In a message dated 1/11/2004 8:00:49 AM Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > Michal Martin - Last Will &Testament -- York County S.C. > This was Michael (aka Micah, Mical, Michal) Martin SR who was md to Mourning Manning. They were the parents of Michael Martin JR who md Mary Bolin and also Manning Martin who was md to Bershiber DOVER. Michael Martin JR was the father of Jemima Martin who was md to Shaderick Dover. Information from MARTIN'S by Jerry Jones MICHAL MARTIN SR who was md to MOURNING MANNING ALL Children: 1 Michal Martin Jr b 1780 d 16 Jul 1854 md Mary Bolin 2 Manning Martin b 2 Oct 1782 d 23 Nov 1842 md BERSHEBA DOVER b ca 1795 3 Morgan Martin Sr b 7 Mar 1784 d 1 Jul 1875 md Jane Ramsey 4 Mary Martin b 1786 d unk never md 5 Martha Martin b 1788 d 184? md Harvey Ramsey 6 Mortical Martin b 1790 d unknown nothing further is known about him (assumed he died young) MICHAL MARTIN JR's CHILDREN 1 Jemima Martin b 1800 died prior to Jul 1854 md SHADERICK DOVER 2 Vienna (Vinnie) Martin b 1803 md Lewis Bolin 3 Mary Martin b 1805 never md but had a family 4 Sallie (Sarah) Martin b 1808 d 21 Dec 1883 md William Love 5 Elizabeth (Betsie) b 1809 md James Ray 6 Morning Martin b 7 Jul 1811 d 16 Apr 1857 md #1 John Gilmore #2 Reeves Westmoreland 7 Manning Martin b 1813 md Eliza Westmoreland 8 John Wesley Martin (ESQ) b 1815 md #1 Mary Love #2 Lucinda (Bolin) Ray who was the widow of Abner Ray (Rhea) 9 Alexander Martin b 1817 d 16 Jul 1853 md Elva Bolin MANNING MARTIN / BERSHIBER DOVER'S CHILDREN 1 Mary (Polly) Martin b ca 1815 md Mathias Huffman 2 Sarah Martin b ca 1820 md William Griffith/Griffin? 3 Marie Martin b ca 1825 md Wallis Bolin 4 Nancy Martin b ca 1827 md James (Jimmie) Biggers 5 Robert L Martin b ca 1839 md Artie Mincie Moss (The following family is from the book MORGAN MARTIN, JR. HIS FAMILY AND DESCENDANTS by Rachel Holman) MORGAN MARTIN SR md to Jane Ramsey b 16 Jul 1798 d 1 July 1875 d/o John Ramsey / Sarah Smith. Morgan made his living as a blacksmith, a silversmith and a land surveyor. Morgan Martin Sr and Jane Ramsey Martin are buried in York Co, SC. 1 Morgan Martin Jr b 26 May 1815 d 1875-1880 in GA md Masina (Sina) Gilmore 2 Malinda (Lindy) Martin b 14 Feb 1817 md Elias McDaniel 3 John Martin b 8 May 1819 d 29 Mar 1884 md # 1 Mary Rimes # 2 Millen Sasher 4 Moses Martin b 29 Sep 1821 d 4 Feb 1901 md Betsy Dunn 5 Sarah Caroline Martin b 22 May 1824 d bef 1871 in GA md Joseph Pugh 6 Major J Martin b 19 Jul 1826 md Annie Dunn 7 Martha Kathryn (Patty) Martin b 22 Jul 1829 d 24 Dec 1859 in AL md Thomas Mullinax 8 Thomas Alexander Martin Sr b 26 Feb 1831 d 30 Dec 1882 md Permeliar Ramsey 9 Colonel Abraham Martin b 26 May 1834 d 8 Apr 1907 md Nancy Parker 10 Elizabeth Mary Martin b 14 Jan 1836 (NOTE: Spouse names and places of death taken from Jerry Jone's book) MARY MARTIN b abt 1786 never md and buried in Martin Cemetery near Smyrna, SC. Nothing else known. MARTHA MARTIN b abt 1788 d aft 1840 md Harvey Ramsey who was the brother of William (Billy) David Ramsey who were sons of John Ramsey / Sarah Smith. Children: 1 Sary (Sarah) Ramsey 2 Polly Ramsey MORTICAL MARTIN b 1790 assumed he died early. Nothing else known. ******************************************* The following is from notes that I did on this family a few years back. As I have said the relationships of this family are very complex as they md many cousins and people with the same surname that were related. These are the earliest Martin/Dover connections in the Michael Martin Jr family and who they were ------ NOTES 11/1999 I have been studying the Martin family and trying to decide on the easiest way to record what we need out of it, so that it isn't so confusing. This is coming from the book MARTIN'S by Jerry T Jones of Laurinburg, NC. This book is more that 10 yrs old and I am sure new stuff has been found since this printing, but I think the basics in this are pretty sound. I am NOT going to give all the of the