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John Martin

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John Martin Veteran

Birth
England
Death
14 Feb 1843 (aged 105–106)
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA GPS-Latitude: 33.4655542, Longitude: -81.9552547
Memorial ID
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Inscription

A soldier in the Revolution. Aged 105 years. He served in the Cherokee War of 1755, was wounded in the head by a tomahawk. He served through the whole of the Revolutionary War with honor. A tribute of respect by the ladies of Augusta.

Gravesite Details

There is a Revolutionary cannon at the foot of his grave that John Martin was supposed to have brought back with him from the war.


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