Absalom served in the War of 1812. He probably enlisted at present Huntsville, Madison County, AL, on September 8, 1814 and served with his brother, Charles Miller Holland, in Captain William Johnson's Company of the 7th Battalion of Mississippi Militia.
First found on the 1840 Choctaw County Tax Roll, 1841 and 1850 Choctaw County Census.
1850 United States Federal Census > Mississippi > Choctaw > Subdivision 23
1717Absalom Holland58/MFarmerSC
Elizabeth57/FSC
Absalom18/MAL
Elizabeth15/FAL
1860 United States Federal Census > Mississippi > Choctaw > Township 20 > 38
Absalom Holland70/MfarmerAL
Elizabeth66/FhousemistressAL