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This article comes from the Historical Society of Cabell County, WV.
William R. Holderby and his wife Priscilla Pendleton Holderby settled in Cabell County about 80 years before Huntington, WV was founded. He served in the Revolutionary War as a Private. It was in his field in Guyandotte on which the first courthouse was erected. He ran a hotel in Guyandotte that burned by the Union Army during the Civil War. William and Priscilla came to this area from the York River section of VA. There children were James, Robert, Absolom, William II, Nancy, Fanny, and Eliza.
James Holderby married Lucy Wright Holderby. Both James and Robert owned slaves (according to their wills).
William Holderby, II (1765 - 1870) married Rebecca Haskenson and had twelve children, which included King Absolom (1823 - 1894). He married Martha Henry (1823-1882) on March 14, 1844. Their children were Cammulus Hall, James Kyle, William Robert, and Mary Elizabeth.
Cammulus Hall (12/18/1849 to 06/07/1903) married Elizabeth McMohan (1848 to Jan 29,1898). Their children were Henry King, Jesse Abner, Robert, James Kyle, William Andrew, and Martha Elizabeth.
Jesse Abner (06/02/1875 to 05/18/51) married Estella M. Simpson (08/05/1878 to 05/03/1960). They had six children: Harold Hall, Porter Conway, Mary Elizabeth, Margaret Ingram, Jesse Paul, and Frances. We are descended from Harold Hall then Everett Abner then William Harold then William Harold, II.
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