Edmund Holt was born about 1794 / 1795 in Territory South of the Ohio River, now East Tennessee (probably Grainger County TN / NC), died est. 1862.
married
Nancy Polly Emmery July 11, 1819 in Rhea County, TN, born about 1800 in North Carolina and died in Pulaski, TN, on October 26, 1872. North Carolina may have been Tennessee before it became a state. Several of her children reported in various census data that she was born in Tennessee.
The children of Edmund Holt and Nancy Polly Emmery were:
I. Elizabeth Holt, born ca 1818, died est. 1858 – 1913
married
est. 1839, John Gilliam, born 1818 in NC, died est. 1859 - 1909, son of John D. and Mary Elizabeth Gilliam.
The Children of Elizabeth Holt and John Gilliam were:
1. Mary Ann Gilliam, born 1840
married
1854 John W. Sewart.
The children of Mary Ann Gilliam and John W. Sewart were:
1. George Washington Stewart, born 1856.
2. John Stewart, born 1858; never married.
2. John E. Gilliam, born 1841
married
Martha, listed in Searcy County, AK, 1870.
The children of John E. Gilliam and Martha were:
1. Martin Gilliam, born 1869, AK.
2. John H. Gilliam, born 1870, AK.
3. Thomas E. Gilliam, born 1873, Giles County, TN.
4. Lucinda E. Gilliam, born 1876, Giles County, TN.
5. George C. Gilliam, born 1879, Giles County, TN.
6. Frank M. Gilliam, born 1882.
7. Sarah J. Gilliam, born 1886.
8. Lucy A. Gilliam, born 1889.
3. Sarah E. Gilliam, born 1844
married
Riddle.
4. George W. Gilliam, born 1847
married
Elvira Covey.
The children of George W. Gilliam and Elvira Covey were:
1. Ella Gilliam, born October 1877, died 1952.
2. Lula Gilliam, born August 1879.
3. John Buford Gilliam, born 1881
married
Anna Holt.
4. Mable Gilliam
married
Hoyt Birdsong.
5. James Polk Gilliam, born 1887; died 1972
married
Doris Williams.
6. Robert Gilliam, born January 1889;
married
(1) Zona Woodfin and
(2) Bess Chapman.
7. Nina Gilliam, born December 1893
married
John Brazier.
5. Susan Ann Gilliam, born 1854
married
In Giles County, TN, Columbus Floumoy Bray.
The children of Susan Ann Gilliam and Columbus Floumoy Bray were:
1. Mary Elizabeth Bray, born 1880 in TN; died 1960
married
Columbus Flowers.
2. Emma Bray, born in TN
married
Evans.
3. Jennie Bray, born in TN
married
Guinn.
4. Tennie Bray, born in TN
married
J. B. Collins.
5. Jessie Bray, born in TN
married
Highland.
6. Elma Bray, born in TN
married
Bilbry.
7. Effie Bray, born in TN
married
Holmes.
8. Nysa Bray, born in TN
married
Don Hoskins.
6. Nancy Virginia Gilliam (Jennie), born 1856
married
Morgan Hensley Bray, brother to Columbus Floumoy Bray.
The children of Nancy Virginia Gilliam and Morgan Hensley Bray were:
1. Minnie Bray, born 1881
married
Ransom.
2. John W. Bray, born 1884.
3. Mary A. Bray, born 1887
married
In Wise County, TX, her cousin, Elbert (Rock) Holt, son of Alvis Smithson Holt and Harriett R.
Nevels.
The child of Mary A. Bray and Elbert Holt was:
(1) Finis Holt.
4. Thomas Grady Bray, born 1890.
5. Morgan Cleve Bray, born 1892.
6. Austin F. Bray, born 1897.
7. Lillie R’Della Bray, born 1900
married
(1) Melton.
II. Son, born ca 1820 - 1825, died est. 1881-1910. This son is probably H. Soloman Holt who is listed near
Edmund Holt in the 1850 Census of Giles County.
married
Martha Banes in Green County, Alabama.
III. Daughter, born ca 1820 - 1825. Died est. 1825 - 1916.
IV. Edmund A. Holt, born ca 1824. Died 21 October 1852, Giles County, TN. His estate was administered
by his brother, Elijah William Holt.
married
Malissa Hayes October 26, 1852 in TN.
