Abram Martin
The head of the South Carolina branch of the Martin family, Abram Martin, was born in Carolina County, Virginia, in the year 07 Feb 1716. (other date found was 1708, but it seems to be too early with regard to the birth dates of his wife and children)
Captain Abram Martin served with George Washington as a Captain in the Virginia Militia in the French and Indian Wars and had participated in the defeat of Braddock at Fort DuQuesne.
On 02 Oct 1744 he married Miss Elizabeth Marshall, daughter of Capt. John Marshall and Elizabeth (Markham) Marshall of Caroline County, VA. Elizabeth's brother, Col. Thomas Marshall was the father of John Curtis Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
In early Colonial days, Abram Martin was commissioned by the King of England to survey a part of the Southern colonies. For this service he was given a tract of land in Edgefield District, South Carolina.
In 1769 the Martin family emigrated from Virginia, established their home beside the old Indian trail and with eight sons and a daughter operated a farm and a store. The community in which they lived came to be known as Martintown. Eventually, "the path to Augusta" which led through Martintown came to be designated "the Martintown Road," the name by which it is known today.
Their children:
William Marshall Martin
Leticia “Letty” Martin (Daughter)
James Martin
John (Major) Martin
George Martin
Barclay (Col) Martin
Edmund Martin
Marshall Martin
Matthew (Captain) Martin
In 1773 Abram was killed by Indians while on a surveying trip to Georgia. He was buried in the Martin Cemetery, Edgefield County, SC. (Another source reports he died on 06 Sep 1771)
In his book, "History of Edgefield County From the Earliest Settlements to 1897" By John A. Chapman, Newberry, SC, 1897, pp 392-393 (online at:)
[https://archive.org/stream/historyofedgefie00chap#page/393/mode/1up]
Chapman writes concerning Abram, his parents and his wife and children:
THE MARTINS OF MARTINTOWN.
"I am indebted to the Honorable John Martin, United States
Senator from Kansas, (in 1894) for the following information:
The Martin family was of Scotch-Irish origin. The family
emigrated from the North of Ireland somewhere towards the
close of the sixteenth century (should be I think seventeenth) and settled originally in Caroline County, Virginia. The family was a large one, there being seven sons and one daughter. The names of the sons were: ABRAM, John, George, William, Matthew, Barclay, and Edmund. The daughter's name was Letty. They resided in Virginia for many years, and finally scattered to Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio, and South Carolina.
The head of the South Carolina branch of the family, ABRAM MARTIN, was born in Caroline County, Virginia, in the year
1708, and there grew to manhood and married Miss Elizabeth
Marshall, of Caroline County, who was said to be a niece of the father of John Marshall, afterwards Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Soon after his marriage he moved to South Carolina and located in Edgefield District and there lived and died.
He had eight sons, as follows: William Martin,
James Martin, John Martin, George Martin, Barclay Martin, Edmund Martin, Marshall Martin, Matt Martin, and one daughter, Letty Martin.
Of these children, William, the eldest, married Miss Grace
Waring and left three children, Robert, Elizabeth, and William. He was captain of artillery and was killed at the siege of Augusta. It was this Mrs. Martin who, in conjunction with Mrs. Barclay Martin, born Rachel Clay, captured the British courier with dispatches while on his way from Augusta to Ninety-Six.
The third son, John Martin, was an officer during the Revolution, Brigadier after the war, and served several years in the Legislature. He was married three times and left many children, one of whom was Judge W D. Martin.
John Martin died in Abbeville District in 1813.
Several of this prolific family rose to distinction. Charles was an officer in the Confederate Army and was killed in the battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
John Martin, Senator from Kansas [in 1894], is a grandson of Matthew Martin of the Revolution, who moved to Tennessee and died there in 1846."
