Caswell County History

Dick Simpson Monument Capt. Dick Simpson On this spot stood an old brick house with full basement known as the Manor House built by Capt. Dick Simpson about 1760 or 1765. He was father of 10 daughters and one son, Colonel Richard Simpson, born in Caswell Co. 1770. Capt. Dick, born in Fairfax Co., VA,…

110 Holder Street. Note the old stone wall and massive cedar tree trunk prefacing the residence built by James Holder. Seeing past rotting siding, poison ivy growing into cabinets, standing water in the basement, and overgrown yard were the bones of a house with real history. We found home on Holder Street in Milton (formerly…