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Size | 5.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 1700 items items) |
Abstract | Members of the Holloway and Sorrell family were from of Leesville, Wake County, N.C. The collection consists of family papers, correspondence, genealogical notes, and pictures relating to the Holloway and Sorrell family of Leesville, Wake County, N.C. Much of the collection consists of genealogical correspondence and notes, dating from the 1960s to the 1990s, relating to Frances Holloway Wynne's efforts to compile a history of the Holloway and Sorrell family, as well as a collection of about 600 pictures of various family members. In addition, there is a smaller collection of family papers, apparently collected by Frances Holloway Wynne while doing genealogical research. Early papers are chiefly deeds and indentures relating to purchases and sales of property of members of the family. In the 1860s, there are a few letters about military life from family members fighting with Confederate forces. Materials in the 1870s through the 1900s consist of a few scattered family letters and financial items. In the 1900s and 1910s, several items relate to Lydia Sorrell, first as a student at Leesville High School and, for a short time, at Peace Institute in Raleigh, and later as an applicant for a position with the United States Post Office. Genealogical correspondence and notes include materials about the Holloway and Sorrell family, as well as related families, including the Bledsoe, Brightwell, Cheshire, Cooke, Cooper, Dillard, Nipper, Ward, and Williams families, most of which were either resident or had strong ties to North Carolina. Some letters discuss activities of family members scattered around the United States, but most are chiefly concerned with family history. Some materials relate to the study of genealogy, and some display a particular interest in African-American genealogical studies in North Carolina. Included are the bylaws and constitution of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. Pictures, many of which were annotated by Frances Holloway Wynne, show various family members, covering approximately four generations. |
Creator | Holloway (Family : Leesville, Wake County, N.C.)
Sorrell (Family : Leesville, Wake County, N.C.) |
Curatorial Unit | Southern Historical Collection |
Language | English |
Processed by: Roslyn Holdzkom, April 1993, and Jesse Brown, January 2005.
Encoded by: Jesse Brown, January 2005.
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, March 2021
Processing Note: The addition of October 2004 is arranged in the same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials.
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The earliest Sorrell family member documented in the United States appears to have been Edward Sorrell, who was born in Virginia around 1740, although it may be that the Sorrells have lived in the United States since before 1700. The earliest mention of a Holloway family member appears to date back to George Holloway, who died in 1759 in Lunenburg County, Va. In the succeeding years, most Holloway and Sorrell family members lived in or around Wake County, N.C., where they were among the more prominent landowners of the region. The Holloway and Sorrell families were linked when Joseph Turner Holloway married Eva Estille Sorrell on 15 August 1893.
Frances Holloway Wynne, granddaughter of Joseph Turner Holloway and Eva Estille Sorrell Holloway, received an A.B. in English from Duke University, and spent 34 years teaching in the Fairfax County, Va., public school system. She became interested in genealogy in 1969 and was active in the North Carolina Genealogical Society, Tidewater Genealogical Society, and the National Genealogical Society, among others. She published a number of genealogical abstracts and registers dealing with Wake County, N.C., Durham County, N.C., and African Americans in Brunswick County, Va.
Back to TopThe collection consists of family papers, correspondence, genealogical notes, and pictures relating to the Holloway and Sorrell family of Leesville, N.C. Much of the collection consists of genealogical correspondence and notes, dating from the 1960s to the 1990s, relating to Frances Holloway Wynne's efforts to compile a history of the Holloway and Sorrell family, as well as a collection of about 600 pictures of various family members. In addition, there is a smaller collection of family papers, apparently collected by Wynne while doing genealogical research. Early papers are chiefly deeds and indentures relating to purchases and sales of property of members of the family. In the 1860s, there are a few letters about military life from family members fighting with Confederate forces. Materials in the 1870s through the 1900s consist of a few scattered family letters and financial items. In the 1900s and 1910s, several items relate to Lydia Sorrell, first as a student at Leesville High School and, for a short time, at Peace Institute in Raleigh, and later as an applicant for a position with the United States Post Office. Genealogical correspondence and notes include materials about the Holloway and Sorrell family, as well as related families, including the Bledsoe, Brightwell, Cheshire, Cooke, Cooper, Dillard, Nipper, Ward, and Williams families, most of which were either resident or had strong ties to North Carolina. Some letters discuss activities of family members scattered around the United States, but most are chiefly concerned with family history. Some materials relate to the study of genealogy, and some display a particular interest in African-American genealogical studies in North Carolina. Included are the bylaws and constitution of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. Pictures, many of which were annotated by Frances Holloway Wynne, show various family members, covering approximately four generations.