A granite monument has been erected to the memory of the Martin Family. It stands 18 miles above North Augusta beside the Martintown Road near the spot where the Martin wives intercepted the British courier with his escort. The monument bears the following inscription:
MARTIN
SETTLEMENT OF
ABRAM AND ELIZABETH
MARSHALL MARTIN
ABOUT 1769
NEAR THIS SPOT THEIR DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW
SALLY GRACE AND RACHEL
DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTION
CAPTURED IMPORTANT DISPATCHES FROM
BRITISH SOLDIERS ON THEIR WAY FROM
AUGUSTA TO NINETY SIX
On the reverse side:
SONS OF
ABRAM AND ELIZABETH MARSHALL
MARTIN
WHO WERE SOLDIERS IN THE AMERICAN
ARMY OF THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
WILLIAM
JAMES
JOHN
GEORGE
BARCLAY
EDMUND
MARSHALL
MATTHEW
The road that bears the Martin name remains. A roadside marker which the Martintown Chapter of the DAR has erected stands at a prominent intersection of the road and reads as follows:
THE MARTINTOWN ROAD
In the 1730's, an Indian path from Fort Moore to the Saluda ridge was used by traders going to the Cherokee Nation. Later, a wagon road from Ninety Six to Augusta followed the same route. Names for the Martin family who lived beside it and served well the cause of the Revolution, it was widely used during that conflict by Patriots, Tories and British.
Erected by
Martintown Road Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1972
Information gathered from:
~January, 1974 DAR Magazine
~Online at the Cooper Library in Shelbyville, TN
~The Fighting Martins of Ninety-Six, South Carolina from John A. Chapman
~History of Edgefield County From the Earliest Settlements to 1897. From John A. Chapman, Newberry, SC, 1897, pp 392-393
~http://colonialancestors.com/revolutionary/women.htm
~Colonial Families of the Southern United States by Stella Pickett Hardy describes an engraving entitled "Elizabeth, Grace and Rachel Martin, Capturing a British Dispatch Squad," See Hardy, page 368
There is one large marker of 20th century design with inscriptions on 2 sides.
The head of the South Carolina branch of the Martin family, Abram Martin, was born in Carolina County, Virginia, in the year 07 Feb 1716. (other date found was 1708, but it seems to be too early with regard to the birth dates of his wife and children)
Captain Abram Martin served with George Washington as a Captain in the Virginia Militia in the French and Indian Wars and had participated in the defeat of Braddock at Fort DuQuesne.
On 02 Oct 1744 he married Miss Elizabeth Marshall, daughter of Capt. John Marshall and Elizabeth (Markham) Marshall of Caroline County, VA. Elizabeth's brother, Col. Thomas Marshall was the father of John Curtis Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
In early Colonial days, Abram Martin was commissioned by the King of England to survey a part of the Southern colonies. For this service he was given a tract of land in Edgefield District, South Carolina.
In 1769 the Martin family emigrated from Virginia, established their home beside the old Indian trail and with eight sons and a daughter operated a farm and a store. The community in which they lived came to be known as Martintown. Eventually, "the path to Augusta" which led through Martintown came to be designated "the Martintown Road," the name by which it is known today.
Their children:
William Marshall Martin
Leticia “Letty” Martin (Daughter)
James Martin
John (Major) Martin
George Martin
Barclay (Col) Martin
Edmund Martin
Marshall Martin
Matthew (Captain) Martin
In 1773 Abram was killed by Indians while on a surveying trip to Georgia. He was buried in the Martin Cemetery, Edgefield County, SC. (Another source reports he died on 06 Sep 1771)
In his book, "History of Edgefield County From the Earliest Settlements to 1897" By John A. Chapman, Newberry, SC, 1897, pp 392-393 (online at:)
[https://archive.org/stream/historyofedgefie00chap#page/393/mode/1up]
Chapman writes concerning Abram, his parents and his wife and children:
THE MARTINS OF MARTINTOWN.
