In 1833 signed Holton heirs deed in Bracken Co., KY

The father of Alexander Holton was a Colonel in the English army, but his Christian name is not known. Alexander was born on the Atlantic while the family was enroute to America. His mother died on the vessel and his father returned to England, after placing Alexander in the hands of an estimable lady, a fellow passenger. Colonel Holton was the founder of the HOLTON family in America. He was an English Army officer and batchelor of about fifty years of age when he chanced one night to procure lodging at a home near the camp of his command. In the morning he was informed of the birth of a baby girl in the household during the night, and he was invited to see the infant and christen her. Accepting, he remarked jokingly to this effect: "Who knows but this little infant might someday become my wife." This started the romance. Some sixteen years later, the Colonel, being again in the same community, decided to call upon the former hospitable friend. Approaching the house he beheld a beautiful young girl on the porch, who bade him enter. Soon he was cordially greeted by his former host, who introduced the young lady as his daughter. Having been hard smitten at first sight the Colonel was highly pleased to ascertain that the object of his newly aroused affection was none other than the child he had christened as an infant. Following courtship, and marriage a year or two later, the couple embarked for America. On board the ship in mid-Atlantic, was born to them a son, whom they named Alexander Holton. But the youthful mother did not survive the remainder of the voyage and was buried at sea. Among the passengers who attempted to console the heart-broken husband and father was the lady to whom he entrusted the boy baby. As for himself, the Colonel took return passage in the next vessel bound for England. (From "Kentucky and Kentuckians" by E. Polk Johnson, 1912, Vol 3, Pg 1556-7)