Person:William Martin (266)

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Col. William Martin
b.10 Oct 1763 New Jersey
d.25 Aug 1851 Harrison, West Virginia, United States
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  • H.  Col. William Martin1763 - 1851
  • W.  Jane Powers1793 - 1879
m. 23 Feb 1813
  1. James MartinAbt 1798 - 1856
  2. Wellington MartinAbt 1818 -
  3. Luther Martin1820 - 1900
  4. Granville MartinAbt 1823 -
  5. Lafayette MartinAbt 1825 -
  6. Louisa MartinAbt 1828 -
  7. Emily MartinAbt 1830 -
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Name[1] Col. William Martin
Gender Male
Birth[1] 10 Oct 1763 New Jersey
Residence? 1778 Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey, United Stateslived on South Branch of Raritan
Military[1] 1779 Lebanon Twp, Somerset County, New Jerseyserved in the Commissary Dept under Captains McKnight, James Johnston and John Bray
Military[1] 16 Jul 1779 Stony Point, Rockland, New York, United StatesBattle of Stony Point
Residence? Nov 1786 Harrison, Virginia (later West Virginia), United States
Marriage 23 Feb 1813 Harrison, West Virginia, United Statesto Jane Powers
Death[1] 25 Aug 1851 Harrison, West Virginia, United Statesage 88
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Colonel William Martin, in Haymond, Henry. History of Harrison County, West Virginia: from earliest days of northwestern Virginia to the present. (Morgantown, West Virginia: Acme Publishing, 1910)
    371.

    William Martin.
    Colonel William Martin was born in New Jersey October 10, 1763, and came to Clarksburg at a very early date, where he was engaged in the mercantile business.
    He was Sheriff of the County and long a Justice of the Peace and at all times prominent in public affairs, and always had the respect and confidence of the people. He owned land near Romine's Mills and made that his home until his death August 25, 1851.
    He served in the war of the Revolution enlisting at Lebannon, New Jersey in 1779 and served in the Commissary Department under Captains McKnight, James Johnston and John Bray, at Pittstown and Raritan's Landing and was present at the storming of Stony Point.

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