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