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From: "Donald Jones" <>
Subject: Re: [TNCOCKE-L] Holt Line in East Tennessee
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 20:41:09 -0500


I need to talk to someone about the following information on the TN Cocke
Co. list.
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From: Raholt <>
To: <>
Date: Sunday, June 13, 1999 5:37 AM
Subject: [TNCOCKE-L] Holt Line in East Tennessee


>Now this is what I believe to be my family line. From Jesse and Delilah
>Taylor Holt, I am certain that they are my ancestors, but from Jacob
>back to Wyatt, there is still no proof but it believed to be fact. I
>would like to publicly thank Jean Holt for sharing her information with
>me. I appreciate it. What I am looking for now is to find anyone
>else who is descended from any of these people, particualarly anyone
>else descended from Jacob Holt's children or from any of the children of
>Jesse and Delilah Holt. I'm hoping that someone else out there may have
>found something concrete to support this truely being my family line.
>
>
>Wyatt Holt b. 1772 in Virginia or North Carolina d Nov 4, 1864 in
>Greene County Tennesee. Married twice. First wife's name Unknown.
>Second wife: Mary
>
> Wyatt Holt and first wife, had the following children
>:
>1. Mary Holt, b ca 180l d btwn 1851-1859 wed....Rev. Jonathan King
>Nov 14, 1822, Buncombe, Co.NC
>
>2 Samuel Holt, b ca 1802 d before 1880 wed..1.Aseanette Bradley
>2. Mary 'Polly' Skiles
>
> 3. un-named male, b ca 1804 d before 1820 as
>found only in 1810 census
>
> 4. Elizbeth Elmina "Emily" Holt b ca 1805
>wed... a Mr. __?__
>
>5. Jacob Holt, b ca 1807 (see details below)
>
>6. James Holt, b ca 1809 d btwn 1871-1879 wed...Margaret ___?____
>
>7. Jesse Holt, b Mar 26, 1811 d July 16, 1881 wed...Elizabeth Crum
> Oct. 15, 1829 Caney Branch
>
> 8. female ? b ca 1812
>
> 9. female? b ca 1815
>
>10. female? b ca 1818....could this girl be Miral Holt, living with
>Jacob's wife Eve in 1850 census
>
>11.. Jonas Holt, b ca 1821 d Aug 31, 1845 No known wife
> (MaryAnn Hale married Jesse Holt's son, Jonas.)
>
>12. Hiram Holt, b ca 1824 d btwm 1881-1899 wed...1. Isabella Gragg
>2. Jane Ren
>
> WYATT HOLT'S CHILDREN BY MARY
>
>13. Female child. Could this dau have been Lucinda Holt, b ca 1829
>???
>wed...Martin L. Crumb
>
>14. Jane Holt, b ca 1830
>
>15. Male child b ca 1831 died early?
>
>16. John Holt, b ca 1832 wed...Elizabeth Gregg Aug 28, 185l. No issue.
>
>17. Male child, b ca 1834 was in 1840 census but not 1850 census when
>he would have beenage 16.
>
>18. Mahala "Aty or Ala", b Sept 24, 1836 d Aug 13, 1901
>wed...Samuel Gregg Oct 9, 1854
>
>19. Male child, b ca 1837 was in 1840 census but not 1850 census
>d ? when
>he would have been age 13
>.
>20. Catharine "Katy", b ca 1839 d ? wed...Robert McKamey Aug 30, 1857
>
>21. Isaac, b ca 1841 with family in 1850
>
>22. Margaret, b ca 1844 with family in 1850
>
>23. Oliver P., b ca 1849 with family in 1850
>
>
>Jacob Holt b. abt 1807 in either Tennessee or North Carolina d. Sept
>17, 1844 in Greene County, Tennessee. Married: Aug 18, 1825 in Greene
>County to Eve Crum b. abt 1806 d. after 1880 in Greene County, Tennessee
>
>Children:
>
>1. Jesse J. Holt b: June 1826 (see details below)
>
>2. Joseph Holt b. Abt 1828 Died Aug 13, 1844
>
>3. Samuel Holt b, January 8, 1830 in Tennessee d. January 27, 1902 in
>Greene County Tennessee Married Elizabth Seaton b. July 16, 1834 d.
>Apr 20, 1900 in Greene County Tennessee
>
>4. Jonas Holt b. 1832 in Greene County, Tn. d. Greene County, Tn
>Married May 7, 1857 in Greene County Tn. Margaret Seaton b. 1837
>Greene County, Tn
>
>5. John Holt b. 1834 Married 1866 Margaret Sauceman
>
>6. Franklin Holt b. abt 1836 d. in Texas Married Nancy Elizabeth Light
>b. 1836
>
>7. Andrew Holt b. 1839 d. in Texas Married March 1870 Sarah Ann Light b.
>1839
>
>8. James Holt b. abt 1841 in Greene County Tn. d.
>Married Sarah Anne Renner Apr 20, 1843 d. Apr 10, 1923
>
>9. Martha Holt b. 1842
>
>
>Jesse J. (probably Joseph) Holt b: June 1826 in Tennessee d: 1902 Cocke
>County, Tenneseee married: March 21, 1847 in Greene County Tennessee
>Delilah Taylor b: abt 1824 d: 1914 in Cocke County Tennessee. Moved
>from Greene County to Cocke County sometime between 1850 and 1860.
>
>Children of Jesse and Delilah
>
>1. Mary Elizabeth Holt b 1848 in Greene County, Tennessee
>
>2. Sarah L Holt b: abt 1852 in Greene or Cocke County Tennessee
>
>3. Martha A or L Holt b: 1854 Greene or Cocke County Tennessee d: 1928
