The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-05-07
Louiaa Courthouse, WHERE'S he died Iii hi
cighty-sevcnth year.
Martin.
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Martin.
Editor Genealogical Column, Times-Dis
patch: &3
Dear slr,--1n the Martin genaalosy !. !,
contained in Times-Dlspa April ssd
you are mistaken in making senate,
Martin a descendant Of ThomaB Martlnia
of Albe,narle county, who died 1792. O1
THOMAS Martins clever children, but one
son, George, remained IN Virginia; thefo
others going to Kentucky, Tennessee and
South Carolina. George Martin had ono
son and two daughters: the aon, SamuelU
Martin, left ak sons, NIL now dead, and
the only male descendants bearing tho
Martin name and living In Albemarle
are Goulay and Harry Martin, OF Coves-j
Vile. There are others OF the name In
Nelson county, descendants OF Thomas
Martin.
According to q Martin genealogy, COM
piled by DR.. Samuel Davies Martin. OF X
Kentucky, n grandson Of Thomas Martin,
the first OF the family In America was
wealthy family in Galway. He came
about 1850. 4
Abram Martin had one son, John. born
1856 In Virginia. John Martins children
were: 1. Mary, born 1908, who married
n Clark, and was ancestress Of George \
Rogers Clark: 2. John. born 17G. ancestor ]
OF Luther Martin, of Maryland; s. Eliza, 4
born 170S, married O. Douglas, and was an
cestress Of Stephen A. Douglas; 4.
Thomas born 1714, of Locust Grove, Albe-
marie county, who is mentioned In
Woodss History Of Albemarle; s. Abraxns
born ZIG, mn Indian fighter under Gem
eral washington in Braddock's defeat,
and ancestor of the South Carolina Mar
tins; he was killed by Indians In Georgia
Thomas Martin. Of Albemarle, had three
wives--the first, Ann Moorman, had ten
children. His second wife was q Miss
Glover, no children. His third wife.
Mary Suddarth, had only one son. Abrann. [
who married and lived in Tennessee,
whore no has numerous descendants.
Rev. Edgar Woods's History Of Abs
marie, which The lTimes-DlHpatch has
followed, states merely that Thomas Mar
tin was settler on the south fork Of
Hardware River IN 1854 An examination
Of the records Of Albemarle county
shows that he acquired four hundred
acres on ''Ned's Creek OF the E,luvannas
River from Isaac Bates, August u, \
1850. His father, ohm Martin, Sri, 40.
gquired tract on Hardware River Feb
ruary "a, 174s, and the county surveyor
surveyed for John Martin (styled gent I
In index to surveyors book OF Albemarle I
county,, 80 acres Lying both sides Of
John Smith, Jr.. having been the SUR
$veyor. it3ii
Thomas Martins descendants In the
South are extremely numerous, and have
been exceedingly prominent In public life
In Kentucky they include BreckenridgeA
Buckners Blantons, Bullltts, Clays.5
#Clarks. Duncans, Jacksons and ATaylo
His son. Major John Martin, was g Reyo.
lutionary soldier. the first sheriff OF \
Clarke county, KY, and a Judge. His
son, DR.. Samuel Davies Martin, visited
his uncles and aunts in Carolina, TEN
linessee and Virginia. to gather informa-s
ton about tho family, and published %inS
1857 "a Martin genealogy, which was later
enlarged and published in Charl
IS. c., by a grandfather Of Thomas Mar
tins brother Abram. The descendants
Of this Abram Martin included seven sons.
who fought in the Revolution, one Of
them being General John Martin. Of
AIartinstown, Edgeheld District, g. c.
Other descendants. Joshua Lanier Mar
tin and John Mason Martin, father and
son, were members Of Congress from
Alabama. Barclay Martin. NJ. g., from
Tennessee. and John Martin, senator from
Kansas, were and are descendants Of!
Abram Martini OF South Carolina
This Information Is drawn from Dr.!
Martins pamphlet from family letters
written by him to relatives in Virginia
lin 1915, from records in lbemarle county,
courthouse. and from long residence in
Albemarlo county. j55 - = s55
\ "A DESCENDANT OF THOMAS
@ MARTIN. sR. S91
Memphis, Tenn, April q, 1905.
If we are wrong In making Senator
Martin a descendant ofaThomas Martin.
of Ahemarle. our corresnondent has
failed to show who were his GRANDPA Tiers
Could not some of the descendants Of
Thomas Martin, living in Nelson county,
have been his line? So we have always
understood. OF the children Of his three
wives, certainly some are now living
in Albemarle. md SO itjwould be inferred
from JNoodss History Of Albemarle. We
would BIO glad to hear again from "De-S
scendant" on this point. p, 9. NJ
Floyd.
rs. II. F., OF San Antonio, Texas, de- {