Laura Hall 
Laura was born on May 26th, 1815 in GA.1 Laura's father was Bolling I Hall and her mother was Jane Abercrombie. Her paternal grandparents were Hugh Hall and Mary Dixon. She had a brother and a sister, named Bolling II and Mary Bibb. She was the second oldest of the three children. She died at the age of 74 on June 9th, 1889 in Montgomery, Montgomery Co., AL. She was buried in Old Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery Co., AL.1 1 General Notes
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Samuel Doak Holt, M. D.- Laura Hall Holt
Ninth and youngest child of William Holt M. D. and Lucy Saunders, was
born at Elberton, Georgia on October 14, 1803, he died in Montgomery,
Alabama April 23, 1863. He graduated at the South Carolina Medical
College at Charleston, and relocated in Montgomery in 1827 where he
practiced medicine for nearly forty years. He was captain of the
Montgomery Guards, and in 1836 he was major in the regiment that served
in the Creek Indian War, First Battalion Light Infantry and Riflemen. He
was Montgomery's first mayor in1838. Again mayor in 1852. He was a Whig
and a Methodist. On July 22, 1830, at " Ellerslie" in Autauga County (Now
Elmore County) Samuel Doak Holt, M. D. was married to Laura Hall,
daughter of Bolling Hall and Jane (Abercrombie) Hall. She was born May
26, 1815, died in Montgomery, Alabama June 9, 1889. She was an artist and
left many oil paintings which are treasured by her descendants. She
painted miniatures on porcelain. Also painted beautifully on china and
had her own oven and apparatus for burning and finishing it. She was
noted for her executive ability and unbounded energy. She was part of the
social and cultural life of her time, and she and her husband did much in
the way of charity. She was one of the charter members of the Ladies
Society for the burial of deceased Alabama Confederate soldiers, later
changed to the Ladies Memorial Association. After the death of her
husband, she moved to their plantation home on the Carter Hill Road three
miles east of Montgomery, and corner of Lee and Tallapoosa Streets, where
now stands the M & O Railroad Freight Office. There they had a famous
garden. They are buried in Lot 7, Square 4, Survey 1, Old Oakwood
Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery Co., AL.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1733 in ? d.1771 in St. Andrew's Parish, Brunswick Co., VA
- b.25 Dec 1767 in Dinwiddie Co., VA d.25 Feb 1836 in Autauga Co., AL
- b.1734 in ? d.Bet 1787 and 1788 in Sussex Co., VA
- b.26 May 1815 in GA d.09 Jun 1889 in Montgomery, Montgomery Co., AL
- b.25 Dec 1781 in Orange Co., NC d.30 Oct 1841 in Ellerslie, Autauga Co., AL
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‌Laura and Samuel Doak were married in a religious ceremony on July 22nd, 1830 in Ellerslie, Autauga Co., AL.1 They had a daughter named Laura Hall.
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Children
Laura Hall Holt
Laura Hall was born on May 9th, 1840 in AL.1 She died at the age of 76 on May 23rd, 1916 in Montgomery, Montgomery Co., AL.1
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