Helen M. Holloway

born c. 1825 · Female

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Helen M. Hollowayborn c. 1825Wilkins Hollowayc. 1800–1864Husband

Josephine HollowayDaughter

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Husband: Wilkins Holloway c. 1800–1864
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Why: Her 5 Dec 1864 affidavit calls Wilkins her late husband (image inspected in the saved research).
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Monroe County, Mississippi, probate case 1250, estate of Wilkins Holloway (widow's affidavit 5 Dec 1864; dower petition and heirs list). Ancestry collection 8995, record 3802815, image 005841869_00957 (view at Ancestry)
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Daughter: Josephine Holloway
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Why: Same petition.
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- Monroe County, Mississippi, probate case 1250, estate of Wilkins Holloway (widow's affidavit 5 Dec 1864; dower petition and heirs list). Ancestry collection 8995, record 3802815, image 005841869_00957 (view at Ancestry)
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Life events

Born	about 1825 Unconfirmed evidence: show why Why: Only if she is the 'N. M.', 35, of the 1860 census. Records: 1860 U.S. census, Eastern Division, Monroe County, Mississippi, W. Holloway household Review: assessed 09-24-2026; evidence: Index or transcription examined. What the labels mean
Died	No death date is recorded here. The site classifies this person as deceased from the dated records; no death record is cited.
Dower petition	Petitioned for her dower in Wilkins Holloway's land; in January 1865 the court's writ cited his heirs to answer the petition at Aberdeen on the first Monday of February, 5 Dec 1864, Monroe County, Mississippi Confirmed evidence: show why Why: The petition's docket, filed 5 Dec 1864, and the writ of January 1865 (images read in the R6-O03 research). No allotment, commissioners' report, order or decree assigning dower in the land is among the pages read, so whether it was assigned is not established. Records: Monroe County, Mississippi, Probate Court, estate of Wilkins Holloway, case 1250: the appraisal warrant and return (Dec 1864), the dower petition's docket (filed 5 Dec 1864), the widow's petition of January 1865, the writ citing the heirs to answer her dower petition, the commissioners' division, the guardianship papers (Feb 1865), her second annual account (1867) and tax receipts (1869-1872). images 005841869_00935, 00938-00941, 00945, 00950, 00952-00956 and 00958-00961 of the case file's 47 images, read on the page images (00957, the heirs list, in earlier research); the file's other pages (among them the first annual account, the inventory and the administration papers) were not read, and no image was kept (view at Ancestry (Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982)) Review: assessed 09-26-2026; evidence: Image examined. What the labels mean
Widow's allowance	Appraisers named by the probate court met at Wilkins Holloway's residence and set apart to her, as his widow, and to the children the personal estate to which they were entitled, a year's provision, and money for clothing and for a year's tuition for the children, 7 Dec 1864, Monroe County, Mississippi Confirmed evidence: show why Why: The clerk's printed warrant to the appraisers, 5 Dec 1864, and their printed return, certified in December 1864 (images read in the R6-O03 research). The sums are partly illegible and are not given here. This set-apart is the personal estate, not dower in the land. Records: Monroe County, Mississippi, Probate Court, estate of Wilkins Holloway, case 1250: the appraisal warrant and return (Dec 1864), the dower petition's docket (filed 5 Dec 1864), the widow's petition of January 1865, the writ citing the heirs to answer her dower petition, the commissioners' division, the guardianship papers (Feb 1865), her second annual account (1867) and tax receipts (1869-1872). images 005841869_00935, 00938-00941, 00945, 00950, 00952-00956 and 00958-00961 of the case file's 47 images, read on the page images (00957, the heirs list, in earlier research); the file's other pages (among them the first annual account, the inventory and the administration papers) were not read, and no image was kept (view at Ancestry (Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982)) Review: assessed 09-26-2026; evidence: Image examined. What the labels mean
Probate petition	Petitioned the probate court, through her attorney, to divide the year's allowance and the exempt property set apart for the widow and children: a quarter each for Wilkins's two younger daughters by his former marriage, who, the petition says, refused to live with her, and half for herself and her daughter Josephine together, 4 Jan 1865, Monroe County, Mississippi Confirmed evidence: show why Why: Her petition to the January 1865 term, signed in her name by her attorney on 4 Jan 1865 (images read in the R6-O03 research). The petition's statements are hers; it gives no reason for the refusal. Records: Monroe County, Mississippi, Probate Court, estate of Wilkins Holloway, case 1250: the appraisal warrant and return (Dec 1864), the dower petition's docket (filed 5 Dec 1864), the widow's petition of January 1865, the writ citing the heirs to answer her dower petition, the commissioners' division, the guardianship papers (Feb 1865), her second annual account (1867) and tax receipts (1869-1872). images 005841869_00935, 00938-00941, 00945, 00950, 00952-00956 and 00958-00961 of the case file's 47 images, read on the page images (00957, the heirs list, in earlier research); the file's other pages (among them the first annual account, the inventory and the administration papers) were not read, and no image was kept (view at Ancestry (Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982)) Review: assessed 09-26-2026; evidence: Image examined. What the labels mean
Probate account	As administratrix, swore to her second annual account, reporting nothing received or paid since her last account, and asked to be discharged, 25 Feb 1867, Monroe County, Mississippi Confirmed evidence: show why Why: The account, sworn before the clerk and signed 'H. M. Holloway'. It is a request: no order discharging her, and no final settlement, is among the pages read. Records: Monroe County, Mississippi, Probate Court, estate of Wilkins Holloway, case 1250: the appraisal warrant and return (Dec 1864), the dower petition's docket (filed 5 Dec 1864), the widow's petition of January 1865, the writ citing the heirs to answer her dower petition, the commissioners' division, the guardianship papers (Feb 1865), her second annual account (1867) and tax receipts (1869-1872). images 005841869_00935, 00938-00941, 00945, 00950, 00952-00956 and 00958-00961 of the case file's 47 images, read on the page images (00957, the heirs list, in earlier research); the file's other pages (among them the first annual account, the inventory and the administration papers) were not read, and no image was kept (view at Ancestry (Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982)) Review: assessed 09-26-2026; evidence: Image examined. What the labels mean
Tax receipt	A receipt for that year's taxes, filed with the estate papers, reads 'Received of H. M. Holloway', 11 Oct 1872, Monroe County, Mississippi Likely evidence: show why Why: The receipt's own wording; that its H. M. Holloway is Helen is Likely, from the initials and its place in the estate file. It does not show that she was still the administratrix then. Records: Monroe County, Mississippi, Probate Court, estate of Wilkins Holloway, case 1250: the appraisal warrant and return (Dec 1864), the dower petition's docket (filed 5 Dec 1864), the widow's petition of January 1865, the writ citing the heirs to answer her dower petition, the commissioners' division, the guardianship papers (Feb 1865), her second annual account (1867) and tax receipts (1869-1872). images 005841869_00935, 00938-00941, 00945, 00950, 00952-00956 and 00958-00961 of the case file's 47 images, read on the page images (00957, the heirs list, in earlier research); the file's other pages (among them the first annual account, the inventory and the administration papers) were not read, and no image was kept (view at Ancestry (Mississippi, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1780-1982)) Review: assessed 09-26-2026; evidence: Image examined. What the labels mean

Sources

1850 U.S. census, Lowndes County, Mississippi, Wilkins Holloway household (enumerated 27 Nov 1850): Mary, 39, born South Carolina; Monroe County probate case 1250 (1864-65): children 'by a former marriage' Census Citation only Birth, Death, Military service, Probate

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