Back to TopProcessing Note: See also addition of October 2004.
Arrangement: roughly chronological.
Early papers are chiefly deeds and indentures relating to purchases and sales of property of members of the Holloway and Sorrell family of Leesville, Wake County, N.C. In the 1860s, there are a few letters from Dillard family members describing military life with Confederate forces near Yorktown. Materials in the 1870s through the 1900s consist of a few scattered family letters and financial items. In the 1900s and 1910s, several items relate to Lydia Sorrell, first as a student at Leesville High School and, for a short time, at Peace Institute in Raleigh, and later as an applicant for a position with the United States Post Office.
Folder 1 |
1777-1839 |
Folder 2 |
1841-1869 |
Folder 3 |
1870-1888 |
Folder 4 |
1890-1899 |
Folder 5 |
1900-1919 |
Folder 6 |
1920s-1930s |
Folder 7 |
Undated |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 99920
Arrangement: chronological.
Processing Note: The addition of October 2004 is arranged in the same way as, but has not been incorporated into, the original deposit of materials.
Papers relating to the history of the Holloway and Sorrell family. Included are financial papers; a photo of an auto accident involving F. P. Sorrell; clippings about Shelby Female College, which Ella Sorrell attended; and listings of the members of the 69th United States Congress, convened in 1927. Also included are engraving plates for a wedding invitation for Margaret Elizabeth Brown and Vann Holloway.
Folder 102 |
1880-1927 |
Folder 103 |
Engraving plates of wedding announcement for Margaret Elizabeth Brown and Vann Holloway |
Image Folder PF-4652/3 |
Wrecked car, belonging to L. P. Sorrell, 15 October 1919 |
Processing Note: See also addition of October 2004.
Arrangement: by correspondent or subject.
Correspondence and other items relating to Frances Holloway Wynne's efforts to compile a history of the Holloway and Sorrell family. Also included are materials about related families, including the Bledsoe, Brightwell, Cheshire, Cooke, Cooper, Dillard, Nipper, Ward, and Williams families, most of which were either resident or had strong ties to North Carolina. Some letters discuss activities of family members scattered around the United States, but most are chiefly concerned with family history. Some materials relate to the study of genealogy, and some display a particular interest in African-American genealogical studies in North Carolina. Included are the bylaws and constitution of the North Carolina Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society.
Acquisitions Information: Accession 99920
Arrangement: by correspondent or subject.
Correspondence and other items relating to Frances Holloway Wynne's efforts to compile a history of the Holloway and Sorrell family. The correspondents include family members who assisted Frances Holloway Wynne in her research. Other items include genealogical notes and photocopies from legal records and family history publications.
Folder 104 |
Livingston, Virginia Pope |
Folder 105 |
Sorrell, Alonzo |
Folder 106 |
Sorrell, George |
Folder 107 |
Sorrell: General Information |
Folder 108 |
Stevens, Edith |
Processing Note: See also addition of October 2004.
Arrangement: by subject.
Image Folder PF-4652/1 |
Photographs of an unidentified graveyard and of Buck Ward |
Image Folder PF-4652/2 |
Photographs of various members of the Williams family, most of whom are unidentified |
Special Format Image SF-P-4652/1 |
Tintype of Calvin Dillard and wife |
Special Format Image SF-P-4652/2 |
Tintype of Sewell and Louisa King |
Special Format Image SF-P-4652/3-8
SF-P-4652/3SF-P-4652/4SF-P-4652/5SF-P-4652/6SF-P-4652/7SF-P-4652/8 |
Tintypes of unidentified family members |
Acquisitions Information: Accession 99920
Arrangement: by correspondent or subject.
