Some Descendants of ABRAHAM BOLT

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FIRST GENERATION 1. Abraham BOLT was born on 24 Aug 1764 in FauquierCo.,Virginia. He died on 9 Aug 1839 in Laurens Co., S.C. He is buried in the Old Bolt/Calhoun cemetery in Hickory Tavern, SC. Abraham served in the Revolutionary War. Abraham BOLT and Jane __ had the following children: 2 i. James BOLT was born on 14 Jan 1783. +3 ii. John Lewis BOLT Sr. 4 iii. Edmund BOLT was born on 17 May 1786. He was married to Mary __. 5 iv. Betsy BOLT was born on 17 Jan 1787. 6 v. Robert BOLT was born on 17 May 1789. 7 vi. Abraham BOLT,Jr was born 11 Mar 1791. 8 vii. Isham BOLT was born on 21 Feb 1795. 9 viii. Nancy BOLT was born on 16 Apr 1797. SECOND GENERATION 3. John Lewis BOLT Sr. was born on 30 Mar 1784 in Laurens Co., S.C. He died on 9 May 1867 in Laurens Co., S.C. He was buried in Rabun Creek Baptist Church, Hickory Tavern, Laurens Co., SC. He was married to Nancy LINDLEY (daughter of Thomas LINDLEY and Elizabeth __). Nancy LINDLEY was born in 1788. She died in 1875. John Lewis BOLT Sr. and Nancy LINDLEY had the following children: +11 i. Asa BOLT. 12 ii. Elizabeth BOLT was born on 10 Apr 1810 in S. C. and died on 22 Oct 1883. 13 iii. William BOLT was born on 6 Aug 1811 and died on 18 Feb 1898 in Laurens, S.C. 14 iv. Jane (Jenny or Jinny) BOLT was born on 2 Dec 1812 in South Carolina. She died on 11 Sep 1887 in Rome, Floyd County, Ga. 15 v. Amy BOLT was born about 1814 in S.C. 16 vi. Mary (Polly) BOLT was born about 1814 in South Carolina. 17 vii. Hannah BOLT. She was married to Henry HENDERSON. 18 viii. Isom BOLT was born about 1820. He died before 1863. 19 ix. James Saxon BOLT was born on 15 Mar 1822. 20 x. Sarah BOLT. She was married to __ HANLEY. 21 xi. Ruth BOLT was born on 28 Nov 1825. 22 xii. John Lewis, Jr. BOLT was born about 1828. He died before 1863. 23 xiii. Nancy Caroline BOLT was born about 1830 THIRD GENERATION 11. Asa BOLT was born on 23 May 1808 in Laurens Co., S.C. He died on 20 Feb 1876 in Anderson Co., S.C. He was buried in Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery. From Early Anderson County SC Newspaper, Marriages, Obits. 1841-1882: Mr. Asa Bolt an aged citizen of this County, died at his residence from an attack of fever. Mr. Bolt was near 80 years of age and up to the time of his late sickness was very active and strong for a man of his years. He was married to Hannah CROMBIE or possibly ABERCROMBIE. Hannah ABERCROMBIE was born on 22 Nov 1808 in Laurens Co., S.C. She died on 24 Jun 1891 in Anderson Co., S.C. She was buried in Asbury Methodist Church Cemetery. Asa BOLT and Hannah ABERCROMBIE had the following children: 31 i. William BOLT was born 30 Jun 1830 in Laurens, Co., SC. He died February12, 1920 in Anderson County. SC. . He served in the Civil War in CSA Company G 22nd Infantry. +32 ii. Toliver BOLT. 33 iii. John K BOLT was born on 21 Apr 1834 in Laurens County, SC. He died on 27 Feb 1872. He served in the Civil War in the CSA 6th SC Cavalry. 34 iv. Thomas BOLT was born in 1836 in Laurens County, SC. He died on 30 Jul 1864. He was killed while serving in the Civil War--CSA Company G 22nd Infantry. 35 v. Crombie (Calvin) BOLT was born about 1837 in Laurens County, SC. He died on 9 May 1864. He was killed in battle while serving in the Civil War-- Company L Orr's Rifles. 36 vi. Abram BOLT was born on 12 May 1839 in Laurens County, SC. He died on 29 Apr 1910 in Anderson County, SC. He served in the Civil War-- CSA Company G. 22nd Infantry S. 37 vii. Lewis Martin BOLT was born about 1841 in Laurens County, SC. He died of influenza/fever while serving in the Civil War--CSA Company L Orr's Rifles, 1st SC. 38 viii. Edmund BOLT was born about 1842 in Laurens County, SC. He died on 27 Jul 1862 in Richmond, Va. He died of fever/ influenza while serving in the Civil War--Company L 1st SC, Orr's Rifles. 39 ix. Elizabeth (Jane) BOLT was born about 1844. 40 x. Oliver (Duck) BOLT was born on 25 Apr 1847 in Laurens County, SC. He died on 11 Dec 1922. He served in the State Militia during the Civil War. 41 xi. Mary Caroline BOLT was born in 1848. 42 xii. Theresa Adeline BOLT was born after 1850. FOURTH GENERATION 32. Toliver BOLT was born on 3 Mar 1833 in Laurens County, SC. He died on 6 Nov 1903 in Anderson County, SC. He served in the Civil War in CSA Co. G. 22nd Infantry. He was married to Nancy Marie PRITCHARD (daughter of __ PRITCHARD and Harriett __). Nancy Marie PRITCHARD was born in South Carolina. She died in South Carolina. Toliver BOLT and Nancy Marie PRITCHARD had the following children: +68 i. William Lewis (W.Lewis) BOLT. 69 ii. John BOLT was born and died in Anderson Co., S.C. 70 iii. Ellen or Ella BOLT was born and died in Anderson Co., S.C. 71 iv. Mary Lou (Lou) BOLT was born and died in Anderson Co., S.C. 72 v. Jim BOLT was born and died in Anderson Co., S.C. 73 vi. Cornelius Frank (Frank) BOLT was born and died in Anderson Co., S.C. 74 vii. Martin BOLT was born and died in Anderson Co., S.C. 75 viii. Henry BOLT was born in Anderson Co., S.C. He died in Hartwell, Ga. 76 ix. Ada BOLT was born and died in Anderson Co., S.C. 77 x. Ernest BOLT was born and died in Anderson Co., S.C.

