From "Genealogical History of the Families of McConnells, Martins, Barbers, Wilsons, Bairds, McCalls and Morris", by Newton W. McConnell, 1913

Pages 73 to 101:

{Also see related website “Descendants of John Martin”}

The Martin Family.

The Martins are numerous, and widely distributed throughout the English speaking nations. "John" seems to be the favorite Christian name. I had occasion to examine the United States Census of North Carolina, taken in the year 1790. 1 found that there were thirty‑one John Martins in that state, taken in that census.

My mother's name was Annabel Martin. She was one of ten children. She was born in the Era of Rooseveltian families. Ten seemed to have been the favorite number. The founder of my mother's family came from Ireland, and settled in Cumberland County, Pa. He was a Presbyterian, and very likely was from Belfast, and a part of that great emigration through ‑ that city from Ulster Province, during the first half of the eighteenth century. I do not know that he was a Scot. He might have been, for the Martins are everywhere. Legend says simply that he was Irish, and by this I understand, that Ireland was his native home.

I do not know the Christian name of the founder of this family in America, nor do I know the name of his wife. He had two sons, John and William. William Martin was killed and scalped by the Indians during the, French and Indian War.

John married Mary McDowell. Of this union there were born three children, Sarah, James and Josiah Martin. They were occupying a fort some distance from Harrisburg during the early part of this war. John Martin had his family in the fort at that time. He and his brother left the fort for some purpose, leaving his wife and children in the fort. They were attacked by Indians, William was killed, John was made prisoner, taken to the Indian settlements and kept there until the close of the war,‑- some two and a half or three years. After the treaty of peace, he was released. While with the Indians, just at what time I am not informed, he was adopted by the head of an Indian family. During all this time, he never heard from his wife and children. 0n his way to the fort after his release, he met his wife and children going to their home. Such was his anguish at this long separation from his wife and children, not know had become of them, that his hair became perfectly white. His reunion with his wife and children must have presented a pathetic scene.

I have not any certain information as to what be came of the father of John and William Martin. Much research has been made with the view to ascertain not only his given name but his fate during the French and Indian war. In the History of Cumberland County, Pa., by I. D. Rupp, Lancaster 1846, there is this statement "Killed by French and Western Indians, April 23m 1757 --John Martin and William Blair, near Maxwell Fort, Conochoocheaque."

Again, from the same work, "May 12, 1757 ‑ John Martin and Andrew Paul both old men, taken from Conochoocheaque." It was customary in those days to name the first son born, after the father. It is probable that the founder of his family bore the christian name of John or William. In that event the John Martin spoken of by Rupp in the above quotation, may have been the one in question. And more than likely the latter one, as he was an old man.

Mary E. Baker, one of tile lineal descendants of Josiah Martin, who has made a great deal of research concerning the Martin family, writes me as follows:

"I think I told you one tradition that the two brothers John and William were attacked by Indians, William killed and John made prisoner, --‑ this during the infancy of my ancestor, Josiah, your ancestors, James and Sarah, being older. He was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, about 1756, he says, that is, during the French and Indian War.

In examining the Pennsylvania Magazine of history, I found a list of killed and wounded at Paxton, with this entry, "William Martin killed and scalped, October 1st, 1757." Paxton is about thirty miles from Harrisburg on the Dauphin County side of the Susquehanna, just across from Cumberland. Fort Hunter was between Paxton and Harrisburg, about six miles from the latter. Grandmother always said her father 'lived on a big river in Pennsylvania.' The locality suits tradition very well.

In studying county histories I found a letter written by the Commander of a fort in that vicinity, I think it was October 3, 1757, in which he tells of being out a day or two before when a shot was fired, and hastening to the spot the body of one William Martin was found. He bad been out hunting chestnuts. The Indians escaped.

One tradition is that they had gone together to look after their cabin and goods in the settlement. The reason for being out of the fort may have been mere supposition in either case."

The tradition of the killing of William and the imprisonment of John Martin is well established. Miss Baker was the grand‑daughter of Marilla Martin Baker, the latter was the daughter of Josiah Martin, the infant son of John Martin at the time these events occurred. Marilla Martin Baker was born in 1799 and lived to be ninety‑four years old. Josiah Martin, her father, was born in 1756; his father, John Martin, was living as late, as 1786, which is shown by a deed executed by him and his wife, Mary Martin, at that (late, which is on record in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of Lincoln County, North Carolina. This old lady lived with her son, Nathan Martin Baker, the father of Mary Ellen, during many of the last years of her life. It fell to the lot of Mary Ellen to take care of her grandmother and hence was thrown in her company a great deal. The old lady retained her memory and mind to a remarkable degree to the end of her life. It was from these conversations, that Miss Baker was able to give me the information contained in her letter as above set forth. Her grandfather, John Martin, who lived to a ripe old age undoubtedly told his grand‑daughter many times of the events happening to him and his brother during the French and Indian War. The wonder is that something more was not told concerning the founder of the family in America.