Photographs and tintypes of various members of the Holloway and Sorrell family covering approximately four generations.
Image Folder PF-4652/4-5
PF-4652/4PF-4652/5 |
Adams family |
Image Folder PF-4652/6 |
Averett, Hettie Penny, and Ruby Averett |
Image Folder PF-4652/7-25
PF-4652/7PF-4652/8PF-4652/9PF-4652/10PF-4652/11PF-4652/12PF-4652/13PF-4652/14PF-4652/15PF-4652/16PF-4652/17PF-4652/18PF-4652/19PF-4652/20PF-4652/21PF-4652/22PF-4652/23PF-4652/24PF-4652/25 |
Bagwell family |
Image Folder PF-4652/26-27
PF-4652/26PF-4652/27 |
Baxter family |
Image Folder PF-4652/28-29
PF-4652/28PF-4652/29 |
Blackman family |
Image Folder PF-4652/30-33
PF-4652/30PF-4652/31PF-4652/32PF-4652/33 |
Bledsoe family |
Image Folder PF-4652/34-43
PF-4652/34PF-4652/35PF-4652/36PF-4652/37PF-4652/38PF-4652/39PF-4652/40PF-4652/41PF-4652/42PF-4652/43 |
Brown family |
Image Folder PF-4652/44 |
Browne, James E. |
Image Folder PF-4652/45 |
Cain, Lon |
Image Folder PF-4652/46 |
Camelford, Ken, Jane Dalrymple Camelford, Roxanna C. Woodard, and Ella C. Brown |
Image Folder PF-4652/47 |
Chandler, Murnice |
Image Folder PF-4652/48 |
Clark, Flonnie Poole |
Image Folder PF-4652/49-50
PF-4652/49PF-4652/50 |
Cooley family |
Image Folder PF-4652/51-70
PF-4652/51PF-4652/52PF-4652/53PF-4652/54PF-4652/55PF-4652/56PF-4652/57PF-4652/58PF-4652/59PF-4652/60PF-4652/61PF-4652/62PF-4652/63PF-4652/64PF-4652/65PF-4652/66PF-4652/67PF-4652/68PF-4652/69PF-4652/70 |
Cooper family |
Image Folder PF-4652/71 |
Dizor, Fannie Blackwell and family |
Image Folder PF-4652/72 |
Dillard, Calvin H. and Louisa King Dillard |
Image Folder PF-4652/73 |
Eason, Jack, Vicki Eason, and Ross Williams Eason |
Image Folder PF-4652/74 |
Edwards, Nola |
Image Folder PF-4652/75-77
PF-4652/75PF-4652/76PF-4652/77 |
Emory family |
Image Folder PF-4652/78 |
Franklin family |
Gale, Ashland N. and family: Christmas cards |
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Image Folder PF-4652/79-80
PF-4652/79PF-4652/80 |
Godwin, Benjamin Franklin and Dorothy Godwin |
Image Folder PF-4652/81-94
PF-4652/81PF-4652/82PF-4652/83PF-4652/84PF-4652/85PF-4652/86PF-4652/87PF-4652/88PF-4652/89PF-4652/90PF-4652/91PF-4652/92PF-4652/93PF-4652/94 |
Goodwin family |
Image Folder PF-4652/95 |
Green, Blanche Poole |
Image Folder PF-4652/96-97
PF-4652/96PF-4652/97 |
Harward family |
Image Folder PF-4652/98-99
PF-4652/98PF-4652/99 |
Hayes family |
Image Folder PF-4652/100 |
Hill, Alvis |
Image Folder PF-4652/101-103
PF-4652/101PF-4652/102PF-4652/103 |
Holland family |
Image Folder PF-4652/104-131
PF-4652/104PF-4652/105PF-4652/106PF-4652/107PF-4652/108PF-4652/109PF-4652/110PF-4652/111PF-4652/112PF-4652/113PF-4652/114PF-4652/115PF-4652/116PF-4652/117PF-4652/118PF-4652/119PF-4652/120PF-4652/121PF-4652/122PF-4652/123PF-4652/124PF-4652/125PF-4652/126PF-4652/127PF-4652/128PF-4652/129PF-4652/130PF-4652/131 |
