Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 191?-19??, 1914-12-03

hlIoWA DIS the HOlleman War;" A
feud existed between the Holleman
Clan and Lewis Cogdell, growing out
OF -trespassing of stock upon the lands
of each other, and partly, I am inform
I'D, from the purchase by Cogdell of
some lands of the Holleman's at pub.
lie sale, which the latter claimed were
Improperly sold, and at a sacrifice.
Not caring to resort to law for the
v~indication of their rights, the Hole
mans waged war upon Cogdell. On
several occasions they shot at him
and on n occasion shot through his
carriage in which he and his wife
were riding to their home. They sur
rounded his residence and shot at any
M appearing in his yard after night
fall. They Were c~onsiderate of the
employees of Cogdell and notified them
that when they were moving about the
premises after night it would be advis-
able for them to whistle, that if they
failed to do SO they might be the recip-
tents of bullets not intended for them.
On n occasion one Pennington, an
overseer of Cogde1l, who had received
this caution, in haste to get his horse
and ride off, forgot to whistle, but
fortunately for him the horse he was
riding passed too close to the gate post
OF the lot and hurt his foot, ~whereupon,
forgetful of the statute forbidding the
use OF profane language, he cursed the
horse. He was afterwards informed
by n of the Hollemans that it was
we'll for him that he violated the stat
ute, for that otherwise he would have
received a dose Of lead. Warrants
were sworn out for the members of the
Holleman family and placed in the
hands of Sheriff Coor, who made dill
gent effort to a%pprehend the offenders,
b was unable to do SO. They retired
to their home which they converted
into a castle, and prepared for a siege,
denying admittance to all corners, in
Guiding the High Sheriff.
Sheriff Coor, a most ~considerate man
and on very friendly terms with the
Hollemans, who had always been his
political supporters, resorted to every
species of diplomacy in order to induce
them to surrender, but in vain. While
expressing profound regard for him
personally they declined to accede to
his official request or to receive him
in his official capacity; finding that
mild measures were without avail, the
Sheriff a posse of determ-
1ned men who with arms in their hands
surrounded the Holleman home and the
Sheriff, as was his duty, demanded
The defenders announced
that they would be very glad to re-
ceive the Sheriff, W~hereupon he was
admitted, endeavoring to induce the
garrison to capitulate which was very
firmly refused; but in order to show
their regard for their personal friend,
they insisted that he should drink with
them. Brandy was produced and the
Sheriff and the members of the Holle-
man family drank together. Thinking
that this social intercourse had prob
ably softened their resolution, the
Sheriff again insisted that they accom-
pany him. They positively refused
and he retired. The besieging force
drew closer to the dwelling and soon
the besieged opened. fire with the re-
suit that one of the Sheriff's posse
was wounded in the leg; ~whereupon
they withdrew u of range and the
Sheriff, feeling that patience had ceas-
ed to be a virtue and that his for
bearance might be .misconstrued, dis
patched Blount King, one of his posse,
to Goldsboro with instructions to bring
the cannon which was used in firing
of July salutes. King pro-
ceeded Immediately upon his errand,
shortly returning with this weapon of
destruction, and under the order. of the
Sheriff, after another demand made for
surrender, leve1ed his deadly artillery
the house and fired. The charge
through the house and wounded
one of it's defenders. Thereupon, being
unable to resist further, they surren-
dered. The kind hearted Sheriff took
the entire family, including the wound
ed man, to his home, where he kept
them until the succeeding term of
court, when he had them duly appear.
1t is not recorded whether the Jail
was still out of repair, or whether the
fine sense of hospitality in
duced him to pursue this unusual
From 1850 to the breaking out of
hostilities in 1861, there was con
tinued progress and groWth-more
land being cleared and cultivated and
more negroes being brought and work
upon the farms. The wealth of the
country greatly increased. The State
of North Carolina in 1860 estab-
Lished an agency in Goldsboro in
charge of E. B. Borden.
The first and only loss of territory
occurred in 1854, when the northern
part of the county was taken by Act
Of the General Assembly to aid in the
of the new county Of Wilson.
RafOro that Confontnoo CrooE had