Colonel John Holt

Biography

Colonel John Holt was born in 1772 in Virginia, USA. His parents were Samuel Holt and Elizabeth Povall Holt.

John married Eleanor K Holt. Together they had the following children:

• Brig. General Joseph Holt (USA), Judge Advocate General of the U.S. Army, U.S. Postmaster General and Secretary of War;
• James J. Holt;
• Thomas Holt;
• Elizabeth Ann Sterett;
• Judge Robert Stephens Holt.

He died in 1838 in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA and was buried in Holt Family Cemetery, Holt, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA.

• BIRTH 1772 - Virginia, USA
• DEATH 11 Sep 1838 (aged 65–66) - Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA
• BURIAL Holt Family Cemetery, Holt, Breckinridge County, Kentucky, USA
• MEMORIAL ID 54639724 · View Source

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54639724/john-washington-holt

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• JOHN W HOLT SETTLED 2 MILES WEST OF WHAT IS NOW STEPHENSPORT, BRECKINRIDGE COUNTY KENTUCKY.
• HE MARRIED ELEANOR STEPHENS IN 1803.
• HIS ORIGINAL HOUSE, WHERE HIS CHILDREN WERE BORN, SUPPOSEDLY BURNED AFTER HE DIED. HE DIED IN 1838 AT AGE 66, SO HE WAS BORN ABOUT 1772, PROBABLY IN VIRGINIA.

Inscription
Aged 66 years
May he rest in peace