Holloway family photographs |
Image Folder PF-4652/132 |
House, Betty |
Image Folder PF-4652/133 |
Jackson, William |
Image Folder PF-4652/134-139
PF-4652/134PF-4652/135PF-4652/136PF-4652/137PF-4652/138PF-4652/139 |
Jones family |
Image Folder PF-4652/140 |
Kelly, Ryllis Smith |
Image Folder PF-4652/141-142
PF-4652/141PF-4652/142 |
King family |
Image Folder PF-4652/143-145
PF-4652/143PF-4652/144PF-4652/145 |
Lowe family |
Image Folder PF-4652/146-164
PF-4652/146PF-4652/147PF-4652/148PF-4652/149PF-4652/150PF-4652/151PF-4652/152PF-4652/153PF-4652/154PF-4652/155PF-4652/156PF-4652/157PF-4652/158PF-4652/159PF-4652/160PF-4652/161PF-4652/162PF-4652/163PF-4652/164 |
Lynn family |
Image Folder PF-4652/165 |
McGhee, John H. and family |
Image Folder PF-4652/166 |
Markham and Jones Store |
Image Folder PF-4652/167 |
Marks, Salter, Genevieve Penny, and Alma Penny |
Image Folder PF-4652/168 |
Mayberry, Marjorie and family |
Image Folder PF-4652/169 |
Maynard, Ella Mae Sorrell: children |
Image Folder PF-4652/170-173
PF-4652/170PF-4652/171PF-4652/172PF-4652/173 |
Morris family |
Image Folder PF-4652/174 |
Mount Herman Church |
Image Folder PF-4652/175-176
PF-4652/175PF-4652/176 |
Nichols family |
Image Folder PF-4652/177-180
PF-4652/177PF-4652/178PF-4652/179PF-4652/180 |
Nipper family |
Image Folder PF-4652/181 |
Oaklee (house) |
Image Folder PF-4652/182-187
PF-4652/182PF-4652/183PF-4652/184PF-4652/185PF-4652/186PF-4652/187 |
Page family |
Image Folder PF-4652/188 |
Paschall, Mallie J. |
Image Folder PF-4652/189-190
PF-4652/189PF-4652/190 |
Patterson family |
Image Folder PF-4652/191-197
PF-4652/191PF-4652/192PF-4652/193PF-4652/194PF-4652/195PF-4652/196PF-4652/197 |
Penny family |
Image Folder PF-4652/198 |
Perry, Hubert |
Image Folder PF-4652/199 |
Philathea group |
Image Folder PF-4652/200-204
PF-4652/200PF-4652/201PF-4652/202PF-4652/203PF-4652/204 |
Pollard family |
Image Folder PF-4652/205 |
Pool, Ada Marie |
Image Folder PF-4652/206-215
PF-4652/206PF-4652/207PF-4652/208PF-4652/209PF-4652/210PF-4652/211PF-4652/212PF-4652/213PF-4652/214PF-4652/215 |
Poole family |
Image Folder PF-4652/216-217
PF-4652/216PF-4652/217 |
Pope family |
Image Folder PF-4652/218 |
Post Office employees |
Image Folder PF-4652/219-220
PF-4652/219PF-4652/220 |
Powell family |
Image Folder PF-4652/221 |
Rhodes, Hubert A. |
Image Folder PF-4652/222 |
Richardson, Eunice and family |
Image Folder PF-4652/223-224
PF-4652/223PF-4652/224 |
Ross family |
Image Folder PF-4652/225 |
School on Ransom Penny place |
Image Folder PF-4652/226-230
PF-4652/226PF-4652/227PF-4652/228PF-4652/229PF-4652/230 |
Seymore family |
Image Folder PF-4652/231-237
PF-4652/231PF-4652/232PF-4652/233PF-4652/234PF-4652/235PF-4652/236PF-4652/237 |
Smith family |