Some time after the treaty of Peace in 1763, but not later than 1766, John Martin emigrated from Pennsylvania to North Carolina with his family and settled on the waters of Crowder's Creek in what was then Tryon County. The place where he settled was right under shadow of King's Mountain, near the South Carolina line. In 1778, Tryon County was divided into the counties of Lincoln and Rutherford; and Tryon as a County name ceased to be used. Lincoln County embraced the territory of the waters of Crowder's Creek so that John Martin and family became residents of that county. In 1847, Gaston County was created out of that portion of the territory of Lincoln, which lay next to South Carolina; so that Crowder's Creek is now in Gaston County. The records of the old Tryon County as far back as 1769 are now a part of the records of Lincoln County. These records contain various real estate conveyances made by John Martin and his son James and his grandson, William Martin, which will be noticed later on. These conveyances show that John Martin settled there not later than 1766. They also show that lie was still living ill 1786. He executed a deed of that date which is of record in the clerk's office of the Superior Court of Lincoln County.

Sarah Martin, the oldest of the three children of John Martin and Mary McDowell Martin, married John Barber. James Martin, the second of John Martin's children, married Sarah Baird. Josiah Martin (sometimes spelled Josias) the youngest of the three children, married Mary McClary. I am the lineal descendant of both Sarah Martin Barber and James Martin. My grandfather and grandmother were first cousins, ‑- the grandmother being the daughter of Sarah Martin Barber and the grandfather being the son of James Martin and Sarah Baird Martin. This makes it necessary to enter upon quite an extensive genealogical field. It involves the family of John Barber, the family of Sarah Baird, ‑- in other words, to give my ancestral connections fully, I will have to give the different generations of these families. Josiah Martin was my grandfather's uncle and hence my great eat great uncle.

Of the union between James Martin and Sarah Baird born nine children, Susan, Sarah, Nancy, Annabel, Earny, Mary (Polly), Isabel, John and William Martin. Susan did not marry. Sarah Martin married a cousin, Robert Baird; both of them lived all their lives and died in Lincoln County, later Gaston County. Their descendants will be given in connection with the Baird family. Nancy martin married James Wilson and moved to Illinois and settled near Edwardsville. Annabel Martin married A. Dixon; Fanny married ….. Dixon (given name not known); Mary (Polly) Martin married Peter Garrison, -- there were no children born of this union; Isabel Martin married her cousin William Martin, son of Josiah martin; John married Rebeca Davis. She died and afterwards John married Betsy Kelton; William Martin who is my grandfather, married his cousin, Catherine Barber, daughter of Sarah Martin Barber.

Of this union were born ten children, to wit: James, Sarah, John B., Vincent, who died in infancy, Mary, commonly known as "Polly" who never married and who was born January 11, 1802 and died June 9, 1886; William Martin, Jr., who died in infancy; Annabel Martin, Vincent B. Martin, Cynthia Martin and Josiah Newell Martin.

Cynthia Martin married Ezekiel Vernor. Of this union there were no children. Cynthia died in 1890. Vernor is also dead.

Fifth Generation.

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.

Of this union there were born eleven children.

Sixth Generation

Samuel Harvey, Eliza A., William H., John Bunyan, Martha Caroline, Nancy Catherine, James Leroy, George Finley, Newton Franklin, Josiah Newell, and Marie Harriett Martin.

Samuel Harvey Martin, the oldest child of James and Elizabeth C. Martin, was born February 14, 1821, died September 20, 1878, was married in June, 1838, to Mary Anne Black, who was born in June, 1820, and died April 1, 1883.

Of this union there were born nine children. The first (George) died in infancy; Eliza Jane, the second, was born Sept. 1, 1842, died October 1, 1907. In 1857, she was married to Harris Bishop. Of this union there were born two boys, Samuel and Wenfield Bishop. After her first husband's death she married James Anderson. Of this union there were born two daughters, Alice, and Ella, Anderson.

Patsy Anne, the third child of Samuel H. and Mary Anne Black Martin, was born in 1844, and died in 1861.

Sarah Catherine, the fourth child was born March 12, 1846, died July 21, 1885, was married February 19, 1874, to Luther A. Hall. Of this union there were born four sons. Almus Stella, their first, was born January 26, 1875, was married January 4, 1900 to Maggie Lee Puckett. Eldorado, the second, was born January 5, 1877, (single). William L., the third, was born October 12, 1880, was married in 1906 to Katie Hawkins. Alfus, the fourth, was born August 23, 1883 (single.)

Franklin Lafayette Martin, the fifth, was born June 15, 1849, died July, 10, 1888, was married in 1872, to, Susan Flemming. Of this union, three children were born, Walter Martin, their first, married Miss Roach; Claudia, their second, married Poncie Anderson; Effie, their third, married Hiram Chapman, in 1912.

Margarette Harriette Martin, the sixth, was born May 14, 1852, married December 1, 1878 to Leonadus Adolphus Boone. Of this union there were born seven children Lettie Brown, their first, was born October 23, 1879, died February 6, 1901, was married December 24, 1899, to Novel Jones. Lilla May, the second, was born February 13, 1881, was married September 24, 1899, to Jacob Elmore Cunningham. Odessa Evangeline, the third, was born May 16, 1883, (single.) Karl Bell, the fourth, was born August 28, 1885, (single). Myrtle Lyle, the fifth, was born February 20, 1888, was married November 16, 1909, to Virgil M. Morris. Leslie Leonidus, the sixth child, was born February 13, 1891, (single.) Una Estella Boone, the seventh, was born September 9, 1893, (single).

