Elizabeth Jane HOLT

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• Fact: Daughter of Robert Holt and Mildred Stanfield

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She was the daughter of Robert Holt and Mildred Stanfield, originally of Halifax county, Virginia. On 24 August 1806 Elizabeth married Timothy Meigs at Fort Southwest Point, a federal frontier outpost at what is now Kingston, TN. He was the son of Grace Starr Meigs & Return Jonathan Meigs who held the first appointment as Cherokee Agent and Agent of the War Department for Tennessee.

Elizabeth & Timothy lived in the home of the agent in present day Rhea county. When Grace Starr Meigs died on 10 Oct 1807, Elizabeth Holt Meigs became the hostess for the Agency. By this time her husband was acting as his father's clerk. By 1811 he had entered management of the factory that was the officially recognized supplier of goods to the indians and military personnel in the area. Shortly before he died he took a partner, John Ross, who later became the principal Chief of the Cherokees.

Elizabeth was unique in her involvement in a large, complex movement, one that receives little note as its outcome was utterly shameful. Her husband died 16 October 1815 following a brief illness. She & her 5 children continued to live with Return Meigs until his death. As an older woman, she lived with her daughter, Elizabeth Jane Hawk.

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Elizabeth married Timothy MEIGS on 24 Aug 1806. Timothy (son of Return Jonathan MEIGS and Grace STARR) was born on 28 Sep 1782 in Middletown, Middlesex Co., Connecticut; died on 16 Oct 1815 in Rhea County, Tennessee; was buried in Garrison Cemetery, Dayton, Rhea Co., Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emily married John WALKER, Jr. on 10 Jan 1824. John was born in 1800 in Polk County, Tennessee; died on 22 Aug 1834 in Cleveland, Bradley Co., Tennessee. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ? GALLOWAY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ? HAWK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Return Jonathan Meigs IV died at Elbow Springs, located about sixty miles west of Salt Lake City, Utah. His burial site is unknown. This is a cenotaph erected to his memory in the Ross Cemetery, Park Hill, Oklahoma.
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Return Jonathan Meigs, 4th, was born on April 3, 1812, the son of Timothy Meigs and Elizabeth Holt. Timothy Meigs was the son of Col. Return Jonathan Meigs and brother of Gov. Return Jonathan Meigs.

He married Jane (Jennie) Ross, oldest daughter of Chief John Ross of the Cherokee Nation, at Cleveland, Tennessee, in 1838. Meigs emigrated with the Cherokee Nation to IT (OK).

They had the following children: John Ross Meigs 1839-1899; Henry Clay Meigs 1841-1924; Elizabeth Grace Meigs 1843-1882; Return Robert 1846-1938; and Submit "Nitty" Meigs 1848-1885.

He was a partner of Chief John Ross in a mercantile business located in Park Hill, IT (now OK). But he got the gold fever in 1849, and sold out to Chief Ross. He left for CA with a large group lead by Clement V. McNair on 20 Apr 1850.

While at Elbow Springs, UT, on Aug. 6, 1850, the party spent time cutting grass to feed their stock in the desert. Meigs complained of not feeling well, but still helped with the work. He was among the first work group to go out. After cutting his share of grass, he raked it up and carried it into camp. By that time, he was very ill and lay down on the heap of grass to rest. Within a few minutes he had died, saying that all was well with himself and asking John Clark to look after his effects.

Elbow Springs is located about sixty miles west of Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Return married Jane "Ghigooie" ROSS in 1839. Jane was born on 20 May 1821 in Walker County, Georgia; died on 23 May 1894 in Tahlequah, Cherokee Co., Oklahoma; was buried in Ross Cemetery, Park Hill, Cherokee Co., Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]