physician³⁷
Residence: Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Virginia³⁸

iii. SARAH WATSON HOLLADAY^39,40, b. Abt. 1842⁴¹; d. Unknown; m. MAJOR THOMAS HENRY JOHNSTON, SR⁴²; b. 1836, Botetourt County, Virginia^43,44; d. Unknown, Buchanan County, Virginia⁴⁵.

1. Brown, Stuart E, Jr., Myers, Lorraine F, Chappel, Eileen M, Pocahontas' Descendants, (The Pocahontas Foundation, 1985), 152.
2. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 369.
3. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 372.
4. Brown, Stuart E, Jr., Myers, Lorraine F, Chappel, Eileen M, Pocahontas' Descendants, (The Pocahontas Foundation, 1985), 152.
5. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 370.
6. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 372.
7. 1850 Federal Census of Albemarle County Virginia, HH #581.
8. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 369.
9. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 373.
10. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 373, "It is with sincere regret that we perform the melancholy office of announcing to the public the unexpected death of John Z Holladay of Louisa county, which occurred at the residence of his friend and connexion, B H Magruder, Esq., of Scottsville, on Wednesday morning last.Mr. Holladay had been led to encounter the danger of infection from the prevailing and most fatal fever at Scottsville by an anxious solicitude for the safety of his friends. Alas! he has become a victim to his amiable sympathy and his generous, disinterested benevolence."The deceased was a young man whose position in life, fine abilities, and high morals excellence opened for him a wide field of usefulness. As a lawyer he was probably destined to high fame, as his professional career, so far, was unfolding to him brilliant prospects of success.Representing the county of Louisa in the Legislature of Virginia, during the last session, he was the most prominent member of his party in debate, and sustained himself in this position to the high gratification of his political friends. Though we differed from him in his political views, we have always heard accorded to him entire honesty of purpose, and by many a candor and moderation in his political course not often met with in these high party times, and the more commendable on that account."
11. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 373-374.
12. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 372.
13. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 373.
14. 1850 Federal Census of Albemarle County Virginia, HH #581.
15. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 374.
16. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 334.
17. 1850 Federal Census of Albemarle County Virginia, HH #581.
18. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 374.
19. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume II, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 277.
20. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 334.
21. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 374.
22. 1850 Federal Census of Essex County Virginia, HH #280.
23. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 334.
24. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 374.
25. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 334, "He was a graduate of the University of Virginia, and in 1856 was ordained to the ministry of the Episcopal Church. In 1874 he withdrew from the Protestant Episcopal Church and joined the Reformed Episcopal Church, and in 1879 became bishop of its Southern jurisdiction and for many years lived in Baltimore."
26. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 374, "...ordained Deacon Prot. Epis. Ch. by Bp. Meade, Sep. 19, 1856; Priest by same, 1857; resigned July 30, 1872, and entered the R E Church; is Missionary Bishop of the same..."
27. By Special Staff of Writers, History of Virginia, Volume V, VA Biography, (The American Historical Society, Chicago and New York, 1924.), 334.
28. Brown, Stuart E, Jr., Myers, Lorraine F, Chappel, Eileen M, Pocahontas' Descendants, (The Pocahontas Foundation, 1985), 152.
29. Du Bellet, Louise Pecquet, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell Company Publishers, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 164.
30. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 374.
31. Brown, Stuart E, Jr., Myers, Lorraine F, Chappel, Eileen M, Pocahontas' Descendants, (The Pocahontas Foundation, 1985), 152.
32. 1850 Federal Census of Albemarle County Virginia, HH #581.
33. Brown, Stuart E, Jr., Myers, Lorraine F, Chappel, Eileen M, Pocahontas' Descendants, (The Pocahontas Foundation, 1985), 152.
34. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume IV, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 239.
35. Brown, Stuart E, Jr., Myers, Lorraine F, Chappel, Eileen M, Pocahontas' Descendants, (The Pocahontas Foundation, 1985), 152.
36. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 374.
37. Brown, Stuart E, Jr., Myers, Lorraine F, Chappel, Eileen M, Pocahontas' Descendants, (The Pocahontas Foundation, 1985), 152.
38. Barnes, Robert, Indexed by, Genealogies of Virginia Families, Volume IV, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1981.), 239.
39. Du Bellet, Louise Pecquet, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell Company Publishers, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 695.
40. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 374.
41. 1850 Federal Census of Albemarle County Virginia, HH #581.
42. Du Bellet, Louise Pecquet, Some Prominent Virginia Families, Volume II, (J P Bell Company Publishers, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1907), 695.
43. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 374.
44. 1850 Federal Census of Botetourt County Virginia, HH #970.
45. Virginia Genealogies, Holladay Family, 374.