Person:Martin Zorn (2)

Disambiguation

Not to be confused with Martin Zornes, born 1750, son of Andreas Zornes and Maria Dorothea Nasser. Some researchers have confused the two and placed this Martin as the son of Andreas instead of Jacob Zorn. In "A compilation of data on the "Zorn family in America", by Ed Bryant Bates, he clearly places this Martin Zorn as the son of Jacob Zorn and Mary Ruhlman.

Records in Virginia

• 1780 - Martin Zorn listed in Deed of Survey (SR-1, 150)

• 1781 - Martin Zornes among Heads of Families for Monongalia County. (RSE, 35). [Source: "West Virginis Surnames, the Pioneers", by William E. Mockler, pub. 1973, pg. 180].

1.   Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).

   http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=18614613&pid=706385237

2.   Edmund West (compiler). Family Data Collection - Deaths: [database on-line] (not a reliable source). (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001).

   Name: Martin Zornes
   Death Date: 20 Mar 1838
   City: Sandy Springs

3.   Jackson, Ron V. Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890.

   Name: Martin Zornes
   State: VA
   County: Monongalia County
   Township: 04 00
   Year: 1782
   Record Type: Continental Census
   Database: VA Early Census Index

4.   Bates, Edward Bryant. A compilation of data on the Zorn family in America
   Pg. 5.
   1. 5. MARTIN ZORN. born 20 Oct 1753. married CATHERINE Some say her maiden name was STOUT, he died 20 March 1838 and is buried at the Sandy Springs Cemetery in Adams county. Ohio. His grave is located and marked as a veteran, of the War of Independence, although his unit and state is not known.
5.   Bates, Edward Bryant. A compilation of data on the Zorn family in America
   Pg. 7.

   MARTIN ZORN was born ca. Oct 20, 1753. This is Pased upon his death stone in Adams Co. OHIO, where it states, "Dead, March 20. 1838, 84 years and live months"
   ANDREW ZORN. his brother, who served with the 8th Regiment. Penn. Continental Line, during the Rev. War. was "aaed about 66" when he filed for his pension on the 24th of April 1820. That would indicate he was born ca. 1754.