Some secondary sources have Zerelda the daughter of Henry COPLINGER, but his daughter, Zerilda, was born in 1816 and married Van DICK, with whom she is living in the 1850 census of Oldham Co., KY.

— born in Indiana, probably in Paoli Twp., Orange Co., IN:
6.  Eliza¹¹ HOLTSCLAW, b. 1858/9
7.  Laura A.¹¹ HOLTSCLAW, b. Jan 1861 

1.  Jordan R. Dodd, ed.  1993.  KY, NC, TN, VA, WV Marriages:  Early to 1850.  Liahona Research, Orem, UT (Broderbund CD-229):

Holsclaw, Kelly H.	Peck, Polly	28 Nov 1803	Jefferson Co.
Holesclaw, Joshua	Caplinger, Zerilda	12 Oct 1842	Oldham Co.

1b.  KY STATEWIDE: Divorces (online in the Kentucky USGenWeb archives hosted at RootsWeb.com; submitted by Regina Barry):

Jan 24 1839 Kentucky State Legislature. Acts Passed and Approved. As published in Kentucky Gazette (Lexington, KY). Family History Library Film #0206917 (note: date is date of publication, not date of legislative act)... 34. An Act to divorce Margaret HOLSCLAW. Divorce from Joshua HOLZCLAW...

1c.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  IGI - International Genealogical Index (online at FamilySearch.org).

Joshua HOLTZCLAW Birth: 1813 or About 1810, Jefferson, Kentucky Father: Kelly Harden HOLTZCLAW; Mother: Polly PECK Marriage(1): 11 Sep 1834, Jefferson, Kentucky Spouse(1): Margaret BATMAN Birth: About 1811, Jefferson, Kentucky Father: John BATMAN Marriage(2): 12 Oct 1842, Nelson, Kentucky Spouse(2): Zelda COPLINGER Birth: About 1822, of Nelson, Kentucky Birth: About 1812, of Fauquire, Virginia Father: Henry COPLINGER Source: patron submissions

2.  1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com):  can't find either Joshua or Margaret.  In the aftermath of the divorce, each is probably living with other kin.

3.  1850 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #6 of 152):  District No. 1, Henry Co., KY, p. 366B/731, 46/45, enumerated 1 Aug 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Holsclaw Joshua	39	M		Saddler	700	Ky
Holsclaw Zarilda	29	F				"
Holsclaw Clay	6	M				"

4.  1860 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #17 of 56):  Paoli Twp., Orange Co., IN, Roll 286 (Book 1), p. 727, PN 87, 669/669, enumerated 6 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Joshua Holtsclaw	50	M		Saddler		100	Kentucky
Zerilda E Holtsclaw	38	F					Kentucky
William L Holtsclaw	16	M		Servant			Kentucky
John N Holtsclaw	13	M					Kentucky
Wickliff Holtsclaw	10	M					Kentucky
Thomas P Holtsclaw	6	M					Kentucky
Ruth E Holtsclaw	4	F					Kentucky
Eliza Holtsclaw	1	F					Indiana

5.  1870 Census Index/Images (online at Genealogy.com, Image #23 of 32):  Jackson Twp., Orange Co., IN, Roll 348 (Book 1), p. 51A, PN 23, 166/166, enumerated 9 Jul 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

Holsclaw Zerelda E	48	F	W	Keeping House		100	Kentucky
________ Eliza A	11	F	W	at home			Indiana
________ Laura	8	F	W	At home			Indiana

6.  1880 Census (indexed at FamilySearch.org; page image online at Ancestry.com, Image #83 of 109):  Paoli Twp., Orange Co., IN, Roll T9-0302, p. 211C, PN 42, SD 1, ED 22, enumerated 24 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).

1

2

3

4

5

6

8

9

11

13

15

20

24

25

26

409

420

Holtsclaw

W

M

59

/

Keeping house

KY

KY

KY

_________ Eliza

W

F

21

Dau

/

At home

IN

KY

KY

_________ Laura

W

F

19

Dau

/

At home

IN

KY

KY

_________ William

W

M

38

Son

/

Day laborer

Consumption

/

IN

KY

KY

7.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

8.  WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

9.  LDS.  Family Search: Internet Genealogy Service:  AF - Ancestral File (online at FamilySearch.org).