Annals of Platte County, Missouri - Paxton




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1840, AUG. 38 D. R. HOLT Governor, Thos. Reynolds; Representative, D. R. Holt; Sheriff, Jones H. Owen; Circuit Clerk, Jesse Morin; County Clerk, J. H. Johnston; County Justices, Jas. Kuykendall, Dan'l P. Lewis, and M. M. Hughes. The vote for President, National: W. H. Harrison, Whig... 1,274,203 Martin Van Buren, Democratic...1,128,303 James Birney, Abolition...7,609 Harrison received 234 electoral votes; Van Buren received 60 electoral votes. OCTOBER Oct. 5 - John Boulware contracts with the county to run a free ferry at the foot of Main Street for twelve months, at $250. NOVEMBER Nov. 6 - The county court made an order that Grand Jurors must serve without pay! Kuykendall and Lewis take their seats as county court justices. Judge Hughes does no qualify until December. DECEMEBER Dec. 7 - David R. Holt dies at Jefferson City. He was our county representative, and had been chosen speaker of the House. The Legislature honored him by naming a county for him,and, at the cost of $15,000, erected in the State Cemetery at Jefferson City, where he was buried, a beautiful monument, with the following inscription: "Sacred to the memory of David Rice Holt, M. D., late representative from Platte County, Missouri, who was born in Green County, Tennessee, the 8th of March, 1803, and died the 17th of December, 1840. Erected by an act of the General Assembly." THE HOLT LINEAGE I. THOMAS PAXTON, b. in Ireland, 1719; d. 1788; married Betsy McClung. They cam to Pennsylvania, and thence to Rockbridge, County, Virginia. Their oldest son, II. JOHN PAXTON, married Sarah Walker. They were progenitors of many illustrious Presbyterian divines, including the Paxtons, Houstons, Edmondsons, Campbells, Carrs, Cowans, Rices, and Holts. A daughter of John and Sarah was III. ELIZABETH PAXTON, b. April 15, 1774; married October 17, 1794, David Holt, b. February 24, 1764; d. August 2, 1837. Their issue: 1. Lucy W. Holt, b. October 17, 1795 2. Edwd. Holt, b. July 28, 1797 3. John P. Holt, b. April 17, 1800