"I am indebted to the Honorable John Martin, United States
Senator from Kansas, (in 1894) for the following information:
The Martin family was of Scotch-Irish origin. The family
emigrated from the North of Ireland somewhere towards the
close of the sixteenth century (should be I think seventeenth) and settled originally in Caroline County, Virginia. The family was a large one, there being seven sons and one daughter. The names of the sons were: ABRAM, John, George, William, Matthew, Barclay, and Edmund. The daughter's name was Letty. They resided in Virginia for many years, and finally scattered to Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio, and South Carolina.
The head of the South Carolina branch of the family, ABRAM MARTIN, was born in Caroline County, Virginia, in the year
1708, and there grew to manhood and married Miss Elizabeth
Marshall, of Caroline County, who was said to be a niece of the father of John Marshall, afterwards Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Soon after his marriage he moved to South Carolina and located in Edgefield District and there lived and died.
He had eight sons, as follows: William Martin,
James Martin, John Martin, George Martin, Barclay Martin, Edmund Martin, Marshall Martin, Matt Martin, and one daughter, Letty Martin.
Of these children, William, the eldest, married Miss Grace
Waring and left three children, Robert, Elizabeth, and William. He was captain of artillery and was killed at the siege of Augusta. It was this Mrs. Martin who, in conjunction with Mrs. Barclay Martin, born Rachel Clay, captured the British courier with dispatches while on his way from Augusta to Ninety-Six.
The third son, John Martin, was an officer during the Revolution, Brigadier after the war, and served several years in the Legislature. He was married three times and left many children, one of whom was Judge W D. Martin.
John Martin died in Abbeville District in 1813.
Several of this prolific family rose to distinction. Charles was an officer in the Confederate Army and was killed in the battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
John Martin, Senator from Kansas [in 1894], is a grandson of Matthew Martin of the Revolution, who moved to Tennessee and died there in 1846."
A granite monument has been erected to the memory of the Martin Family. It stands 18 miles above North Augusta beside the Martintown Road near the spot where the Martin wives intercepted the British courier with his escort. The monument bears the following inscription:
MARTIN
SETTLEMENT OF
ABRAM AND ELIZABETH
MARSHALL MARTIN
ABOUT 1769
NEAR THIS SPOT THEIR DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW
SALLY GRACE AND RACHEL
DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTION
CAPTURED IMPORTANT DISPATCHES FROM
BRITISH SOLDIERS ON THEIR WAY FROM
AUGUSTA TO NINETY SIX
On the reverse side:
SONS OF
ABRAM AND ELIZABETH MARSHALL
MARTIN
WHO WERE SOLDIERS IN THE AMERICAN
ARMY OF THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
WILLIAM
JAMES
JOHN
GEORGE
BARCLAY
EDMUND
MARSHALL
MATTHEW
The road that bears the Martin name remains. A roadside marker which the Martintown Chapter of the DAR has erected stands at a prominent intersection of the road and reads as follows:
THE MARTINTOWN ROAD
In the 1730's, an Indian path from Fort Moore to the Saluda ridge was used by traders going to the Cherokee Nation. Later, a wagon road from Ninety Six to Augusta followed the same route. Names for the Martin family who lived beside it and served well the cause of the Revolution, it was widely used during that conflict by Patriots, Tories and British.
Erected by
Martintown Road Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1972
Information gathered from:
~January, 1974 DAR Magazine
~Online at the Cooper Library in Shelbyville, TN
~The Fighting Martins of Ninety-Six, South Carolina from John A. Chapman
~History of Edgefield County From the Earliest Settlements to 1897. From John A. Chapman, Newberry, SC, 1897, pp 392-393
~http://colonialancestors.com/revolutionary/women.htm
~Colonial Families of the Southern United States by Stella Pickett Hardy describes an engraving entitled "Elizabeth, Grace and Rachel Martin, Capturing a British Dispatch Squad," See Hardy, page 368
There is one large marker of 20th century design with inscriptions on 2 sides.
