This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eej.2ACIB/2919.1 Message Board Post: Hi Judy, Here is a link that I think shows Mary and her ancestors back to a Holt in 1601 Germany http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=s_d_arnold&id=I15131 Also here is some mostly census information. Hope it helps. (not related) Good Luck! John 1920 Fort Worth Ward 6, Tarrant, Texas Mary Hooks abt 1858 North Carolina White Head O C Hooks abt 1897 Texas White Son (Garage manager) 1910 Fort Worth Ward 1, Tarrant, TX Mary E Hooks abt 1858 North Carolina Head (Widow) (7 children, 6 still alive) Oscar L Hooks abt 1886 Texas Son (Traveling advertizer for a starch factory) Thomas J Hooks abt 1889 Texas Son (Traveling advertizer for a starch factory) Orion C Hooks abt 1896 Texas Son Fred G Baker abt 1872 Illinois Son-in-law (Grain buyer for a milling company) Edna E Baker abt 1882 Arkansas Daughter (Milliner at a millinery store) <This would be a women's hat saleswoman at a women's hat store> Fort Worth Ward 12, Tarrant, TX Jesse Holt abt 1877 Texas Head May Holt abt 1880 Arkansas Wife Marie Holt abt 1905 Texas Daughter Burtis Holt abt 1909 Texas Son 1900 Abilene Ward 4, Taylor, Texas Thomas Hooks abt Jul 1850 Alabama White Head (Married 1875) (? keeper) <Looks like hotel keeper> Mary E Hooks abt Oct 1857 North Carolina White Wife (7 children, 6 still alive) May Hooks abt Mar 1879 Arkansas White Daughter (Music teacher) Edna Hooks abt Dec 1881 Arkansas White Daughter Oscar Hooks abt Mar 1886 Texas White Son Jeff Hooks abt Mar 1889 Texas White Son Conrad Hooks abt Mar 1896 Texas White Son 1880 Mt Vernon, Faulkner, AR Thomas J. Hooks abt 1851 Alabama Georgia Georgia Self (Farmer) Mollie E. Hooks abt 1858 North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina Wife Charles H. Hooks abt 1877 Arkansas Son Nina M. Hooks abt 1879 Arkansas Daughter Laura Hooks abt 1880 Arkansas Daughter <A few houses away><Guessing this is Mary's family> Henry G. Holt abt 1834 North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina Self (Blacksmith) Susan E. Holt abt 1834 North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina Wife John W. Holt abt 1862 North Carolina Son Isabella F. Holt abt 1864 North Carolina Daughter James H. Holt abt 1866 North Carolina Son Susan J. Holt abt 1868 North Carolina Daughter Lula E. Holt abt 1870 North Carolina Daughter Joanna Holt abt 1872 Arkansas Daughter 1870 Williamsburg, Rockingham, NC <This family is shown as "Hold"><Guessing this is Mary's family> Henry G Holt abt 1833 North Carolina Male Susan E Holt abt 1834 North Carolina Female <Shown as Luran E> Mary E Holt abt 1858 North Carolina Female John W Holt abt 1861 North Carolina Male Isabella T Holt abt 1863 North Carolina Female James Holt abt 1865 North Carolina Male Susan H Holt abt 1866 North Carolina Female Thos V Holt abt 1869 North Carolina Female 1860 Southern Division, Rockingham, NC <Guessing this is Mary's family> Henry Holt abt 1834 North Carolina Male Susan Holt abt 1838 North Carolina Female Mary Holt abt 1857 North Carolina Female Infant not named Holt abt 1859 North Carolina Female <Maybe died before 1870> ===== <Guessing this is Henry and Susan> North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Groom: Henry Holt Bride: Susan Setliff Bond Date: 04 Aug 1853 Bond #: 000120076 Marriage Date: 15 Aug 1853 Level Info: North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 ImageNum: 007119 County: Rockingham Record #: 01 115 Bondsman: T M Cole Witness: T B Wheeler, Clerk of Court Performed By: Robt Shreve ===== American Civil War Soldiers <Guessing this is Henry> Name: Henry G Holt Residence: Rockingham County, North Carolina Occupation: Mechanic Enlistment Date: 10 May 1861 Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE Side Served: Confederacy State Served: North Carolina Unit Numbers: 124 124 Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 10 May 1861 at the age of 27 Enlisted in Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 10 May 1861. Received a disability discharge Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment North Carolina on 15 August 1861 ===== 1850 Northern Division, Guilford, NC <This is a guess, but only Henry Holt born in North Carolina between 1929-1939> Thomas S Holt abt 1801 North Carolina (Blacksmith) Elizabeth Holt abt 1804 North Carolina Lydia Holt abt 1828 North Carolina Eliza Holt abt 1831 North Carolina Henry Holt abt 1834 North Carolina (Farmer) Sarah Holt abt 1843 North Carolina Thomas Holt abt 1846 North Carolina 1840 Not Stated, Guilford, North Carolina Thomas S Holt