Family of Toliver and Nancy Pritchard Bolt in Anderson Co, South Carolina

L-R: Frank, Jim, Mary Lou, Ella, Nancy, Toliver, Lewis, John

FIFTH GENERATION 68. William Lewis (W.Lewis) BOLT was born on 10 Nov 1858 in Centerville, Anderson Co., S.C. He died on 16 Jun 1945 in Centerville, Anderson Co., S.C. He was buried in New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery, Anderson, SC. He was a police officer on the Anderson Police Force, a grocery store owner, and a farmer. W. Lewis had arteriosclerosis. He died as a result of a heart attack. He was married to Hester Jane Shirley. Hester Jane SHIRLEY (daughter of James Humphries SHIRLEY and Matilda Elizabeth JONES) was born on 18 Oct 1858 in Centerville, Anderson Co., S.C. She died on 15 Feb 1943 in Centerville, Anderson Co., S.C. Hester Bolt had Bright's Disease. She died as a result of pneumonia, following a fall at home during which she broke her hip. She is buried in the New Prospect Baptist Church Cemetery in Anderson Co., S.C. William Lewis BOLT and Hester Jane SHIRLEY had the following children: +85 i. Olive Christine BOLT. 86 ii. Myrtle Irene BOLT was born on 20 Aug 1882. She died in Dec 1971 in Anderson, South Carolina. She worked as a milliner in Anderson. Later she owned and operated a dairy farm. 87 iii. Bertha Ethyl (Nance) BOLT was born on 26 Apr 1885. She died on 21 Jul 1975 in Anderson, S.C. She worked as a milliner. 88 iv. Harriett Elizabeth BOLT was born on 11 Sep 1890 in Anderson, South Carolina. She died in Jun 1985 in Toccoa, Ga. She worked in the Anderson Library during World War I and as a milliner in Gainesville, Georgia. 89 v. James Rufus, Sr. BOLT was born on 19 Sep 1892 in Anderson Co., S.C.. He died in Aug 1971 in Anderson Co., S.C. 90 vi. Gladys Ruth (Jimmie) BOLT was born in Anderson, South Carolina. She received a Batchelor's degree at Winthrop College, a Master's at Peabody College and did further graduate work at Columbia. She taught during summers at Appalachan State Teacher's College in Boone, North Carolina. 91 vii. Geneva BOLT was born in Anderson , S.C. She died in Anderson , S.C. when she was 13 years old of rheumatic fever. 92 viii. Jane MOREHEAD was born on 12 May 1906 in Anderson Co., S.C.. She died in Jun 1972 in Clemson, SC. Jane was actually the daughter of Ellen and Walter Morehead, but raised as a daughter by her uncle and aunt, W. Lewis Bolt and Hester Bolt. It is believed that her mother died in childbirth or shortly thereafter. Her father asked Ellen's brother to raise her and she grew up with their family. Walter never gave the family permission to legally adopt her. SIXTH GENERATION 85. Olive Christine BOLT was born on 15 Jun 1881 in Anderson Co., S.C.. She died on 16 Nov 1970 in Atlanta, Georgia. She had Scarlet Fever as a child and lost sight in one of her eyes at that time. She began a career as a teacher at 18 years of age. She lived in Westminster, S.C. after her marriage until a few weeks before her death, at which time she went to stay at the home of her son, Harry, in Atlanta, Ga. She was married to William Pinckney CLELAND (son of Elihu Henderson CLELAND and Martha Ann (Mattie) WATT) June 15 , 1913. William Pinckney CLELAND was born on 15 Dec 1862. He died on 6 Oct 1934. Olive Christine BOLT and William Pinckney CLELAND had the following children: +102 i. Harry Henderson CLELAND. 