Willis David Martin

Notes:

WWI Draft Registration - 1917
Name: Willis David Martin
City: Benjamin
County: Knox
State: Texas
Birthplace: Benjamin, Texas;United States of America
Birth Date: 9 Sep 1895
Race: Caucasian
Roll: 1983376
DraftBoard: 0
Occupation: Farming, West of Benjamin
Married or Single: Single
Blue eyes, light brown hair

This SS card was issued in Oregon.
SSDI - WILLIS MARTIN 09 Sep 1895 Dec 1986 79227 (Crowell, Foard, TX) (none specified) 544-42-9443 Oregon

TX Death Record - Martin Willis David 1986 12 23 FOARD m

Crowell Cem., Crowell, Foard Co. TX
MARTIN WILLIS DAVID 9/9/1895 12/23/1986 78-1-3

Notes:

Book 5 pg. 263 Knox Co. Land Records

J.M. Martin to Tom Adams The State of Texas County of Knox

Know all Men by these Presents: That I, J.M. Martin of the County of Knox and State aforesaid, for and in consideration of the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, to me in hand paid by Tom Adams the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged have Granted, Sold and Conveyed, and by these Presents do Grant, Sell and Convey, unto the said Tom Adams of the County of Knox and State of Texas, all those certain Lots of land, situated in the Town of Benjamin, Knox County, Texas and known as Lots No. One (1) and Two (2) in Block No 39. Also South half of Lot No. 8, in Block No 6, and South half Lot No. 11 in Block No. 7.

To Have and to Hold the above described premises, together with all and singular the rights and appurtenances thereto in anywise belonging unto the said Tom Adams, his heirs and assigns, Forever. And I do hereby bind myself and my heirs, executors and administrators, to Warrant and Forever Defend all and singular the said premises unto the said Tom Adams, his heirs and assigns against every person whosoever lawfully claiming or to claim the same or any part thereof.

Witness my hand at Benjamin, Texas this 12th day of January A.D. 1897 signed...J.M. Martin

Lynell Cordell located the land record above, but was unable to locate a J.M. Martin in the cemetery records for Knox County, although she did find a reference to a Sarah Martin buried in the Johnson Cemetery in Munday, Knox County, but with no dates. She did not visit the cemetery. It is possible J.M. and Sarah divorced, as he was not listed in the home with Sarah and their children at the time of the 1900 census. Sarah was listed as widowed, but may have instead been divorced.

Lynell Cordell located the following death record for a J.M. Martin:

Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: J. M. Martin
Death Date: 17 May 1943
Death County: Palo Pinto
Certificate: 24046

Informant on death certificate #24046 was Glenn Martin (son) of Mineral Wells, Palo Pinto Co. TX. He's buried in the Jacksboro Cem.

She also found a 1920 census in Jack Co. with J.M. Martin with wife Stella and two step-sons named Fowler.
Then again in Jack Co. in 1930 it was Moses J. Martin and Stella. He first married at age 26 which fits the 1892 marriage date of J. M. and Sarah.
I just put this part in his notes for now but I would bet on the death record, especially since his son Glenn, with two n's, was the informant. David Adams was supposed to be in Parker or Palo Pinto county also.

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Census Listings:

1900 census
King Co. TX ED 21 Pg. 136A
Prect. 1
28/29
Morriss, George A., head, WM, Sept. 1834, 65, M 40yrs, Hotel keeper, VA VA VA
M. E., wife, WF, Dec. 1841, 58, M 40yrs., 10/8 children, KY KY VA
Stella, dau., WF, Nov. 1873, 26, S, TX VA KY
Lela, dau., WF, July 1884, 15, TX VA KY
Martin, Geo. B., boarder, WM, July 1865, 34, S, Cattle raiser, TX AR MS
Martin, J. M., boarder, WM, June 1866, 33, Wd., Cattle Judge, TN TN TX
Hight, T. A., boarder, WM Apr. 1872, 27, S, Cattle herder, TX TN TX

Unsure about this, could this be J. M., remarried?
1920 census Jack Co. TX ED 70 Pg. 20B
Prect. 1
Fm/55/60
Martin, J. M., head, MW, 53, M, Works on ranch-Keeps small farm, -- TN TN
Stella, wife, FW, 44, M, TX TN TX
Fowler, Ruby J., step-son, MW, 15, Laborer on ranch, NM TX TX
Ira H., step-son, MW, 9, TX TX TX

