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1850 Census for Leon Co FL lists James, age 52, Farmer, born in NC with wife Elizabeth and 4 young people [William and Sarah (his wife in this case), Harriet & Caroline]. The following URL has this Census:


But there is another marriage for a Holderness girl in Leon Co FL
Holderness, Sarah
Gender: The gender of Sarah Holderness is female.
Spouse: Joseph J. Dawkins
Marriage Date: Dec 05, 1849
State: FL
County: Leon
More About: This record can be found in the County Court Records, Film # 0983459 - 0983464.
She can be found living with Dawkins in 1850.

MACON GA NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS [MESSENGER] VOL V 1848-1851
p.32 Unclaimed Letters at PO at Macon, Bibb Co 1 Jul 1848: Wm T. Holderness

Case from the Supreme Court of North Carolina
Q. T. PURSELL v. JOHN D. LONG. December Term, 1859.
THIS was an action on the CASE for a deceit and false warranty in the sale of tobacco, tried before DICK, J., at the last Fall Term of Rockingham Superior Court.
The plaintiff declared in two counts: first, a deceit, and secondly, for a false warranty in the sale of one hundred boxes of manufactured tobacco. The tobacco was delivered in August, 1857, and to prove that it was rotten, in the fall and winter of that year, plaintiff proposed to read the deposition of one W. J. Totten, of Georgia. The notice was to take the depositions of L. T. Watkins, N. Cobb and others, in the office of W. T. Holderness, No. 132 Broad street, Columbus, Georgia, by W. T. Holderness, a commissioner and notary public, on the 15th day of March, 1859. The deposition was taken, as declared in the caption, by William T. Holderness, commissioner and notary public, on the 15th day of March, 1859, at his office No. 128, Broad street, Columbus, Georgia. The defendant objected to the reading of this deposition, as he did not appear, and no one for him, at the taking thereof. The Court admitted the deposition to be read.
There was no more mention of W. T. Holderness, but the outcome of the case in Rockingham was: Verdict for plaintiff. Appeal by defendant. The judgment was affirmed by the Supreme Court.
Recorder: 52 N.C. 102

Muscogee Co. Will Book "A" (1838 1862)
TEMPERANCE WHITESIDE, 5/3/1859:8/5/1859, p. 258 259
Present husband: John Whiteside. Sons: Thaddeus B. Scott, Joel T. Scott, James A. Whiteside,
John D. Whiteside. Daus: Margaret A. Young, Mary D. Roberts.
Wits: William T. Holderness, James Taylor, Boling W. Williams.

1860 Census. Wynton, Muscogee County, GA, P.O. Columbus, Hh 62
Wm T. Holderness, age 32, Lawyer, b. VA
Sarah J. age 28, b. GA
Henry S., age 7, b. GA. Walter, age 6, b. AL. William, age 1, b. GA.

Found at the University of North Carolina Library website: "Digital Library on Amercan Slavery"
http://library.uncg.edu/slavery/
Filed 9 Apr 1861, petition granted 3 Jun 1861
Petition 20686112, filed to the Court of Ordinary, Muscogee Co, GA
William T. Holderness seeks appointment as guardian of the minor children of Julia Fisher. These children, Frances Clark, David Clark, and George W. Fisher are entitled to an undivided half of an estate that includes eight slaves. In 1861, these eight slaves were Alfred, age 7, Billy age 5, Dick approximately age 35, Grigg age 12, Homer age 8, Job age 3, Maria age 45, and Squire age 35.
[I have no idea about any relationship to Julia who must have been married twice - to a Clark and then a Fisher. Neither William, nor his wife had a sister named Julia.]

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865, Vol. 2
Friday, September 26, 1862
Confederate States of America, War Department
Richmond, September 16, 1862
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America.
Adjutant-General's Department
Assistant quartermasters, with the rank of captain.
W. T. Holderness, Seventh Confederate Regiment

Journal of the Congress of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865, Vol. 4
Monday, Jun 13, 1864.
War Department, Confederate States of America
Richmond, Jun 4, 1864
Sir: I have the honor to recommend the following nominations for appointment in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States of America, being renominations of those whose cases were postposed at the last session of Congress:
Assistant quartermasters - captains.
[included] W. T. Holderness, of Georgia, to take rank from 16 Jun 1863.

