Amos Holloway (1759-1842)

Class of 2026 – Founder

Amos Holloway was credited with platting the village of Lexington, along with Nathan Gaskill. The village, which does not exist today, was the first settlement in Lexington Township – both named after the Battle of the Revolutionary War.

Holloway, was born on September 7, 1759, in Burlington County, New Jersey. He married Hepzibah Stanton (1770-1824) in October 1785 in Lynchburg, Virginia. The Quaker couple had several children and were among five families that located to present Lexington Township in 1805-06 to live in a state that did not allow slavery.

Holloway, a farmer, was credited with building the first house in Lexington Township with a shingled roof. That structure later became the village’s first store.

Amos Holloway died in December 1842 and is buried in Lexington Quaker Cemetery.

Listed among his children are Phebe Holloway Frey (1787-unknown), Stephen Holloway (1789-1877), Rhoda Holloway Burden (1789-unknown), Job Holloway (1793-1824), Aaron Holloway (1795-1873), Huldah Holloway Hatfield (1798-1863), Jason Holloway (1801-1884), Anna Holloway Rockhill (1803-1870), Elizabeth Holloway Gaskill (1805-1875), Margaret Holloway (1808-1855), Zebulon Holloway (1810-1810), Lydia Holloway Buckman (1812-1906), Sarah Holloway Pellett (1814-1857), and Amos Holloway Jr. (1816-unknown).