Do you have any info on Pleasant's father, or even back further? Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sky" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 2:47 PM Subject: Re: [HOLT] Pleasant Holt m. Nancy Lawless, East TN > John Holt, 1884 is in my line. > > Sky / TX > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > >>I am interested in contacting anyone researching this line of Holt's: >> >> Pleasant Holt, b. 20 July, 1856, d. 28 Jan 1928, Hamblen Co, TN >> Nancy (Lawless) Holt, b. 10 July, 1861, d. 13 Nov, 1935, Hamblen Co, TN >> Charles Samson Holt, son, b. 12 Dec, 1875 >> William Carl Holt, son, b. 15 Aug, 1881 >> John Holt, son, b. 8 Aug, 1884 >> Myra Holt, dau, b. 1886 >> Addie Holt, dau, b. 9 Jun, 1889 >> Jennie Lee Holt, dau, b. 25 July, 1895 >> >> The above information was copied from an World Tree entry but I was >> unable >> to find any contact information concerning the donor. >> >> Ron H. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Sorry...this is not the same Pleasant Holt that I have....Mine is 10 Aug 1846-26--- Aug 1929 Overton Tn and his real name was Percy William "Pleasant" Holt...Had a brother named Rocky "Ridge" Holt...Father James Holt mother was Rebecca Brown / Nancylou

John Holt, 1884 is in my line. Sky / TX ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> >I am interested in contacting anyone researching this line of Holt's: > > Pleasant Holt, b. 20 July, 1856, d. 28 Jan 1928, Hamblen Co, TN > Nancy (Lawless) Holt, b. 10 July, 1861, d. 13 Nov, 1935, Hamblen Co, TN > Charles Samson Holt, son, b. 12 Dec, 1875 > William Carl Holt, son, b. 15 Aug, 1881 > John Holt, son, b. 8 Aug, 1884 > Myra Holt, dau, b. 1886 > Addie Holt, dau, b. 9 Jun, 1889 > Jennie Lee Holt, dau, b. 25 July, 1895 > > The above information was copied from an World Tree entry but I was unable > to find any contact information concerning the donor. > > Ron H.

I am interested in contacting anyone researching this line of Holt's: Pleasant Holt, b. 20 July, 1856, d. 28 Jan 1928, Hamblen Co, TN Nancy (Lawless) Holt, b. 10 July, 1861, d. 13 Nov, 1935, Hamblen Co, TN Charles Samson Holt, son, b. 12 Dec, 1875 William Carl Holt, son, b. 15 Aug, 1881 John Holt, son, b. 8 Aug, 1884 Myra Holt, dau, b. 1886 Addie Holt, dau, b. 9 Jun, 1889 Jennie Lee Holt, dau, b. 25 July, 1895 The above information was copied from an World Tree entry but I was unable to find any contact information concerning the donor. Ron H.

Oddly enough, in this case, it is a good thing that this isn't Eli Franklin. Thanks Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 12:03 AM Subject: Re: [HOLT] Eli > Sorry, but it is not the same man. > Ed > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joyce G. Reece" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:48 PM > Subject: [HOLT] Eli > > >> Is this Eli Franklin Holt: >> >> 1850 Census Giles County TN >> Eli age 44 bc 1806 >> Mary Ann age 38 >> WWilliam age 19 >> Eli age 13 >> Miles age 12 >> Mary Ann 3 >> Lavainey age 1 >> >> All born in TN >> Joyce Gaston Reece >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.12/631 - Release Date: 1/16/2007 > 8:25 AM > >

Sorry, but it is not the same man. Ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce G. Reece" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 9:48 PM Subject: [HOLT] Eli > Is this Eli Franklin Holt: > > 1850 Census Giles County TN > Eli age 44 bc 1806 > Mary Ann age 38 > WWilliam age 19 > Eli age 13 > Miles age 12 > Mary Ann 3 > Lavainey age 1 > > All born in TN > Joyce Gaston Reece > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Is this Eli Franklin Holt: 1850 Census Giles County TN Eli age 44 bc 1806 Mary Ann age 38 WWilliam age 19 Eli age 13 Miles age 12 Mary Ann 3 Lavainey age 1 All born in TN Joyce Gaston Reece

