FOURTH GENERATION

26. James Martin was born on 26 Sep 1796 in Lincoln County, North Carolina. He appeared on the census in 1840 in Lawrence County, Tennessee.⁽⁵⁸⁾ He appeared on the census on 11 Sep 1850 in District #4, Decatur County, Tennessee. ⁽⁵⁹⁾ He appeared on the census on 9 Jul 1860 in District #4, Decatur County, Tennessee.⁽⁶⁰⁾ He died on 15 Sep 1862 in Decatur County, Tennessee. He was buried in Campground Cemetery, Garrett, Decatur County, Tennessee.


From the McConnell Book:

James Martin was born September 20, 1796. He married Elizabeth C. Finly, who was born April 17, 1798, February 24, 1820. She was of Revolutionary stock. Her father and his six brothers were all soldiers on the American side in that war.

He was married to Elizabeth C. Findley (daughter of George Findley and Nancy Hagins) on 24 Feb 1820 in Tennessee. Elizabeth C. Findley was born on 17 Apr 1798 in Madison County, Kentucky. She died on 13 Aug 1869 in Decatur County, Tennessee. She was buried in Campground Cemetery, Garrett, Decatur County, Tennessee. James Martin and Elizabeth C. Findley had the following children:

+101 i. Samuel Harvey Martin.
+102 ii. Eliza Ann Martin.
+103 iii. William Henry Martin.
+104 iv. John Bunyan Martin.
+105 v. Martha Caroline Martin.
+106 vi. Nancy Caroline Martin.
+107 vii. James LeRoy Martin.
+108 viii. George Findley Martin.
+109 ix. Newton Franklin Martin.
110 x. Josiah Newell Martin was born on 23 Mar 1840 in Lawrence County, Tennessee. He enlisted in Company H, 31st Tennessee Infantry on 26 Sep 1862 in Trenton, Gibson County, Tennessee. He filed for a Confederate Pension on 25 Sep 1913 in Tarrant County, Texas. ⁽⁶¹⁾ He died on 19 May 1933 in Austin, Travis County, Texas. ⁽⁶²⁾ He was buried in State Cemetery, Austin, Texas.
From the McConnell Book, Page 88:

"Josiah Newell Martin, the tenth child, was born March 23, 1840. He has never marrried. He served during the Civil War in the Confederate Army in the 31st Tennessee Infantry. He is a carpenter by trade, but followed farming, while he lived in Tennessee. In writing me of his people he says, "But the best of all, the whole family profess the religion of Jesus Christ, and tried as best we could to live it in deed, and in truth." His father was an elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for a great many years."



From the Sunday Austin-American Statesman, Austin, Texas, May 21, 1933:


MORTUARY


J. N. Martin

J. N. Martin, 93, died at the Confederate Home Friday night. Funeral services will be held from the Home chapel Sunday at 3 p.m. with the Rev. E. M. Mobley officiating.

Interment will be in the State Cemetery under the auspices of the Masonic Lodge.


+111 xi. Marie Harriet Martin.