This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: DonnaBrooker46 Surnames: Holt, Walters, Claud, Cannaday Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.holt/3246.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, I read your post. According to 4 census' for Floyd County, Virginia: 1850 District 15 Spance Holt, 32, 1818, Floyd County, Virginia Catherine, 28, 1822, Floyd County, Virginia Marten, 19, 1831, Floyd County, Virginia Tenepas, 18, 1832, Floyd County, Virginia H. W., 16, 1834, Floyd County, Virginia Eliza, 14, 1836, Floyd County, Virginia Nancy, 13, 1837, Floyd County, Virginia Matilda, 12, 1838, Floyd County, Virginia Charles, 11, 1839, Floyd County, Virginia 1860 Floyd County Sparrell Holt, 40, 1820, Va Catherine, 34, 1826, Va Eliza, 23, 1837, Va Tempa, 25, 1835, Va Nancy A., 22, 1838, Va Matilda, 21, 1839, Va Charles, 20, 1840, Va 1870 Little River Spanel/Sparrel Holt, 52, 1818, Va Nancy, 28, 1842, Va Eliza, 29, 1841, Va Matilda, 26, 1844, Va living next door Charles M. Holt, 31, 1839, Va Amanda, 27, 1843, Va Spanel/Sparrel Adam, 3, 1867, Va James Patty, 1, 1869, Va William Walter, 1/12, May 1870 1880 District 29, Little River Charles Holt, 39, 1841, Va Va Va Amanda D., wife, 36, 1844, Va Va Va Sparil A., son, 13, 5 Oct 1866, Va Va Va James S., son, 11, 1869, Va Va Va William Walter, son, 10, 1870, Va Va Va Pallas Flora, dau, 8, 1872, Va Va Va Isabel Jane, dau, 6, 1874, Va Va Va Eliza Jane, sister, 42, 1838, Va Va VA Nancy Ann, sister, 41, 1839, Va Va Va living next door Sparrill Holt, 64, 1816, Va Va Va Isabel, wife, 34, 1846, Va Va Va Matilda E., dau, 9, 1871, Va Va Va Charles R., son, 8, 1872, Va Va Va John W., son, 4, 1876, Va Va Va Matilda F., ??sister??, 37, 1843, Va Va Va Sparrell Holt, a farmer, from Floyd County, Virginia enlisted 22 Apr 1864 for Virginia in the Confederacy. He joined Company A 54th Infantry Regiment. Sparrel Holt enlisted as a Private into Company H, 4th Reserves Infantry Regiment for the Confederacy of Virginia Source: The Virginia Regimental Histories Series. A Sparrel Holt served for Tennessee in Greene County as a Confederate. Isabel Holt petitioned a Civil War Confederate Pension application for soldier Sparrel Holt as his widow in the state of Tennessee. Application #: W2577 Spratley Holt & Nancy Walters married 2 Jan 1820 Montgomery County, Virginia Spratley Holt & Elizabeth Claud married 17 Jun 1799 Southampton County, Virginia Newt Holt, son of Sprattley Holt, married Martha Cannaday 28 Jul 1834 Franklin County, Virginia US Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 from Floyd County, Virginia Spratrey Holt from the Western District, Floyd County, Virginia died December 1849, at the age of 77. He was born in the year 1773 in New Hamsphire and was of Filipino decent. He worked as a Cooper and had been ill for at lease 1 year. He died of Dropsey as a free man. 1810 Sussex, Sussex County, Virginia Spratley Holt living next door Herbert Holt 1820 Southern District, Bedford County, Virginia Spradly Holt 1830 Newburn, Montgomery County, Virginia Spatry Holt 1840 Norfolk County, Virginia S. Holt If you have concluded that Spratley Holt is Charles M. Holt's father, then Sparrell Holt's name has been misspelled for over 30 yrs., which is unlikely. Hope this helps. Donna Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.