Isaac Hollingsworth

1748 - 1809  (61 years)

• Name	Isaac Hollingsworth  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Birth	1748	Winchester, Frederick, VA, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Nov 1809	Miami, Ohio, USA   [10]
  Burial	Abt 25 Nov 1809	West Branch Quaker Burial Grounds, Union Twp., Miami, OH, USA   [11]
  Person ID	I11326	Ancestrees
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	George Henry Hollingsworth, *,   b. 7 or 12 Apr 1712, Newark, Cecil County, Maryland d. Bef 16 Nov 1786, Laurens or Newberry, South Carolina, USA (Age < 74 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hannah McCoy   d. Aft 1748
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	19 Dec 1734	, Frederick, VA   [12]
  Family ID	F3417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Susanna Wright,   b. 16 Apr 1755, , Orange, NC d. 31 Jul 1830, West Milton, Miami, OH, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1771	Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA   [3]
  Children	1. Ruth Hollingsworth,   b. Abt 1781   d. 1854, Miami, Ohio, USA (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Keziah Hollingsworth,   b. 13 Feb 1784   d. Sep 1826, Miami, Ohio, USA (Age 42 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Susanna Hollingsworth   d. 22 May 1817, Miami, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2026

  
  

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• Notes

  "He is listed as the son of George Hollingsworth and Jane Elwell with a birth date of 1739 according to Lewis Wright and Eli Jay. (C-610, 1546) He moved from Virginia to South Carolina in 1767. (C-265) He apparently purchased 100 acres ien Co. on the waters of the Little River shortly before marrying on Sept. 29, 1772. His land was bounded by Abraham Hollingsworth. (C-947) According to Eli Jay, he was the leader of the Quaker movement to Ohio in 1804. (C-1546) In any case, he and his family got a certificate to move to Miami MM, Oh on Aug. 8, 1805. (C-106) They had sold their land of 100 plus acres in Newberry Co., SC to Samuel Cothran on July 12 of that same year. (C-897) Isaac was in the 1790 census records living fairly near (Big?) John Coats in the 96th District of Newberry Co., South Carolina. He was the male listed at over age 16. He had 3 males under 16 and 5 females in his household in that year. His father-in-law had been living with him until his death just about the time of the enumeration. He was a farmer by trade. He used to say that his crops never grew better than when his wife, Susie, was away preaching. Susannah often traveled with her sister, Charity Wright Cook who also was a well known Quaker minister. He seems to have supported her ministry well. He also "possessed great physical strength and unbounded courage. During the Revolution when a British officer approached his corn crib he was forbidden entrance. The officer drew his sword and threatened. Big Isaac went to him, took the sword from him, saying: 'Thus far shalt thou go, but no farther.' The Officer succumbed." (C-109, 457, p. 63) His kindly heart was pointed out in "The Annals of Newberry" when an Irishman asked him for work, just as he was going to meeting. He had the man move a pile of stones for him. When he returned, the stones had been moved and he requested him to move them back. He paid him for this service. He was a man who knew his mind. When moving to Ohio, he was asked by a passerby where he was moving. He answered, "I am not moving. I am sitting still." The man responded, " Well, where are you bound then?" He replied, "I am not bound at all. I am a free man." One of his daughters reprimanded him later for his discourteous answers and he told her, he did think it was any of the man's business. He was also known for disliking the young males' style of exposing their suspenders without jacket. When he came across a youth dressed this way, he would lift the suspender pulling the button off. Many a youth avoided him because of this. When they settled in Miami Co., Ohio and built their "rude cabins" he described it sitting in a "dark, mephitic tangled woods." He only lived in these woods, that he helped clear for three years before his death. (C-930)

  
  

• Sources

  [S74] William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. [S236] The History of Miami County, Ohio (W.H. Beers & Co., 1880). [S2090] Bush River Quaker Records (on Microfilm housed in Columbia, SC, Archives and History Library). [S72] William Medlin, Quaker Families of S.C. & Georgia (1983) (Ben Franklin Press). [S87] Stewart J. Adger, comp, Descendants of Valentine Hollingsworth, Sr. (John P. Morton & Co., 1925). [S1059] Newberry Co. South Carolina Probate Estate Abstracts, Vol. 1 c1987. [S1780] Wilmer L. Kerns, Ph.D., Frederick Co., Virginia Settlement and Some First Families of Back Creek Valley, 1730-1830 (c1995, Gateway Press). [S123] CD 102 (Automated Archives). [S90] Jolliffe, William, Historical, Genealogical and Biographical Account of the Jolliffe Family of Virginia, 1652-1893 (Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, c1893). [S395] Miami Valley Index, Preble Co. Library at http://206.103.255.36. [S238] Mote, Luke Smith, A Walk in a Country Churchyard (Manuscript published at http://www.tdn-net.com/genealogy/cemetery/w_branc2.htm, originally written in the autumn of 1880). [S2957] Quaker Marriage Record for George Hollingsworth and Hannah McCoy (http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4292268591&idx=1 provided by Charlotte Coats).