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Major General Joseph Martin
Facts and Events
| Name |
Major General Joseph Martin |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
18 Sep 1740 |
Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States |
| Marriage |
Abt 1762 |
Orange, Virginia, United Statesto Sarah Lucas |
| Occupation? |
1777 |
Virginia, United StatesVirginia Commissioner to the Cherokee |
| Marriage |
Bef 1778 |
Tennessee, United States[polygamist union]
to Elizabeth Ward |
| Marriage |
24 Feb 1784 |
Henry, Virginia, United States[2nd wife]
to Susannah Graves |
| Occupation? |
1788 |
Chota, Blount, Tennessee, United StatesFur Trader and Planter |
| Occupation? |
11 Dec 1793 |
Virginia, United StatesBrigadier General, Virginia Militia |
| Death[3] |
18 Dec 1808 |
Martinsville, Henry, Virginia, United States |
| Burial[3] |
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Martin Cemetery, Leatherwood, Henry County, Virginia, USA |
| Alt Burial? |
1809 |
Belle Mont, Henry, Virginia, United States |
Land Records in Virginia
- Page 347 - Col. Joseph Martin - 400 ac - Commissioners Certificate - in Powells Valley on both sides of Harmans Camp branch and on both sides of the Kentucky Trace - beginning at the foot of the bald knob - March 20, 1786... William Fitzgerald - 400 ac - in Powells Valley near Cumberland Gap on a creek called Fitzgerrald's, includes Harmon's old camp - actual settlement made in 1775 - August 20, 1781...Assigned to Joseph Martin. Signed: William Fitzgerald. [Source: Washington Co, VA Survey Records Abstracts 1781-1797, pages 301-400].
Records in Virginia
- Burruss, Jacob - entered service 1778 in Orange County, Virginia; received Pension abt. age 77 in Smith County, Tennessee, 1832, where he died 10/1/1832; married 3/1781 Susannah, daughter of Gen. Joseph Martin, Henry County, Virginia; widow received Pension abt. age 75 in Smith County, Tennessee, 1838; widow was sister of William Martin who abt. age 66 there in 1832. R429. [Virginia/West Virginia Genealogical Data from Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Records”, Vol. 1, compiled by Patrick G. Wardell, Lt. Col. U.S. Army Ret.].
Research notes
- although he had 2 European wives, he practiced polygamy during his time as an Indian trader and took a common-law Cherokee wife, Elizabeth Ward
Image Gallery
References
- Emmet Starr, History of the Cherokee Indians: Old Families and their Genealogies (1921; Rare Book Reprints, 19
350. - Joseph Martin (general), in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
Excerpt:
Joseph Martin had 18 children by his two wives and his Cherokee common law wife. Martin's descendants[71] include his eldest son Col. William Martin,[72] Tennessee pioneer,[73] and member of the South Carolina and Georgia legislatures;[74][75] son Col. Joseph Martin, member of the Virginia House of Delegates, the Virginia State Senate and the Virginia Constitutional Convention 1829–1830;[76] daughter Martha Martin, who married her cousin William Cleveland, son of Benjamin Cleveland, hero of the Battle of King's Mountain; son Major Brice Martin, Tennessee pioneer, and surveyor in 1801 of the disputed boundary between Virginia and Tennessee;[77] Dr. Jesse Martin Shackelford, founder of Martinsville's Shackelford Hospital, later Martinsville Memorial;[78] Judge Nicholas H. Hairston of Roanoke.;[79] United States Senator from Virginia Thomas Staples Martin from Charlottesville, Virginia.;[80] Judge John Dillard of the North Carolina Supreme Court; American theologian and Biblical Greek scholar Archibald Thomas Robertson.;[81] Alabama Governors Joshua L. Martin, Gabriel Moore, John A. Winston, and Charles Henderson;[82] as well as Alfred M. Scales, Confederate General in the Civil War, and subsequently Governor of North Carolina.
Nancy Ward by George Catlin. Ward's daughter was Martin's wife
Also descended from Martin was Henry Smith Pritchett, an educator born in Missouri who served as president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Gen Joseph Martin, in Find A Grave.
Inscription:
Died on the 18 of December 1808 Brigadier General Joseph Martin in the 69 year of his age
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