Mary Agnes HOLLEMAN^{[1, 2]}

c.1829 - 1875

• Name	Mary Agnes HOLLEMAN
  Birth	c.1829	Virginia   [3]
  Gender	Female
  orphan	Nov 1834	Isle of Wight County, Virginia   [1]
  	From November 1834 through August 1844, Mary Agnes' uncle, Joel Holleman served as her legal guardian. Following his death in August 1844, Joseph Pretlow became Mary Agnes's guardian. Expenditures listed in the guardian accounts suggest that Mary Agnes "boarded" with the Pretlow family from the time of her father's death in early 1834 until her marriage in 1846.
  Death	17 Aug 1875	Sussex Co, VA   [4]
  	Mary Agnes died 17 Aug 1875 at her home near Waverly in Sussex Co, VA at 46 years of age.
  Person ID	I21633	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	William Henry HOLLEMAN,   b. 25 Nov 1795   d. 6 Feb 1834, Isle of Wight Co, VA (Age 38 years)
  Mother	Jackey T. PETERS,   b. After Jul 1794   d. Before 15 Feb 1834 (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F1226	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Archer COTTEN,   b. 18 Sep 1819, Virginia d. 10 Oct 1893 (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1846	Surry County, VA   [5]
  	The couple was married in Surry County, Virginia on 15 December 1846 by Rev. Benjamin Devany, a minster of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
  Children	1. Lucy Eliza COTTEN,   b. 8 Jan 1848   d. 26 Apr 1848 (Age 0 years)   2. William Frederick COTTEN,   b. 29 May 1849, Sussex Co, VA d. 1929 (Age 79 years)   3. Joel Holleman COTTEN,   b. 10 Aug 1850, Sussex Co, VA d. 28 Feb 1935, Deep Creek, Norfolk Co, Virginia (Age 84 years)   4. (male infant) COTTEN   d. 6 Jun 1852
  Family ID	F972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S3286] Mary Agnes Holleman guardian accounts, Isle of Wight County, VA (1834 - 1846). [S5370] William Holleman, Isle of Wight Co, VA inventory & estate accounts (1837 & 1839). [S3282] 1850 US Census / Cotton, John A. [S3267] Mary Agnes Cotten obituary, The Religious Herald, (Richmond, VA) 30 September 1875. [S2810] John A. Cotton - Mary Agnes Holleman, Surry Co, VA marriage (1846)., p. 260.