Featherstone Holt

1752 - 1834  (82 years)

• Name	Featherstone Holt
  Born	1752	North Carolina
  Rev War	1780	Surry County, North Carolina
  Entered the service of the United States as a drafted soldier, under Captain Wooldridge of the same county & State (per pension claim)
  Census 1790	1790	Stokes, North Carolina, USA
  1 W M over 16 b. before 1774 | 2 W M under 16 b. 1774-1790 | 4 W F
  Image Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname Free White Males over 16 Free White Males 0-16 Free White Females Free Other Slaves 2 2946 Fetherston Holt 1 2 4 7 0
  Tax List	1794	Stokes County, North Carolina
  Capt. Clouds District Featherstone Holt 1 w poll
  Tax List	1796	Stokes County, North Carolina
  Featherston "Hall" is listed one white poll. Capt. Clouds District
  Census 1800	1800	Salisbury, Stokes, North Carolina
  1 W M 0-10 | 2 W M 16-26 | 1 W M 26-45 | 2 W F 10-16 | 1 W F 16-26 | 1 W F 26-45
  Image Free White Males Free White Females Free Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ Other Slaves 11 7125 Futherston Holt 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
  Census 1810	1810	Stokes, North Carolina
  Living next door to Edward Collins
  Image Free White Males Free White Females Free Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ Other Slaves 4 7138 Jetherston Holt
  Census 1820	1820	Stokes, North Carolina
  Image Free White Males (16-18 also included in 16-25 count) Free White Females Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname 0-9 10-15 16-18 16-25 26-44 45+ 0-9 10-15 16-25 26-44 45+ 39 7193 Featherston Holt 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1
  Census 1830	1830	Lee County, TN
  No Image Free White Males Free White Females Transcript Ln Hhold Given Surname 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100 100+ 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80 80-90 90-100 100+ Total 11 11 Featherstone Holt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Pension	30 Aug 1832	Hawkins County, Tennessee
  Pension Claim (Revolutionary War)
  Hawkins County, TN On this 30th day of August 1832 personally appeared in open court before the justice of the court of ____ quarter _____ for said county now sitting Featherstone Holt now a resident of said County aged 74 years. Who being first duly sworn according to Law doth cry his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress papered 7th June 1832. That in the spring of the year 1780, as well as he now recollects, he entered the service of the United States as a drafted soldier, under Captain Wooldridge of the same county & State meth himself. _____ & Surrey county North Carolina, he was drafted for 3 months now sent to the Moravian Town in N. Carolina as a guard over British and Fort prisoners there stationed he remained, to the best of his recollection, about 9 week, when the prisoners were sent to Hillsboro NC and there being no longer a prep for men he went home (to Surry County) on furlough _____ _____ before the expiration of the term for which he was drafted. During his stay in Surry, he was frequently in that summer (1780) out on scouting parties after the Lorie, for a few days at a time, volunteering his ____________________. In the succeeding fall he was again under Col. Williams and Major Winston for 3 months. They papered the forks of the Cladkin river in Surrey, this Wilkes & Burke County _____ after the Tories _____ infesting that county, he was however discharged or furlough before the expiration of 3 months and _____ again called out. At the time he was drafted he was a resident of Surrey County NC, and he has no documentary evidence and knows no person whose testimony he can procure to testify to his service. He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or an _____ except the present and declares that his _____is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State. Sworn to & subscribed this day & year affirmed. There is not any Minister of the Gospel in his vicinity who can certify familiar and he has not any Documentary evidence to prove his service. He has not lived in Tennessee in Hawkins County but a few years. _____ is in open court and _____ and come to Tennessee from Stokes County North Carolina where he resided from the end of the war until he came to Tennessee. Sworn to and subscribed in open court 30th day of August Fetherston Holt
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  Died	1834	Hawkins County, Tennessee
  Age	82 years
  Siblings	3 siblings
  1. William Holt           b. 1740           d. 1780  (Age 40 years)   2. Francis Holt, Jr.           b. 1742   3. John Holt           b. 1750
  Headstones	Submit Headstone Photo
  Documents		Featherstone Holt Pension Signature
  Person ID	P2901	Burress | My Ancestors
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Francis Holt           b. 1720, Essex County, Virginia, USA           d. 1810, Stokes County, North Carolina  (Age 90 years)
  Mother	Martha Featherstone           b. 1722, Virginia, United States
  Married	1739	Virginia?
  Family ID	F1710	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	3 children
  + 1. David Holt           b. 1772, Virginia or North Carolina  [natural] + 2. Hannah Holt           b. 25 September 1779, Virginia, United States           d. 13 January 1875, Patrick, Virginia, USA  (Age 95 years)  [natural]   3. Rebecca Holt  [natural]
  Last Modified	22 Apr 2018
  Family ID	F2676	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Rev War - Entered the service of the United States as a drafted soldier, under Captain Wooldridge of the same county & State (per pension claim) - 1780 - Surry County, North Carolina Tax List - Capt. Clouds District Featherstone Holt 1 w poll - 1794 - Stokes County, North Carolina Tax List - Featherston "Hall" is listed one white poll. Capt. Clouds District - 1796 - Stokes County, North Carolina Pension - Pension Claim (Revolutionary War) - 30 Aug 1832 - Hawkins County, Tennessee Died - 1834 - Hawkins County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Earth