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Israel Holt was married in South Carolina, and from there came with his family to Texas in 1858, first making settlement in Cherokee County. Afterward he lived in Shelby County, and in that County passed the closing years of his life and died. He was a man of learning, educated above the ordinary, and was by occupation a teacher and surveyor. Both he and bis wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, south.His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson Holt, was a daughter of Maj. William Nelson, who served through the Revolutionary war as a major-general, and died in South Carolina, some years after that war. A record of their family of seven children reads as follows: John, who is one of the first settlers of eastern Texas, died in Shelby County; Mary, deceased wife of J. A. Lomax; Sarah A., wife of Dr. Russell; Martha, wife of Henry Garey, died in Shelby County; Leodicia, widow of Isaac Rundell, a resident of Bosque County; William, of Mississippi; and Elizabeth, wife of E. Covington, Shelby County. (Source: History of Texas, Central Texas, Vol I, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896 )
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Israel Holt was married in South Carolina, and from there came with his family to Texas in 1858, first making settlement in Cherokee County. Afterward he lived in Shelby County, and in that County passed the closing years of his life and died. He was a man of learning, educated above the ordinary, and was by occupation a teacher and surveyor. Both he and bis wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, south.His wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson Holt, was a daughter of Maj. William Nelson, who served through the Revolutionary war as a major-general, and died in South Carolina, some years after that war. A record of their family of seven children reads as follows: John, who is one of the first settlers of eastern Texas, died in Shelby County; Mary, deceased wife of J. A. Lomax; Sarah A., wife of Dr. Russell; Martha, wife of Henry Garey, died in Shelby County; Leodicia, widow of Isaac Rundell, a resident of Bosque County; William, of Mississippi; and Elizabeth, wife of E. Covington, Shelby County. (Source: History of Texas, Central Texas, Vol I, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1896 )
Family Members
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Frances "Frankie" Holt Harrison
1782 – unknown
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Joseph Marion "Joe" Holt Sr
1787–1854
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James Holt
1787 – unknown
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John Holt
1788–1805
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William Holt
1791–1840
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Henry Joshua Holt
1792–1864
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Elizabeth Holt Holt Franklin
1794–1870
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Mary Holt Kimbro
1795–1824
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Michael "Mike" Holt
1796–1842
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Barbara Holt Smith
1797–1824
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John Nelson Holt
1820–1897
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Mary Holt Lomax
1822–1854
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Sarah Allen Holt Russell
1825–1896
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Martha Wilkinson Holt Gary
1827–1894
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Leodicea Nelson "Aunt Dicey" Holt Rundell
1830–1913
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Elizabeth Frances Holt Fults
1836–1922
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Lettie T. Holt Huff
1845–1907
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Louisa Holt Lafon
1851–1923
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Robert Thaddaeus Holt
1856–1927
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James Oliver Holt
1856–1941
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