Joseph Martin Jr. had three wives and 20 children. Two with Betsy Ward the rest with white wives. Joseph was white. His brother, Johm, fathered children with Mary and Susannah Emory. I know a little about the children he had with Susannah because some of them connect to other members of my family. But I just do not know anything about the people who you are talking about. I cannot help you at all and and there are countless Martin families all over the us. Sorry, Glee ----- Original Message ----- From: <KRobertsInCA@aol.com> To: <CherokeeGene-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 12:56 AM Subject: Re: [CherokeeGeneCommunity] Nancy Rogers b.1797 tn > Glee, > I was told that you are "well versed" on the Martin families of > Tennessee. > I am trying to track family of my Great Grandfather, Lewis/Louis Martin > born > 03 Sep 1877. Very little is known of my Martin family line. Louis/Lewis > Martin, as it is told, fled Tennessee right around 1900 after a gun fight > where > it was thought that he killed his opponent. He and a friend, William > Nathan > Bailey, fled Tennessee together and landed in Oklahoma Indian Territory > where > he married Maudie R. Green in about 1905 and William Nathan Bailey > married > Maude's sister, Effie. Louis Martin died 19 Mar 1917 in Texanna Oklahoma > but > the death record indicates that his widow knew nothing of his parents. On > the > only enumeration that I find him on in Oklahoma he states a birthplace of > Ohio but we have long suspected that was possibly to protect his "hiding" > status. Upon his death, Maude reported that Louis/Lewis Martin was > actually born > in Tennessee. > Family lore indicates that Louis/Lewis Martin was contacted by family in > Tennessee prior to his death and told that he could come home as the man > he shot > didn't die. He supposedly declined as he had already married and begun a > family in Oklahoma, IT. > Are you aware of any Martin families with a similar story or Martin > families > with a Lewis/Louis Martin that has missing information. > Any guidance or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > Sincerely, > Kevin in California > > > ==== CherokeeGene Mailing List ==== > This list is for Genealogy related conversations > Your supporting website http://www.wvi.com/~wb/Cherokee1.html > Please Good manners and do not be rude to others > For Culture, ridges; bumps; skin tones; or Language lessons Please visit > CHEROKEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > You can also find what you need search the archives > or to get off this list via web site below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CherokeeGene.html > Listowner = CherokeeGene-admin@rootsweb.com > >