Amanda Caroline Martin, the seventh, was born July 15, 1855, (single.)

William James Martin, the eighth, was born December 22, 1858, died June 10th, 1878.

The ninth died in infancy.

Eliza Ann Martin, the second child of James and Elizabeth C. Martin, was born August 13, 1822, and married Joseph Barr. Of this union there was born one child, Martha Larena Barr. Eliza Ann died when this child was small. The child was raised by her grandparents, James and Elizabeth C. Martin.

Martha Larena Barr married John Martin. Of this union there was born one child, Elizabeth, January 17, 1876, who married B. C. Cummins, December 20, 1900. Of this union there were born two sons, Jewell Duncan, July 15, 1902, and John Henry, October 5, 1908. Post office address of this family is Portland, Sumner County, Tennessee.

Mrs. Cummins was not raised by her parents, but by a lady in whose care she was placed by her mother on account of the superior advantages which that lady could give her daughter.

SIXTH GENERATION

William Henry Martin, the third child of James and Elizabeth C. Martin, was born February 26, 1824, and married Jane Black, a sister of the Wife of his brother, Samuel Harvey Martin. Of this union there were born six children, two of whom are still living. There were four boys, the three oldest died when small, Samuel H. died in 1875, at the age of twenty‑two years.

A daughter was born July, 1856, and married A. J. Pardue. Her name was Leanna Bell Martin. Of this union there were born

Ola Pardue, January, 8, 1871. She died September 24, 1881;

Myrtle Pardue, born October 19, 1881, was married to Henry Denges, May 13, 1905. Of this union there were born three daughters, ages six, four, and two years respectively, and named Lotta. Belle, Henrietta, and Hazel Denges;

Inez Pardue, was born October 2, 1884, was married to Harry Stapleton, January 8, 1902. Of this union there were born three children, one dead, two living, Nanies Lexie, age ten, and Pauline, Stapleton, age two years.

Frank Pardue, was born October 9, 1886, was married to Gearaldine Hutchins, July 4, 1904. Of this union there were born two children, a son, and a daughter, Leland, and Catherine, Pardue, ages six and three years, respectively.

Lexie Pardue, born October 5, 1889, died October 30, 1894.

The postoffice address of Mrs. L. B. Pardue is High, Texas; of Myrtle Denges, Ben Franklin, Texas, R. R. No. 1, Box 16; of Frank Pardue, High, Texas; of Inez Stapleton, San Angelo, Texas.

J. D. Martin is the youngest child of William H. and Jane Black Martin; he was born November 28, 1862, married E. J. Manuel, February 16, 1888.

EIGHTH GENERATION.

Of this union there were born five boys, Samuel H., February 4, 1889; W. Arthur, February 16, 1891; Murley C., October 5, 1893; Charles E., December 22, 1902, and Onis N., Martin, January 9, 1905.

William Henry Martin and wife are both dead.

SEVENTH GENERATION.

John Bunyan Martin married Winnie Pierce; of this union there was born one child, John C. Martin; he was born in middle Tennessee, Lawrence County, August 7, 1846, postoffice address, Hinson Springs, Tennessee; he married Elizabeth McClain, February 12, 1863; of this union there were born four children,

Fannie, who married H. H. Tripp, January 29, 1888, born January 30, 1864, postoffice address, Lexington, Tennessee; of this union two children were born, George, December 2, 1888 and Bettie Tripp, January 18, 1894; address Lexington,

Mattie who married F. M. Hart in 1893; of this union were born two children, Lucieal, sixteen years old, the other died in infancy; the mother is also dead.

J. F. (Frank) Martin, the third child of J. C. and Elizabeth Martin, born September 28, 1869, lives at Lexington, Tennessee, is Sheriff of Henderson County, and married Julia C. Odle, September 20 1893. Of this union there were born; J. Frank Martin, Jr., twelve years old; Samuel E._Martin, ten years old, and Willie C. and Brady Turner Martin, both of whom are dead.

Hortensia Josephine Martin, the fourth child of John C., and Elizabeth Martin, born November 18, 1879, married J. S. Odle, in 1905. Of this union there were born four children, Addie May, Preston, Elizabeth, and John C. Martin. All these are children.

John C Martin and his father John B. Martin both served during the Civil War, in the Ninth Tennessee cavalry of the Confederate Army.

Martha Caroline Martin, the fifth child of James and Elizabeth C. Martin, was born January 10, 1828, married D. W. May, in October, 1846.

Of this union there were born eleven children, George H., Ann Elizabeth, John and James, each of whom died while small; Thomas, who died in infancy, Amanda, Martha, Francis, Daniel W. Jr., Joseph L., and Robert C., May.