Abram Martin
The head of the South Carolina branch of the Martin family, Abram Martin, was born in Carolina County, Virginia, in the year 07 Feb 1716. (other date found was 1708, but it seems to be too early with regard to the birth dates of his wife and children)
Captain Abram Martin served with George Washington as a Captain in the Virginia Militia in the French and Indian Wars and had participated in the defeat of Braddock at Fort DuQuesne.
On 02 Oct 1744 he married Miss Elizabeth Marshall, daughter of Capt. John Marshall and Elizabeth (Markham) Marshall of Caroline County, VA. Elizabeth's brother, Col. Thomas Marshall was the father of John Curtis Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
In early Colonial days, Abram Martin was commissioned by the King of England to survey a part of the Southern colonies. For this service he was given a tract of land in Edgefield District, South Carolina.
In 1769 the Martin family emigrated from Virginia, established their home beside the old Indian trail and with eight sons and a daughter operated a farm and a store. The community in which they lived came to be known as Martintown. Eventually, "the path to Augusta" which led through Martintown came to be designated "the Martintown Road," the name by which it is known today.
Their children:
William Marshall Martin
Leticia “Letty” Martin (Daughter)
James Martin
John (Major) Martin
George Martin
Barclay (Col) Martin
Edmund Martin
Marshall Martin
Matthew (Captain) Martin
In 1773 Abram was killed by Indians while on a surveying trip to Georgia. He was buried in the Martin Cemetery, Edgefield County, SC. (Another source reports he died on 06 Sep 1771)
In his book, "History of Edgefield County From the Earliest Settlements to 1897" By John A. Chapman, Newberry, SC, 1897, pp 392-393 (online at:)
[https://archive.org/stream/historyofedgefie00chap#page/393/mode/1up]
Chapman writes concerning Abram, his parents and his wife and children:
THE MARTINS OF MARTINTOWN.
"I am indebted to the Honorable John Martin, United States
Senator from Kansas, (in 1894) for the following information:
The Martin family was of Scotch-Irish origin. The family
emigrated from the North of Ireland somewhere towards the
close of the sixteenth century (should be I think seventeenth) and settled originally in Caroline County, Virginia. The family was a large one, there being seven sons and one daughter. The names of the sons were: ABRAM, John, George, William, Matthew, Barclay, and Edmund. The daughter's name was Letty. They resided in Virginia for many years, and finally scattered to Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio, and South Carolina.
The head of the South Carolina branch of the family, ABRAM MARTIN, was born in Caroline County, Virginia, in the year
1708, and there grew to manhood and married Miss Elizabeth
Marshall, of Caroline County, who was said to be a niece of the father of John Marshall, afterwards Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Soon after his marriage he moved to South Carolina and located in Edgefield District and there lived and died.
He had eight sons, as follows: William Martin,
James Martin, John Martin, George Martin, Barclay Martin, Edmund Martin, Marshall Martin, Matt Martin, and one daughter, Letty Martin.
Of these children, William, the eldest, married Miss Grace
Waring and left three children, Robert, Elizabeth, and William. He was captain of artillery and was killed at the siege of Augusta. It was this Mrs. Martin who, in conjunction with Mrs. Barclay Martin, born Rachel Clay, captured the British courier with dispatches while on his way from Augusta to Ninety-Six.
The third son, John Martin, was an officer during the Revolution, Brigadier after the war, and served several years in the Legislature. He was married three times and left many children, one of whom was Judge W D. Martin.
John Martin died in Abbeville District in 1813.
Several of this prolific family rose to distinction. Charles was an officer in the Confederate Army and was killed in the battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
John Martin, Senator from Kansas [in 1894], is a grandson of Matthew Martin of the Revolution, who moved to Tennessee and died there in 1846."
