Person:Benjamin Holland (7)

Warrent Issued. Certified issued.

1. 70 11th. October 1800. Edwin HOLDING Entered 300 acres of vacant landin Wake County, on the waters of UTLEY'S Creek, waters of Great WhiteOak Creek, Joining the lines of Benjamin HOLLAND nad Mark BARKER. E.HOLDING, E. T. Entered before William Barham Esquire.

(Wake County North Carolina Land Entries 1778-1846, Haun p.119. They settled in Dickson County, TN which later split intowhats now called Benton Co, TN and his wife are both buried there. Information from Robert D. Ward. Following notes from Lawrence Gardner Boyd, 2143 Westchester Circle, Apt 7, Memphis, TN 38134 901-385-7181; lboyd@concentric.net HUSBAND NOTES: Benjamin HOLLAND General: This information on Benjamin and his wife was received form Arlina Moss off the internet on 8/26/98. Her address is amoss@sunline.net The children of Benjamin and Rhoda Key Holland received from Beth Rowe, e-mail BRowe97@aol.com. "The Benton County, TN History Book", Vol.2 has an article on Holland-Key. It states that Benjamin was the son of James and Sarah Holland who lived in Wake County, NC. James died about 1798 leaving about 100 acres of land to Benjamin. Benjamin and Rhoda moved t0 Dickson County, TN around 1798. Then around 1819 moved to Benton County, TN The following from The Goodspeed History of TN Illustrated - Carroll,Henry and Benton Counties; The Goodspeed Publishing Co, 1887 The first settlement in Benton County, was made by Willis and Dennis Rushing, on Rushing Creek, six miles north of Camden, about 1819. A year later Nicholas and Lewis Brewer settled in Rumble Creek, twelve miles north of Camden, and at the same time M. Mimms located on Birdsong Creek. During the next four or five years the settlement went on quiterapidly, many coming from Hickman, Stewart and other counties lying on the east side of the TN River. Among those who located along the Big Sandy River were David Watson, John and Wm. Pierce, Lewis Graham, Wm. Cottingham, George McDaniel and James Craig. The Arnolds (Wyatt, James and Wyly) settled on Beaver Dam while in the neighborhood of Cowell Chapel were Joseph Cowell, Charles Benjamin, and Matthew Williams, Zachary Barker, Thomas Jones, Wm. Thompson, Benjamin Holland and JamesLee. The last two named were the first to locate. Ephraim Perkins, Dorsey P. Hudson and William Woods settled about two miles north of where Camden now is. On Eagle Creek were William Hubbs, John Lomaner, Michael Frey, John Barnett, "Cos" Matlock and David Lewis. Among the first settlers on Harman Creek were George W. Farmer, David and Samuel Benton, William Wheatley, Joseph Melton, Si Melton, John Phifer, Daniel Mason a "store keeper", and an old man from whom the creek took its name; Charles and Thomas Wheatley and Simon Nobles, located on Sulphur Creek; John Anderson, near Chalk Level; James Wyly, below Birdsong Creek; John Jackson, Charles Burratt and John B. Carnes, near the present site of Camden.