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Timothy Holt
Male 1753 - 1822

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  • Birth  1753  , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  15 Mar 1822  , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried  Warren Family Cemetery, , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I3482  Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri
    Last Modified  14 Nov 2008 
     
    Father  Robert Holt,   b. Abt 1717,   d. 1807 
    Mother  Elizabeth Warren,   b. Abt 1729, , Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID  F1438  Group Sheet
     
    Family  Elizabeth Chambers,   b. Abt 1754, , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1821, , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  21 Jul 1774  , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    >1. Lucy E. Holt,   b. 4 Jul 1776, , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Oct 1840, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >2. Abner Holt, Sr.,   b. 29 Dec 1776, , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1832, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >3. Elizabeth Holt,   b. 13 Mar 1781, , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 1850 and 1860, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >4. Robert Holt,   b. 24 May 1783, , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Apr 1851, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >5. Hiram Holt,   b. 16 Sep 1785, , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 16 Oct 1840, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >6. John H. Holt,   b. 12 Jul 1787, , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Sep 1864, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >7. Mary Jane Holt,   b. 12 Feb 1790, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1858, , Callaway, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Ann Holt,   b. 24 Aug 1792, , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     9. William Price Holt,   b. 30 Dec 1794, , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1814, , Halifax, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified  14 Nov 2008 
    Family ID  F1431  Group Sheet
     
  • Notes 
    • Timothy Holt was born about 1753 in Virginia. He married Elizabeth Chambers, daughter of John Chambers and ? First wife (_____), on 21 July 1774. He died on 29 March 1821 in Halifax County, Virginia. He was buried in the Warren Family Cemetery, in the woods near Afton. Timothy Holt was a planter.

      1774-January 26 Halifax Co VA:From Henry Chambers and John Chambers of Halifax to Thomas Stanfield of same, for ?280 a certain tract of abt 305A of land in H on Lawson's Ck adj lands of John Chambers and John Link. Signed: Henry Chambers, Jno Chambers. Wit: Robert Stanfield, Timothy Holt, James (his mark) Turner, Jonathan Gibson, Mary the wife of the said Henry, relinquished her right of dower. Rec: 4-21-1774 p42 (p264) 14 7/20

      In 1778 he purchased land in Halifax County, Virginia, from James Warren, 180 acres on Warren's Creek. The deed was witnessed by James Dyal/Dial. He was included on the tax list in 1782 in Halifax County, Virginia.

      In May 1782 Timothy Holt was listed on a public service claim as furnishing supplies for the Revolutionary Cause in Halifax County, Virginia. (Daughters of the American Revolution, compiler, Patriot Index, page 340)

      In June 1795 William Warren, John's fourth son, and Timothy Holt, his grandson, as executors of the estate, submitted to the Person Court an accounting of the sale of John's personal property as required by the terms of the will. The total value of items sold: 140 pounds, 13 shillings, 7 pence.

      1821, 1 June. Halifax Co. In performance of an order of the County Court of Halifax, for the purpose of appraising the slaves & other personal Estate of Timothy Holt, dec'd, we the undersigned commissioners having performed that duty and find the same to amount to Three Thousand, Two Hundred and Thirteen Dollars, & Fifty Four Cents as more fully appears from a Reference to the above. Given under hands this 1st day of June 1821. /s/ William Stanfield; Benj. Adams; Jno. W. Blackwell, Appraisers.
      1821, 1 June. Halifax Co. (towit) The foregoing serves as an Inventory of the Estate of Timothy Holt, dec'd and is certified by us as such. /s/ Robert Holt; Robert Brandon, administrators. [ accompanied by an extensive inventory]
      The burial data was received from Holland Warren, author of Warren & Related Families of NC & VA. Warren states he located the cemetery of John Warren near the village of Alton, in the woods. He believes this to have been the original plantation of John Warren, father of Elizabeth Warren, Mother of Timothy. He also states there is a grave of Elizabeth Holt, wife of Timothy.

      The following is from the Pioneer Families of Missouri book written in 1876, which is not always accurate:
      HOLT, Timothy Holt, of Halifax Co., VA., married ELIZABETH CHAMBERS, and they had Abner, Hiram, Robert, John, William, Lucy E., Elizabeth, Jane, and Ann. Abner married ELIZABETH BROOKS, of VA., and settled in Callaway Co. in 1819. They had Timothy, James, Robert, John, William P., Hiram, Abner, Jr., Elijah, Susan and Elizabeth C. Hiram, son of Timothy Holt, Sr., was married twice, his first wife being JANE STANFIELD, and his second, her sister, NANCY STANFIELD. He settled in Callaway Co. in 1826. His children were Ann, William, Abner, Elizabeth, Jane, Emeline, Mary, Margaret, Lucy, Hiram, Jr., and Ashley.