Image Folder PF-4652/233-277
PF-4652/233PF-4652/234PF-4652/235PF-4652/236PF-4652/237PF-4652/238PF-4652/239PF-4652/240PF-4652/241PF-4652/242PF-4652/243PF-4652/244PF-4652/245PF-4652/246PF-4652/247PF-4652/248PF-4652/249PF-4652/250PF-4652/251PF-4652/252PF-4652/253PF-4652/254PF-4652/255PF-4652/256PF-4652/257PF-4652/258PF-4652/259PF-4652/260PF-4652/261PF-4652/262PF-4652/263PF-4652/264PF-4652/265PF-4652/266PF-4652/267PF-4652/268PF-4652/269PF-4652/270PF-4652/271PF-4652/272PF-4652/273PF-4652/274PF-4652/275PF-4652/276PF-4652/277 |
Sorrell family |
Image Folder PF-4652/278 |
Stallings, Maurice R. Sr. and family |
Image Folder PF-4652/279-280
PF-4652/279PF-4652/280 |
Stapp family |
Image Folder PF-4652/281 |
Strickland, Hilda Lynn and family |
Image Folder PF-4652/282 |
Tucker place, Raleigh, N.C. |
Image Folder PF-4652/283 |
Turner, Victoria Penny and Louisa Turner Richardson |
Image Folder PF-4652/284-286
PF-4652/284PF-4652/285PF-4652/286 |
Vaughn family |
Image Folder PF-4652/287-288
PF-4652/287PF-4652/288 |
Wall family |
Image Folder PF-4652/289 |
Ward, Clyde Holloway |
Image Folder PF-4652/290 |
Whitfield, Lena Brown |
Image Folder PF-4652/291-294
PF-4652/291PF-4652/292PF-4652/293PF-4652/294 |
Willis family |
Image Folder PF-4652/295-296
PF-4652/295PF-4652/296 |
Womack family |
Image Folder PF-4652/297 |
Woodall, Elaine Cooper and family |
Image Folder PF-4652/298-299
PF-4652/298PF-4652/299 |
Woodard family |
Image Folder PF-4652/300-303
PF-4652/300PF-4652/301PF-4652/302PF-4652/303 |
Wynne family |
Image Folder PF-4652/304 |
Yates Mill |
Image Folder PF-4652/305 |
Yarborough Hotel, Raleigh, N.C. |
Image Folder PF-4652/306 |
Unidentified son of Billie Holloway and Eliza Nipper |
Image Folder PF-4652/307 |
Unidentified Cooper family member |
Image Folder PF-4652/308 |
Unidentified Lynn family member, possibly Henry Lynn |
Image Folder PF-4652/309 |
Unidentified, possibly Solomon King |
Image Folder PF-4652/310 |
Unidentified persons |
Oversize Image OP-P-4652/311 |
Holloway Home Place, Leesville, N.C., with "Grandfather" and "Grandmother" Holloway, Cora Ella Holloway Sorrell, and two unidentified brothers of Cora. |
Oversize Image OP-P-4652/312 |
Holloway and Sorrell family members, Leesville, N.C. |
Special Format Image SF-P-4652/9 |
Tintype of Calvin H. Dillard and Louisa King Dillard |
Special Format Image SF-P-4652/10 |
Tintype of William Jackson |
Special Format Image SF-P-4652/11-14
SF-P-4652/11SF-P-4652/12SF-P-4652/13SF-P-4652/14 |
Tintypes of Lynn family members |
Special Format Image SF-P-4652/15 |
Tintype of Ella Sorrell Pollard |
Special Format Image SF-P-4652/16-19
SF-P-4652/16SF-P-4652/17SF-P-4652/18SF-P-4652/19 |
Tintypes of Sorrell family members |
Special Format Image SF-P-4652/20-21
SF-P-4652/20SF-P-4652/21 |
Tintypes of unknown persons |