Holderness Family Cemetery
Caswell County, North Carolina, USA
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Get directions US Highway 158
West Yanceyville
Caswell County, North CarolinaCoordinates: 36.39467, -79.38781 - This cemetery is marked as private and may not be accessible.
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Family Cemetery of Sarah Foreman and William Henry Holderness.
In the vicinity of 3082 US Hwy 158.
William [Holderness] married Sarah Foreman, of Norfolk County, Virginia, between 1850 and 1855. By 1860 William and Sarah, age thirty-one, lived in their own house. They owned real estate valued at $18,000 and personal estate of $18,400. Their five-year-old daughter Julia and Williams's brother Jonathan M. Holderness, age 38, lived in the household. Four other children were born to William and Sarah: W. T., about 1863, George Allan, about 1867, and two who died as infants: Betsy Holderness, born ca. 1855, and another whose name and dates are unknown. They [Betsy Holderness and an Unknown Infant] are buried in a small plot on the south edge of the property.
Source: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
Ref: Allison Page interview on February 7, 2014. The gravestones of the two children were damaged years ago and are now in storage.
The plat of the property identifies a designated "slave dwelling", therefore it is possible there exists another cemetery on the property or alternatively the deceased may have been buried in the Holderness Family Cemetery or elsewhere.
Carolina Caswell identified this cemetery by Caswell County NC Map Book 17 page 984 and the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Holderness-Paschal-Page House (William and Sarah Holderness House, Yanceyville vicinity, Caswell County, CS0258, Listed 12/2/2014).
This cemetery does not have a survey of record in the J. Burch Blaylock Collection.
Family Cemetery on Private Property
No Recorded Right of Public Access
Property Owner's Permission Required
Family Cemetery of Sarah Foreman and William Henry Holderness.
In the vicinity of 3082 US Hwy 158.
William [Holderness] married Sarah Foreman, of Norfolk County, Virginia, between 1850 and 1855. By 1860 William and Sarah, age thirty-one, lived in their own house. They owned real estate valued at $18,000 and personal estate of $18,400. Their five-year-old daughter Julia and Williams's brother Jonathan M. Holderness, age 38, lived in the household. Four other children were born to William and Sarah: W. T., about 1863, George Allan, about 1867, and two who died as infants: Betsy Holderness, born ca. 1855, and another whose name and dates are unknown. They [Betsy Holderness and an Unknown Infant] are buried in a small plot on the south edge of the property.
Source: National Register of Historic Places Registration Form
Ref: Allison Page interview on February 7, 2014. The gravestones of the two children were damaged years ago and are now in storage.
The plat of the property identifies a designated "slave dwelling", therefore it is possible there exists another cemetery on the property or alternatively the deceased may have been buried in the Holderness Family Cemetery or elsewhere.
Carolina Caswell identified this cemetery by Caswell County NC Map Book 17 page 984 and the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form for the Holderness-Paschal-Page House (William and Sarah Holderness House, Yanceyville vicinity, Caswell County, CS0258, Listed 12/2/2014).
This cemetery does not have a survey of record in the J. Burch Blaylock Collection.
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- Added: 9 Mar 2024
- Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2797869
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