A granite monument has been erected to the memory of the Martin Family. It stands 18 miles above North Augusta beside the Martintown Road near the spot where the Martin wives intercepted the British courier with his escort. The monument bears the following inscription:
MARTIN
SETTLEMENT OF
ABRAM AND ELIZABETH
MARSHALL MARTIN
ABOUT 1769
NEAR THIS SPOT THEIR DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW
SALLY GRACE AND RACHEL
DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTION
CAPTURED IMPORTANT DISPATCHES FROM
BRITISH SOLDIERS ON THEIR WAY FROM
AUGUSTA TO NINETY SIX
On the reverse side:
SONS OF
ABRAM AND ELIZABETH MARSHALL
MARTIN
WHO WERE SOLDIERS IN THE AMERICAN
ARMY OF THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
WILLIAM
JAMES
JOHN
GEORGE
BARCLAY
EDMUND
MARSHALL
MATTHEW
The road that bears the Martin name remains. A roadside marker which the Martintown Chapter of the DAR has erected stands at a prominent intersection of the road and reads as follows:
THE MARTINTOWN ROAD
In the 1730's, an Indian path from Fort Moore to the Saluda ridge was used by traders going to the Cherokee Nation. Later, a wagon road from Ninety Six to Augusta followed the same route. Names for the Martin family who lived beside it and served well the cause of the Revolution, it was widely used during that conflict by Patriots, Tories and British.
Erected by
Martintown Road Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1972
Information gathered from:
~January, 1974 DAR Magazine
~Online at the Cooper Library in Shelbyville, TN
~The Fighting Martins of Ninety-Six, South Carolina from John A. Chapman
~History of Edgefield County From the Earliest Settlements to 1897. From John A. Chapman, Newberry, SC, 1897, pp 392-393
~http://colonialancestors.com/revolutionary/women.htm
~Colonial Families of the Southern United States by Stella Pickett Hardy describes an engraving entitled "Elizabeth, Grace and Rachel Martin, Capturing a British Dispatch Squad," See Hardy, page 368
There is one large marker of 20th century design with inscriptions on 2 sides.
The head of the South Carolina branch of the Martin family, Abram Martin, was born in Carolina County, Virginia, in the year 07 Feb 1716. (other date found was 1708, but it seems to be too early with regard to the birth dates of his wife and children)
Captain Abram Martin served with George Washington as a Captain in the Virginia Militia in the French and Indian Wars and had participated in the defeat of Braddock at Fort DuQuesne.
On 02 Oct 1744 he married Miss Elizabeth Marshall, daughter of Capt. John Marshall and Elizabeth (Markham) Marshall of Caroline County, VA. Elizabeth's brother, Col. Thomas Marshall was the father of John Curtis Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
In early Colonial days, Abram Martin was commissioned by the King of England to survey a part of the Southern colonies. For this service he was given a tract of land in Edgefield District, South Carolina.
In 1769 the Martin family emigrated from Virginia, established their home beside the old Indian trail and with eight sons and a daughter operated a farm and a store. The community in which they lived came to be known as Martintown. Eventually, "the path to Augusta" which led through Martintown came to be designated "the Martintown Road," the name by which it is known today.
Their children:
William Marshall Martin
Leticia “Letty” Martin (Daughter)
James Martin
John (Major) Martin
George Martin
Barclay (Col) Martin
Edmund Martin
Marshall Martin
Matthew (Captain) Martin
In 1773 Abram was killed by Indians while on a surveying trip to Georgia. He was buried in the Martin Cemetery, Edgefield County, SC. (Another source reports he died on 06 Sep 1771)
In his book, "History of Edgefield County From the Earliest Settlements to 1897" By John A. Chapman, Newberry, SC, 1897, pp 392-393 (online at:)
[https://archive.org/stream/historyofedgefie00chap#page/393/mode/1up]
Chapman writes concerning Abram, his parents and his wife and children:
THE MARTINS OF MARTINTOWN.
