Lincoln County, West Virginia The Biography of Joseph W. HOLT The Biography of Joseph W. HOLT was submitted by Pat R. Adkins, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm Source: Hardesty, Henry H. Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia, New York: H. H. Hardesty and Company, 1894. Rpt. in West Virginia heritage encyclopedia. Ed. Jim Comstock. Richwood: Comstock 1974 JOSEPH W. HOLT attorny at law in Hamlin, Lincoln county was born in Campbell county, Virginia, December 6, 1825 and settled in Lincoln county in 1869. He is a son of Samuel and Nancy (Howard) Holt and in Botetourt county Virginia in 1847 he wedded Nancy Hanes a native of Botetourt county born in 1826. The birth record of Mr. and Mrs. Holts six children is: Lulu born December 17, 1850; James W., August 7, 1853; Samuel W., May 5, 1857; Bettie May, October 24, 1859; Edward I. June 5, 1861; Sallie, September 17, 1864. James W. resides in Monroe county West Virginia and Samuel W. in Randolph, Virginia. The remaining four reside in Hamlin, West Virginia. Joseph W. Holt joined the Presbyterian Church when quite young and has since been a devoted christian; he is a worker in the Sabbath school and a ruling elder in the church. His wife and all the children, save one are members of the church. Mr. Holt was commonwealth's attorney in Craig county, Virginia twelve years and has represented the county of Lincoln in the legislature several sessions. Judge Holt was not in the regular Confederate army, but served in it as clerk in a hospital. Two of his brothers served in the Confederate army during the late war. Judge Holt practices in all the courts in Lincoln county regularly and occasionally in the adjoining counties and is one of the leading lawyers of this section of the State. Address: Hamlin Lincoln county, West Virginia.