I shall do that - Sally Holt Avjian - President - Holt Assoc. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HOLT] Fwd: FW: Holt Info Sally, I am a descendent of Nicholas through wife Elizabeth Short, through Tim, all of the James to John Marshall Holt. Please send me a packet of information on the Holt Association in America. Jan B. O'Brien 9524 E. Shadowview Drive Claremore, OK 74017 Thank you so much. Jan ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Before the Civil War the Limestone County Holt's owned many slaves. Beginning with the 1870 census I have to be very careful and check and recheck census records because in one or more cases the census taker miscopied the race when he was making the required three copies of the day's works to submit to the officials. I was researching a white James Holt only to discover that the person I thought he might be was a black man. Don't be mislead by like or similar names. Cynthia was a commonly used name. I have yet to find any link with the Hardin Co., TN Holts. The Limestone County census takers were not the most careful census takers. Under another surname (Hastings or Hasting or Hasten) I have researched one man who lived more than seventy years in Limestone county. For the seven decades the household in which he was living was enumerated, there was only one accurate enumeration. As an adult Tom lived at the top of a hill that was difficult to navigate. The census taker apparently took the word of anyone he encountered going up that hill. As a child the census taker "gave" Tom his step-father's surname; as an adult a former slave, who was nursing Tom's sick wife was once listed as his wife. The wife's name was not even listed as a member of the household, etc., etc. Tom was married 3 times. He had grandchildren and g-grandchildren older than some of his own children. His last wife was younger than his children by his first wife and half of those by his second wife. The grandkids were frequent visitors in his household. Consequently some of them were often listed as Tom's children. To further complicate the situation, Tom's last wife had several children born out of wedlock to one or two of Tom's sons by the second wife. It was a real challenge identifying all the members of his household and the households of his children. I actually had to track the black Hastings to figure out what happened. I was able to communicate with some of the former slaves descendants whose family lore provided invaluable help in sorting out Tom's household. Once I had the full story, all the pieces began to fall into place. I now have identified all but one of Tom's kids and there seems to be much confusion about that individual who may or may have ever lived. Ruth

