[Br�derbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0473, Date of Import: 22 Jul, 1998]

RESIDENCES:
1773- IRELAND
WILKES County, Georgia
BY 1796- INCOLN County, Georgia
-1817 MORGAN County, Georgia
ABT 1817 PIKE County, Mississippi

Elisha Holmes, Sr., came from Morgan County, Georgia (1811) with his wife, Sally Stovall. Prior to their residence in Morgan County, Elisha and his family lived in Lincoln County. Most of his children were born in that area.

In 1812 Elisha & Sarah Holmes, in company with the Stovalls, Foils, and other imigrants, came to Mississippi. They settled on Collins Creek, Pike County, Mississippi in the early part of 1800. They were the original ancestors of the extensive Holmes family in Pike County. In Mississippi, Elisha Holmes followed the profession of a blacksmith and did well with it. He reared a large family - all of whom were respected within the community. His home was located 3 miles east of the present town of Tylertown, now known as the Jap Holmes Place.

He came to America as a small child with his parents. They landed in Norfolk, Virginia. Elisha owned land in both Baldwin and Lincoln County, Georgia. In Feb, 1817, he transacted several deeds in Morgan County, Georgia., in which he sold what estate he had in Georgia. On Feb 2, 1817, he sold 202 1/2 acres lying on Indian creek in the 15th District of Baldwin County for $1500 to William Faine. On the 11th he sold property in Lincoln County to Absolom Tanklsley. This land was on Soap Creek, 100 acres he had acquired from his father, John Holmes, Sr. He set out for Mississippi after the Feb. 11, 1817, land sale. Settled in Pike County on Collins creek, three miles east of Tylertown In Lincoln County, Georgia., Augusta, Elisha served juries April, 1802 and Oct., 1804. He was a member of the Goshen Baptist Church. He was brought before the church in July, 1806 for using improper language, and by Aug., 1806 was expelled for his "indifference".
From Source Records - Pike County, Mississippi, by Conerly
More About Elisha Holmes:

Burial: Bennie Carr Property E. of Tylertown, Walthall County, Mississippi

HE IS LISTED IN THE 1820 AND 1840 CENSUSES, PIKE County, Mississippi.Imigrated from Ireland as a small boy, possibly landing at Norfolk, Virginia. with his father James (or Jim). Unable to prove the authenticity of James.

Elisha was witness of will of Josiah Stovall, Nov 7, 1798 in Lincolnton, Georgia area and acted as "agent" for a John Holmes in a tax payment in Georgia.

Sarah moved to Georgia as a young girl about 1784-85. She was listed in the household of Jesse Holmes with her son Berrian in the 1850 census of Old Pike County, Mississippi. She died between 1850-52 in Mississippi.