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]

1. Emily Stanfield MEIGS was born on 25 Oct 1808 in Charlestown, Bradley County, Tennessee; died on 20 Jun 1888 in Cleveland, Bradley County, Tennessee.
2. Grace Starr MEIGS was born on 25 Oct 1808 in Charlestown, Bradley County, Tennesse.
3. Eliza Jane MEIGS was born on 19 Nov 1809 in Charlestown, Bradley County, Tennesse.
4. Return Jonathan MEIGS, IV was born on 03 Apr 1812 in Charlestown, Bradley County, Tennesse; died on 06 Aug 1850 in Salt Lake County, Utah; was buried in (Cenotaph)Ross Cemetery, Park Hill Cherokee Co., Oklahoma.
5. Robert Holt MEIGS was born on 25 Oct 1813 in Charlestown, Bradley County, Tennesse; died on 26 Feb 1898.