Person:Gabriel Martin (9)

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Gabriel N. Martin
b.Bef 1800
d.Abt 15 May 1834 Texas
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m. Bef 1825
  1. Matthew W. Martin1825 -
  2. Louisiana Jane Martin1830 - 1879
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Name[1] Gabriel N. Martin
Gender Male
Birth[6] Bef 1800
Residence[6] 1820 Jonesborough, Red River County, TexasSettled in Jonesborough and established a ferry across the Red River
Marriage Bef 1825 to Henrietta Wright
Residence[6] 1828 Jonesborough, Red River County, TexasHis house was designated the courthouse for Miller County, Arkansas. [it's complicated...]
Death[2][3] Abt 15 May 1834 Texas

Killed by Comanches while on a buffalo hunt on Glass Creek west of Fort Towson, about 15 miles above the Washita. His son Matthew was captured, together with a slave named Hardy, who subsequently engineered their escape.

References
  1. ↑ Clark, Pat B. The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County. (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort & Co., 1937)
    p. xiii.
  2. ↑ Clark, Pat B. The History of Clarksville and Old Red River County. (Dallas: Mathis, Van Nort & Co., 1937)
    pp. 21-22.
  3. ↑ Dallas Morning News. (Dallas, Texas)
    Article by Rex W. Strickland, 6 Jun 1936.
  4.   Arkansas Secretary of State. Historical Report of the Secretary of State, 1998. (Little Rock: Arkansas Secretary of State, 1998)
    p. 631.

    Served as County Judge of Miller County, 1833-36 (and died while in office).

  5.   Texas. General Land Office. Abstracts of All Original Texas Land Titles Comprising Grants and Locations. (Austin, Texas: Texas General Land Office)
    Patent #852 & 853 (Abstract #538 & 539).

    On 10 Jun 1854, he received (posthumously) a 1st Class headright certificate #306 for 3,559 acres (located on the Red River; Acworth is on this land) & another 942 acres (located northeast of English). Both parcels were actually patented by his heirs.

  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Handbook of Texas Online.

    "Martin, Gabriel N."

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