Hi Mary, Much of my Martin material is not well documented, but I do know the Wayne History Book states that James B. Martin came to Wayne Co. with Joseph Martin, but moved on to Arkansas where he died. By 1840 there is a James B. Martin living near Owen Martin (son of Joseph Martin and Elizabeth Owen Martin) in Searcy Co., Ar. By 1850, James B. Martin and his wife, Isobell Elizabeth Melton are living in Izard Co. Ar. James B. died about 1854 and is buried on Sooter's Farm. (info. from descendants) The family tradition is that James B.'s first wife died and he left his children with her family, later married Isobell Elizabeth Melton and had several more children. There is also a Johnson Martin, born about 1810 in Virginia and later moved to Scott Co., Ar. This is possibly a son of James B. Shirley