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    1. [HOLT-L] William and Lucy Saunders Holt of Virginia
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    3. These from old documents in the William and Mary Collection . Lucy Saunders-wife of Dr. William Holt was of Highland Scotch descent according to an old family paper belonging to Mrs. E. H. Foltz of Jackson Mississippi, which paper states that Dr. William Holt was a Captain of Infantry in Gen. George Washington's Army of the American Revolution , and after the war he practiced medicine and surgery.(hand written addendum by submitter, "my great grand mother") A letter from Miss Ruth Stockett of Jackson, Miss gives this information: "Lucy Saunders , as I understand it, was pure Scotch. She belonged to the Virginia family of that name. She was pictured to us of the younger generation as being a woman of much charm, culture and force of Charater." Lucy Saunders-(wife of Dr. William Holt), in the old Holt Bible belonging to Miss Mary Arinton Johnson , parents are given as Thomas Saunders of New Kent Co., VA. And Elizabeth Rice of King and Queen Co., VA. The marriage of Lucy Saunders and William Holt was in Bedford Co., VA, Dec 29, 1785. (hand written addendum by submitter: "my great grandmother)

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