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daughter, Ranae Elaine Hollingsworth of Cecilton: two sisters, Pauline
Gibbs of Warwick and Dorothy Wilson of Elkton; and a grandson.
    Services will be Friday at l p.m. in Union Bethel AME Church, Ce-
cilton, where friends may call Thurs. from 6 to 9 pm.  Burial will be 
in Cecilton Cemetery. (From Correspondent Mrs Wootson Haubein of Newark,
Delaware.)

Census Checklist:
 There are no persons named Hollingsworth or variations to be found 
enumerated in the State (or Territory) of Utah in 1850, 1860 or 1870, 
according to Heads of Households, J.R. Kearl, Clayne L. Pope & Larry 
T. Wimmer (1981), Gen. Publishing Co. Balto. This was HR's conclusion 
with the two earlier censuses since we read them page by page, but had 
not yet reached the 1870.

Georgia Land Lottery 1827
 
This is from the reprint of the old registers of fortunate drawers -
i.e. winners - of land, compiled by Miss Martha Lou Houston, Columbus,
Ga., and here are the Hollingsworths etc.:
    (1) Calip (Caleb) Hollinsworth, of Laurens County, Barlow's Dis-
trict, No. 52, District 8, Section 4, in Coweta County. Reg. #4. (p.
28).
    (2) Zilphy Hollingsworth, widow, Corcey's District, Tattnall Co.
21st day's drawing March 30.  No. 192. Dist. 19 1st sec. in Lee Coun-
ty (page 64). (Note: she was widow of Zebulon Hollingsworth.)
    (3) Calip Hollinsworth, Barlow's District, Laurens County, drew 
No. 226, Dist. 9, section 2 in Muscogee County, 59th day May 14. (184)
    (4) Zebulon Holingsworth, Corsey's District, Tattnall Co., drew
No. 42, Dist. 1, sec 3 in Troup County, 63rd day, May 18, 1827. (198.)
NOTE: Editor had these in his notebooks from about 1966.

CONFLICT OF TERMS: "Christian Drunk" (Hicup, Amen!) Age 42, a scavanger, who had $l50. in personal estate and was a native of Bavaria, lived in the Third Election District of the llth Ward of New York City, according to the 1870 Census we are now reading, p.639R.
Edward (E.) Hollingsworth versus Edmund Gould ... Additional. In HR March, 1989, p. 12, we detailed the buggy steeling charges that were leveled by Great-granddad Edward Earl Hollingsworth against one Edmund Gould but could not cite the exact source. Notebooks were in- spected and we now say that the case was in Vol. H, p. 425, Circuit Court, Winnebago County (Rockford, county seat), Illinois, Feb 18, l859. Plantiff by Miller & Hathaway, cause to be dismissed at the pl. costs and the defendant to recover his costs and charges. This is apparently reflective of a settlement out of court, meaning Edward got his buggy back.

Thomas Hollingsworth Problems - Leeds Co., Canada
Part Two

We continue from March, 1989 page 13. Cousin Marion L. (Hollingsworth)
Young holds that Thomas's father was a, "Henry" and his mother a "Miss
Rathwell."  I do not contest the Rathwell suggestion or tradition, nor
do I wish to comment on it here.  But in Mar 1989 I showed that the
only Thomas baptised at Ballycanew in the right time frame was a son
of Nicholas and Mary Hollingsworth, Ballycanew.  No Henry ever figured


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