Looking for a William Holt that Married Cynthia White of Hardin Cty Tn ca 1847.Hardin is NW of Limestone County Al.ThisCynthia is supposed to have died early in marriage. There was a Cynthia Holt that married in limestone in 1867 that was Black ,and could reasonably have been connected to this family as the Holts of Hardin lived in Cynthia's area and were slave owners. There was a Community named Holtville alongsidethe Tn River Just North of Savannah.There may have been some WHITE surname children in this Holt family in the 1850 Census as both parents died mid 1840's and left minors.CAN ANYONE CONNECT??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joyce G. Reece" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Greig Lewis" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [HOLT] Limestone Co., AL & Holt DNA efforts > Preston > > Coincidence???? > > David Keith Hampton is one of the top knotch Cherokee author/researchers > in > this country. He has followed up on Dr. Emmett Starr's History of the > Cherokee Indian. Under the Sanders lineage on page 424 of "Cherokee Mixed > Bloods" there is some very interesting information. > > Sallie Ah Ne Lah was born c 1829 Cherokee Nation East (this means the last > holdings of Cherokee land just before the Removal). She married Wauhillau > Eagle c 1848....Russell Peak c 1875. Died 7 June 1896 at Wauhillau, > Tahlequah Dist Oklahoma > > Children > > Sallie bc 1865 no issue > > *Elizabeth Bettie Sanders b25 Nov 1867 at Wauhillau, Tahlequah Dist, > Cherokee Nation, IT, now Oklahoma married WILLIAM HOLT, son of Terrapin > "Dah > gah see wee le Holt and Sa-lah Fivekiller on 9 August 1885 at Flint Dist > (Oklahoma) > > Jennie Sanders 27 March 1869 > > > > NOW, I am searching for the wife of Samuel Lewis whose name was Bricey > Holt. > Bricey's granddaughter Lucinda Lewis married into the same ALBERTY > descendents of *Elizabeth "Bettie" Sanders > > And you will recall that Eli Holt was given a Reservation at Running Water > Town in 1817 because his wife of was Cherokee blood. > > I'd like to hear about Barrett's stay in East TN. Where and when please? > > Joyce Gaston Reece > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Preston Holt" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:42 PM > Subject: Re: [HOLT] Limestone Co., AL & Holt DNA efforts > > >> Ruth, >> I descend from Barrett Holt who was born about 1782 in Virginia and spent >> time from 1800 - 1845 in East Tennessee. Other Holt's in the area at >> that >> time were Dr. William Holt, David Holt (brothers) and Joseph Holt >> (probably >> a cousin). A strong prospect for Barrett's father is William from a >> first >> wife who died or from Lucy Sanders, his wife of record, with a birth >> prior >> to marriage. William left Tennessee and went to Georgia with a large >> family >> that migrated over the southeast including Mississippi and Alabama. I am >> interested in your database as it relates to the Holt's that got their >> start >> from Randall. I have done the DNA testing and am listed as case #27801 >> on >> the Holt Family DNA Project reports. Which Samuel do you cite as the >> major >> contributor to the Limestone County families. Do you have his parents and >> grandparents. One of the other DNA contributors from the Randall line >> goes >> through William Cocke Holt who went to N. Carolina and then S. Carolina. >> I >> have a good amount of records on this family and according to the DNA we >> do >> relate. Always looking to connect with cousins. >> >> Preston Holt >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "delins1" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:05 PM >> Subject: Re: [HOLT] Limestone Co., AL & Holt DNA efforts >> >> >>> In a few weeks I'll be returning to Limestone Co., AL to collect >>> additional >>> data to help complete records on the Holt families and their collateral >>> lines who lived in and around nearby counties. The majority of the Holt >>> families in Limestone County, AL descend from Samuel Holt whose will was >>> proven in the Northampton, North Carolina June Court of 1821. While >>> there, >>> I have hopes of persuading members of three or four lines to contribute >>> their DNA. There are one or two lines in Texas I hope to find a donor >>> willing to contribute DNA. >>> >>> My database is extensive. My intent has been to identify and document >>> each >>> descendant born into these liens (including the daughters collateral >>> families) through the middle of the 20th century. In many lines, the >>> data >>> covered names of individuals born at the end of the 20th century and/or >>> early twenty-first century. My database includes hundreds of obituaries, >>> funeral home records, probate and other court records. Living >>> descendants >>> are centered primarily in Limestone Co., AL, Giles Co., TN, Madison Co., >>> AL, >>> Morgan Co., AL, Lauderdale Co., AL, with a few others living throughout >>> the >>> rest of Alabama. Some descendants live in and around Craighead Co., AR; >>> however, the second largest population of these Holts and their >>> collateral >>> families in Texas with focus on the blackland prairie area of Fannin, >>> Hunt, >>> Delta, and Hopkins Counties. A few other lines scattered throughout >>> Texas >>> in the post-Civil War years. A handful of lines eventually moved to >>> Florida, New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, and California. Compiling this >>> database has been a real struggle. I still have some strays and >>> unidentified >>> relationships I cannot definitely prove. >>> >>> Right now, in unedited book style format (using Rootsmagic software >>> program) >>> a book limning these families contains more than 1,750 pages, excluding >>> index and source or citation pages. With one last push at collecting >>> additional documentation in the Limestone County area, I hope to wrap up >>> this portion of my research effort by June 2007. Then I will make an >>> effort >>> to find appropriate DNA donors for any of the questionable lines. >>> >>> If anyone on this mailing list is a male with the Holt surname who >>> believes >>> they descend from the Limestone Co., AL families and who wishes to >>> contribute their DNA to Holt project I'd greatly appreciate their >>> contacting >>> me at [email protected] so that we can coordinate our efforts. I >>> worked >>> on the very complicated Blanton-Womack DNA project(s) and finding >>> suitable >>> donors without religious or other moral constrictions was not an easy >>> task. >>> In one case, a prospective contributor's preacher gave a sermon on >>> "DNA - >>> The Work of the Devil". Needless to say, that donor backed out of the >>> DNA >>> project. I then had to find someone else in that line to submit their >>> DNA - >>> not an easy task since there were only a handful of eligible males still >>> living who were not members of that particular religious sect. >>> >>> Ruth Hasten Walsh >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.10/625 - Release Date: >> 1/13/2007 >> 5:40 PM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Does anyone know who the William Holt (born about 1825) listed in the 1850 Grainger Co., TN census records was? It appears that his wife was Anna, born about 1829. Most likely, the same Anna (Anny) Holt is enumerated in the 1860 Grainger Co. census records-she's a widow with five children, ages one to nine.

