Clarke, I am also a Holmes descendant. Caroline Alston Holmes b 1790 dau. of John Holmes d. ca 1808/1809 who acquired land adjoining the ocean on Long Bay in 1775. The land later belong to Mary McIlroy whose daughter Mary Caroline McIlroy 1775-1850 married Ebenezer Singleton 1765/1775 -1830 Ga. Ebenezer had more land along the ocean as did his brother-in-law William McKilduff/McElduff. When Mary McIlroy wrote her will in 1816 a Thomas & Elinor Holmes appear as witnesses. Present day Singleton Swash derives its name from this Singleton family. Looking back through old maps the same location was known as McElroy Swash and Lewish Swash before that. Ebenezer's son Alexander S. Singleton 1809-1861 m (1)Eliza Dewitt (2) Sarah Nettles 1810-1864 owned land further south on Cain/Cane Patch Swash. Caroline Holmes' mother is unknown. Caroline m Jonah Rogers of Brittons Neck, Marion County in 1807 and headed west to Mississippi Territory in 1814. They settled in what became Clarke County Alabama and by 1831 moved to Marengo County, Alabama. There were some Holmes in Marengo County, then later some of the Rogers/ Singleton/ McElduff families moved further west into Mississippi, with some of the Holmes families also moving. I don't have any particulars about them, just ran across the names in census records. Ebenezer Singleton's widow and children moved west in 1835 to Marengo County, Alabama. They settled in the same area as the Rogers family resulting in marriages between the families. Do you know the parents of your Sarah Singleton? If any of this ring a bell contact me. gerald@lcc.net Gerald