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Birth Name: John Henry Holliday
Date of Birth: August 14, 1851
Place of Birth: Griffin, Spalding County, Georgia, U.S.
Date of Death: November 8, 1887
Place of Death: Glenwood Springs, Garfield County, Colorado, U.S.
Ethnicity: Scottish, Irish/Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, English, more distant French
Doc Holliday was an American gunfighter, gambler, and dentist, and a legendary western folk figure. He was involved in the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881. He was noted as a friend of another famous Western Folk figure, Wyatt Earp.
Doc was the son of Alice Jane (McKey) and Henry Burroughs Holliday, who fought in the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War, and was later mayor of Valdosta, Georgia. Doc married, in a common-law marriage, outlaw, gambler, and prostitute Big Nose Kate in 1877; she had been born Mária Izabella Magdolna Horony in Érsekújvár, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire, to a Slovak family. He had an adoptive brother and biological sister.
Doc’s paternal grandfather was Robert Alexander Holliday (the son of William Holliday/Holladay, Jr. and Jane Cooper). Robert was born in Laurens County, South Carolina. William was the son of William H. Holladay/Holliday and Ann Ayres/Ayers, who were born in Ireland. Jane was born in Scotland.
Doc’s paternal grandmother was named Rebecca Burroughs (the daughter of Amy Stiles). Rebecca was born in South Carolina.
Doc’s maternal grandfather was William Land McKey (the son of Jonathan McKey/Mackey and Cecelia Land). William was born in Cullompton, Devon, England. Jonathan was the son of John Mackey, who was from Scotland. Cecelia was the daughter of William Land and Mary Agnes Montgomery.
Doc’s maternal grandmother was Jane Cloud (the daughter of Joseph Cloud and Martha Nettles). Jane was born in South Carolina. Joseph was the son of William Cloud and Alice Hardin, who was of part French ancestry. Martha was the daughter of Zachariah D. Nettles and Nancy Scholfield.
Source: Genealogies of Doc Holliday – https://www.geni.com https://famouskin.com