Sarah (Akins) Holt (1833 - 1923)

Born 22 Oct 1833 in Pickens, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Holt — married 7 Aug 1856 in Gilmer, Georgia

Descendants

Died 7 Sep 1923 at age 89 in Georgia, United States

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Biography

Sarah (Akins) Holt lived in Appalachia, in Georgia.

When Sarah "Sally" Akins was born on 22 October 1833, in South Carolina, United States, her father, Abraham Littleton Akins, was 30 and her mother, Nancy Jane Chastain, was 27. She married William Holt on 7 August 1856, in Gilmer, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Gilmer, Georgia, United States for about 20 years and Diamond, Gilmer, Georgia, United States in 1900. She died on 7 September 1923, at the age of 89, and was buried in Ellijay, Gilmer, Georgia, United States.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64766219/sarah-holt: accessed 18 December 2022), memorial page for Sarah “Sally” Akins Holt (22 Oct 1833–7 Sep 1923), Find a Grave Memorial ID 64766219, citing Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Ellijay, Gilmer County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by dgresh (contributor 47326691).

• "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXJK-722: 7 February 2020), William Holt and Sarah Akins, 7 Aug 1856; citing Marriage, Gilmer, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 219,505.

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZM8-1TS: 18 February 2021), Sarah Holt in entry for William Holt, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC3S-5GB: 28 May 2021), Sarah Holt in entry for William Holt, 1870.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GM-BGP: 13 January 2022), Sarah Holt in household of William Holt, Tickanetley, Gilmer, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district, sheet, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3N1-H3J: accessed 18 December 2022), Sallie Holt in household of William Holt, Militia Districts 1341, 864, 1498, Diamond, Tickenetley, Bucktown, Gilmer, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 40, sheet, family, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm.

• "Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDFH-9Y8: 23 February 2021), Sallie Holt, 1923.