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Note: John is believed to have been born in Newberry District of South Carolina. At some time prior to 1828 he migrated to Jones County, Georgia, just NE of Macon where he met and married Fairby Holland. In 1828 or 1829 they moved to Pike County, GA. With them came a brother of Fairby, James Holland.
They started a town and post office named Hollansville after the Holland family. James Holland had a store in the town. A daughter of James Holland, Nancy, married Abner Camp of Coweta County and was the mother of Edmund N. Camp, who was born in May, 1851.
Some of the Holland boys migrated to Paris, Texas and started Holland's Magazine, which has now merged with other magazines.
Other early settlers from the Newberry District, SC who settled in Coweta County were: Dominick, Shell, Levell, Page, Cole, Summer, Linch, Tench, Camp, Eddy, Couch and Sibley. And from Lexington District, SC: Rawl, Swygert, Bedenbaugh, Gray.
Homer Gray, Jr. was shown a leather billfold belonging to Joh which now is in the possession of John Wilbon, Jr. (Dub). Inside the billfold is this inscription (written in script)
John Hutcherson Jones County February 18, 1827
This of course raises the question of how the present spelling of our name came about. Was this billfold in error or did Benjamin change the name?
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