Welcome to the latest research updates posted at www.HolmesFamilyHistory.org.

November 27, 2004
Z.L. Holmes' Octagon House: Painting by Oscar Velasquez (1988)
Zelotes Lee Holmes's Octagon House by Martin E. Meek, The Scrapbook... (1982)
A Personal View of the Octagon House by Frances Davis Simmons with Morris C. Lumpkin (1982)
Fond Memories - Octagon House adapted from an article by Earl Turner, Laurens County Advertiser
Octagon-Shaped House First Concrete Structure in South Carolina, by. B. Irwin, Laurens Adv. (1963)
The Octagon House: Eight Faces of History by Priscilla Davis, Sandlapper Magazine (1969)
Octagon House Memories by Judith Lane, Laurens County Advertiser (1987)
Octagon House floor plan courtesy of Mr. Alan Bell, Holmes Bible College

November 13, 2004
Memorial of Rev. Zelotes Lee Holmes by Rev. William P. Jacobs (1885)
Zelotes Lee Holmes: The Scrapbook: A Compilation of Historical Facts about Laurens Co., SC (1982)
ca. 1845 photograph courtesy of Ms. Billie Allen, Laurens, SC
Headstone, Nickels Holmes Wright Cemetery, Mountville (Laurens Co.), SC
Descendants of Zelotes Lee Holmes and Katherine Nancy Nickels

November 6, 2004
Brilliant Holmes and John Scott: Outline Descendant Tree
John Scott Hickcox: 15 letters to Orsamus Holmes Marshall, Transcriptions by Mike Rowell {235k/pdf}
John Scott Hickcox: Headstone at Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, DC
Seth Hickcox: 2 letters to his Great Aunt Ruth Holmes Marshall, Transcriptions by Mike Rowell {61k/pdf}
Sophia Hickcox Cary Family: Memorial Headstone - Cypress Lawn Memorial Gardens, Colma, California
Sophia Hickcox Cary: 7 letters to Ruth Holmes Marshall and O.H. Marshall {201k/pdf}