According to the Lutheren Colonial Clergy of GA: John Nicholas Martin b. Zweibrucken, Lorraine FRANCE. Ordained by the Salzburgers at Ebenezer GA. Settled Waxhaw (Union Co.) NC 1750-1763; Amelia, SC 1750-1763; Fork of Saluda and Broad Rivers, SC; Zion Church and St. Michael's Church 1750-1760 and 1767-1774. Savannah, GA 1759-1760; St. John's Church Charleston, SC 1763-1767, 1774-1778, 1786-1787. Died in Charleston, SC July 27, 1795.