103 ii. James Reval (Reval) CLELAND was born in Oconee Co, Westminster, South Carolina. He died on 4 Aug 1944 in Savannah, Georgia. He was buried in Lutheran Church Cemetery, Walhalla, SC. Reval enlisted in the US Air Corp in March, 1943. He was killed in a plane crash at Hunter Field, Savannah, Georgia. He had been transferred there a week before the crash. He was married to Edna KLAREN. SEVENTH GENERATION 102. Harry Henderson CLELAND was born on 7 Jun 1914 in Oconee Co, Westminster, South Carolina. He died on 18 Oct 1979 in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Westminster High School in 1932. He attended Appalachian State College for one year. He worked as a sales representative for a number of paint companies in Columbia, founded and owned Cleland Construction Company in Columbia, SC and later worked for Harbor Plywood Company . He moved to Atlanta, Georgia in 1956. In Atlanta he worked in carpentry and also held sales positions, the last being with Shedd Brown, Inc. He met Allie when he was in the Columbia Hospital for an appendectomy. He was active in Beecher Hills Baptist Church in Atlanta for many years. His death was due to cancer. He was cremated and his ashes were spread in the rose garden at Mt. Harmony Cemetery at the old Atlanta Crematory on the Bankhead Highway in Atlanta, Georgia . He was married to Martha Allie SUBER (daughter of John Samuel Jefferson (Jeff) SUBER Jr. and Sara Elizabeth (Sadie) RABB) on 25 Aug 1940. Martha Allie SUBER was born on 26 Sep 1917 in Fairfield County, South Carolina. She died on 7 Nov 1997 in Cumming, Georgia. Allie grew up in Strother and Newberry, South Carolina. She graduated from Newberry High School in 1935. She graduated from nursing school at Columbia Hospital in Columbia, SC. in 1937. Harry Henderson CLELAND and Martha Allie SUBER had the following children: +112 i. Harry Henderson (Harry), Jr. CLELAND. +113 ii. Frances Elaine (Frances) CLELAND. +114 iii. Martha Elizabeth (Elizabeth) CLELAND. +115 iv. Richard Allen (Richard) CLELAND.

Family of Harry and Allie Suber Cleland (seated)

standing: Frances, Harry, Elizabeth, Richard

EIGHTH GENERATION 112. Harry Henderson CLELAND, Jr. was married to Ruby Beth PIERCE. They had the following children: +121 i. Cheri Melaine CLELAND. +122 ii. Harry Henderson CLELAND III 113. Frances Elaine CLELAND was married to Osborne Daniel (Dan) SWEET. They had the following child: +123 i. Brian Daniel SWEET She was married to David Wray. 114. Martha Elizabeth CLELAND was married to Douglas John PASS. They had the following children: +124 i. Charles Patrick (Charlie, Chuck) CLELAND-PASS +125 ii. Graeme Ray CLELAND-PASS 115. Richard Allen CLELAND was married to Deborah Kay (Debbie,Deb) O'BARR. They had the following children: +126. i. Richard Allen CLELAND II +127. ii. Shannon Leigh CLELAND NINTH GENERATION 121. Cheri Melaine CLELAND was married to William Jackson ORR. They had the following child: +128 i. Sawyer Jackson ORR 122. Harry Henderson CLELAND III was born on 10 Jul 1970 in East Point, Georgia. He died on 10 Jan 1971 in Atlanta, Georgia. He died at age 6 months of leukemia. 123. Brian Daniel SWEET 124. Charles Patrick (Charlie, Chuck) CLELAND-PASS 125. Graeme Ray CLELAND-PASS 126. Richard Allen CLELAND II 127. Shannon Leigh CLELAND TENTH GENERATION 128. Sawyer Jackson ORR

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