1930 census
Jack Co. TX ED 119-2 Pg. 174B
Prect. 2
13/13
Martin, Moses J., head, MW, 63, M, age when first married 26, Farmer, TN TN MO
Stella D., wife, FW, 54, M, age when first married 21, TX TN TX

J. married Sarah "Sally" A. Adams on 20 Jan 1892 in Knox County, Texas. Sarah (daughter of William Valentine Adams and Nancy Carroll) was born in Oct 1866 in Arkansas; died on 15 Oct 1915 in Benjamin, Knox County, Texas; was buried in Benjamin Cemetery, Benjamin, Knox County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Death certificate #22581 for Mrs. J. M. Martin and gives both birth and death dates as 10-15-1915 but then gives her age as 49 years old. She was a housewife. Her father was listed as W. A. Adams. and her birth place was Jack Co. TX. Cause of death was Cancer and burial was at Benjamin.

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Census Listings:

1900 census
Knox Co. TX
ED 43 Pg. 171A 24/24
Martin, Sarah A., head, Oct. 1866, 33, Wd. Married 8 yrs. 4/4 children.
Martin, Glenn T., son, Oct. 1892, 7, TX TN AR
Martin, James C., son, March 1894, 6, TX TN AR
Martin, Willis A., son, Sept. 1895, 4, TX TN AR
Martin, Ruth E., daughter, Jan. 1897, 3, TX TN AR
Adams, Nancy, mother, Feb. 1827, 73, Wd., Married 40 yrs. 11/5 children, AL NC NC

1910 census Jack Co. TX ED 142 Pg. 30A
Prect. 1
155/157 Martin, James M., head, MW, 43, M1, 18yrs., Proprietor of Livery Stable, TN US US
Sallie, wife, FW, 43, M1, 18 yrs., 6/4 children, AR TN AL
James C., son, MW, 16, TX TN AR
Willy D., son, MW, 14, TX TN AR
Ruth E., dau., FW, 13, TX TN AR

Notes:

Married:
Lynell Cordell has the original marriage license from Knox Co. TX which shows that County Judge J.J. Truscot married Miss Sallie Adams and J.M. Martin on Jan. 20, 1892.

Both can be found in separate households at the time of the 1900 census, J. M. in King County, Texas and Sally in Knox County, Texas. Each of them described themselves as "widowed" rather than divorced however.

Notes:

Land Record Certificate #17.928 E 269 To all to whom these presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas, William Valentine Adams of Tishomingo County, Mississippi has deposited in the GENERAL LAND OFFICE of the United States, a certificate of the REGISTER OF THE LAND OFFICE, at Pontotoc whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said William Valentine Adams according to the provisions of........................etc. South West quarter of Section Seven in Township Six, of Range Ten, East, in the District of lands subject to sale at Pontotoc, Mississippi, containing one hundred and fifty nine acres and seventy eight hundredths of an acre.......... Dated 4 Jan. 1845 signed by President of the United States, John Tyler, by John Tyler, Jr. Sec'y.

Email from Lynell Cordell:

I've been working on the Adams family lately. Lizzie 'Adams' Trawick's family was in Van Buren Co. Ar in 1860 & 1870 and then disappeared. I found two marriages in Van Buren Co. that I thought could be their daughters, Mary Jane married Alfred Bost and Martha E. married George Parnell. So I traced both of them to Jack Co. Texas and today I came across the 1880 Jack Co. census online and couldn't believe it when I saw William V. and Nancy Adams there! How about that?

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Census Listings:


1850 Census
Mississippi, Tishomingo County, Southern Division
Enumerated 22 Oct 1850
469-469
Alfred M Carrol 49 M Farmer 200 NC
Elizabeth Carrol 43 F Ala
Catherine Carrol 19 F Tenn
Joseph D. Carrol 14 F Tenn
Lydia Carrol 7 F Mi
George W Carrol 1 M Miss
470-470
Wm V. Adams 27 M Farmer 150 Miss
Nancy Adams 23 F Miss
Mary J Adams 9 F Miss
David A Adams 6/12 M Miss

