I am interested in MARTIN's that moved from NC to GA between 1820 and before 1840. I am searching for my GGGrandfather's parents and siblings. William MARTIN was born March 24, 1818, in NC and died June 27, 1860 in Gwinnett County, GA. On 9 July 1840 in Forsyth County, GA he married Letta PRUITT, b. March 11, 1826, in SC. Lettie is the daughter of Washington Hale PRUITT and his wife, Martha Zelphina EARLY, who resided in Hall County, GA from 1827 until 1839/40, when they moved to Forsyth County, Georgia. Wm and Lettie MARTIN lived in Lumpkin and Gwinnett Counties in GA as found in the 1850 and 1860 census. I know they were married in 1840 in Forsyth County, GA but have never found them in any1840 census. Lettie was not listed with her family in the 1840 census as it was taken just after they married. Maybe they missed the census? William and Letta's children: Sarah Ann MARTIN 1842 Nancy Matilda MARTIN 1845 Martha Jane MARTIN 4 Oct 1846 married W. J. CHEEK John Wesley MARTIN 1851 married Mary WILSON Levi MARTIN 1853 Henry MARTIN 1856 married Sara Ellen Walters/Watters (?) Ezekiel Pinkston MARTIN 1858 married Drucilla Adeline CLACK Margarett Adeline MARTIN 1860 married J. J. WOFFORD William MARTIN's widow, Lettie PRUITT Martin married (2) her former brother in law, Ezekiel P. HARVEY (1813 -1897) on January 22,1863 in Forsyth County, Georgia and had two more children. They also resided in Gwinnett County, GA until their death. I do not know where Wm MARTIN lived before he married in 1840 in Forsyth County to Lettie. It may be Wm was living in Hall County and married Lettie in Forsyth County as that is where her family had just moved to at the time. I believe Elinder/Eleanor MARTIN to be my William's older sister. When she died, her husband married Wm's widow. He may have a Mahala MARTIN BLALOCK (b. 1820 in NC) as his younger sister, too. 1850 MARTIN WILLIAM Lumpkin County GA 079 Barrett's District Federal Population Schedule GA 1850 Federal Census Index GAS5a1109109 They are in the 1860 U. S. Census Roll # 125, Georgia, Vol. 7 (451-953) Auburn, Gwinnett County, Dist. 562, dated 11 Jun 1860. This was just two weeks before my ggrandfather died. If anything looks familair, please let me know. Thank you! Ellen LilEllen55@aol.com