"I am indebted to the Honorable John Martin, United States
Senator from Kansas, (in 1894) for the following information:
The Martin family was of Scotch-Irish origin. The family
emigrated from the North of Ireland somewhere towards the
close of the sixteenth century (should be I think seventeenth) and settled originally in Caroline County, Virginia. The family was a large one, there being seven sons and one daughter. The names of the sons were: ABRAM, John, George, William, Matthew, Barclay, and Edmund. The daughter's name was Letty. They resided in Virginia for many years, and finally scattered to Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Ohio, and South Carolina.
The head of the South Carolina branch of the family, ABRAM MARTIN, was born in Caroline County, Virginia, in the year
1708, and there grew to manhood and married Miss Elizabeth
Marshall, of Caroline County, who was said to be a niece of the father of John Marshall, afterwards Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Soon after his marriage he moved to South Carolina and located in Edgefield District and there lived and died.
He had eight sons, as follows: William Martin,
James Martin, John Martin, George Martin, Barclay Martin, Edmund Martin, Marshall Martin, Matt Martin, and one daughter, Letty Martin.
Of these children, William, the eldest, married Miss Grace
Waring and left three children, Robert, Elizabeth, and William. He was captain of artillery and was killed at the siege of Augusta. It was this Mrs. Martin who, in conjunction with Mrs. Barclay Martin, born Rachel Clay, captured the British courier with dispatches while on his way from Augusta to Ninety-Six.
The third son, John Martin, was an officer during the Revolution, Brigadier after the war, and served several years in the Legislature. He was married three times and left many children, one of whom was Judge W D. Martin.
John Martin died in Abbeville District in 1813.
Several of this prolific family rose to distinction. Charles was an officer in the Confederate Army and was killed in the battle of Kennesaw Mountain.
John Martin, Senator from Kansas [in 1894], is a grandson of Matthew Martin of the Revolution, who moved to Tennessee and died there in 1846."
A granite monument has been erected to the memory of the Martin Family. It stands 18 miles above North Augusta beside the Martintown Road near the spot where the Martin wives intercepted the British courier with his escort. The monument bears the following inscription:
MARTIN
SETTLEMENT OF
ABRAM AND ELIZABETH
MARSHALL MARTIN
ABOUT 1769
NEAR THIS SPOT THEIR DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW
SALLY GRACE AND RACHEL
DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTION
CAPTURED IMPORTANT DISPATCHES FROM
BRITISH SOLDIERS ON THEIR WAY FROM
AUGUSTA TO NINETY SIX
On the reverse side:
SONS OF
ABRAM AND ELIZABETH MARSHALL
MARTIN
WHO WERE SOLDIERS IN THE AMERICAN
ARMY OF THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION
WILLIAM
JAMES
JOHN
GEORGE
BARCLAY
EDMUND
MARSHALL
MATTHEW
The road that bears the Martin name remains. A roadside marker which the Martintown Chapter of the DAR has erected stands at a prominent intersection of the road and reads as follows:
THE MARTINTOWN ROAD
In the 1730's, an Indian path from Fort Moore to the Saluda ridge was used by traders going to the Cherokee Nation. Later, a wagon road from Ninety Six to Augusta followed the same route. Names for the Martin family who lived beside it and served well the cause of the Revolution, it was widely used during that conflict by Patriots, Tories and British.
Erected by
Martintown Road Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
1972
Information gathered from:
~January, 1974 DAR Magazine
~Online at the Cooper Library in Shelbyville, TN
~The Fighting Martins of Ninety-Six, South Carolina from John A. Chapman
~History of Edgefield County From the Earliest Settlements to 1897. From John A. Chapman, Newberry, SC, 1897, pp 392-393
~http://colonialancestors.com/revolutionary/women.htm
~Colonial Families of the Southern United States by Stella Pickett Hardy describes an engraving entitled "Elizabeth, Grace and Rachel Martin, Capturing a British Dispatch Squad," See Hardy, page 368
There is one large marker of 20th century design with inscriptions on 2 sides.
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