George H. May resides at the present time in Bakersfield, Cal.; Ann Elizabeth May married John Hickman, and now resides in New Mexico; Amanda May married Norman C. Brown and now resides at Orangeville, Texas; Martha May married James M. Ready and resides at the present time at Leonard, Texas; Francis May married Harvey Walker and reside at Valley View, Texas; Daniel W. May, Jr., married Fannie Holcomb, and died September, 1897, at the age of thirty‑one years; Joseph L. May died January 2, 1892, age twenty‑three years; Robert C. May married Mary Agnes Wright in the year 1899.

Of this union there were born two children, a daughter and a son, Beryl May, age eleven years, and Donald Wright May, age two years.

Martha Caroline Martin May died at Leonard, Texas, January 6, 1898. She lacked four days of being seventy years old.

Daniel W. May, Sr., died on his farm near Leonard, Texas, May, 1892, age sixty‑five years.

He entered the Confederate Army at the outbreak of the Civil War, enlisting in Co. B, 23rd Tennessee Infantry. He became Captain of the company and served until the reorganization of the army. He then entered the Cavalry in General Forrest's command, serving as lieutenant, commanding a company. He was captured in the latter part of 1863, and imprisoned at Camp Chase, Ohio, until the close of the war. He returned home and in 1870, lie moved with his family to Fannin County, Texas, where he lived until his death. The husbands of the daughters of Martha Caroline Martin May are all engaged in farming.

Robert C. May, the youngest of the eleven children, was born in Gibson County, Tenn., January 12, 1870, shortly before his father removed to Fannin County. He has resided in the town of Leonard, where he now resides, for twenty‑four years. He is at present postmaster and has been for the past sixteen years.

Nancy Catherine Martin, the sixth child of James .and Elizabeth C. Martin, was born June 30, 1830, married Moses Matthew Faught, a Methodist Minister, September 9, 1853; She died December 9, 1862. Of this union there were born seven children, four sons and three daughters, James Wiley, May 14, 1855; Thomas Cicero, June 17, 1857, died November 20, 1876; Winfield Wesley, November 26, 1858, Mary Elizabeth, January 22, 1861, Laura Eugenia, December 2, 1862, Addie Ettas, January 15, 1866, and Moses Cathedral, Faught, November 1868, died August 1869.

James Wiley Faught, married Carrie Calhoun Davis, April 29, 1888; no children have been born of this union. The postoffice address, Commerce, Hunt County, Texas.

Winfield Wesley Faught, married Lucy Burnett, December 25, 1881. Of this union there were born eight children, five sons and three daughters, Katie, November, 1882; Silas Willie, died in infancy; Bessie Belle, died in infancy; Ernest R., Eleanor, Hallie, Charles, and Clifton Faught. Postoffice address of the living, Houston, Texas, except Katie. Katie Faught was married to Ernest Keiser, in 1905. Of this union there were born three children. Postoffice address, Terrell, Texas.

Mary Elizabeth Faught, the fourth child of Moses Matthew and Nancy Catherine Faught, married William D. Trent, June 1, 1887. Of this union five children were born, one son and four daughters, Nona Floyd, December 16, 1888; William Harry, April 7, 1892; Bessie Marie, January 6, 1895, Eloise and William, twins, April 15, 1898. William died in infancy. All the others are married and reside at Dallas, Texas.

Adair E. Faught, the sixth child of Nancy Catherine and Moses Matthew Faught is unmarried and lives at Dallas, Texas.

Laura Eugenia Faught, the fifth child, married John Wesley Stewart, November, 1882. Of this union there were born eleven children; three died in infancy; the other eight, four sons and four daughters, are as follows: Thomas Henry, Mabel, Daniel McIntyre, Mildred, Johnnie, Marie, Marvin, Katherine, John Wesley, Jr., Stewart. Postoffice address, Aubray, Denton County, Texas, except Thomas Henry and Mabel. Thomas Henry Stewart married Mattie. One child was born to them. The post office address is Canyon City, Texas. Mabel Stewart married C. E. Hall;.no children born of this union, Postoffice, Argyle, Denton County, Texas. Daniel McIntyre Stewart married Ethel Henderson. Of this union one child was born. Postoffice address Aubray, Denton County, Texas.

Moses Matthew Faught died at Denton, Texas February 3, 1889.

James Leroy Martin was born March 29, 1832, the, seventh child of James and Elizabeth C. Martin, and married Ellen McMillan. Of this union there were born, James Harvey, August 10, 1851; John F., June 20, 1854, and William W. Martin, October 19, 1856.

J. H. Martin married Anna Stoltz, in the year 1880. Of this union there were born, John Ivey Martin, in 1883, in Obion County, Tennessee, who married Eva Good, December 19, 1912. Postoffice address Ft. Worth, Texas.

John F. Martin never married. Postoffice address Ft. Worth, Texas.

W. W. Martin died about the time he was grown.

James Leroy Martin married the second time, Emmeline Rushing. Of this union there were born two children, Newton Elijah, April 22, 1866, and Martha Anne Martin April 12, 1863.

