Mary Jane Martin

Notes:

US Confederate Pension

Name Mrs Mary J Whitehead
Application Date 15 Jan 1914
Application Place Sabine, Texas
Birth Year abt 1833
Birth Place Pike, Mississippi
Age 81
Spouse Martin Whitehead
Marriage Date 5 Feb 1851
Marriage Place Sabine, Texas
Spouse Death Date 29 Dec 1913
Spouse Death Place Sabine, Texas
Pension File Number 25935
Application Type Widow

Mary married Martin Whitehead on 5 Feb 1851 in Sabine County, Texas. Martin was born between 1831 and 1834 in Louisiana; died on 29 Dec 1913 in Sabine County, Texas; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead Cemetery or Martin-Whitehead Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George W. Whitehead was born about 1853 in Sabine County, Texas; died about 1933; was buried in Jacks Cemetery, Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
2. John F. Whitehead was born on 16 Sep 1853 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 14 Jul 1926; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead Cemetery or Martin-Whitehead Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
3. William Martin Whitehead was born on 16 Aug 1860 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 24 May 1931; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead Cemetery or Martin-Whitehead Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
4. Cornelius Whitehead was born about 1866 in Sabine County, Texas; and died.
5. Clementine Eveline Whitehead was born on 6 Dec 1867 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 9 Jul 1917; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead Cemetery or Martin-Whitehead Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.

Notes:

"William Martin and his son, Thomas Jefferson, received Bounty Land for their service in the Texas Revolution. William bought land in Sabine County from Lavina Popino (dau. of William Melton) in 1834. The Whitehead Cemetery is on this land." (White and Toole, p 88).

They may have been from Pike County, Mississippi, as this is the location of birth listed on the confederate widows pension application of their daughter, Mary Jane Martin Whitehead.

William married Harriett ??? about 1818. Harriett was born about 1805 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
William and Harriett Martin moved their family from Mississippi to the Republic of Texas. (White and Toole, p 88). After William Martin's death--sometime after youngest son George was born ca 1838 and before the 1850 census---Harriett was said to have married second William Slaughter. At the time of the 1850 Sabine County, Texas, census, Harriett Slaughter, age 45, can be found with children Jane, Harriett and George B.

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 1 Nov 1850
Stamped 321
157-157
Harriett Slaughter 45 F $150 Mississippi
Jane Martin 19 F Mississippi
Harriett ____ 16 F Mississippi
George B. ____ 12 M Mississippi
158-158
Simeon Slaughter 24 M farmer $400 Miss
Harriett L Slaughter 22 F La [nee Harvey, married second Solomon Causey]
John S 1 M Tx
Rubin Slaughter 25 M Miss