Individual Details

Sarah/Sally Williams Brooks did have a daughter named Elizabeth. Family tradition holds that the father of Elizabeth Brooks was Charles. Many of Robert & Elizabeth Holderness' children had traditional Brooks family names. Elizabeth's widowed mother made a deed of gift to all fifteen of her children, including Elizabeth.

Marriage date is Date of Bond [Have copy]. Bondsman: James Watlington Test: Azariah Graves.
Elizabeth and Robert were first cousins.

Caswell County NC Will Books, 1777-1814: 1784 Tax List; Katherine Kerr Kendall, p.119
Caswell Co Oct Court, 1834.
Allotment to Elizabeth Holderness widow of Robert Holderness dec'd for her family. 28 Jan 1834
Jan Court 1835
Sales, property of Robert Holderness dec'd sold 2 Jan 1835 to Elizabeth Holderness and Elisha Evans. By Abner Miles, Admin.


1840 Caswell Co NC Census, p.130. Elizabeth Holderness with 2m 5-10 [Algernon & Jonathan]; 2m 10-15 [George & Robert]; 1m 15-20 [Thomas]; 1f 10-15 [Sallie] and 1f 40-50 [herself]. [This film viewed in B'ham Library - too pale to copy] Total of 11 slaves.

Elizabeth Holderness is listed in 1850 Caswell Co NC Census with property valued at $4000, age 55. William, James M., Sarah E., Robert C., Jonathan I., Algenon S. all listed with her. By 1851, the land has been sold to William and the proceeds divided among the heirs. In the proceedings, George and Thomas are stated to be in Arkansas.
Elizabeth had 17 slaves - from a woman age 65 down to several very young children.

Caswell Will Books/Guardian Accounts of 1848-1868; p.59; from Book R, p.10 - Mrs. Holderness made purchases at the estate sale of Alexander Moore on 26 Oct 1852 - so she was still in Caswell at that date.

Land Patents to Elizabeth Holderness in Calhoun County, AR:
3 11S 14W 39.67a 1855/03/01 SW 1/4 NW 1/4
9 11S 14W 80a 1855/03/01 NE 1/4 NE 1/4 and NW 1/4 NW 1/4 S10
10 11S 14W 80a 1859/07/01 (Elizabeth had died by this date, but perhaps had already started the patent process.) NE 1/2 NE 1/4
3 11S 14W 80a 1859/07/01 Ne 1/4 SW 1/4 and NW 1/4 SE 1/4
3 11S 14W 40a 1883/12/20 SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Son Thomas B. also has land patents for 1855, son Robert C. in 1856, son Algernon not until 1883, but his was in Dallas Co as were some of the land patents of Thomas & Robert.

Buried Double Springs Cemetery, Calhoun Co AR.
Birth: unknown
Death: Jun. 9, 1858
Inscription: "Mrs."; Age 64 years
A picture appeared on FindAGrave but I cannot quite make out all the inscription. When I wrote the contributor - this was his incredible reply:
I will add a better photo when I visit Double Springs again. I don't do very well with pictures. The next time I will have my daughter take the picture. The monument was originally walled with bricks and the marble slab laid on top. When I was young the slab was about two feet off the ground. About twenty years ago, a tree fell across it and broke the slab in several pieces. I removed what was left of the brick wall and lay the slab on the ground and poured a concrete retainer around it. Last winter another tree fell across it. You can see the sawdust where my cousin and I removed the tree. The original house that Ms Holderness lived in is still standing. My family purchased it in the 1860.s and one of my nieces lives there now.
With your permission I will take some water and try to clean slab to get a better picture. It was originally white.

Birth	1795	Caswell County, North Carolina
Marriage	20 Feb 1819	Caswell County, North Carolina - ROBERT HOLDERNESS
Death	9 Jun 1858	Calhoun County, Arkansas

Spouse	ROBERT HOLDERNESS (1783 - 1833)
Child	William Henry Holderness (1819 - 1890)
Child	James M. Holderness (1822 - 1884)
Child	Thomas B. Holderness (1823 - 1904)
Child	Sarah E."Sallie" Holderness (1825 - 1869)
Child	Dr. ROBERT CHARLES HOLDERNESS (1827 - 1905)
Child	George W. Holderness (1829 - 1864)
Child	Jonathan Iverson Holderness (1832 - 1907)
Child	Algernon Sidney Holderness MD (1834 - 1904)

Father	CHARLES B. BROOKS (1764 - 1816)
Mother	SARAH "SALLY" WILLIAMS (1765 - 1840)
Sibling	Blacknell Brooks ( - )
Sibling	Patsy Brooks (1787 - 1838)
Sibling	George Brookes (1787 - 1868)
Sibling	Polly Brooks (1800 - 1822)
Sibling	Henry W. Brooks (1796 - 1870)
Sibling	Ursley Brooks ( - )
Sibling	Susannah W. Brooks ( - )
Sibling	Jane Brooks ( - 1841)
Sibling	Sally Brooks ( - )
Sibling	Frances Brooks (1804 - )
Sibling	Rebekah Brooks ( - )
Sibling	Dorothy "Dolly" Brooks (1813 - 1854)
Sibling	Henrietta Brooks ( - )
Sibling	Melinda Brooks ( - )