Martha Anne Martin married Albert Randall, born August 20, 1856, September 16, 1880. Of this union there were born Arthur Leroy, December 25, 1881; Mary Ellen, April 16, 1883; Henry and Thornton, (twins) March 7, 1885, Emma E., May 3, 1881 Haskell and Pascuel, (twins) December 18, 1890, and Albert Randall, December 28, 1892. All of these are dead except Mary Ellen Randall.

Mary Ellen Randall married Robert Alexander Hunter, December 24, 1902. Of this union there were born: Homer, September 12, 1904; Robert L., January 24, 1906, and Martha L., May 21, 1910.

Newton Elijah Martin married Margaret Elizabeth Hargrove. Of this union there was born Grace Pet Martin, November 16, 1891, who married . . .. Turner, March 22, 1908. Of this union there were born two children, Marguerite Elizabeth, and Paul, Turner.

George Findly Martin, the eighth child of James and Elizabeth C. Martin, was born September 9, 1834, and married Rebecca Rushing. Of this union there were born eleven children as follows, to‑wit: Alice, James, William, Wesley, Belle, Eliza (who is dead), Robert (who is dead), Pinckney, Millard, Ella, and Fannie, Martin. Postoffice address of G. F. Martin, Paris, Texas, R. R. No. 5, Box 131.

Newton Franklin Martin, the ninth child of jam and Elizabeth C. Martin, was born April 15, 1837, and married Virginia ….. who lived three months only. He married a second time, Martha .......... Of this union there were born several children. The whole family are dead.

Josiah Newell Martin, the tenth child, was born March 23, 1840. He has never married. He served during the Civil War in the Confederate Army in the 31^st 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 it 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.

Marie Harriet Martin, the eleventh child, was born September 9, 1842, and married William Henry Dickey who was a Cumberland Presbyterian preacher. There were five children born of this union. They are all dead, as are also their father and mother. The family is extinct.

SARAH MARTIN married Thomas Miller {per errata - should be Nathaniel J.}. Of this union there were born Claudius B. Miller and Harriet Jane Miller. The family migrated from Tennessee to Iowa in the early settlement of that State and located on a farm in Appenoose County, near the village Of Unionville.

Claudius B. Miller is now about eighty‑one {per errata - should be eighty-nine} years old; he was a soldier in the Union Army during the late Civil War. He was married and had several children. He has a daughter Agnes Miller, who is not married. They live together at Unionville, Appenoose County, Iowa.

Harriet J. Miller married William Carol Baldridge who was born November 28, 1819; Harriet J. Miller Baldridge was born December 3, 1826. William Carol and Harriet Jane, were married November 3, 1842. Of this union there were born the following children: Maggie C., August 14, 1843; Drusilla E., February 10, 1845; Sarah Anne, December 25, 1846; James H., February 4, 1849; Cynthia J., May 27, 1851; Mary E., March 23, 1853; Rosa, May 20, 1860, and Harriet E. Baldridge, July 26, 1864.

Deaths ‑ W. C. Baldridge, October, 1867; Rosa Baldridge, November 23, 1863; Cynthia J. Baldridge, December 31, 1890.

Marriages‑Maggie C. Baldridge to George Dean; Sarah A. Baldridge to S. L. Smith; Cynthia J. Baldridge to R. M. Hicks; Mary E. Baldridge to E. J. Underwood; Drusilla E. Baldridge to A. P. Taylor; James H. Baldridge to Susan M. Roberts; Harriet E. Baldridge to Charles H. Hicks.

The mother of these children writes me that she has thirty‑nine grandchildren, fifty‑nine great grand‑children

two great great grand‑children.

JOHN B. MARTIN had three wives. His first wife was Margaret Shields. Of this union there were born the following children: Mary Jane, Elizabeth Catherine, who died in 1854, unmarried; Harriet J., James Harvey, and Margaret Ann, Martin.

Margaret Martin, John B.'s wife, died at the birth of Margaret Ann.

John B. Martin married the second time, Esther Lamyra Shields a sister of his first wife. Of this union there were born three children. The two older ones died in infancy. The youngest was Esther Lamyra, at whose birth her mother died. She still living.

John B. Martin married the third time, Flavia Miller, a sister of the wife of his brother, Vincent B. Of this last union there were no children.

Mary Jane Martin, the first child of John B., and Margaret Martin, married Adison Hunter. Her history is given in the genealogy of Josiah Martin.

Harriet J. Martin was born June 5, 1834, and married James Archie Brown, who was born November 15, 1827. Of this union there were born the following children: George Taylor, September 17, 1852; he is still living; John H., March 20, 1856, died September 11, 1858 Margaret J., September 20, 1858; died February 1, 1912, an infant son, May .6, 1861 and died October 26, 1862; William A., March 3, 1866, still living, and Josiah Newell Brown, March 7, 1870.

George Taylor Brown, married Ella King, November 1, 1883. Of this union four children were born, two daughters now living, one daughter and one son are dead.

Margaret J. Brown married J. M. McKee, October 17, 1878. Of this union twelve children were born; three sons and one daughter are still living, the others are dead.

William A. Brown married Sallie Beckett, December 25, 1895. Of this union two children were born, one daughter now living and one son dead.

James Archie Brown died November 22, 1898, and Harriet J. Brown, his wife, died August 31, 1899.

