Monday, August 10, 2009

Tapley Holland in Painting in the Alamo, showing him as the first to cross Col. Travis' Line in the Sand.



I have but one life to give to Texas ... Tapley Holland
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  1. UnknownAugust 10, 2009 at 2:04 PM

    I know that Tapley was not related to me... maybe... and that this bit of history never occurred to later day historians. But it is still a good story.

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  2. Clayton BurneyApril 18, 2011 at 5:47 PM

    He is my distent uncel.

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    1. Eric MullensFebruary 11, 2012 at 10:32 PM

      My Grandmother's name was Minnie Burney. My family named a street in Riesel TX after Tapley.....it's called Tapley Drive.

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    2. Wes PattersonApril 13, 2012 at 3:33 PM

      My son descends from the Burneys and Susannah Holland, sister of Tapley. He must be a cousin of yours!

      Wes Patterson

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    3. Jason BurneyApril 11, 2015 at 6:52 PM

      I am also a distant relative.

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  3. AnonymousApril 14, 2012 at 9:42 AM

    My great great and maybe another great grandfather was a William Holland. I think he was a brother to Francis Holland. I am trying to write an account of William Asbery Holland, July 18,1859--August 8, 1912. I have a tin type of him and his wife Susan Glimp who settled in Sonora, Texas. I am looking for any info on the couple

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  4. AnonymousApril 14, 2012 at 9:47 AM

    I am Billie Gwen Holland. father was William Anthony Holland, his father was Wiley Rickman Holland and his father was William Asbery Holland who died August 8th, 1912. I have a tin type negitive of him with his wife Susan Glimp Holland. I am trying to write a book on their history. can anyone help with any info.

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  5. HollandApril 26, 2012 at 11:26 PM

    My old timers spoke of him and moving from Holland creek to Conroe. The pronounced his name Tarply. This most be the Scottish accent. My father still has Mary Anns hymnal. She wrote a bit about their travels. Most historians have them coming from Canada but this was only by way of their ship porting in Nova Scotia. Mary ann writes they travelled from their home Babonshire, Dundee, Scotland.

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  6. AnonymousOctober 26, 2012 at 9:18 PM

    My GG Grandmother was Katy Holland, daughter of William Holland (brother of Francis Holland, who was the father of Tapley. She is buried outside Iola, Texas in Grimes County. I have a photo of the historical marker on her grave that I will try to find a way to post.

    Barbara

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    1. UnknownApril 13, 2014 at 10:20 AM

      My family is in the Iola area and before my great grandmother passed away, she told me of Tapley Holland and that we are related. I just am not sure how. More of my family lives in the Keith Community and the area around there. :)

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    2. UnknownApril 13, 2014 at 10:26 AM

      My great grandmother told me, before she passed away, that we are related to Tapley Holland somehow. My great grandmother lived in the Keith Community. I have lots of family around lola too. I wish I knew more. My great grandmother's name was Opal Irene Trant. Lavender was her maiden name. She was married to Kennard E Trant. :)

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  7. AnonymousJuly 6, 2014 at 9:57 PM

    Katy Holland is my 3x great-grandmother through her third husband, William Cobb. I'd love to connect as I'm just on the beginning of my ancestry search. I'd love to see how much further back I can go.

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  8. AnonymousDecember 4, 2014 at 11:02 AM

    he is my great grandfathers uncle, im doing a school research project and i chose him, this is amazing

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