Individual Details
Col James Martin
(21 May 1742 - 31 Oct 1834)
Events
| Birth | 21 May 1742 | Annandale township, Lebanon, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British America |  | ||
| Education | 1761 | Princeton College - New Jersey | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 5 Mar 1761 | mentioned in his father's Will | | ||
| Marriage | 1763 | Hunterdon, New Jersey, British America - Mary 'Ruth' Rogers | | ||
| Graduation | Abt 1763 | Princeton Academy - Princeton, British America | | ||
| Move | 1774 | Dan River, Guilford, North Carolina, British America | | ||
| Military | 1775 - 1781 | First Lieutenant, 2nd NC Continental Regt - North Carolina | | ||
| Military | 1775 | North Carolina | | ||
| Military | Jun 1775 | Lt Colonel of Guilford Militia - Guilford, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 18 Dec 1775 | Mary 'Ruth' Rogers | | ||
| Military | 22 Apr 1776 | commissioned Colonel of Gilford Regiment of NC - North Carolina | | ||
| Move | 1781 | Snow Creek, Surry, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 10 Mar 1800 | Stokes, North Carolina, United States - Martha "Patsy" Loftin | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 19 Sep 1807 | mentioned in brother Alexander's Will | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Nov 1807 | listed as brother of Gov Alexander Martin of NC | | ||
| Will | 1827 - 1833 | Stokes, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Will | 13 May 1827 | Stokes, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Signature | 13 May 1827 | Stokes, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Will | 22 Sep 1833 | codicil, Stokes, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Court | 2 Oct 1833 | Stokes, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Death | 31 Oct 1834 | Snow Creek Plantation, Stokes, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Obit | 8 Nov 1834 | Salisbury, North Carolina, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | Wrote an Autobiography | | |||
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Families
| Spouse | Martha "Patsy" Loftin (1774 - 1860) |
| Child | Henry Alexander Martin (1802 - 1827) |
| Child | Edmund Loftin Martin (1804 - 1862) |
| Child | Elizabeth Eldridge "Betsy" Martin (1807 - 1843) |
| Child | Martha Ann Martin (1811 - 1896) |
| Child | John 'Julius' Martin (1814 - ) |
| Child | James Martin Jr ( - ) |
| Spouse | Mary 'Ruth' Rogers (1746 - 1795) |
| Child | Sarah "Sallie" Martin (1764 - 1840) |
| Child | Mary Ann Martin (1766 - 1768) |
| Child | Jane 'Annie' Martin (1768 - 1790) |
| Child | Hugh Martin (1770 - 1861) |
| Child | Mary "Polly" Martin (1774 - 1851) |
| Child | Thomas Martin (1777 - 1778) |
| Child | Alexander "Alex" Martin (1779 - ) |
| Child | Samuel Martin (1782 - ) |
| Child | Frances Elisa "Fanny" Martin (1784 - ) |
| Child | James Martin (1786 - ) |
| Father | REV HUGH MARTIN (1697 - 1761) |
| Mother | JANE HUNTER (1717 - 1807) |
| Sibling | Gov, Col Alexander "Alec" Martin (1738 - 1807) |
| Sibling | Rev Thomas "Tom" Martin (1743 - ) |
| Sibling | Martha "Mattie" Martin (1745 - ) |
| Sibling | Anna 'Jane' Martin (1745 - ) |
| Sibling | Samuel "Sam" Martin (1748 - ) |
| Sibling | Robert Martin (1750 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Gen forum...unsure where references came from...have copy.
2. Chas M Martin, Family of Alexander Strong Martin - NC 2000.
3. , Robert Lindway Wall Sr, 12/31/1956, Nat no. 81260, State 986 NC, Colonel James Martin; Sons of the American Revolution, Ancestry.com, .
4. "Revolutionary War Pensions, North Carolina," database, Fold3 (www.fold3.com: accessed 8 July 2013), James Martin file, p56.
5. Francie Lane, The Martin Family History Volume II: Col. James Martin of Snow Creek Plantation, Stokes County, NC and Marth [Martin] Rogers of Rockingham, NC and Williamson and Montgomery Counties, TN (N.p.: Francie Lane of Yuba City, CA, 2015), 30.
6. Francie Lane, The Martin Family History Volume II: Col. James Martin of Snow Creek Plantation, Stokes County, NC and Marth [Martin] Rogers of Rockingham, NC and Williamson and Montgomery Counties, TN (N.p.: Francie Lane of Yuba City, CA, 2015), 40.
7. "New Jersey, Abstract of Wills, 1670-1817," database, (ancestry.com: downloaded 31 July 2014), Hugh Martin Will abstract-lists children and wife.
8. Chas M Martin, Family of Alexander Strong Martin - NC 2000.
9. Chas M Martin, Family of Alexander Strong Martin - NC 2000.
10. Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements, Pension application of James Martin W4728 HQ 19 fn86NC. Transcribed by Will Graves., na.
11. Chas M Martin, Family of Alexander Strong Martin - NC 2000.
12. Find A Grave, database (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 11 June 2020), memorial page for Col James Martin, Sr, Find A Grave Memorial # 67223495, citing Martin Cemetery (Stokes, North Carolina), memorial created by deegraver, photograph by Terry T.