child's children for all of these here. This is more to explain the relationship of the ones that are connected to the Dover names. MICHAL MARTIN, JR md MARY BOLIN ALL Children of Michal Martin, Jr are listed but not all grandchildren: 1 JAMIMA MARTIN md MORGAN DOVER (ALL children listed for Jamima Martin) Children -- (A) MORGAN DOVER md Mary Ramsey & some of their children --- MARY DOVER md (cousins) William Walker Martin and had a son named Alexander Martin md Jane Gibson (Alexander's father died 1863. Mary did not remarry but had 2 more children who went by DOVER). Her other children were JANE DOVER md Thomas E Carrol and JOHN DOVER md (cousins) Katie Martin MARTHA DOVER md (cousins) J Wesley Martin (B) DELILAH DOVER md Peterson Westmoreland (moved to Parrottsville,Cocke Co, TN 1870 census) (C) NATHANIEL DOVER (D) MORELLA DOVER md Green Bolin (E) WASHINGTON DOVER md (1st cousins) Malinda Westmoreland (F) JACKSON DOVER (Washington and Jackson were twins) 2 VINNE MARTIN md Lewis Bolin 3 MARY MARTIN never md but had a family 4 MANNING MARTIN md Eliza Westmoreland -- This Manning is the one that was named in his brother's, Alexander Martin, estate and was living in MS at the time. 5 SALLIE (SARAH) MARTIN b 1808 d 21 Dec 1883 md William Love 6 ELIZABETH (BETSIE) MARTIN md James Ray 7 JOHN WESLEY MARTIN md #1 Mary Love #2 Lucinda Ray & some of his children were ---- (A) William Walker Martin md (cousins) MARY DOVER d/o Morgan Dover/Mary Ramsey in the above. (B) J Wesley Martin md (cousins) MARTHA DOVER d/o Morgan Dover/Mary Ramsey in the above. (C) Fannie Mae Martin md (1st cousins) Wm Dread Westmoreland (D) Kelly Martin md Martha Jane Bolin & some of their children were Hope Martin md JANE DOVER and Thomas Martin md LAURA DOVER (d/o Mike Dover / Elizabeth Ramsey) 8 ALEXANDER MARTIN md Elva Bolin 9 MOURNING MARTIN md #1 John Gilmore #2 Reeves Westmoreland & her children --- (A) Sina Gilmore md (cousins) Morgan Martin Jr s/o MORGAN MARTIN SR /JANE RAMSEY (B) Wm Dread Westmoreland md (1st cousins) Fannie Mae Martin above d/o John Wesley Martin. (Jones says his full name was actually William Alex Dread Sofar Fear Not Westmoreland) (C) MALINDA WESTMORELAND md (1st cousins) WASHINGTON DOVER above s/o JEMIMA MARTIN / SHADERICK DOVER Sina Gilmore d/o Mourning Martin above md Morgan Martin Jr. who was the s/o Morgan Martin Sr. MORGAN MARTIN SR, and Sina Gilmore's grandfather - MICHAL MARTIN JR were brothers. Morgan Martin Jr and Sina were in Murray Co, GA at the time of Alexander Martin's estate settlement. Morgan Martin Jr. is the one who was supposed to have killed Becky Trull, hidden her body in the Broad River, and then fled to GA. ***************************************** DIRECT INDEX TO DEEDS ----- YORK COUNTY, S.C. Grantor Grantee Book Page Date of Inst. Date Received Description    Morgan & Mary Dover etal to Major Whitesides N 191 1838 1841 17 A Guyon Moores Cr Morgan Dover etal to R T Allison etal N 895 1845 1846 30 A Goin Moores Cr Malinda, Jackson, Ruthy Dover to Abner Patterson O 545 1849 1849 40 A Broad River Morgan, Mary, Wash Dover etal to Alex Martin Q 130 1853 1853 82 A Wolf Cr Jackson, Wash Dover etal to Morgan Dover Q 162 1853 1853 12 A Kings Cr Morgan, Wash Dover etal to Jackson Dover Q 162 1853 1853 12 A Kings Cr J M Dover to A Weather S 239 1859 1859 27 A Bethany Rd Jackson Dover to Wm D Westmoreland S 290 1859 1859 12 A Kings Cr Morgan Dover to Jemimia Fayssonx S 659 1861 1861 12 A Wolf Cr. NOTE: In this time period 1853 was when Mary (Bolin) Martin died. In 1859 Alexander Martin, brother of Jemima (Martin) Dover had died and his estate was being divided. By the way, Alexander's estate was still tied up in court in 1871. Was this inheirited property they were selling?? Morgan Dover/Mary Ramsey is the father of Jemima Fayseaux and deeded her this property. Witnessed by RICHARD DOVER. (This info comes from Eudora Ratcliff of Pinehurst, NC a Hambright researcher that I ran across a few years ago)