William Holt (mayor)
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William Holt (born 1737)[1] was a Colonial American mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1776 to 1777 and again from 1782 to 1783.[2]
Holt was born in Virginia and married a woman named Mary. He started a Presbyterian settlement in New Kent County, with the Reverend John Jeffrey Smith and owned several mills and a forge in a five hundred acre tract of land.
On November 16, 1761, Holt became a member of the Commission of the Peace for York Co., Virginia.[3] He served on the commission until he 1771, when he became a justice for James City Co., Virginia.[4]
His children were Elizabeth (1762), William (1765), Daniel, Henry, Samuel, Jane, Mary and John Holt.
Holt was made the quarter master of Williamsburg's militia in 1762.[5] In 1776, Holt began his year long term as the mayor of Williamsburg and on December 17, 1776, he was appointed to the Admiralty Court by the Virginia legislature.[6]
His daughter Elizabeth is said to have married William Coleman who would also become a mayor of Williamsburg.
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| Preceded by incomplete record |
Mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia 1776-1777 |
Succeeded by incomplete record |
| Preceded by Samuel Griffin |
Mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia 1782-1783 |
Succeeded by William Finnie |
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