William Martin

Bef 1800 - Bef 1850  (~ 50 years)

• Name	William Martin  [1]
  Birth	Bef 1800
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 1850
  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.
  Person ID	I15186	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Harriett ???,   b. Abt 1805, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1818  [1]
  	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
  Children	1. Thomas Jefferson Martin,   b. Jan 1819, Mississippi d. Abt 1904, Texas (Age ~ 84 years)   2. Sarah A. A. Martin,   b. Abt 1824, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   3. Salinas A. Martin,   b. Abt 1831, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   4. Mary Jane Martin,   b. Between 1831 and 1833, Pike County, Mississippi d. 20 Jan 1918, Texas (Age ~ 87 years)   5. Harriett Martin,   b. Abt 1834, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown   6. George B. Martin,   b. Abt 1838, Mississippi d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 88 (Reliability: 3).