Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....Holt, Ziba 1769 - 1860
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

ZIBA HOLT.

   Col. Ziba Holt was born on August 25, 1769, in the town of Hampton, Windham
county, Connecticut. He learned the blacksmith's trade and at the age of
twenty-five went to New York City and worked there at his trade a year. He also
lived a short time in Morris county, New Jersey. In the year 1800 he went to the
state of Kentucky, bought land and followed his trade.

   Ziba Holt was married in the year 1805 to Penelope King, who lived six years,
leaving three children. He afterwards married Lucinda Wood, who died on March
15, 1825, leaving eight children. In August, 1828, he came to Carroll county and
purchased land five miles southeast of Delphi. He opened up a large farm in a
dense wilderness.

   Mr. Holt departed this life at the residence of his son, Vine Holt, in
Delphi, May 6, 1860.

   Among the many interesting biographies of old settlers none is so full of
interest as the subject of this sketch. His was an eventful career. He was born
before the Revolutionary War. He knew General Putnam and attended his burial; he
saw the Revolutionary soldiers in line of duty. He was in the battle of New
Orleans and fought under Jackson. He was appointed colonel of a Kentucky
militia. He was a man of great energy, pronounced convictions of right, and
upright and honest in his dealings. At the time of his death he was ninety years
old.


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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

CHAPTER IX.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF DECEASED PIONEERS OF CARROLL COUNTY.


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