>in Greene County, Tennessee Married an unknown Westmoreland
>
>4. John F. Holt b Feb 1857 Married: 1888 Susah H. Ottinger Oct 1869
>Children,
> a. Annamay Holtb: Cocke County, Tennesee, Mar. 26, 1891 d: Feb 2,
>1948
> b. Dessie V. Holtb; Apr 1893
> c Robert Bruce Holtb 1895
> d. Connie (male) Holt b Mar 1900
> e. Mattie Holt b: Apr 1906
> f. Mabel Holt
>
>5. Eliza C. Holt born abt 1859 Greene or Cocke County
>
>6. Andrew B. Holt (see below for details)
>
>7. Robert Holt b:Aug 1864 in Cocke County, Tennessee Married 1891 Mary
>Unknown
> children
> a. Mattie L. Holt. b. Feb 1893
> b. Sallie K. Holt b. May 1894
> c, Thelma Holt b. 1899
>
>8. Susan Holt b. abt 1867 in Cocke County Tennessee
>
>9. James Holt (twin to Jesse William or William Andrew Holt) b. Nov. 15,
>1869 in Cocke County, Tennessee. d. after 1945 in Oklahoma City
>Oklahoma Married: Lanora Unknown b: 1879
>Had one known son Fitzhue F. Holt b. Cocke County May 1898
>James perhaps after 1900 married Bessie Balch and moved to Oklahoma
>
>10. Jesse William or William Andrew Holt (twin of James) b. Nov 15,
>1869 d. June 26, 1923. married Carrie Vernichia Westmoreland b Apr 1882
>d. May 25, 1920
>. children:
> a Howard J.Holt b Jan 16, 1897 d. Aug 20, 1974
> b. Joseph Wheeler Holt b. Oct 5, 1899 d. Nov 12, 1972
> c. Clark Holt b. Aug 22, 1902 (died young)
> d. Willia Mae Holt b. Oct. 13, 1904 d. Oct 10, 1986
> e. Virgil F. Holt b. Jan 7, 1906 d. Jan 14, 1982
> f. Golda Marie Holt b. Jan 30, 1908 d. Sept 5, 1974
> g. Emerald Cecil Holt b. Nov 30, 1910 d. Mar 20, 1995
>
> Andrew Holt b: abt 1863 in Cocke County d: abt
>1921-1922 in Knoxville, Tn (have not found his
>death record or grave yet)
>Married July 24, 1886, in Cocke County,
> Idella (Della) Balch b: abt 1868 in Cocke County D:
>abt 1940 in Knoxville,
>Tn.
>(still haven't found her grave here yet) She was
>the daughter of Harvey
>Girdine Balch and Margaret Jane Faubion
>
>
>Children of Idella Balch and Andrew Holt are:
>
>
>1. Gertrude Holt, born Abt. 1887; died Abt. 1907.
>(never married to my
>knowledge)
>
>2 Margaret Ethel Holt, born September 08, 1890 in
>Cocke County,
>Tennessee died March 03, 1977 in Cocke
>County, Tennessee. Married:
>Ernest ElmerTrentham in Cocke County on January 20,
>1907
>Chilldren: Joseph Andrew Trentham, Sarah Kate Trentham, Charles Elmer
>Trentham, Dolly Glenna Trentham, Ida Edith Trentham
>
>3. Claude Holt, born April 3, 1892 in Cocke County
>Tennesse; died January
>21, 1959 in Knoxville Tennessee Married: Edna LeRue
>born April 18, 1895 died
>April 27, 1995 in Knoxville, Tn.
>Children: Charlotte Holt, Joseph Holt, Charles Holt, Hazel Holt, Nell
>Holt, Kathryn Holt
>
>4. Wayne Holt, born Abt. 1894 in Cocke County
>Tennessee; died January 23,
>1972. in Knoxville Tennessee. Married Willis Styles
>born June 8, 1895 and
>died November 1982 in Knoxville Tn.
>Children: Ralph Holt, Helen Holt, Hugh Holt
>
>5, Ottis or Otis Holt, born July 13, 1896 in Cocke
>County Tennessee; died
>September 1973 in Niles, Ohio Married Lela Brewer
>born: August 26, 1898
>died: June 1986 (probably also in Niles, Ohio)
>Children: Edith Mildred Holt
>
>6. Drew Holt, born Abt. 1898 in Cocke County,
>Tennessee; died abt 1934
>(nothing more is none about him)
>
>7. Edward Earl Holt, born Oct 12, 1901 in Cocke
>County, Tennessee; died
>October 1, 1969 Married abt 1925 Lola Elizabeth
>Jennings born: May 16,
>1896 Died: March 17, 1967. (these were my
>grandparents)
>
>8. Robert Holt, believed to be born December 9,
>1903 in Cocke County,
>Tennessee; died believed to be September 1962
>(probably in Niles Ohio) He
>was married but nobody seems to know to whom.
>
>9. Vernon Holt, born November 4, 1906 in Cocke
>County, Tennessee died:
>January 14, 1996 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Married
>twice but I don't have their names.
>No Children
>
>10. Bessie Holt, born May 26, 1909 in Cocke County,
>Tennessee; died August
>5, 1996 in Niles, Ohio. She was married twice, to
>an unknown Baker and later to John Patterson.
>Children from first marriage: Herbert L. Baker, Howard L. Baker,
>Harriet Baker
>
>
>
>
>
>
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>The first settlement of Cocke County was in the spring of 1783 when
>James Gilleland cleared cane from a tract of ground in the fork of the
>French Broad and Big Pigeon rivers, at the mouth of the latter, and
>cultivated corn, but no cabin was built at this time.
>From Ramsey's Annals of Tennessee
>

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