1880 Census
Texas, Jack County, Precinct 5
Enumerated 17 and 18 of June 1880
Page 24D, SD 3, ED 161
206-206
Bost, Alfred W M 32 Farmer NC NC NC
Bost, Mary J W F 32 Wf Keeping House Miss Miss Miss
Bost, Thomas W M 8 Son Ark NC Miss
Bost, Nancy A W F 6 Dtr Ark NC Miss
Bost, John D W M 4 Son Tx NC Miss
Bost, Jams L W M 2 Son Miss SC Tx
207-207
Adams, Wm V W N 58 Farmer Miss SC Tx
Adams, Nancy W F 53 Wife Keeping House Ala NC NC
Adams, Joseph T W M 21 S Farm Hand Ark Miss Ala
Adams, Sarah A W F 14 Dtr At Home Ark Miss Ala

William married Nancy Carroll on 6 Feb 1845 in Tishomingo County, Mississippi. Nancy (daughter of Alfred Marrien Carroll and Elizabeth Moore) was born on 20 Feb 1826 in Alabama; died on 10 May 1909; was buried in Benjamin Cemetery, Benjamin, Knox County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

After her husband died, Nancy apparently lived with her daughter Sarah, also widowed.

(Research):
Census Listings:

1900 Census
Knox Co. Texas ED 43 Pg. 171A
24/24
Martin, Sarah A., head, Oct. 1866, 33, Wd. Married 8 yrs. 4/4 children.
Martin, Glenn T., son, Oct. 1892, 7, TX TN AR
Martin, James C., son, March 1894, 6, TX TN AR
Martin, Willis A., son, Sept. 1895, 4, TX TN AR
Martin, Ruth E., daughter, Jan. 1897, 3, TX TN AR
Adams, Nancy, mother, Feb. 1827, 73, Wd., Married 40 yrs. 11/5 children, AL NC NC

Notes:

Married:
"Marriage Bonds, State of Mississippi" Tishomingo Co. 1842-1846 William V. Adams and Nancy Carroll, Feb 6, 1845 Sanders Mill, M.G. Surety: John Moore

David married Lucy Fisher. Lucy was born before 1804 in Tennessee; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of the 1860 census, he was living with what appears to be a second wife, as she is some 30 years younger than he. Her name is also Elizabeth, as was his first wives name. Monica Hightower, on the Genforum "Carroll" Message board stated that his second wife was Elizabeth BEARDING. It is assumed the youngest children in the household at 1860 were those of Elizabeth BEARDING, and presumably Alfred.

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(Research):

Census Listings:

1850 Census
Mississippi, Tishomingo County, Southern Division
Enumerated 22 Oct 1850
469-469
Alfred M Carrol 49 M Farmer 200 NC
Elizabeth Carrol 43 F Ala
Catherine Carrol 19 F Tenn
Martha Carrol 14 F Tenn
Joseph D. Carrol 12 F Tenn
Lydia Carrol 7 F Miss
George W Carrol 1 M Miss
470-470
Wm V. Adams 27 M Farmer 150 Miss
Nancy Adams 23 F Miss
Mary J Adams 9 F Miss
David A Adams 6/12 M Miss

1860 Census
Mississippi, Tishomingo County, Southern Division, PO Bay Spring
Enumerated 4 Sept 1860
Page 324
1158-1158
Alfred M. Carrol 59 M Blacksmith $--- $80 NC
Elizabeth Carrol 30 F Ala (Is this Elizabeth Moore, with her age in error, or a second wife--perhaps mother to the youngest children in the household?)
Elizabeth Carrol 19 F Domestic Miss
Lydia Carrol 15 F Miss
George W Carrol 4 M Miss (Twins) (Child? Grandchild? Nephew? Whose)
James Carrol 4 M Miss (Twins) (Child? Grandchild? Nephew? Whose)
Sarah F Carrol 1 F Miss (Child? Granchild? Whose?)

1870
Not Located

Alfred married Elizabeth Moore. Elizabeth (daughter of John Moore and Mary Richardson) was born about 1807 in Alabama; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Monica Hightower shows they had twelve children in total,

Alfred Carroll & Elizabeth Moore's children:
Margaret Jane b.19May1823 m.Samuel Johnson
Mary m. William Johnson
Eliza m. Thomas Beck
Elizabeth b.abt. 1827
Catherine b. abt. 1831
Polly
Nancy m. William V. Adams
Annie
John Moore Carroll
Martha b.abt.1836 m. Marion Stacy
Joseph D. b.abt.1838
Lydia b.abt.1843

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