What county in Tennessee and parents of Nicholas?

Our family bible said Grainger Co but Knox Co has been mentioned too and I have been in touch with the Nicholas Gibbs Martin Historical Society in Corryton, TN (Knox) but researchers have said "it is said he was lost on the plains in the Gold rush in 1849" which is absolutely wrong as I told you before he and family are shown in IN from 1840 to 1880 and his grave beside his wife is in Lawrence Co, IN, His parents we think are Jesse and Silphenia Gibbs Martin m in or near Grainger or Knox Co. Have not found where they were buried. Possibly Mo. as their son and wife supposedly moved there. That son was John (L. pos Luther) Martin who also had a son named Nicholas G. Martin. Confusing huh? Most of our info came from family bibleowned by Nicholas' son Jesse and Nancy Obedience Martin. I also have photo made from tintype, of Nicholas and Rebecca, handed down through our family. Have more info on his children etc. Thanks very much for your reply. Dorothy ----- Original Message ----- From: <Ming0204@aol.com> To: <MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 10:23 AM Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] Nicholas G Martin > What county in Tennessee and parents of Nicholas? >

I am searching for the identities of the parents of John Wesley Martin, born 1840 in Helena, AR and his sister, Henrietta Josephine Martin, born 1842, Helena, AR. They are somehow connected to two children of John Duke of Grainger Co, TN, Francis Duke Wilson and Mariah Duke Cowley. There are several of us researching this line and all have reached the conclusion that the Martin's were in Grainger Co. area around 1838, and are somehow connected to these Duke sisters. John Wesley and Etta are listed on the Bowie Co, TX census in 1850 living with Francis Duke Wilson and in 1860 living with Mariah Duke Cowley. From some family information passed down, we believe the parents of John Wesley and Etta died shortly after Etta's birth in 1842, and the children went to TX about that time. I am at a total dead end trying to find out the names of their parents. Does your family bible happen to mention any of these Martin's. According to information my grandfather left, the parents were from SC/GA area, and the father's name was most likely John Martin Jr. Thanks. Carla Martin Maddux ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Atherton" <datherto@swbell.net> To: <MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] Nicholas G Martin > Our family bible said Grainger Co but Knox Co has been mentioned too and I > have been in touch with the Nicholas Gibbs Martin Historical Society in > Corryton, TN (Knox) but researchers have said "it is said he was lost on the > plains in the Gold rush in 1849" which is absolutely wrong as I told you > before he and family are shown in IN from 1840 to 1880 and his grave beside > his wife is in Lawrence Co, IN, His parents we think are Jesse and > Silphenia Gibbs Martin m in or near Grainger or Knox Co. Have not found > where they were buried. Possibly Mo. as their son and wife supposedly moved > there. That son was John (L. pos Luther) Martin who also had a son named > Nicholas G. Martin. Confusing huh? Most of our info came from family > bibleowned by Nicholas' son Jesse and Nancy Obedience Martin. I also have > photo made from tintype, of Nicholas and Rebecca, handed down through our > family. Have more info on his children etc. Thanks very much for your > reply. Dorothy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Ming0204@aol.com> > To: <MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 03, 2001 10:23 AM > Subject: Re: [MARTIN-L] Nicholas G Martin > > > > What county in Tennessee and parents of Nicholas? > > >