When Thomas Scott Holt was born on 25 February 1801, in Alamance, Alamance, North Carolina, United States, his father, Isaac Lockhart Holt, was 27 and his mother, Leticia Wales Scott, was 23. He married Sarah Foust about 1822, in Orange, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Guilford, Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1850 and Guilford, North Carolina, United States in 1860. In 1850, at the age of 49, his occupation is listed as blacksmith in Guilford, Guilford, North Carolina, United States. He died in 1874, in Oak Ridge, Guilford, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Summerfield, Guilford, North Carolina, United States.
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France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
The Walton War was a border dispute between Georgia and North Carolina, when Georgia established Walton County. The main piece of land being fought over was called the Orphan Strip and was located between North Carolina and Georgia. It started in 1804 and became part of the War of 1812 and lasted until 1818.
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
English, North German, Dutch, Danish, and Norwegian: topographic name for someone who lived in or by a small wood, from Middle English, Middle Low German, Danish, and Norwegian holt, or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word. In England, the surname is widely distributed, but more common in Lancashire and Yorkshire than elsewhere.
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