Lewisburg History Project

Homer A. Holt was born April 27, 1831, in Parkersburg (then Virginia), and was a son of Jonathan and Eliza (Wilson) Holt. At Sutton, January 27, 1857, Mr. Holt wedded Mary A. Byrne, a sister of Col. B. W. Byrne. The children of Judge and Mrs. Holt were: John Homer Holt, a distinguished member of the bar; Robert B. Holt, and Mrs. Mary N. Dice.

In the fall of 1853 Mr. Holt was admitted to the bar and practiced his profession in Braxton and adjoining counties from 1854 to 1873, when he was elected judge of the circuit composed of Greenbrier, Pocahontas, Monroe, Summers, Fayette, Nicholas, Braxton and Clay counties. Shortly after his election to the bench he moved to Lewisburg, where he spent the remaining days of his life.

A new circuit having been formed, taking off the counties of Nicholas, Braxton and Clay, he was again elected for the term of eight years in the new Tenth Circuit. In the year 1890 he was appointed by Governor Fleming to fill the vacancy of the Supreme Court bench and was in 1892 elected to the same office. Judge Holt died in January, 1898.

(information from Historical Booklet, Greenbrier County, 1938)