James and Loretta Harvill had slaves when living in Tennessee. When the family removed to Arkansas before August 1879, at least two of the slaves went with them because they wanted to live with the Harvills. They were taken care of by the Harvills and were given decent burials upon their deaths in Arkansas. There are many Harvills in the Muldrow, Oklahoma area, also around Stillwell and Fort Smith, Arkansas. Vida Holeman was born at Roseville, Arkansas. It appears the family had plenty of assets while living in Tennessee, but seemed to have much less when they lived in Arkansas.
After the deaths of James and Loretta Harvill, an aunt, Mary Jane Potter Bellew and her husband raised Vida Holeman and two of her siblings. They moved from southeast Oklahoma to the Jennings area in Creek County, Oklahoma Territory when the children were small.
[Harvell/Holeman researcher in Alabama]
James and Loretta Harvill had slaves when living in Tennessee. When the family removed to Arkansas before August 1879, at least two of the slaves went with them because they wanted to live with the Harvills. They were taken care of by the Harvills and were given decent burials upon their deaths in Arkansas. There are many Harvills in the Muldrow, Oklahoma area, also around Stillwell and Fort Smith, Arkansas. Vida Holeman was born at Roseville, Arkansas. It appears the family had plenty of assets while living in Tennessee, but seemed to have much less when they lived in Arkansas.
After the deaths of James and Loretta Harvill, an aunt, Mary Jane Potter Bellew and her husband raised Vida Holeman and two of her siblings. They moved from southeast Oklahoma to the Jennings area in Creek County, Oklahoma Territory when the children were small.
[Harvell/Holeman researcher in Alabama]
Family Members
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement