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Confederate Soldier Henry Holt[1, 2, 3]

Male 1834 - 1903  (68 years)


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  • Name Henry Holt 
    Title Confederate Soldier 
    Born 8 Sep 1834  Milton Township, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 10 Jul 1903  Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Holt Family Cemetery (Highway 62 Between Milton and Yanceyville) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I29481  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Giles Carter of Henrico
    Last Modified 4 Dec 2019 

    Father Richard Holt,   b. Abt 1802, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Caswell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Susannah Barnett,   b. Abt 1810, Virginia or North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 20 Apr 1829  Caswell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah Jane Barksdale 'Sallie' Powell,   b. 12 Jun 1840, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Oct 1933, Blanch, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 28 Nov 1856  Person County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Marriage Record
      Groom: Henry Holt; bride: Sallie Powell; date: 28 Nov 1856;
      county: Person; bondsman: Dolphin Holt. Source: Marriage
      Bonds in NC to 1868 (Grooms),
      http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mwellis/NCto1868

      !MARRIAGE:Details: Research of Mrs. Jayne Davis Szaz in the
      CCHA Files., Details: Research of Mrs. Jayne Davis Szaz in
      the CCHA Files.
    Children 
     1. Eli Holt,   b. Abt 1859,   d. Bef 1890, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 31 years)
     2. Nancy Holt,   b. 1859, Caswell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1868, Caswell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 9 years)
     3. Sarah Jane Holt,   b. 1862, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Feb 1928  (Age 66 years)
     4. Henrietta Holt,   b. 15 Nov 1863, Estelle, Caswell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Oct 1941, Caswell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. Calvin Lea Holt,   b. 28 Feb 1867, Milton Township, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1953, Yanceyville, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     6. Richard Bijas Holt,   b. 1 Sep 1870, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1948, Danville, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     7. Susan Catherine Holt,   b. 5 Sep 1872, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1948, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)
     8. John D. Holt,   b. Abt 1876, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1927, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 51 years)
    +9. Daisy W. Holt,   b. 26 May 1876, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1908, Caswell, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
     10. Beverly Henry Holt,   b. 20 May 1884, Milton Township, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 1975, Norfolk, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     11. Arthur D. Holt,   b. 4 Aug 1886, Caswell County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1967, Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     12. Spurgeon Holt,   b. Bef 1900
    Last Modified 9 May 2012 
    Family ID F11709  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Danville, Virginia Civil War Prisoners Held in Warehouse
    Danville, Virginia Civil War Prisoners Held in Warehouse
    Henry Van Der Weyde, Civil War Artist.jpg

    Documents
    Certificate-Release of Prisoner of War
    Certificate-Release of Prisoner of War
    hholt.jpg

  • Notes 
    • Henry Holt (1834-1903)

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      (1834-1903)" />


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      image)

      _______________

      From Family Records: Henry Holt (Co H 18 Regiment Infantry
      CSA Sept 8, 1834-July 10, 1903).

      Holt, Henry, Private, Company H, 48th NC Regimetn: Resided
      in Davidson or Caswell County and enlisted in Wayne County
      on May 8, 1862, for the war. Reported present in
      September-October, 1862. Detailed as a shoemaker at
      Danville, Virginia, on or about November 15, 1862. Reported
      on detail as a shoemaker through June 25, 1864. Rejoined
      the company on an unspecified date. Reported present in
      September-October, 1864. Captured at Hatcher's Run,
      Virginia, April 2, 1865. Confined at Point Lookout,
      Maryland, April 6, 1865. Released at Point Lookout on June
      14, 1865, after taking the Oath of Allegiance. Source:
      North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, page 462. Source:
      Research of Mrs. Jayne Davis Szaz in the CCHA Files

      Certificate of Release of Prisoner of War
      Head Quarters, Point Lookout, MD.
      Provost Marshal's Office, June 14, 1865
      I hereby Certify that H. Holt
      Prisoner of War, having this day taken the Oath of
      Allegiance to
      the United States, is in conformity with instructions from
      the War
      Department, hereby released and discharged.
      In witness whereof, I hereunto affix my official Signature
      and Stamp.
      A. W. Brady
      Maj. and Provost Marshal.

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      United States of America
      I, Henry Holt, of the County of Caswell Co, State of N.C.,
      do solemnly swear that I will support, protect, and defend
      the Constitution and Government of the United States
      against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign; that I
      will bear true faith, allegiance, and loyalty to the same,
      any ordinance, resolution, or laws of any State,
      Convention, or Legislature, to the contrary
      notwithstanding; and further, that I will faithfully
      perform all the duties which may be required of me by the
      laws of the United States; and I take the oath freely and
      voluntarily without any mental reservation or evasion
      whatever.

      Henry (his mark) Holt
      Witness: W. E. Brady

      Subscribed and sworn to before me, this Fourteenth day of
      June, A.D. 1865
      A. W. Brady, Major(?) __ __ ______
      The above-named has fr (fair?) complexion, blk hair, and
      _____ ______, and is six feet ?1/8 inches high.

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      Oath and Parole

      "I do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I
      will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the
      Constitution of the United States, and the Union of the
      States thereunder; and that I will in like manner abide by
      and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during
      the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long
      and so far as not repealed, modified or held void by
      Congress, or by decision of the Supreme Court; and that I
      will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all
      proclamations of the President made during the existing
      rebellion, having reference to slaves, so long and so far
      as not modified or declared void by decision of the Supreme
      Court,--So help me God; and I give my solemn parole of
      honor (to be enforced according to military law,) that I
      will hold no correspondence with, or afford any aid or
      comfort to any enemies or opposers of the United States,
      save as an act of humanity, to administer to the
      necessities of individuals, who are in sickness or
      distress; and I solemnly declare that this Oath and Parole
      is taken and given freely and willingly, without any mental
      reservation or evasion whatever, and with full intention to
      keep the same."

      Source: Research of Mrs. Jayne Davis Szaz in the CCHA Files

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      May have had children named Nealie Holt who married June
      Brandon and a Spurgeon Holt. Source: Research of Mrs. Jayne
      Davis Szaz in the CCHA Files.
      _______________


      !NAME:Details: October 12, 1999, Letter from Mrs. Jayne
      Davis Szaz in the CCHA Files., Details: October 12, 1999,
      Letter from Mrs. Jayne Davis Szaz in the CCHA Files.

      !BIRTH:Details: Holte, Ritchard & Susanah Barot, 20 Apr
      1829 (Elijah Holte, Wm. L. Allen, JP) Source: Caswell
      County, North Carolina Ma, Details: Holte, Ritchard &
      Susanah Barot, 20 Apr 1829 (Elijah Holte, Wm. L. Allen, JP)
      Source: Caswell County, North Carolina Ma

      !BIRTH:U.S. Census 1900: North Carolina, Caswell county,
      Milton, U.S. Census 1900: North Carolina, Caswell county,
      Milton

      !DEATH:Details: Holte, Ritchard & Susanah Barot, 20 Apr
      1829 (Elijah Holte, Wm. L. Allen, JP) Source: Caswell
      County, North Carolina Ma, Details: Holte, Ritchard &
      Susanah Barot, 20 Apr 1829 (Elijah Holte, Wm. L. Allen, JP)
      Source: Caswell County, North Carolina Ma

  • Sources 
    1. [S84] Rootsweb, http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ncccha/pdf/holt/descendantsofrichardholtII.pdf.
      Descendants of Richard Holt and Susanna Barnett, d/o John Barnett. Susanna was born in 1805 in Person County, NC and died Aft. 1860. Sarah Barksdale Powell married Henry Holt; this information is about the Holt Family.
      The sources for Richard Holt and his wife, father-in-law, John Barnett, and children come from the research of Mary Leigh Boisseau, 3240 Drury Lane, Danville, Virginia 24540-6132, which was commissioned by name and address withheld. Mary Leigh listed her sources all together so I cannot be sure which facts came from which sources. Those sources: Person County, North Carolina 1850, 1860 and 1870 Federal Censuses; MB's; wills; Caswell County Death Records and Marriage Bonds; Halifax County Virginia 1850 Federal Census.

    2. [S174] Civil War documents/information, https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/113638723/person/230121981241/media/45db0f7a-b4aa-4ba5-a4bd-71cac100804d?_phsrc=XFO13356&usePUBJs=true.

    3. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74519803/henry-holt.
      Henry Holt
      Birth 8 Sep 1834
      Death 10 Jul 1903 (aged 68)
      Burial: Holt-Gillespie Family Cemetery
      Estelle, Caswell County, North Carolina