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Abt 1831 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | William Martin was born before 1800; died before 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.
William married Harriett ??? about 1818. Harriett was born about 1805 in Mississippi; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Harriett ??? was born about 1805 in Mississippi; and died. 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
Children:
- Thomas Jefferson Martin was born in Jan 1819 in Mississippi; died about 1904 in Texas; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead Cemetery or Martin-Whitehead Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
- Sarah A. A. Martin was born about 1824 in Mississippi; and died.
- 1. Salinas A. Martin was born about 1831 in Mississippi; and died.
- Mary Jane Martin was born between 1831 and 1833 in Pike County, Mississippi; died on 20 Jan 1918 in Texas; was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery (aka Whitehead Cemetery or Martin-Whitehead Cemetery), Pineland, Sabine County, Texas.
- Harriett Martin was born about 1834 in Mississippi; and died.
- George B. Martin was born about 1838 in Mississippi; and died.
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