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* The Austin City Bulletin December 25, 1841 newspaper article did not list John H. Holland as being a member present, but he is listed as being the Charter Grand King.This is the same John H. Holland, who served as the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana of Ancient York Masons that issued the dispensation to form Holland Lodge No. 36, which became Holland Lodge No. 1 under the Grand Lodge of the Republic of Texas of Ancient York Masons.Companion Holland was also Louisiana's defacto Grand High Priest, while serving as the Grand Master of Louisiana's Grand Lodge.John H. Holland returned to Louisiana before his death, and is buried in the Masonic Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana.