Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
Birth Date1760
Birth PlaceDromore, County Down, NORTHERN IRELAND
Death Date1 Oct 1830
Death PlaceCentre County, PA, USA
Burial PlaceMilesburg Cemetery, Milesburg, Centre Co., PA, USA
FatherJames MILLIKEN (~1720-)
MotherElizabeth DAVIS
Misc. Notes
Gravestone inscription reads: “In memory of Sarah Holt who died Oct. 1st, 1830, aged 72 years wife of John Holt.”1436
Spouses
Birth Date1 Feb 17581897
Birth PlaceLewistown, Mifflin Co., PA, USA
Birth Date17581898
Birth PlaceCarlisle, Cumberland Co., PA, USA
Birth Dateabt 1756
Death PlaceSnow Shoe Township, Centre Co., PA, USA
Burial PlaceMilesburg Cemetery, Milesburg, Centre Co., PA, USA
FatherThomas HOLT
Misc. Notes
Gravestone inscrition reads: “In memory of John Holt who died June 20th, 1831, aged 75 years.”
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When only a mere boy he entered the Revolutionary army as a private, but, on account of his bravery, he was promoted from time to time, so that, on leaving the service, he had won the spurs of a colonels commission. He died at the age of seventy-four.1898
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“Col. John Holt ... settled in Bald Eagle Valley in 1782, is said to have been the first white man who followed the Indian trail to Snow Shoe, (Centre, PA) to hunt game....”
“The settler in Bald Eagle Valley, the love of hunting leading him to enter the Snow Shoe region, and it was his custom to spend a few weeks in the fall of each year in this pastime. He gained his title of "colonel " in the Revolutionary war, and took part in several battles, among them being the engagement at Germantown. He died in the summer of 1831 in his seventy-sixth year. Eight children survived.”1900
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When only a mere boy he entered the Revolutionary army as a private, but, on account of his bravery, he was promoted from time to time, so that, on leaving the service, he had won the spurs of a colonels commission. He died at the age of seventy-four.1898
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“Col. John Holt ... settled in Bald Eagle Valley in 1782, is said to have been the first white man who followed the Indian trail to Snow Shoe, (Centre, PA) to hunt game....”
“The settler in Bald Eagle Valley, the love of hunting leading him to enter the Snow Shoe region, and it was his custom to spend a few weeks in the fall of each year in this pastime. He gained his title of "colonel " in the Revolutionary war, and took part in several battles, among them being the engagement at Germantown. He died in the summer of 1831 in his seventy-sixth year. Eight children survived.”1900
Family ID1295