V. Sarah Adeline Holt, born ca 1826 in TN, died est. 1870 – 1921
married
ca 1844 in TN, Alverse (Alvis) Levin Gilliam, born 1820 in NC, died est. 1870 - 1912, son of John D. and
Mary Elizabeth Gilliam.
The children of Sarah Adeline Holt and Alverse Levin Gilliam were:
1. John Anderson Duff Gilliam, born 1845, Giles County, TN; died 1925;
married
(1) 1865, Margaret Ruth Cowan.
The children of John Anderson Duff Gilliam and Margaret Ruth Cowan were:
1. Thomas Bently Gilliam, born 1867.
2. William Cowan Gilliam, born 1869.
3. June Etta Gilliam, born 1873
married
Stephen Newberry Dixon.
4. Oder Francis Gilliam, born 1875; married Rebecca (Becky) Dixon. His mother, Margaret Ruth
Cowan, died in childbirth when he was born.
married
(2) 1885, Mary Adelaide Hewitt, daughter of John Marshall Hewitt and Martha Frances Williamson
of Lynnville, Giles County, TN.
The children of John Anderson Duff Gilliam and Mary Adelaide Hewitt were:
5. Ada Rose Gilliam, born 1886.
6. Alvis Luther Gilliam, born 1888.
7. Ernest Eugene Gilliam, born 1891.
8. J. D. Gilliam, born 1895 in Texas.
9. Homer Guy Gilliam, born 1898.
10. Edgar Giles Gilliam, born 1900.
11. Joseph Lee Gilliam, born 1902.
2. Thomas Porter Gilliam, born 1847 in Giles County, TN;
married
(1) Raines,
married
(2) Comelia Frances Covey; lived in Lynnville, Giles County, TN.
The children of Thomas Porter Gilliam and Comelia Frances Covey were:
1. Cora Belle Gilliam, born 1872.
2. John Thomas Gilliam, born 1879
married
Henrietta Hargrove.
The child of John Thomas Gilliam and Henrietta Hargrove was:
(1) Maggie Belle Gilliam, born 1900
married
Grady Thurman.
The children of Maggie Belle Gilliam and Grady Thurman were:
(1) Ralph Thurman.
(2) Jean Thurman
married
A. D. Woodard.
(2) Odie Mae Gilliam, born 1903
married
Huie Tice
The children of Odie Mae Gilliam and Huie Tice were:
(1) Sara Tice.
(2) Billie Tice.
(3) Jesse Gilliam, born 1906; unmarried.
(4) Joe Ray Gilliam, born 1909;
married
(1) Viola Story
married
(2) Mary Mash.
The children of Joe Gilliam were:
(1) Virginia Gilliam,
married
(1)
married
(2) David Peach.
(2) Joe Evelyn Gilliam
married
Fitzgerald.
(3) Jasmine Gilliam
married
Campbell.
(4) Janette Gilliam, twin sister of Annetta.
(5) Annetta Gilliam, twin sister of Janette.
(5) Allen C. Gilliam, born 1914
married
Mary Foster; lived in Columbia, TN.
(6) Betty June Gilliam
married
Horace Webster Hickman.
The children of Betty June Gilliam and Horace Webster Hickman were:
(1) Dwight Hickman.
(2) Don Hickman.
(3) Steve Hickman.
(7) Darlene Joy Gilliam
married
O. G. Church.
The children of Darlene Joy Gilliam and O. G. Church were:
(1) Jeffrey Church.
(2) Kimberly Joy Church.
(8) Minnie Norene Gilliam
married
Carl E. Chruch.
The children of Minnie Norene Gilliam and Carl E. Church were:
(1) Dodd Edward Church.
(2) Dana Jade Chruch.
3. Alvis Monroe Gilliam (Uncle Babe), born 15 December 1850 in TN; died April 12, 1912
married
December 19, 1880, Giles County, TN, Ada Merrill. Ada died in 1926.
The children of Alvis Monroe Gilliam and Ada Merrill were:
1. Lala Dinisher Gilliam
married
Alvin Kizer; died April 9, 1964.
The child of Lala Dinisher Gilliam and Alvin Kizer was:
(1) R. D. Kizer
married
Lorene Pendleton.
The child of R. D. Kizer and Lorene Pendleton was:
(1) V Kizer
(2) Adren Kizer;
married
(1) Shannon Belte.
