Amelia "Millie" Rivers was born about 1800 in Chesterfield, South Carolina. She was a daughter of Mark Rivers (abt 1781 - abt Jan 1831) and Annie Parker. Others have her listed as the daughter of Sarah Brown.
Sometime, about 1817, Millie Rivers" married Moses Hollifield of Anson and Chesterfield Counties. Moses was born about 1800 also, a son of John H. Holifield and his wife Caley, last name unknown.
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Between 1830 and 1840, the Holifield's, Rivers's and many other families left Chesterfield and migrated down through Georgia, Clarke County, Alabama and finally settling in and around Jackson, Mississippi in the counties of Hinds, Rankin, Simpson and Smith.
Two of Milly (Rivers) Holyfield brother's Mark Rivers, born 1808 and Luke Rivers, born 1810 also moved to Mississippi.
Moses S. Holifield and Amelia Rivers had the following children:
i. Joshua S. Holifield, born 15 Mar 1814, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Mary Ann Craft, abt 1838, Jones County, Mississippi; died 29 Jan 1894, Jones County, Mississippi.
ii. Ray Holifield was born about 1822 in Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina. With them (1870) was 14 year old Richard Holyfield, a young relative of Moses, working as a farm laborer.
iii. Charlotte Holifield, born 4 Mar 1826, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Robert Cooper; died 14 Jun 1904, Jones County, Mississippi.
iv. John C. "Cow John" Holifield, born abt 1827, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Mary A. Brown, abt 1843; married Rachel Lee, abt 1867; died 4 Apr 1892.
v. Mark Holifield, born abt 1830, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Georgiann, Dec 1853, Jones County, Mississippi; married Mary T. Coats, abt 1867, Jones County, Mississippi; died bef 29 Apr 1892.
vi. Jonathan Holifield, born abt 1833, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina; married Sarah Frances Musgrove, abt 1854, Jones County, Mississippi; died 1892.
vii. James Holifield, born abt 1835, Greene County, Alabama; married Lucinda Sims, abt 1852, Jones County, Mississippi; died bef 1880.
viii. Moses Holifield Jr., born abt 1837, Jones County, Mississippi; married Nancy Elizabeth Rivers, abt 1859, Jones County, Mississippi; died Aug 1870, Jones County, Mississippi.
Amelia "Milly" Rivers died shorlty after the Civil War. Moses Holyfield then married Nancy McCary Sumrall after the death of Milly. They were married about 1865-1867. To this union was born two sons and a daughter.
I highly recommend this article which talks of Millie Rivers, Moses Holyfield and Nancy Sumrall.
Moses S. Holifield died after 3 August 1872; his exact death date and place of burial is unknown. However, one source I found said "The obituary of Moses Holifield stated he was buried "next to Thomas Lyons.". " I could not or have not been able to confirm this statement.
Amelia "Millie" (Rivers) Holyfield is a distant cousin of my paternal lineage.
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1. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed 11 June 2011), entry for MOSES HOLIFIELD, Sr., Private; 8th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry; Confederate.
2. 1820 U S Census, Anson County, North Carolina, population schedule, Huntley, Anson County, North Carolina, page 33, Line 22, Household of Moses Holyfield; digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : viewed 2011); citing National Archives Microfilm M33, Roll 80.
3. 1830 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, page 244, Line 19, Household of Moses Holifield; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2009); citing National Archives Microfilm M19_172.
4. 1840, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Jones County, Mississippi, page 305, Line 1, Household of Moses Holyfield; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.om : viewed 2009); Family History Library Film: 0014840, Roll 214..
5. 1841, Jones County, Mississippi, state census, No Township Listed, Moses Holyfield; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.om : viewed 20 June 2011).
6. 1850 Census, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Jones County, Mississippi, Page 128A; Line 1, Dwelling 186, Family 186, Household of Moses HOLYFIELD; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2009); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 374.
7. 1853, Jones County, Mississippi, mississippi state and territorial census collection, 1792-1866, , Line: 88, Moses Holifield; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.om : viewed 11 June 2012); Microfilm V229. 3 rolls. Heritage Quest .Roll : v229_2.
8. 1860 Census, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Jones County, Mississippi, page 709, Line 10, Dwelling 329, Family 329, Household of Moses Holifield; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 2009); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 584.
9. 1870 US Census, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Township 8, Jones County , Mississippi, Page 204B; Line 15, Dwelling 84, Family 86, Household of Moses HOLYFIELD; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 11 June 2011); citiing NARA publication M593_733.
10. 1880, Jones County, Mississippi, population schedule, Erata, Jones County, Mississippi, enumeration district (ED) 127, Page 333C; Line 19, Dwelling NL, Family 127, Household of Nancy HOLIFIELD; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 19 January 2014); citing NARA publication T9, Roll: 651.
11. National Park Service, "Soldiers" database, Civil War Soldiers & Sailor System (http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm : accessed 11 June 2011), entry for Moses Holifield Sr., Private; 8 Mississippi Infantry; Confederate.
12. Bureau of Land Management, Mississippi Pre-1908 Patents: Homesteads, Cash Entry, Choctaw Indian Scrip and Chickasaw Cession Lands, on-line database (: The Generations Network, Inc.,, 1997), Moses Holifield.
13. Land Deed - Moses Holifield to Mrs. Kitty Sumrall; 3 August 1872; Deed Book #A!; Page(s) 571; The Chancery Clerk's Office; Ellisville, Jones County, Mississippi; 3 September 2020.
14. Patricia N. Edwards & Jean Strickland, Who Married Whom (Ashdown Arkansas 71822: Strickland Books, 1986), page 68.
15. Ed Payne, "Ed Payne on Jones County Civil War Widows: Part 4: Ed Payne on Jones County Civil War Widows," Victoria Bynum, Renegade South, 7 April 2010 (https://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/part-4-ed-payne-on-jones-county-civil-war-widows/ : viewed 11 June 2011), Moses Holifield sold 40 acres to Kitty Sumrall, 1871.
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