Preston Sorry, that was Louvenia Jane Alberty..... Not Lucinda Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: "Preston Holt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [HOLT] Limestone Co., AL & Holt DNA efforts

Preston Coincidence???? David Keith Hampton is one of the top knotch Cherokee author/researchers in this country. He has followed up on Dr. Emmett Starr's History of the Cherokee Indian. Under the Sanders lineage on page 424 of "Cherokee Mixed Bloods" there is some very interesting information. Sallie Ah Ne Lah was born c 1829 Cherokee Nation East (this means the last holdings of Cherokee land just before the Removal). She married Wauhillau Eagle c 1848....Russell Peak c 1875. Died 7 June 1896 at Wauhillau, Tahlequah Dist Oklahoma Children Sallie bc 1865 no issue *Elizabeth Bettie Sanders b25 Nov 1867 at Wauhillau, Tahlequah Dist, Cherokee Nation, IT, now Oklahoma married WILLIAM HOLT, son of Terrapin "Dah gah see wee le Holt and Sa-lah Fivekiller on 9 August 1885 at Flint Dist (Oklahoma) Jennie Sanders 27 March 1869 NOW, I am searching for the wife of Samuel Lewis whose name was Bricey Holt. Bricey's granddaughter Lucinda Lewis married into the same ALBERTY descendents of *Elizabeth "Bettie" Sanders And you will recall that Eli Holt was given a Reservation at Running Water Town in 1817 because his wife of was Cherokee blood. I'd like to hear about Barrett's stay in East TN. Where and when please? Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: "Preston Holt" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:42 PM Subject: Re: [HOLT] Limestone Co., AL & Holt DNA efforts > Ruth, > I descend from Barrett Holt who was born about 1782 in Virginia and spent > time from 1800 - 1845 in East Tennessee. Other Holt's in the area at that > time were Dr. William Holt, David Holt (brothers) and Joseph Holt > (probably > a cousin). A strong prospect for Barrett's father is William from a first > wife who died or from Lucy Sanders, his wife of record, with a birth prior > to marriage. William left Tennessee and went to Georgia with a large > family > that migrated over the southeast including Mississippi and Alabama. I am > interested in your database as it relates to the Holt's that got their > start > from Randall. I have done the DNA testing and am listed as case #27801 on > the Holt Family DNA Project reports. Which Samuel do you cite as the > major > contributor to the Limestone County families. Do you have his parents and > grandparents. One of the other DNA contributors from the Randall line goes > through William Cocke Holt who went to N. Carolina and then S. Carolina. > I > have a good amount of records on this family and according to the DNA we > do > relate. Always looking to connect with cousins. > > Preston Holt > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "delins1" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:05 PM > Subject: Re: [HOLT] Limestone Co., AL & Holt DNA efforts > > >> In a few weeks I'll be returning to Limestone Co., AL to collect >> additional >> data to help complete records on the Holt families and their collateral >> lines who lived in and around nearby counties. The majority of the Holt >> families in Limestone County, AL descend from Samuel Holt whose will was >> proven in the Northampton, North Carolina June Court of 1821. While >> there, >> I have hopes of persuading members of three or four lines to contribute >> their DNA. There are one or two lines in Texas I hope to find a donor >> willing to contribute DNA. >> >> My database is extensive. My intent has been to identify and document >> each >> descendant born into these liens (including the daughters collateral >> families) through the middle of the 20th century. In many lines, the >> data >> covered names of individuals born at the end of the 20th century and/or >> early twenty-first century. My database includes hundreds of obituaries, >> funeral home records, probate and other court records. Living >> descendants >> are centered primarily in Limestone Co., AL, Giles Co., TN, Madison Co., >> AL, >> Morgan Co., AL, Lauderdale Co., AL, with a few others living throughout >> the >> rest of Alabama. Some descendants live in and around Craighead Co., AR; >> however, the second largest population of these Holts and their >> collateral >> families in Texas with focus on the blackland prairie area of Fannin, >> Hunt, >> Delta, and Hopkins Counties. A few other lines scattered throughout >> Texas >> in the post-Civil War years. A handful of lines eventually moved to >> Florida, New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, and California. Compiling this >> database has been a real struggle. I still have some strays and >> unidentified >> relationships I cannot definitely prove. >> >> Right now, in unedited book style format (using Rootsmagic software >> program) >> a book limning these families contains more than 1,750 pages, excluding >> index and source or citation pages. With one last push at collecting >> additional documentation in the Limestone County area, I hope to wrap up >> this portion of my research effort by June 2007. Then I will make an >> effort >> to find appropriate DNA donors for any of the questionable lines. >> >> If anyone on this mailing list is a male with the Holt surname who >> believes >> they descend from the Limestone Co., AL families and who wishes to >> contribute their DNA to Holt project I'd greatly appreciate their >> contacting >> me at [email protected] so that we can coordinate our efforts. I >> worked >> on the very complicated Blanton-Womack DNA project(s) and finding >> suitable >> donors without religious or other moral constrictions was not an easy >> task. >> In one case, a prospective contributor's preacher gave a sermon on "DNA - >> The Work of the Devil". Needless to say, that donor backed out of the >> DNA >> project. I then had to find someone else in that line to submit their >> DNA - >> not an easy task since there were only a handful of eligible males still >> living who were not members of that particular religious sect. >> >> Ruth Hasten Walsh >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.10/625 - Release Date: 1/13/2007 > 5:40 PM > >

