to John PENN: in looking at your inquirey this morning, i noticed the surnames PENN and HOLT. although the years that i am giving you are much earlier than the ones your requesting, i though that i would send them, along to you anyway , in hopes that as you trace further back, there may be a connection. these PENN and HOLT families were in SCIOTO county, where the ones you mentioned were also from. the following came from the 1870 census for Scioto county OHIO> PENN,Charles township of Brush Creek page 368 PENN,Jerome same as above. PENN, Johnson township of Clay page 385 HOLT,Albert township of Portsmouth page 538 HOLT, Catherine township of Brush Creek page377 HOLT, David township of Nile page 480 HOLT,Elias township of Nile page 484 HOLT, Henry C. township of Brush Creek page 377 HOLT. Jackson township of Brush Creek page 380 HOLT, Jackson township of Nile page 482 HOLT,John township of Nile page 482 HOLT, Malon township of Portsmouth page 604 HOLT, Nathan township of Brush Creek page 379 HOLT< Sarah township of Brush Creek page 379 HOLT, Wesley township of Rush page 653 HOLT, Willian township of Rush page654 HOLTS(S) Joudloop township of Jefferson page 431 ill check cenmetery books and court records for you later on today, and will get back to you if i find anything. sincerely maggie Coughlan cogger48