The child of Adren Kizer and Shannon Belte was:
(1) W Kizer
married
(2) Lived in Mineral Wells, TX.
The children of Adren Kizer and second wife were:
(2) L Kizer.
(3) G Kizer
(4) H Kizer
(5) J Kizer.
(6) Beula Mae Kizer, died in 1949
married
John Cobb.
The children of Beula Mae Kizer and John Cobb were:
(1) LIVING Cobb
(2) LIVING Cobb
(3) LIVING Cobb
(4) LIVING Cobb
(5) LIVING Cobb
(7) G Kizer
2. Edgar Gilliam.
3. William Gilliam.
The child of William Gilliam was:
(1) Lorene Gilliam
married
Clarence Williams, had a grocery store in Greenville, TX.
The child of Lorene Gilliam and Clarence Williams was:
(1) Glenn Roy Williams, lived in Greenville, TX.
(2) Imogene Gilliam
married
Ullom.
(3) Billy Gilliam.
(4) Alvis Burl Gilliam, lived in Greenville, TX.
4. Beulah Gilliam
married
John Morris.
The child of Beulah Gilliam and John Morris was:
(1) Joel B. Morris.
5. Ellarie Gilliam (Reatie)
married
Meton Whitt.
The child of Ellarie Gilliam and Meton Whitt was:
(1) Loy Lee Whitt
married
Donahue
6. John Thomas Gilliam.
The child of John Thomas Gilliam was:
(1) Dorothy Gilliam
married
Arris Kinkaide; lived in Jurst, TX.
The children of Dorothy Gilliam and Arris Kinkaide were:
(1) Wanda Nell Kinkaide
married
WaIler.
(2) Gary Kinkaide, deceased at age 32.
(2) Imogene Gilliam,
married
(1) Doc McCauley
married
(2) Sellers. No issue.
(3) Juanita Gilliam
married
John WaIler.
The children of Juanita Gilliam and John Waller were:
(1) Janice Waller.
(2) Johnny Waller.
(3) Jerry Waller.
(4) J. T. Gilliam, Jr., lived in Ft. Worth, TX; a minister of The Church of God. He had one son
and one daughter.
7. Betty Gilliam, died January 1979, Savoy, TX
married
Hampton Melton, deceased in 1975, lived in Wolfe City, TX.
The child of Betty Gilliam and Hampton Melton was:
(1) J. H. Melton, died November 1979, ten months after his mother.
8. Bertha Gilliam, died 20 November 1972
married
Manson Melton, deceased in 1972; no issue.
9. Orleane Gilliam, died February 1972;
married
(1) Jack Leon Denton
married
(2) Green
She had four daughters.
10. Kenneth Gilliam;
married
(1) Goldie Denton.
The son of Kenneth Gilliam and Goldie Denton was:
(1) LIVING Gilliam
married
(2) ?
4. Sarah A. Gilliam, born 1854; unmarried.
5. Mary Martha Gilliam, born 1857; unmarried.
6. Henry Edward Gilliam, born September 1859 in Giles County, TN; died March 1923, Goodsprings, Giles
County, TN, buried Chestnut Cemetery, Giles County, TN.
married four times.
First three children, wife (1)
1. William Gilliam, born 1881; died 1955
married
Ella Raines; lived in Albany, GA.
The children of William Gilliam and Ella Raines were:
(1) Lily Mae Gilliam, born 4 April 1905;
married
(1) William McCarty.
The children of Lily Mae Gilliam and William McCarty were:
(1) William McCarty, Jr.
(2) Orion McCarty.
(3) Robert McCarty.
(4) Sue McCarty.
married
(2) Papell.
(2) Jack Flenore Gilliam, born 11 February 1907;
married
(1) Alma Dekle (one child)
married
(2) Lois Menshew (four children).
(3) William Lee Gilliam, born 7 March 1909
married
Sallie Vickers.
(1) Mary F. Vickers.
(4) Seaborn Gilliam, born 29 July 1911; unmarried.
(5) Floyd Gilliam, born 22 June 1913
married
Susie Collins; no issue.
(6) James Gilliam, born 27 July 1916; died 1968, Tallahassie, FL.
(7) Addie Lee Gilliam, born 8 October 1920
married
Carl HarveII.
