William Holt
Birth Date
On 1820 September 11 (Born)
Death Date
On 1888 December 6 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Murfreesboro, Rutherford, Tennessee, United States
1820 September 11
Mother
Mary Redd (1792 - 1875)
Father
John Holt (1792 - 1872)
Date Details
Occurred On 1820 September 11
Baptized
1842 June 1 (Age 21)
Joined
Mormon Battalion Company C
1846 July 16 – 1847 July 16 (Age 25)
Members in Company
Rank
Private
Date Details
Started On 1846 July 16
Joined Company
Ended On 1847 July 16
Company Disbanded
Traveled in
Jonathan H. Holmes/Samuel Thompson Company (1848)
1848 July 2 – September 6 (Age 27)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1848 July 2
Joined Company
Ended On 1848 September 6
Company Arrived
Traveled in
James W. Cummings Company (1851)
1851 July 1 – October 7 (Age 30)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Mary Redd (Age 58)
Jesse Payton Holt (Age 18)
Date Details
Started On 1851 July 1
Joined Company
Ended Between 1851 September 30 – October 7
Company Arrived
Married
Patience Dolly Childs
1853 July 28 (Age 32)
Died in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
1888 December 6 (Age 68)
Media
William Holt (1820 - 1888) Profile
Sources
Pioneer
Alfred Cordon Emigrating Company journal
Alfred Cordon Emigrating Company journal, June.
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Carter, Kate B. The Mormon Battalion. Assisted by Clara B. Steele. Salt Lake City, UT: Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, 1956.
Carter, Kate B. The Mormon Battalion. Assisted by Clara B. Steele. Salt Lake City, UT: Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, 1956., Page 106.
John D. T. McAllister journals, 1851-1906 / Reminiscences, 1851-1853
John D. T. McAllister journals, 1851-1906 / Reminiscences, 1851-1853, Page 6-7.
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Salt Lake (County) Recorder's Office land records, circa 1847-1860
"Names of men who wish for land to cultivate who came from California with Jonathan H. Holmes", Salt Lake (County) Recorder's Office land records, circa 1847-1860.
Mormon Battalion
Mormon Battalion Company C muster roll, 1846
Mormon Battalion Company C muster roll, 1846, Page 2.
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927
Mormon Battalion lists, 1927, Page 27.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 23.
Ricketts, Norma Baldwin, The Mormon Battalion: U.S. Army of the West, 1846-1848, Logan, Utah, Utah State University Press, 1996, Page 222-223.
Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848
"Mormon Battalion, Volunteers", Selected pension application files relating to the Mormon Battalion, Mexican War, 1846-1848.