Give me some first names and dates. e-mail barma@surfsouth.com > > From: "Laura L. Horton" <elhzm@tir.com> > Date: 2001/11/12 Mon AM 09:34:35 EST > To: MARTIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [MARTIN-L] Re: > > Hi Fellow MARTIN Researchers! > > H-E-L-P???!!!!!!! PLEASE??!!!!! > > My Great Uncle (who never knew anything about his MARTIN family; other than > a couple of his Aunts and Uncles); is very ill with cancer. He is also 83 > years old. He has already lost one eye to this cancer;and the other eye is > beginning to lose it's vision. His doctors have given him less than 1 year > to live. > > All of his life; it has been his desire to find out more about his family. > His Father would NEVER speak of his parents/brothers/sisters/ > etc.............he just did not know anything. It is his DYING WISH to know > of his Grandparents and family heritage. > > We have been working FEVERISHLY for a couple of years now to find the > answers for him. Even went to a professional genealogist who had some > clues; but no definitive proof. All I know is that: > > > SOMEBODY IN SOME MARTIN LINE SOMEWHERE OUT THERE IS RELATED TI OUR MARTIN > LINE; AND WE NEED TO CONNECT THE DOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > PLEASE check your family files and see if YOUR Martin line could be a "dot" > on the map to our family?! It would be sincerely appreciated!!!!!!!!!!! > Time is growing short.................. > > > WE NEED THE PARENTS AND SIBLINGS OF ABRAHAM MARTIN; born 9-4-1797 SC; died > 7-28-1852 Wayne County, IL. Married about 1823/1824 (place unknown) to > MARY JANE "POLLY" HEADY born 2-5-1801 VA; died 7-20-1845 Wayne County, IL. > (Also need parents/siblings of "Polly"!!!!) > > > We THINK Abraham and parents/siblings (whoever they were!!!!!!!) MAY have > migrated from SC to TN/KY (although it is VERY possible they MAY have gone > to GA!!!!!!); then on to IL. Abraham and "Polly" settled in Wayne County, > IL from about 1830 till deaths. Abraham could very WELL have sibllings who > lived in GA.........but I have no proof!!!!!! > > The names of Abraham & "Polly"'s children: ( to compare family names which > could have been "handed down"): > > > JEPTHA MARTIN born 1825 > EMILY MARTIN born 1828...married AARON W. HODGES > PRUDENCE JANE MARTIN ...married JOHN D. VAUGHAN > JAMES C. MARTIN...nothing else known! > GEORGE W. MARTIN born 1835...married SARAH "SALLY" ANN MOFFITT > ELEAZER (ELEY) MARTIN born 1838...married LUCRETIA WATKINS ***** (my 3x > ggrandparents!) > ABRAHAM H. MARTIN...born 1840...died 3-18-1862 Shawneetown, IL during Civil > War > MARY MARTIN (twin) born 3-22-1842...nothing else know! > MANERVA VIRGINIA MARTIN (twin) born 3-22-1842...married JAMES F. DAY > MARGARET (or MARTHA) MARTIN born 7-20-1845 Wayne County, IL. > > > These names/dates taken from Abraham's Probate Court records at his death in > 1852. Probate handled by 2nd wife- MARY MARTIN . (Abraham & she married > between 1846-1852) Wayne County, IL. > > > UNFORTUNATELY.....the courthouse in Wayne County, IL burned in > 1886;destroying all records. THIS IS WHY WE NEED HELP!!!! > > Please e-mail: elhzm@tir.com if you can help "connect our dots" > > THANKS SO MUCH! > > Laura > L. Horton (Martin) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 8:14 AM > > > > MARTIN-D Digest Volume 01 : Issue 147 > > > > Today's Topics: > > #1 [MARTIN-L] That elusive Azariah Ma [Fmfco@aol.com] > > #2 Re: [MARTIN-L] That elusive Azaria [Valerie Ewald > <vwald@voyager.net>] > > #3 [MARTIN-L] Howard Martin ["Norman Walker" > <normusmc@bellsout] > > #4 [MARTIN-L] 1915 NYC Census: 212 11 [Genuspecies@aol.com] > > #5 Re: [MARTIN-L] Martin, Margaret, 1 ["John E. Mellick" > <mellick@spacey.] > > #6 [MARTIN-L] MARTIN BOWNE connection ["Gregory Bowne" > <gregbowne@earthli] > > #7 [MARTIN-L] Obediah Martin Sr [Fmfco@aol.com] > > #8 [MARTIN-L] Obediah Martin ["Jo Carol Larkin-Hunt" > <jochunt@ho] > > #9 Re: [MARTIN-L] That elusive Azaria [James Martin > <jaminkc@earthlink.ne] > > > > Administrivia: > > To unsubscribe from MARTIN-D, send a message to > > > > MARTIN-D-request@rootsweb.com > > > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > > > unsubscribe > > > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > > > ______________________________ > > >