More about John Josiah HOLMES: he is the son of John HOLMES Sr and Susannah PIERPOINT. 

Both Chloe and John are buried at the Greenwood Baptist Church in Lincoln County, GA. 

 

Sketch of MILNER family written by Mrs. Susan Johnson in 1870.

 

"Mrs. Captain John HOLMES (Chloe BENTLEY, daughter of William) eing alone in the house with two little girls, Apsylla and Penelope, and seeing the Indians approach she fled into the wilderness and watched her house destroyed by fire.  She finally succeeded in reaching the fort where here
father, Captain BENTLEY, was in command.  The little girls finally became the wives of Pitt and Benjamin MILNER Esquires.

I hereby certify that the above statement is a true copy of the record left by Mrs. Johnson, great-granddaughter of Capt. BENTLEY.  Signed and notarized by Lucy Cook PEEL."

 

HOLMES, John---Captain John HOLMES, "gentleman," came to Georgia from "Carolina" in 1760. Died in Wilkes County, Georgia, 1806. John Holmes was living in Charleston (South Carolina) in 1722. John Holmes, son of John HOLMES and Susannah POINSETT, perhaps the same, was living there in 1759. In 1760 he received grant in St. Andrews Parish, Georgia; 1766 licensed to teach English and Latin in Savannah, by James WRIGHT, Governor. In 1768 moved to Florida (many went there at that time, thinking to escape the depredations of the Indians, but soon returned.) J.P. St. George Parish in 1774. In 1776 he was rector of a church in Burke County, Georgia, and was appointed as Chaplain in First Georgia Regiment, February 16th of that year. In 1784 he moved to Wilkes County, Georgia, at the same time that John MILNER did, and shortly before his death he united with the Baptist Church, 1801. He was one of the founders of the GEORGIA SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI. Two of his daughters married sons of John MILNER. His wife was Cloe BENTLEY, daughter of Captain (William) BENTLEY, a soldier of the Revolution. John HOLMES left four daughters and four sons, one of whom was named John. Not all of his descendants are known, but there are hundreds of them in Georgia and Alabama.
SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL MAGAZINE VOL. I 1900

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    Elizabeth BENTLEY
    1772-1827

    NEAR THIS STONE
    ARE DEPOSITED THE MORTAL REMAINS
    OF ELIZABETH
    THE BELOVED WIFE OF
    JOHN BENTLEY
    OF THIS CITY WHO DIED AFTER A
    SHORT ILLNESS ON THE 7TH. DAY OF
    AUGUST, 1827 AGED 55 YEARS.

Colonial Cemetery - Section A

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More About Balaam ENTLEY: He was born in Wilkes County, Georgia (some believe as early as 1763) one of the "two youngest sons" of William BENTLEY II. It is believed he was born near Loyd's Creek near Amity, just inside the lower eastern border of Wilkes County with Lincoln County. He died February of 1816 and is believed to be buried at the Bentley Family Cemetery in Amity, at Loyds Creek in Lincoln County, Georgia.
When William BENTLEY II died he left the home, tenements, and buildings to his youngest sons Joshua and Balaam. This land was located in the south east corner of Wilkes County, Georgia. According to Clarence "Gross" BENTLEY, "Balaam moved from the lower part of Wilkes County, Georgia to the south part of Lincoln County, Georgia, January of 1779". This area soon became known as Leathersville. It is believed that the town of Leathersville was named for the Leather Tannery owned and operated by Balaam BENTLEY and later by his two sons, Dr. John BENTLEY and Benjamin Balaam BENTLEY, after their father's death. Dr. John BENTLEY bought out his brother's share of the Tannery and became sole owner and operator.