Josiah Newell Brown married Clementine Orr, October 5, 1898; no children. His postoffice address is Lewisburg, Tenn., R. F. D. No. 2.

James Harvey Martin married in 1872, Sarah J. Finn. Of this union there was born William Nelson Martin, who died May 27, 1904, age thirty‑one years. He never married. He was a noble Christian young man. Sarah J. died in 1873. James Harvey Martin married a second time in 1878, Elizabeth Catherine Johnson. He died October 24, 1902.

Of the union with the second wife were born four children, Eula May, who was born December 22, 1881, married Charles J. Keener, September, 1900, and of this union there was born one son, who died in infancy; there were four daughters, Ina, Lizzie, Willie, and Ella, Keener. Their postoffice address is Vanalstyne, Texas, R. F. D. No. 2.

John Henry Martin, second child, born December 24, 1883, died February 24, 1900.

Third child, James Johnson Martin, born April 1889, died April 24, 1889.

Fourth child, Catherine Lamyra, born September 25, 1886, married Albert J. Gunn, in 1904. Of this union two sons were born, Paul Martin, and Elisha Knight, Gunn. Postoffice, Bairdstown, Texas, R. F. D. No. 1.

Esther Lamyra Martin married George Felix Legate. She was born Feb. 7, 1847; Legate was born July. 31, 1840, and died September 14, 1889. Of this union there were born

John R., August 9, 1867. He married May 7, 1893, Agnes Kinsey. Of this union there were born Lillie May, February 25, 1894, and Felix Wilson Legate, December 17, 1898.

James William, second child, born August 30, 1869 was married 1897 to Mollie Black. Of this union there were born Earl, September 10, 1898; William, January 3, 1902; Albert, June 28, 1903. Mollie Black Legate died in 1908. James William Legate married the second time Mrs. Madge Watson, December, 1910. They have one child Ulric, born November 1, 1911.

George Sterling Legate, born May 10, 1887, the third child, married Addie Mowery, December 22, 1894. Of this union there were born Roy, November, 1895, who died in infancy; Charles Pleasant, October 7, 1896; Ollie, November 17, 1898; Harvey, November 10, 1900; Ralph, January 10, 1902; Myrtle, died in infancy; Robert born February 24, 1908, and Evelyn, Legate January 11, 1911.

Amanda Isabella Legate, fourth, born December 13, 1872, married Hugh Witt, January 1, 1896. Of this union there was born Clyde, May 9, 1897; Faye, December 7, 1900, and Renna, November 7, 1906.

Ephraim Eugene Legate, fifth child, born September 1875, and died September 2, 1877.

Albert Leander Legate, the sixth child, born January 13, 1880, and died April 14, 1881.

Augustus Legate, born October 6, 1881, married October 25, 1905, to Mabel Snell. No children.

Martha Elizabeth Legate, eighth child, is unmarried, and is a teacher; she was born October 24, 1883.

Robbie Lee Legate, born January 29, 1886, married Lester Brown, May, 1900. Of this union were born Velma, July 9, 1905; Feral, May 11, 1908, and Kenneth, Brown, August 20, 1910.

Vincent B. Martin was born September 26, 1813, and married Lavisa Miller, January 28, 1836; she was born April 19, 1814. Of this union there were born James Miller, Henderson Eagleton, March 30, 1839, and who died July 27, 1855, unmarried;‑ Saphronia E., September, 12, 1843, and Robert Doak, Martin August 19, 1852.

Saphronia E. Martin married William Hatch in 1876. Of this union one daughter was born. Saphronia E. died October 3, 1878.

Robert Doak Martin was married twice, first to Sarah E. Gaines, November 14, 1877, who died March 19, 1879. He married the second time Eliza D. Geron, December 25, 1879. Robert Doak died April 18, 1907, the victim of tuberculosis. His widow is still living, and furnished me the record which I am now giving. Of the union between Robert Doak and Eliza D. there were born six children.

An infant, September 9, 1880, that lived only one day.

Arthur D., born July 25, 1881, married Josephine Spears, April 20, 1904. Of this union there were born three children, Agnes R., January 27, 1905; Robert Howard, November 27, 1908; Joe Dee, November 21, 1911.

James Nelson, the third child of Eliza D. Martin and Robert Doak was born September 18, 1883, and died July 26, 1885.

Wilburn Vincent, the fourth child, was born May 14, 1886; married Carena Lucy Hood, January 17, 1907. Of this union two children were born, George Robert, January 29, 1908, and James Edward, Martin, September 28, 1911.

Oscar M., the fifth child, was born November 26, 1890.

Myrtle May Martin, the sixth and youngest child, was born May 13, 1894, and died September 13, 1896.

Vincent B. Martin was murdered near his own house about two miles from Carthage, Mo., in August, 1864. His murderers claimed to be Federal soldiers. They were stationed at Carthage. They concealed themselves and sent a boy to the house to ask him to come out. When he came, not suspecting anything, they galloped up, shot him to death and then galloped away. They gave his wife notice to leave the country in ten days. She was indulged, however, a few days longer. It was surmised that the excuse for his murder was, that he had given food and shelter to his son, James Miller Martin, who was in the Confederate Army, but they afterwards killed another old man in the same way, who had no son in the Confederate Army.

