Freeda Bolt (March 23, 1911 — December 14, 1929) was a murder victim from Floyd County, Virginia. Her murder inspired a ballad, "Young Freda Bolt", written by hymnodist Doc M. Shank in 1930 for The Floyd City Ramblers, later recorded by The Carter Family on June 8, 1938, in Charlotte, North Carolina for Decca Records.[1]