Person:Gabriel Holmes (3)

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Gabriel Holmes
b.1723
d.1791 Clinton County, North Carolina
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m. Bef 1704
  1. Gabriel Holmes1723 - 1791
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m. Abt 1751
  1. Gov. Gabriel Holmes, 21st Governor of North Carolina1769 - 1829
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Name Gabriel Holmes
Gender Male
Birth? 1723
Marriage Abt 1751 Sampson County, North Carolinato Mary Caison
Death? 1791 Clinton County, North Carolina


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Information on Gabriel Holmes

HOLMES, Gabriel, Captain NC Militia.

HOLMES, Gabriel, Captain NC Militia.
Soldier was born 1723 to John and Tamar Holmes of Edgecombe Co. NC.
Soldier married 1), Mary Cason/Caison about 1751, and 2), he married 1795, Mary Smith Hunter.
Soldier drew 12 RW pay vouchers.
Issue:
1-Mary Ann Holmes 1752-1816 and she married Michael Johnson Kenan.
2-Hardy Holmes 1755-1829 and he married Fereby Moore.
3-Lewis Holmes 1757-18xx, he married Grace Cooper.
4-Penelope Holmes 1760- and she married Thomas Overton.
5-Owen 1762-1814, he married Nancy Ann Clinton.
6-Dorothy Holmes 1765 and she married John Sherrard.
7-Governor Gabriel Holmes 1768-1829.
Soldier died in Sampson in 1785 and all four sons are identified in Sampson deed 9-418. Soldier had much land and did not leave a will. Gabriel Jr. was an orphan of 17 in 1785, when his father died, he did not serve in the Revolutionary War. Owen Holmes was his guardian.

Source: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/duplin/military/rsduplin2.txt

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