Joyce, I see on the information of Holt's in Illinois, that it mentions that a family named Sharp raised your grandfather.. This interests me, as Noah Bradburn Holt son of Pascal Holt born ca 1800 in Va. and wife Rachel Jones, married an Emilia Lawson, daughter of James and Elizabeth Croley Lawson, their descendants had Sharp marriage l don't know the details by memory..but will send you JoAnn PUlizos email as she does have details being a descendant of Noah B. Holt. She lives in the Alton, Illinois area. Rita Holt ----- Original Message ----- From: Joytohal@cs.com Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 9:26 PM To: HOLT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [HOLT-L] Re: Holt's of Illinois In a message dated 5/6/02 8:20:06 PM Central Daylight Time, ppool@cox.net writes: > Can someone out there tell me where Clay Co. Il is and what the name of > the county seat is? Someone from outside my holt line was born there > and the only info on parents is their names. Thanks, Plp Search the Internet keyword Clay County,Illinois. Granite City is in Madison County, Illinois. Joyce Holt Taylor ==== HOLT Mailing List ==== ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237