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I remember my uncle Vincent Martin very well. He was as kindly and good a man as ever lived. The killing of him, under the circumstances, was simply an atrocious murder. It is astonishing how quick men can shed the garb of civilization and become brutal savages. The widow of Uncle Vincent, together with her sister, Flavia Martin, left the State of Missouri and settled near Bairdstown, Texas, where they died a few years later. They are buried side by side in Shady Grove Cemetery about five miles from Bairdstown.

James Miller Martin, the first child of Vincent B. and Levisa Miller, Martin, was born January 9, 1837, and died January 6, 1908. He was married three times; first to Rachel Stith, November 11, 1858. Of this union there were born three children, Matilda M., September 12, 1859, who died October, 1882. Jefferson D., October 7, 1861, died October 1862. James, February 3, 1863, died September, 1880.

He married the second time Mary Jane Craft, May 14, 1868. Of this union seven children were born, Charles, March 7, 1869; George, April 26, 1871; Albert, September 21, 1872; Sarah Lou, February 9, 1874; Bobbie, November 29, 1875; Mattie, August 5, 1877, and William, Martin, August 22, 1879, and died June 14, 1880.

James Martin died September 1880; George Martin died September 11, 1907; Bobbie died October 22, 1876; Mattie Martin died October 1, 1889.

He married the third time Susan Elizabeth ........ August 14, 1881, who is still living. Of this union there was born one child, Lillie Jane Martin, July 4, 1884, who was married December 9, 1906, to G. W. Young. Of this union there were born two children, a son and a daughter, James Martin Young, December 1, 1907 and Mabel Young, July 29, 1910.

Charles Martin, the son of James Miller Martin, by his first marriage, married Sallie Brown, November 25, 1891. Of this union there were born six children, Mary Bess, August 19, 1892; Lallah Rook, January 21, 1895; Fannie, October 20, 1897; Buna, August 19, 1900; Mattie July 7, 1903, and Georgia, Martin, July 1, 1911.

Albert Martin, the son of James Miller Martin by his second marriage, married Anne May Ball, January 10, 1894. Of this union there were born three children, Ollie, October 20, 1894; George Elihu, April 26, 1908, who died July 23, 1909, and Lucy Ethyllweve, February 23, 1911.

James Miller Martin served four years in the Civil War, in the Confederate Army. He was the only son of Vincent B. Martin, who was old enough to enter the service. James Miller had two brothers, Eagleton and Robert Doak Martin, and one sister, Saphronia Martin.

John B. Martin and his brother Vincent B. Martin emigrated from Marshall County, Tenn., in the year 1855, to Jasper County, Mo. They bought and settled upon adjoining farms. These farms were situated near Carthage, the county seat. John B. Martin soon became justice of the peace and deputy postmaster. James Harvey Martin

entered the Confederate Army in 1861, and was desperately wounded at the battle of Jenkin's Ferry, in the State of Arkansas, in a battle between the army of General Steele and the army of General Sterling Price. James Harvey's hip was broken and he lay in a hospital until March, 1865. The action at Jenkin's Ferry occurred on April 30, 1864. When he left the hospital he was destitute; a friend furnished him some money, and, he made his way to Texas, not knowing at that time what had become of tile families of his father and of his uncle, Vincent B. His father, John B. Martin, died December 19, 1861.

My uncle, Josiah Newell Martin was accidentally shot and killed by a friend and neighbor when shooting squirrels. Uncle Newell was the youngest of my mother's family. While his name was Josiah Newell he always went by the name of Newell. He had a splendid baritone voice and led the choir in his church. He lived some ten days after he was shot. I remember being present at his home during this period. A hymn was being sung and he joined in with a full strong baritone voice. I was then a boy 15 years old. The scene was exceedingly touching. Two or three days thereafter he passed away. He only had one child, Emily Jane Martin. The widow, Mary Ann Brown Martin, with her daughter, removed from Tennessee to Missouri and settled in Webster County. Just what year this took place I am not advised but from letters in my possession, they were settled there as early as 1861. In June, 1867, Emily Jane married Thomas H. Benton Clifton. After their marriage they settled near Marshfield, Webster County, Missouri.

Of this union there were born Nathan M. Clifton; Josiah Allison Clifton, and Mary Elizabeth Clifton and two other children who died in infancy. Emily Jane died about the year 1874. Mary Elizabeth Clifton married Robert Andrews. Of this union there were born eight children, to‑wit: Albert Jacob, Emma May, Virgil Thomas, Goldie Chancel, James Elmer, Franklin Arthur, Carrie Agnes, and Lena Elizabeth, Andrews.

Nathan M. Clifton married Agnes White and of this union there were born five children, to‑wit: Lawrence Ray, Pearl, Mayfrey, and Eugene Clifton.