The children of Addie Lee Gilliam and Carl Harvell were:
(1) LIVING Harvell.
(2) LIVING Harvell.
(3) LIVING Harvell.
(4) LIVING Harvell.
(5) LIVING Harvell.
2. Ernest Allen Gilliam, born 8 September 1883; died 1944. Eight children by the two marriages.
married
(1) in 1910, Rosie Randolph.
Children of Ernest Allen Gilliam were:
(1) Eddie Richard Gilliam, born 24 March 1907
married
Velma Woods; died 1944.
married
(2) Pearl Miller.
(2) Charles Shields Gilliam, born 14 January 1911 in AL
married
lone Jernigan.
The children of Charles Shields Gilliam and Ione Jernigan were:
(1) Juanita Marie Gilliam
married
Elvin Borroughs.
(2) Charles Edward Gilliam
married
Gayla Cockrell.
(3) Betty Irene Gilliam
married
Leslie E. Burroughs.
(4) James Donald Gilliam
married
Joyce Sledge.
(5) Bobby Allen Gilliam
married
Martha Sue Smith.
(6) Ronald Eugene Gilliam
married Deborah Jeanette Nash.
(7) Anthony Steven Gilliam.
(3) Margaret Jane Gilliam, born 16 July 1917;
married
(1) James Coleman,
married
(2) Bellamy.
(4) Ernest King Gilliam.
(5) Elmo Emmett Gilliam.
(6) Thomas Allen Gilliam.
(7) Luther M. Gilliam.
(8) Mattie Ruth Gilliam.
(9) Ethel Louise Gilliam
married
(1) Harold Graham
married
(2) Leonard E. Johnson.
3. Mack Henderson Gilliam, born 2 April 1891
married
Maggie Stembridge; buried in Winterhaven, FL, Oaklawn Cemetery.
The children of Mack Henderson Gilliam and Maggie Stembridge were:
(1) Dorothy Faye Gilliam
married
Carl Robert Dunlap.
The children of Dorothy Faye Gilliam and Carl Robert Dunlap were:
(1) LIVING Dunlap
(2) Mack Henderson Dunlap
married
Tonia Jean Dixon; killed in a car accident, 1978.
(2) Freddie Mae Gilliam
married
Perry Eugene Batson. Three children.
(3) Mack Henderson Gilliam, Jr.
married
Christine Kyser.
The children of Mack Henderson Gilliam, Jr. and Christine Kyser were:
(1) K Gilliam
(2) S Gilliam
(4) E Gilliam
fourth child, wife (2);
4. Ozaine (Chris) Gilliam, born 26 October 1896
married
Margaret Wolfe. No issue.
fifth and sixth children, wife (3); was Anna Shelton, she was the widow Hammond when they married.
5. Ocie Gilliam, born 24 December 1901;
married
(1) Lula Graves.
The children of Ocie Gilliam and Lula Graves were:
(1) M Gilliam
(2) B Gilliam
(3) T Gilliam
married
(2) Magdalene Woodard, sister to Lula Graves.
The children of Ocie Gilliam and Magdalene Woodard were:
(1) D Gilliam
(2) O Gilliam
6. Thomas Audie Gilliam, born December 1902, son of Anna Shelton Gilliam
married
Grace Carpenter.
The child of Thomas Audie Gilliam and Grace Carpenter was:
(1) E Gilliam
seventh child, wife (4).
7. J Gilliam
7. Ernest A. Gilliam, born 1865; died 9 years old.
8. Sidney Gilliam, born 1868; died 1896; unmarried.
VI. Elijah William Holt, born February 24, 1828, in Maury or Giles County, Tennessee, died May 20, 1884,
Waxahachie, (Garden Valley), Ellis County, Texas and is buried in the Glenwood Cemetery, Ellis County,
Texas.
married
Eliza A. Watson, November 16, 1854 in Giles County, TN, born est. 1824 - 1843, died est. 1859 –
1928, daughter of Larkin Watson.
The children of Elijah William Holt and Eliza Watson were:
1. Anne E. Holt, born about 1856 in Tennessee.
married
Ed Pitts.
2. Larkin Harney Holt, born about 1858 in Tennessee.
married
Ann Elizabeth McKnight, daughter of James McKnight and Arie Brown who was the daughter of
Raleigh Brown and Nancy Abernathy.
3. Yancey Elijah Holt.