Location:
US Highway 278
Monroe County, Mississippi
No Coordinates
Date of Visit: May 11, 2013
In Memory of John T.
Holloway
Born March 26 1825
Died at Okalona
A Volunteer in
Confederate Service
August 14, 1862
John enlisted in Company C of Moore’s Regiment of Mississippi Volunteers on April 1, 1862 in Aberdeen. This regiment became the 43rd Mississippi Infantry and John was elected 3rd Lieutenant of Company C, Whitfield Guards commanded by John W. Vesay. He died in hospital in Okolona, Mississippi, August 14, 1862. There is no record of cause of death. He was married to Mary W. Holloway of Athens in Monroe County.
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of MIssissippi. Original data from: The National Archives, Entry for John T. Holloway, 43rd Mississippi Infantry, Retrieved from at 3-Fold February 17, 2020 (http://www.fold3.com).
The following was found at Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry (http://mscgr.homestead.com/) on January 29, 2013. However, I found not other record of John T. Holloway serving in the 8th Mississippi.
Holloway, John T.
Pvt; Co. F, 8th MS Inf
Enlisted: Jul 27, 1861 Chickasaw County, MS
Born: Mar 26, 1825
Died: Aug 14, 1862
Died in Service: Aug 14, 1862
Buried Puckett Cemetery , Monroe County, Mississippi.