All of the above live in Webster County, Missouri, P. O. address, Marshfield. J. A. Clifton is Probate of the County of Webster. He is a bachelor and prior to his election in 1910, to the office of Probate Judge, his profession was that of school teaching. He derives his name, Josiah Allison from his two grandfathers. Thomas Benton Clifton is still living.

Mary Anne Brown Martin died in 1909 in Webster County, Missouri.

Since the above was written my bachelor cousin has become a benedict, having married Miss Stella V. Bennett, April 27, 1913. He writes me under date of May 2, 1913, in a very happy mood.

The following are the real estate conveyances among the members of the family of John Martin as shown by the records of Lincoln County. At the time that John Martin emmigrated from Pennsylvania and settled on Crowder's Creek, that territory was in Tryon County. The records of this County from 1769 are among the superior records of the Superior Court of Lincoln County.

There were other Martins, but the following conveyances were made by the members of John Martin's family. I have not included any that I had any reason to believe were made by Martins of other families.

Deed executed March 8, 1778, by John Martin, "Cooper," and Mary Martin, to James Martin "Planter," consideration 100 pounds, 200 acres, "on south side of Catawba River on Waters of Crowder's Creek, on both sides of the Creek."

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The John Martin in this deed was the father of James Martin, who was my great grandfather.

A deed of gift was made on March 20, 1782, by John Martin and Mary Martin, his wife, to Josias (Josiah) Martin and is as follows: To all people to whom these presents shall come: I, John Martin, of the County of Lincoln in the State of North Carolina, send greeting, know ye, that I the said John Martin, for and in consideration of the natural love and affection which I have and do bear unto my beloved son, Josias Martin, of the County and State aforesaid, and for divers other good causes and consideration, me thereunto moving have given granted, and by these present do give and grant unto the said Josias Martin, his heirs and assigns, a certain tract or parcel of land with the premises situate, lying and being in the county of Lincoln and State aforesaid, on the north fork of Crowder's Creek, a branch of Catawba River, containing by survey three hundred and sixty acres, be the same more or less as appears by courses and distances in a deed executed by Nathaniel Alexander to the said John Martin, bearing date, 2d day of July, 1766."

This deed shows that John Martin was in North Carolina in 1766 at the time he executed the deed to Alexander. It also shows that he and his wife were both living in 1786, at the time they executed this gift. This is the latest information I have about John Martin and his wife Mary McDowell Martin.

Deed executed February 14, 1786, by John Martin "Cooper" to James Martin "Planter," consideration 100 pounds of twenty‑three (23) acres "on the south side of Catawba River on the waters of Crowder's Creek, on both sides of the Creek, originally granted to John Martin by patent, dated 9th of April, 1770.

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Deed executed February 14, 1788 by James Martin "Planter" to William Earwood, consideration forty (40) pounds of two hundred and fifty (250) acres.

Deed executed October 15, 1806, by William Martin of Lincoln County to John Irby of South Carolina of one hundred and twelve (112) acres on the east side of Crowder's Creek.

William Martin moved to Tennessee in 1806. He doubtless made the sale before he moved.

Deed executed March, 1805, by James Martin to Thomas Smith, consideration one thousand (1000) dollars of five tracts of land on both sides of Crowder's Creek.

My great grandfather, James Martin, moved to Tennessee and settled in Rutherford County, in 1805. This sale was doubtless made just before he moved.

Deed executed September 29, 1803, by Josias Martin to James Dunn of three hundred (300) acres, "on North fork of Crowder's Creek, consideration nine hundred ($900) dollars. This conveyance was made for the purpose of removal to Tennessee.

Deed executed December, 1901, by William to James Montgomery of three (3) tracts of land situated on Middle Fork of Crowder's Creek. The three aggregated 352 acres.

Deed executed by James Martin to William Martin September 15, 1802 of a tract of land between one and two acres. This was probably a spring.

My grandfather, William Martin, was a little below medium height; had grey eyes; was quiet in his demeanor. I was often at his house and never saw hi least bit out of patience in my life. He was a very pious man, a strict Presbyterian; held his membership in the Bethberai Church on Rock Creek; held family prayers morning and evening. He was remarkably orderly. He exhibited this in the management of his farm and in all other affairs.

He was born November 20, 1769 and died September 6, 1855. His death was painless and natural; in other words, the machinery of his body having worn out, just quit running. For a number of years before his death his eyes renewed their youth and he could read any kind of print without the aid of glasses. He had a good memory to the end of life. He was a fine example of what a man can be who does not injure his health by anger, hatred, malice or impatience. He was temperate in all things.

His wife, Catherine Barber Martin, was a little above the medium height, had blue eyes, was rather stout as I first recollect her, and gradually grew stouter to end of her life. She had all those qualities which go to make a suitable wife and help‑mate for her husband have described him. She was born April 23, 1774 died December 30, 1851.

The entire Martin family as I remember them, bore the same characteristics of their parents. They owned farms, were industrious, lived well, were neighbors, pious, Christian, church‑going people. They were all Presbyterians. My grandfather settled on the farm on which he lived and died, in 1806. He moved directly from his home on Crowder's Creek in Lincoln County, N. C., to this place. It was then in Bedford County, Tenn. When Marshall County was formed his place was included in the new County.