13. Find A Grave, database (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 11 June 2020), memorial page for Col James Martin, Sr, Find A Grave Memorial # 67223495, citing Martin Cemetery (Stokes, North Carolina), memorial created by deegraver.
14. Find A Grave, database (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 11 June 2020), memorial page for Col James Martin, Sr, Find A Grave Memorial # 67223495, citing Martin Cemetery (Stokes, North Carolina), memorial created by deegraver.
15. , Francis Poehlman Martin, Nat: 93078, NC State: 1129, approved: 7/23/1965, Col James Martin and descendants; Sons of the American Revolution, Ancestry.com, .
16. "Revolutionary War Pensions, North Carolina," database, Fold3 (www.fold3.com: accessed 8 July 2013), James Martin file, p56.
17. "Genealogy of the Henderson Family;A Sketch of the Family of Elizabeth Williams & A Brief Sketch of the Martin Family," , Received from Clary Phipps box of family docs & Pictures in 2013, Mrs Cam Henderson copied it for Thomas Henderson Pritchard who copied it for WSC, Jr in 1909, who passed to his sister Elizabeth Clary who passed to her daughter Clary Phipps who passed to her niece Ria Lobato, 1894 possibly written.
18. "Revolutionary War Pensions, North Carolina," database, Fold3 (www.fold3.com: accessed 8 July 2013), James Martin file, p55.
19. Southern Campaign American Revolution Pension Statements, Pension application of James Martin W4728 HQ 19 fn86NC. Transcribed by Will Graves., na.
20. Chas M Martin, Family of Alexander Strong Martin - NC 2000.
21. "Revolutionary War Pensions, North Carolina," database, Fold3 (www.fold3.com: accessed 8 July 2013), James Martin file, p55.
22. "North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998," digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 21 June 2020), Martha Loftin will, 3 March 1823.
23. "Under Books: Alexander McClaren with Excursis on Related Familied of VA, NC, SC and Tenn," database, Carl Forrest Greenway. Copied and indexed by Miss Katherine Reynolds, Samuel Sorrell Chapter NSDAR, Houston, Texas, 1977, (familysearch.org: downloaded Martin pages 30 August 2014), Hunter Wills with Martin Names listed, p10; citing Will Book URL: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19469-70438-62?cc=1867501&wc=MDRK-YZ9:169767301,170812702.
24. Lucy Henderson Horton, Family History complied by Lucy Henderson Horton (Franklin, Tenn: Press of the News, 1922), 187.
25. Stokes, North Carolina, : NC Probate Records, 1735-1970, Stokes, Wills, 1816-1836, Vol 3, images 173-174 James Martin; , Familysearch.org.
26. "North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998," digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 11 June 2020), Will of James Martin, 13 May 1827.
27. "North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998," digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 11 June 2020), Will of James Martin, 5 Oct 1827.
28. "North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998," digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 11 June 2020), Will of James Martin, 13 May 1827.
29. Find A Grave, database (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 11 June 2020), memorial page for Col James Martin, Sr, Find A Grave Memorial # 67223495, citing Martin Cemetery (Stokes, North Carolina), memorial created by deegraver.
30. Gen forum...unsure where references came from...have copy.
31. Chas M Martin, Family of Alexander Strong Martin - NC 2000.
32. "North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970, Stokes, Wills, 1816-1836, Vol 3," database, (Familysearch.org: accessed 12 May 2013), image 173-4, Will of Col James Martin.
33. , Francis Poehlman Martin, Nat: 93078, NC State: 1129, approved: 7/23/1965, Col James Martin and descendants; Sons of the American Revolution, Ancestry.com, .
34. "Revolutionary War Pensions, North Carolina," database, Fold3 (www.fold3.com: accessed 8 July 2013), James Martin file, p56.
35. Find A Grave, database (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 11 June 2020), memorial page for Col James Martin, Sr, Find A Grave Memorial # 67223495, citing Martin Cemetery (Stokes, North Carolina), memorial created by deegraver, photograph by Terry T.
36. Francie Lane, The Martin Family History Volume II: Col. James Martin of Snow Creek Plantation, Stokes County, NC and Marth [Martin] Rogers of Rockingham, NC and Williamson and Montgomery Counties, TN (N.p.: Francie Lane of Yuba City, CA, 2015), 38.
37. Francie Lane, The Martin Family History Volume II: Col. James Martin of Snow Creek Plantation, Stokes County, NC and Marth [Martin] Rogers of Rockingham, NC and Williamson and Montgomery Counties, TN (N.p.: Francie Lane of Yuba City, CA, 2015), 58.
38. Col James Martin Biography - A History of the Martin families as related by Tradition from One generation to Another (Biography writting by Col James Martin of Snow Creek, unknown), not numbered, transcription from an ancestry tree privately held by Possess a transcription in my files, .
39. Find A Grave, database (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 11 June 2020), memorial page for Col James Martin, Sr, Find A Grave Memorial # 67223495, citing Martin Cemetery (Stokes, North Carolina), memorial created by deegraver.
40. Francie Lane, The Martin Family History Volume II: Col. James Martin of Snow Creek Plantation, Stokes County, NC and Marth [Martin] Rogers of Rockingham, NC and Williamson and Montgomery Counties, TN (N.p.: Francie Lane of Yuba City, CA, 2015), 43.