Individual Details
Rev. Hosea "Lott" Holcombe
(20 Jul 1780 - 31 Jul 1841)
He is known to have been the son of Hosea Holcombe (1755-1780) and Phoebe Smith. After the elder Hosea Hoclombe's death, Phoebe married William Wilbanks. Her will and estate papers verify that she was the mother of Rev. Hosea Holcombe. This is also stated in the book, "The Holcombes: Nation Builders," pages 540-541, which is available on Ancestry.com
Hosea Lot Holcombe was a Baptist preacher, well–known evangelist and church planter in Alabama. He was author of "A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Alabama: with a miniature history of the denomination from the apostolic age down to the present time, interspersed with anecdotes original and selected, and concluded with an address to the Baptists of Alabama".
He joined the Padgett’s Creek Baptist Church by experience on September 20, 1800. He was licensed to preach by the Padgett’s Creek Baptist Church on May 16, 1803, and ordained to the gospel ministry by the above church on August 16, 1805.
The Reverend Hosea Holcombe married his first cousin, Cassandra Jackson, and three of their eleven children became Baptist preachers. Cassandra’s mother, Martha Smith, was a sister of Hosea Holcombe’s mother, Phebe Smith Holcombe.
Sources:
Hosea Holcombe: Pioneer Alabama Baptist historian. by Davis C. Woolley (Book).
Holcombe, Hosea: clergyman. National cyclopedia of American Biography. Vol. 3.
Hosea Lot Holcombe was a Baptist preacher, well–known evangelist and church planter in Alabama. He was author of "A History of the Rise and Progress of the Baptists in Alabama: with a miniature history of the denomination from the apostolic age down to the present time, interspersed with anecdotes original and selected, and concluded with an address to the Baptists of Alabama".
He joined the Padgett’s Creek Baptist Church by experience on September 20, 1800. He was licensed to preach by the Padgett’s Creek Baptist Church on May 16, 1803, and ordained to the gospel ministry by the above church on August 16, 1805.
The Reverend Hosea Holcombe married his first cousin, Cassandra Jackson, and three of their eleven children became Baptist preachers. Cassandra’s mother, Martha Smith, was a sister of Hosea Holcombe’s mother, Phebe Smith Holcombe.
Sources:
Hosea Holcombe: Pioneer Alabama Baptist historian. by Davis C. Woolley (Book).
Holcombe, Hosea: clergyman. National cyclopedia of American Biography. Vol. 3.
Events
| Birth | 20 Jul 1780 | Union County, South Carolina | |||
| Marriage | 7 Jun 1801 | Union County, South Carolina - Cassandra Jackson |  | ||
| Death | 31 Jul 1841 | Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama | |||
| Burial | Sadlers Cemetery, Bessemer, Jefferson County, Alabama | |  |
Families
| Spouse | Cassandra Jackson (1780 - 1848) |
| Child | Darius John Holcombe (1802 - 1877) |
| Child | Alva Jackson Holcombe (1804 - 1868) |
| Child | Rev. Tarlton Farris Holcombe (1805 - 1888) |
| Child | Teresa Holcombe (1808 - 1874) |
| Child | Eudocia Holcombe (1809 - 1879) |
| Child | Rev. William Hosea Holcombe (1812 - 1867) |
| Child | Martha Raney Holcombe (1816 - 1899) |
| Child | Frances H. S. M. Holcombe (1824 - 1887) |
| Father | Hosea Holcombe (1755 - 1780) |
| Mother | Phoebe Smith (1760 - 1825) |
Notes
Marriage
Hosea and Cassandra were first cousins. Hosea's mother, Phoebe Smith, was a sister of Cassandra's mother, Martha Smith.Burial
Longitude -86.943329Latitude 33.365559
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