How does one go about joining the "Holt Association". Would you need my snail mail address....and so forth. I believe I was a member years passed, don't know what happened as I lost contact with them. My e-mail address is Margaret Davis [email protected] Thank you all very much. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Betty Faye Lawton Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [HOLT] Fwd: FW: Holt Info Sally added this comment: Begin forwarded message: > > > From:Avjian, Sally > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 11:18 AM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: FW: Holt Info > > ? > > I also forgot to tell you that there are two books:? > > 1 ? The First Three Generations of Holt > > 2 ? The 4th to 9th Generations of Holt > > I will look to see if I have any extra copies but it seems to > > me we are sold out of them.? I do have one that I can look up > > to give info on how to get them through the publisher. > > Sally Holt Avjian > > ? > > > > From:Avjian, Sally > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 11:16 AM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: Holt Info > > ? > > FYI:? I am the president of the Holt Association and I have > information on the > > Nicholas Holt line.? ??We also encourage people to join the Assoc. so > we can > > keep it going.? We have a yearly fee of $10 and a life membership of > $75.? Out > > of the life membership $25 is put into a scholarship fund and we give > out a > > $1,000 scholarship each year to a student who applies and is voted on > by the Committee.? > > Our annual reunion will be June 23rd this year in Methuen, MA.? > > ? > > If you would like to forward my email to the others who are talking > re: Nicholas Holt > > it is [email protected] > > ? > > I would also need their P. O. mailing address to send them the Holt > Information. > > Sally Holt Avjian > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ruth, I descend from Barrett Holt who was born about 1782 in Virginia and spent time from 1800 - 1845 in East Tennessee. Other Holt's in the area at that time were Dr. William Holt, David Holt (brothers) and Joseph Holt (probably a cousin). A strong prospect for Barrett's father is William from a first wife who died or from Lucy Sanders, his wife of record, with a birth prior to marriage. William left Tennessee and went to Georgia with a large family that migrated over the southeast including Mississippi and Alabama. I am interested in your database as it relates to the Holt's that got their start from Randall. I have done the DNA testing and am listed as case #27801 on the Holt Family DNA Project reports. Which Samuel do you cite as the major contributor to the Limestone County families. Do you have his parents and grandparents. One of the other DNA contributors from the Randall line goes through William Cocke Holt who went to N. Carolina and then S. Carolina. I have a good amount of records on this family and according to the DNA we do relate. Always looking to connect with cousins. Preston Holt ----- Original Message ----- From: "delins1" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:05 PM Subject: Re: [HOLT] Limestone Co., AL & Holt DNA efforts > In a few weeks I'll be returning to Limestone Co., AL to collect > additional > data to help complete records on the Holt families and their collateral > lines who lived in and around nearby counties. The majority of the Holt > families in Limestone County, AL descend from Samuel Holt whose will was > proven in the Northampton, North Carolina June Court of 1821. While > there, > I have hopes of persuading members of three or four lines to contribute > their DNA. There are one or two lines in Texas I hope to find a donor > willing to contribute DNA. > > My database is extensive. My intent has been to identify and document > each > descendant born into these liens (including the daughters collateral > families) through the middle of the 20th century. In many lines, the data > covered names of individuals born at the end of the 20th century and/or > early twenty-first century. My database includes hundreds of obituaries, > funeral home records, probate and other court records. Living descendants > are centered primarily in Limestone Co., AL, Giles Co., TN, Madison Co., > AL, > Morgan Co., AL, Lauderdale Co., AL, with a few others living throughout > the > rest of Alabama. Some descendants live in and around Craighead Co., AR; > however, the second largest population of these Holts and their collateral > families in Texas with focus on the blackland prairie area of Fannin, > Hunt, > Delta, and Hopkins Counties. A few other lines scattered throughout Texas > in the post-Civil War years. A handful of lines eventually moved to > Florida, New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, and California. Compiling this > database has been a real struggle. I still have some strays and > unidentified > relationships I cannot definitely prove. > > Right now, in unedited book style format (using Rootsmagic software > program) > a book limning these families contains more than 1,750 pages, excluding > index and source or citation pages. With one last push at collecting > additional documentation in the Limestone County area, I hope to wrap up > this portion of my research effort by June 2007. Then I will make an > effort > to find appropriate DNA donors for any of the questionable lines. > > If anyone on this mailing list is a male with the Holt surname who > believes > they descend from the Limestone Co., AL families and who wishes to > contribute their DNA to Holt project I'd greatly appreciate their > contacting > me at [email protected] so that we can coordinate our efforts. I > worked > on the very complicated Blanton-Womack DNA project(s) and finding suitable > donors without religious or other moral constrictions was not an easy > task. > In one case, a prospective contributor's preacher gave a sermon on "DNA - > The Work of the Devil". Needless to say, that donor backed out of the DNA > project. I then had to find someone else in that line to submit their > DNA - > not an easy task since there were only a handful of eligible males still > living who were not members of that particular religious sect. > > Ruth Hasten Walsh > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >

