Facts and Events
ALT birth dates: The DAR records indicate Martin Hughes was born 1794; SAR Membership Application #98980 records Martin's birth date was 25 Sep 1794; SAR Membership Application #97093 records a birth date of 25 Sep 1792; the 1850 census indicates abt 1796; the 1860 indicates abt 1792 and the well researched website by Kurt Cook says 25 Sep 1800.
Jonathan's pension papers said he removed "to Greenbrier County VA in middle of January 1792 until he removed in 1808 to Harrison County, Virginia." It is assumed Martin was born while the family was still in Greenbrier County. A timeline of his parent's various locations, based on Jonathan's pension application is available.
Census
1850 Census Dist 13, Doddridge Co., Virginia
- Martin Hughs 54 M farmer VA (indexed w/o the 'e')
- Ann Hughes 50 F NJ (cannot read or write)
- Leah Hughes 19 VA
- Hanah Hughes 17 F VA
- Stephen Hughes 15 M VA
- Rosanna Hughes 12 F VA
- Charles G. Hughes 8 M VA
- Martin Maxin 1 M VA (this is Martin Maxson, gr-son of Martin. His mother Catherine, Martin's dau, had just died in 1849.)
1860 Census Doddridge, VA
P. O.: West Union
- Martin Hughes 68 M farmer VA
- Ann Hughes 61 F NJ
- Stephen Hughes 24 M VA
- Charles Hughes 18 VA
References
- DAR 466912 L. Stutler.
- DAR 543002.
- United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
Dist 13, Doddridge Co., Virginia.
- United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M653)
West Union, Doddridge, VA.
- Martin Hughes and Anna Davis, in West Virginia Archives - Marriage
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view2.aspx?FilmNumber=847274&ImageNumber=467.
- Marriage of Martin Hughes and Ann Davis, in History of Seventh Day Baptist Church
https://archive.org/details/historyofseventh00rand/page/433/.
Fitz Randolph, Curliss. A History of the Seventh Day Baptist in West Virginia: Including the Woodbridgeton and Salemville Churches and Pennsylvania and the Shrewbury Church in New Jersey. Plainfield, New Jersey: The American Sabbath Tract Society (Seventh Day Baptist), 1905. Online copy. Columbia University, New York City. Archive.lorg. https://archive.org/stream/historyofseventh00rand#page/n9/mode/2up : .
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