Abner Holt, Sr. b. 29 Dec 1776 , Halifax, Virginia, USA d. 27 Feb 1832 , Callaway, Missouri, USA: Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

1776 - 1832

Headstones		Abner Holt Sr. Abner Holt, died Feb. 27, 1832, aged 55 years. Abner Holt Sr. was born in Hlaifax Virginia on Dec. 29, 1776. He was a son of Timothy Holt and Elizabeth Chambers. He was my 4th great granduncle. On Jan. 6, 1801 in Halifax Co., Virginia, he married Elizabeth Brooks.…

Suffix Sr.

Birth 29 Dec 1776 , Halifax, Virginia, USA

Gender Male

Died 27 Feb 1832 , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Buried Old Prospect Methodist Cemetery, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Person ID I3546 Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri

Last Modified 29 Apr 2008

Father Timothy Holt, b. 1753, , Halifax, Virginia, USA , d. 15 Mar 1822, , Halifax, Virginia, USA

Mother Elizabeth Chambers, b. Abt 1754, , Halifax, Virginia, USA , d. 25 Jul 1821, , Halifax, Virginia, USA

Married 21 Jul 1774 , Halifax, Virginia, USA

Family ID F1431 Group Sheet

Family Elizabeth Brooks, b. 27 Aug 1781, , Halifax, Virginia, USA , d. 23 Aug 1868, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Married 6 Jan 1801 , Halifax, Virginia, USA

Children

>	1. Susan Holt, b. 22 Nov 1801, , , Virginia, USA , d. 20 Jan 1875, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	2. Timothy Holt, b. 1804 ?, d. Yes, date unknown
>	3. James Holt, b. 13 Jan 1806, , , Virginia, USA , d. 3 Jul 1894
	4. Robert Holt, d. Bef 1832
>	5. John Friskin Holt, b. 29 Nov 1810, , , Tennessee, USA , d. 25 Apr 1895, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
>	6. William Price Holt, b. 8 Mar 1813, , , Tennessee, USA , d. 27 Nov 1870, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
>	7. Hiram Holt, b. 28 Dec 1815, , , Tennessee, USA , d. 24 Dec 1851, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
>	8. Abner Holt, Jr., b. 26 Jun 1818, , , Tennessee, USA , d. 31 May 1895, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
>	9. Elijah Holt, b. 10 Mar 1821, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 5 Feb 1897, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
>	10. Elizabeth Callaway Holt, b. 7 May 1824, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 6 Apr 1898

Last Modified 10 Mar 2006

Family ID F1387 Group Sheet

Notes	Abner Holt was born on 29 December 1776 in Halifax County, Virginia. A bond for the marriage of he and Elizabeth Brooks, daughter of James Brooks and Susan Price, was signed on 6 January 1801 in Halifax County, Virginia; bondsman was her father, James Brooks. Surety was Joel Watkins, witness was Elizabeth Brooks. He died on 27 February 1832 in Callaway County, Missouri, at age 55. He was buried in Old Prospect Methodist Episcopal Church Cemetery, near New Bloomfield. Abner Holt and Elizabeth Brooks resided between 1806 and 1819 in Williamson County, Tennessee. He was included on the tax list in 1823 in Callaway County, Missouri. Abner Holt left a will on 23 January 1832 in Callaway County, Missouri; Will of Abner Holt, dated 23 January 1832, proved 19 March 1832, mentions land in Cole County, Missouri. Wife, Elizabeth Holt; Slave, Siah; Daughters, Susannah Bennett, Elizabeth Holt; Sons, Timothy Holt, James Holt, John Holt, William P. Holt, Hiram Holt, Abner Holt, Elijah Holt Witness: John Holt, Jr. (Callaway County Land Deeds, Volume C, page 110) From census data on birth place for children, that Abner Holt Sr. went to Tennessee before he settled in Missouri. They settled in Callaway Co, MO in 1819. The following is from the Pioneer Families of Missouri book written in 1876, which is not always accurate: 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. HOLTS SUMMIT Abner Holt was the son of Timothy Holt Sr. and Elizabeth Chambers. Born in Halifax, Va., Abner later married Elizabeth Brooks, and together they packed up their belongings and headed their wagon toward Tennessee. It didn't take them long to witness the rapid settlement of that state in the first quarter of the 19th century. In 1819, they again ventured west, setting their sights upon the sparsely populated wilderness of central Missouri. Abiding the winter in Howard County, Elizabeth and her children joined the men in the Spring of 1820 in their newly cleared homestead in Callaway County. Abner soon constructed a mill in the southern portion of the county, which later attracted other newly arriving settlers. One of those settlers would be Hiram Holt, Abner's brother, who brought his family to Callaway in 1826. Abner and Elizabeth had three sons: James, Elijah, and John. James is credited with actually becoming the founder of what would later be called Holts Summit, though many relations assisted him in the effort. The Holt family chose a vast tract of land approximately 20 miles southwest of Fulton to plant their roots. James worked several years in his father's mill, the experience enabling him to eventually pursue a successful professional career. James eventually married Lucy Reynolds, and together with his son, Timothy, constructed a general store, which also served as a post office. The store was named Holts Summit because it was the highest piece of land from "there to the river." Elijah and John, along with Perry Simeon Holts (John's son) all contributed to the eventual successful community development of Holts Summit. After the Civil War, Missouri and other midwestern states began to receive a growing number of fresh settlers; some corning from the reconstructed South, while others were fresh off boats from Europe. Callaway County received its share of these expectant pilgrims. The newcomers sought land with convenient access to the supplies that enabled survival. James and Timothy's store reaped success with its own measure of needy settlers. By 1870, population was sufficient within the region to petition the county fathers for town status. Timothy Holt, who had married Elizabeth Clatterbuck, was ready to play his role in the town's creation. On September 7, 1870, Timothy plotted the city limits within the oak laden bluffs of Cedar Township, and the town of Holts Summit was officially born. The town quickly began to grow. By 1884, the town's population had reached 75 hardy settlers. A listing of merchants and professionals of 1884 gives the reader an idea of how active the town had become. The list included such proprietors as J. J. Brown and Co., timber; William Bushnell, blacksmith; J. W. Burks, collection agent and lawyer; M. D. L. Dunn, lawyer; R. P. Nichols, teacher; H. C. Oliver, Justice of the Peace; Overstreet & Bennett, livestock; R. Warfield, coal miner; James Lee, Constable; Rev. M. B. Broadus, Methodist minister; and Rev. S. H. Pollard, Baptist minister. Timothy Holts was listed as hotel proprietor and insurance agent, while Perry Simeon Holt ran the general store and produce. A foundation that precedes many of the merchants was the Union Hill Baptist Church. Originated in 1843, in a log structure erected north of Wainwright, the fellowship began as an interdenominational union church. By Holts Summit's inception, the church had become a Baptist congregation, worshipping in a finely built wooden structure in the town. When the C & A Railroad (originally called the Hibernia Line) laid tracks through the town, erecting a depot for traffickers, the population began to grow. But it was the construction of the bridge over the Missouri River in the 1890's that ensured Holts Summit's survival. And to this day, the overflow of Jefferson City suburbanites, along with families returning to their roots, serve to increase the size and quality of this original Callaway county community. His headstone in Old Prospect cemetery is very faded, but still readable, and still standing in good condition, as of May, 2007.

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Died - 27 Feb 1832 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Buried - - Old Prospect Methodist Cemetery, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

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