In a few weeks I'll be returning to Limestone Co., AL to collect additional data to help complete records on the Holt families and their collateral lines who lived in and around nearby counties. The majority of the Holt families in Limestone County, AL descend from Samuel Holt whose will was proven in the Northampton, North Carolina June Court of 1821. While there, I have hopes of persuading members of three or four lines to contribute their DNA. There are one or two lines in Texas I hope to find a donor willing to contribute DNA. My database is extensive. My intent has been to identify and document each descendant born into these liens (including the daughters collateral families) through the middle of the 20th century. In many lines, the data covered names of individuals born at the end of the 20th century and/or early twenty-first century. My database includes hundreds of obituaries, funeral home records, probate and other court records. Living descendants are centered primarily in Limestone Co., AL, Giles Co., TN, Madison Co., AL, Morgan Co., AL, Lauderdale Co., AL, with a few others living throughout the rest of Alabama. Some descendants live in and around Craighead Co., AR; however, the second largest population of these Holts and their collateral families in Texas with focus on the blackland prairie area of Fannin, Hunt, Delta, and Hopkins Counties. A few other lines scattered throughout Texas in the post-Civil War years. A handful of lines eventually moved to Florida, New Mexico, Colorado, Montana, and California. Compiling this database has been a real struggle. I still have some strays and unidentified relationships I cannot definitely prove. Right now, in unedited book style format (using Rootsmagic software program) a book limning these families contains more than 1,750 pages, excluding index and source or citation pages. With one last push at collecting additional documentation in the Limestone County area, I hope to wrap up this portion of my research effort by June 2007. Then I will make an effort to find appropriate DNA donors for any of the questionable lines. If anyone on this mailing list is a male with the Holt surname who believes they descend from the Limestone Co., AL families and who wishes to contribute their DNA to Holt project I'd greatly appreciate their contacting me at [email protected] so that we can coordinate our efforts. I worked on the very complicated Blanton-Womack DNA project(s) and finding suitable donors without religious or other moral constrictions was not an easy task. In one case, a prospective contributor's preacher gave a sermon on "DNA - The Work of the Devil". Needless to say, that donor backed out of the DNA project. I then had to find someone else in that line to submit their DNA - not an easy task since there were only a handful of eligible males still living who were not members of that particular religious sect. Ruth Hasten Walsh