Confederate Service Records show that William T. Holderness served in the 7th Confederate Cavalry; Claiborne's Regt., Partisan Rangers.

1870 Census. Fulton Co GA, 3rd Ward City of Atlanta, Hh 140
W. T. Holderness, age 41, Real Estate Agent, b. GA
S. J. [female], age 38
Scott, age 15, b. AL. Walter, 11, b. GA. Wm. 7, b. GA. Sidney, 5, b. GA
Ann Adams, servant, Domestic, age 30, Black, b. GA.

The Daily Constitution, Atlanta, GA, 4 Oct 1870
New Advertisements.
W. T. Holderness B. E. DuPont
HOLDERNESS & DuPONT
Real Estate Agents,
Special attention given to the Auction and Commission business, also, to Renting Real Estate in the city and Farms in the surrounding country, conveyancing, settling and collecting claims of every character.
Office Opposite National Banks,
Alabama Stret
ATLANTA GEORGIA

From the Atlanta, GA City Directories:
1871 - Hanleiter's Atlanta City Directory
p.1 Agents, Real Estate Holderness & DuPont 14 Whitehall
p.161 Holderness & DuPont, real est & agts for Knickerbocker life insurance company, up stairs 14 Whitehall St.
Holderness, W. T. of H. & Dupont, res ----
[res -- meaning that he lived at the same place, 14 Whitehall]

1872 - Hanleiter's ...
p.70 Holderness, W. T. real estate agent
res: Whitehall bet Hood & Windsor
[no other listing]

1873 - directory missing

1874 - Beasley's Atlanta Directory
p.121 Holderness, Wm T. (Markham & Holderness)
r: 316 Whitehall
[p.22 describes Whitehall as being the 1st street NW of Car Shed from RR SW to limits. This listing gave no clue as to the business of Markham & Holderness, nor were they listed anywhere in the business section.]

1875 - Beasley's ...
p.118 Holderness, William T. lawyer 21 Marietta cor. Broad
r: 316 Whitehall
p.286 same listing under "Lawyers"
[still lives on Whitehall, but he has an office now!]

He was not in the Directories earlier or later, so must have lived in Atlanta just a short while.

1880 Census Carroll Co, Georgia, District 682, ED 29, Hh 48
William T. Holderness, age 51, Farmer, b. GA, parents b. NC
Sarah J., age 49, b. GA
Walter, son, age 21. William, son, age 18, Sidney, son, age 15.
Robert Dozier, age 30, servant.

Obituary of William T. Holderness in "The Atlanta Constitution", January 1893, states that he died of heart disease. Lists an only son, Col. Sidney Holderness as a leading lawyer of Carrollton. Burial at Whitesburg.
Evidence has been found that son William was living in Chattanooga, TN for the 1900 census and was still there at the time of his mother's death in 1909. In fact, his mother must have been visiting him in Chattanooga when she died. I found the eldest son, Scott, living in California in 1900.

William T. Has a military marker, Carrollton City Cemetery and is buried as Col. Wm. T. Holderness. His rank given as Quarter Master, 7th Confederate Cavalry, CSA.

Birth	26 Oct 1826	Georgia
Marriage	22 Aug 1850	Troup County, Georgia - Sarah Jane Scott
Death	18 Jan 1893	Whitesburg, Carroll County, Georgia
Burial		Carrollton City Cemetery, Carroll County, Georgia

Spouse	Sarah Jane Scott (1827 - 1909)
Child	Henry Scott Holderness (1853 - )
Child	Walter Holderness (1855 - )
Child	William T. "Will" Holderness (1859 - )
Child	Sidney Holderness Sr. (1864 - 1939)

Father	James Holderness (1798 - 1852)
Mother	Elizabeth Bryan (1808 - 1873)
Sibling	Sarah Holderness (1829 - )
Sibling	Harriet R. Holderness (1832 - 1863)
Sibling	Caroline Virginia Holderness (1834 - 1908)