Do you have the book History of Boone County, which has information on this? If not, I can tell you what that says about it. My husband's ancestors the Sappingtons and Joneses, Madison County KY > Boone County MO, have a connection to Tyre Martin. Beverly Park Peavler At 12:39 PM 2/10/02 -0500, you wrote: >John Martin, Robert Martin, Tyre Martin, Nathan Martin Jr, > > I am interested in discussing the Martin Families of Boone County >Missouri ca 1850 Gold Rush. > >Thomas