Martin, William

Birth Name Martin, William
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1760      

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Martin, Thomas1738before 1802
Mother Caffery, Rachel1715-17351812
    Sister     Martin, Mary Ann
         Martin, William about 1760
    Brother     Martin, Joseph 1763 1835
    Brother     Martin, James 1766
    Brother     Martin, Thomas, Jr. 1766
    Sister     Martin, Frances 1771
    Sister     Martin, Nancy about 1772
    Sister     Martin, Elizabeth 1772 between 1847 and 1849
    Sister     Martin, Sarah 1772
    Brother     Martin, Charles Caffery about 1773 about 1845
    Sister     Martin, Rachel 1774

Families

Family of Martin, William and Meador, Susannah
Married Wife Meador, Susannah ( * + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 1782-12-08 Bedford, VA    
  Narrative

12/03/1782 William Martin m. Susannah Meador.
Minister's Return in Deed Bk. 7, pg. 343. Pg. 41.

William and Susannah went to Kentucky about 1806 and located at the mouth of Patton Branch on Right Beaver Creek then in Floyd County, now it is Knott County.

Bought first tract of land from David MORGAN on 12-4-1808
Recorded in Book A, page 8, Floyd Co. Courthouse in Prestonsburg, KY

William and sons bought patents of land beginning at or near the mouth of Rock Fork Creek in Floyd Co., KY – up Right Beaver Creek – included all the land on each side of Right Beaver Creek up to the Richard Hall Branch – the deed corner is on the upper Rock Lick, opposite the mouth of Richard Hall Branch, about one mile above Dry Creek on Right Beaver Creek now located in Knott County, KY

Source: Martin Family Record – Second Edition – From 1760 – 1963 …by W.S. Martin