Thank you. Jan

Oh, Sorry Gerald...I guess I didn't think enough to get out my maps. They are often my best friend. Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: "GERALD PREAS" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 10:14 PM Subject: [HOLT] Washington/Greene Co TN > Joyce > > I didn't mean to imply Limestone County Al and Running > Water Tn were near. Running Water is corner Dade > County Ga in Marion County Tenn. You would have to > cross Madison and Jackson Counties Al to Ga/Tn border. > gerald preas > dallas tx > --- "Joyce G. Reece" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I emailed another person who had a Randall Holt then >> later a Joseph Murphy >> in Running Water town near Limeston Co Alabama. >> Does this line have an Eli? >> >> >> Joyce Gaston Reece >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 8:29 PM >> Subject: Re: [HOLT] Washington/Greene Co TN >> >> >> > It looks to me that you have the Randall Holt line >> from Hog Island, VA >> > You >> > can see these in lineages of some of my Family >> Tree DNA Holt Surname >> > Project >> > members on http://www.holtfamilydnaproject.com >> > Ed Holt, Administrator >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Joyce G. Reece" <[email protected]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 7:16 PM >> > Subject: [HOLT] Washington/Greene Co TN >> > >> > >> >> In Washington County Tennessee Court Records is >> found: >> >> >> >> James Penney, Daniel Kennedy, Dr. William Holt >> and Baldwin Harcle bond to >> >> prosecute with Abram Broyles: case of Broyles >> vs. Penny, Kennedy, July >> >> 14, 1799 >> >> >> >> David Holt, Joseph Holt (Greene County): >> subpoena; State vs. William >> >> Smith; September 2, 1802 >> >> >> >> Joseph Holt (Greene County); subpeona; State vs. >> William Smith; September >> >> 7, 1802 >> >> >> >> David Holt, Joseph Holt and Barrett Holt (Greene >> County); subpeona; >> >> William Cocke vs. James Ore; September 1804 >> >> >> >> Joseph Holt, Barrett Holt; Subpeona; William >> Cocke vs. William Smith; >> >> September 1805 >> >> >> >> David Holt (Greene County); subpoena Samuel >> Stinson, et al. vs. John >> >> Russell; March 1808 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email >> to [email protected] with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.16.10/624 - Release Date: 1/12/2007 > 2:04 PM > >

I emailed another person who had a Randall Holt then later a Joseph Murphy in Running Water town near Limeston Co Alabama. Does this line have an Eli? Joyce Gaston Reece ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 8:29 PM Subject: Re: [HOLT] Washington/Greene Co TN > It looks to me that you have the Randall Holt line from Hog Island, VA > You > can see these in lineages of some of my Family Tree DNA Holt Surname > Project > members on http://www.holtfamilydnaproject.com > Ed Holt, Administrator > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joyce G. Reece" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 7:16 PM > Subject: [HOLT] Washington/Greene Co TN > > >> In Washington County Tennessee Court Records is found: >> >> James Penney, Daniel Kennedy, Dr. William Holt and Baldwin Harcle bond to >> prosecute with Abram Broyles: case of Broyles vs. Penny, Kennedy, July >> 14, 1799 >> >> David Holt, Joseph Holt (Greene County): subpoena; State vs. William >> Smith; September 2, 1802 >> >> Joseph Holt (Greene County); subpeona; State vs. William Smith; September >> 7, 1802 >> >> David Holt, Joseph Holt and Barrett Holt (Greene County); subpeona; >> William Cocke vs. James Ore; September 1804 >> >> Joseph Holt, Barrett Holt; Subpeona; William Cocke vs. William Smith; >> September 1805 >> >> David Holt (Greene County); subpoena Samuel Stinson, et al. vs. John >> Russell; March 1808

Holt Assoc Email is [email protected] . Joan De Vour On Jan 13, 2007, at 11:51 AM, Betty Faye Lawton wrote: > Sorry, but in my 'puter crashes, I've lost the email and snail mail > addresses for The HOLT Association ...all I can remember is it's > located in NH. > Surely , SOME ONE on the -List can provide the addresses! > > BFaye > On Saturday, Jan 13, 2007, at 13:48 US/Eastern, [email protected] wrote: > > >> And that e-mail address would be? Jan >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HOLT- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > >