This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Holt, Jetton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/Eej.2ACIB/62.70.75.77.84.85.88.123.1 Message Board Post: My Holts are from Fort Smith, Arkansas - right on the border of Poteau, Oklahoma. They are of the Prussian variety and my great Grandfather "Fritz" (Frederich William) Holt was born "on the boat" in 1872 - I have since deduced that "the boat" may have been a river boat, as they lived in Illinois for some years before "landing" in Fort Smith. Any connection? Feel free to email me any time to compare notes or share photos and stories. Cheers!