Rhoda Annie Martin

Notes:

AKA shown as Louis/Lewis Cass Martin. Shown simply as "L C Martin" on the death certificates of his daughters Mary and Lavisa. The death certificate of youngest daughter, Violet, instead lists him as Royal Casie Martin. It appears that informant in that case may have been assuming that Violet's brother, Royal Casie Martin, was an exact namesake of his father?

Said to be a child of Thomas Jefferson Martin and Rebecca Richardson of Sabine County by most researchers. Anita Sterling, on the "Anderson Family Tree" at Ancestry.com, shows his parents as Thomas Franklin Martin and Rebecca Richardson.

He and his wife Elizabeth lived next door to Thomas and Rebecca at the time of the 1880 census. Additionally, a Case Martin was shown as a brother of Harriett Martin Strickland, a daughter of Tom and Beckie Martin, in a newspaper column about the upcoming birthday of her son Rev. Bob Strickland in the mid 1960's.



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Census Listings:

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP No 3, Sub. Div. 84
Enumerated 14 Jun 1880
Page 2 SD 1 ED 84
9-12
Martin, T. J. W M 61 Farmer Miss ---- Geo.
Martin, Rebecca W F 50 Wife La Geo La
Martin, Lipscomb W M 20 S Farmer Tx Miss La
Martin, T. M. W M 10 Son Tx Miss La
Martin, T. E. W M 3 Son Tx Miss La
10-13
Martin, Casey (Lewis C) W M 23 Farmer Tx Miss La (born ca 1857)
Martin, Elisabeth W F 26 Wife Tx NotKnown NotKnown
Martin, Wm. W M 2 Son Tx
Martin, Mary W F 10/12 July Dtr Tx
11-14
Brooke, Sealy B F 72 Farmert Tx Miss Miss

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 3
Enumerated 5 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 70 Sheet 3B
52-52
Martin, Louis C Head M M Feb 1847 (sic) 43 M 25 Tx Miss Miss Farmer
Martin, Elizabeth Wf W F Feb 1853 47 M 25 10/8 Tx --- ---
Martin, Joseph Son W M Nov 1876 23 S Tx Tx Tx Farming
Martin, Mary A Dau W F July 1879 20 S Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Levicy Dau W F Sept 1881 18 S Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Rhoda A Dau W F Oct 1884 15 S Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Amanda Dau W F Nov 1888 11 S Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Sallie Dau W F oct 1890 9 S Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Royal C Son W M May 1892 8 S Tx Tx Tx
Martin, Violet A W F Dec 1893 6 S Tx Tx Tx

Lewis married Mary Elizabeth Lane on 25 May 1875 in San Augustine County, Texas. Mary was born on 14 Feb 1853 in Texas; died on 29 Dec 1925; was buried in Martin Cemetery (Martin's Chapel Cemetery), Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Lewis C. Martin to Mary Elizabeth Lain, 27 Apr 1875, San Augustine County, Texas

Notes:

Shown by some as having the middle name Franklin, versus Jefferson.

Said to have received Bounty Land, as did his father William Martin, for service in the Texas Revolution. (White and Toole, p 88).

The annotated transcription of the Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Sabine County indictates that T. J. Martin, 1819-1904, had a Military Marker reading Pvt Capt. Burroughs Co. CSA


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Census Listings:

1850 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Sabine District
Enumerated 20 and 21 Nov 1850
Stamped 327
256-256
Thomas J Martin 30 M Farmer $500 Miss
Rebecca Martin 20 F La
William F Martin 2 M Tx
Mary S Martin 8/12 F Tx

1860 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Bare Creek Beat
Enumerated 10 July 1860
Page 33
245-245
Thomas Martin 41 M Farmer 747* 747 Miss
Rebecca Martin 30 F La
William F Martin 12 M La
Harriet A Martin 8 F Tx
Clinton Martin 5 M Tx
Lewis C (???) Martin 4 M Tx
Lipscomb Martin 8/12 M Tx
Jane Evans 10 F Ts
George Martin 22 M Farmer --- $181 Miss
*The 747 value of real estate was crossed through

1870 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Beat No 3 PO Brookland
Page 5, Stamped 21
Enumerated 7 Aug 1870
532-532
Martin, T J 57 M W Farmer 500 500 Miss
Martin, Rebecca 34 F W Keeping House La
Martin, Wiliam F 33 M W Tx
Martin, Lewis R 13 M W Tx
Martin, Lipscomb 10 M W Tx
Martin, Margaret 6 F W Tx
Martin, Infant 3/4 M W Tx Sept
Hudson, Jane 12 F W Tx

1880 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP No 3, Sub. Div. 84
Enumerated 14 Jun 1880
Page 2 SD 1 ED 84
9-12
Martin, T. J. W M 61 Farmer Miss ---- Geo.
Martin, Rebecca W F 50 Wife La Geo La
Martin, Lipscomb W M 20 S Farmer Tx Miss La
Martin, T. M. W M 10 Son Tx Miss La
Martin, T. E. W M 3 Son Tx Miss La
10-13
Martin, Casey W M 23 Farmer Tx Miss La
Martin, Elisabeth W F 26 Wife Tx NotKnown NotKnown
Martin, Wm. W M 2 Son Tx
Martin, Mary W F 10/12 July Dtr Tx
11-14
Brooke, Sealy B F 72 Farmert Tx Miss Miss

1900 Census
Texas, Sabine County, Pr. No. 1
Enumerated 9 Jun 1900
SD 8 ED 68 Sheet 4B
70-72
Martin, Thomas Head M W Jan 1819 81 m 54 Miss Ga Ga Farmer
Martin, Rebecca Wf W F Feb 1830 70 M 54 5/4 La Ga La
Martin, Edward Son M W Sep 1876 W 24 S Tx Miss La At School
Williams, Oliver B M May 1881 19 S Tx Tx Tx Farmer

Thomas married Rebecca "Becky" Richardson. Rebecca was born in Feb 1832 in Louisiana; died about 1907 in Texas; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead Cemetery or Martin-Whitehead Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Virgie Collier Speights, in OLD TIMERS OF SABINE COUNTY, TEXAS, lists her last name both as Richardson (p. 46) and as Watkins (p. 54).

Notes:

Married:
In Virgie Collier Speights June 11, 1964 column about Rev. and Mrs. Bob Strickland, it is noted that Bob's maternal grandparents were "Tom and Beckie (Watkins--sic) MARTIN, and they have five sons and two daughters, Frank, Case, Lip, Jimmy, Ed, Marge and Harriet Ann, his mother" (Old Timer of Sabine County, Texas, p. 54).

The 1900 census showed that Rebecca had five children, four of whom were still living. Based on both the column referenced above, and the various census enumerations from 1850 through 1880, it appears she had at least the seven children listed above, and possibly one other son that may have died relatively young, Clinton (b. 1855). Perhaps the census information could be interpreted as Rebecca had a total of nine children....five deceased and four still living (or vice versa).

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