In the 1880 census James states that he was born in Indiana and that his parents were both born in Tennnessee. The naming pattern of his children seems to match that of a Henry Holt, b. @ 1813 in Tennessee, found in 1860 in McCameron, Martin County, Indiana. James did name his first child Henry, so it is a possibility. There is an Andrew Holt, b @ 1838 in Indiana, also living in Greene County in 1860, althou not in the same town as James and Amanda.