I am seeking information re Richard Martin who died 1786 in Wayne Co., NC., in an effort to firmly establish his identity, that of his family, and to determine if he served during the Rev. War from NC. Copies of documents I have: 1) Dated 29 Nov 1764 from Deed Abstracts of Orange Co, VA 1759-1778, by Sparacia, p. 56; Orange County, Deed Book 13, p. 506-508: Indenture between Richard Martin and Anthorite, his wife, of Orange Co. and John Long of Spotsylvania Co...for divers causes... 20 (lb)...sell all that tract whereon Martin and wife dwell on branch of Pamunkey River called White Oak, containing 200 acres being one equal moiety the patent granted Richard Martin 10 Sept 1755...bounded...William Howard..Thomas Hill, deceased. Signed by Richard Martin and Anthorite Martin --- Witnesses: William Brown, Louisa (X) Brown; John Noel, James Richardson, William Watson, William Pollock ---Recorded Orange Co. 23rd May 1765. 2) Copy of marriage bond dated 25 Oct 1783 to marry Frances Turner of Caswell Co., NC. 3) Richard Martin on NC Tax Roll 1784, Caswell Co., the year in which his son "little" Richard was born. Subsequent children born to this union were 2) Bitha in 1785, and 3) Sarah "Sallie" in 1786. 4) Copy of will from NC Archives in which Richard names his 7 children, 4 from the first marriage and 3 from the second. It was not only dated 1786 but also probated 1786 in Wayne Co. a) Lydia, b 1750, married Jacob Flowers...no follow up on this family b) Mary, b 1753, married ____ Pipkin, dec'd when father's will was written; no follow-up c) Aaron, b 1755, died 1795 with will that named only son Richard but not other 6 children; no other follow- up d) Elizabeth, b 1760, married Nicholas Powell ca 1786, perhaps in Wayne Co. N. Powell was on tax roll for Wayne Co in 1786. Elizabeth died ca 1835 in Marion Co., MS. e) "Little" Richard, b 1784 Caswell Co, d 1842, perhaps in Sumner Co, TN; m 1816 to Sarah Brown, gdau of Leanord Brown and migrated to TN with in-laws; have a theoritical list of his children f) Bitha, b 1785; nothing more for her g) Sarah "Sallie" b 1786, married Samuel Flowers 1806; nothing more for her 4) Copy of Richard's will from Abstracts of Deeds, Wayne Co; 5) Inventory of Richard's estate signed Franky (X) Martin, Wayne Co, 1788 From: NC Archives 6) Copy of bond posted by Aaron Martin 1788 for guardianship of "Little" Richard; 7) Copy of bond posted by Samuel Harrill 1788 for guardianship of Bitha and Sarah; Nos 6 & 7 from NC Archives 8) Copy from Abstracts of Wayne Co Deeds for Franky Martin to be selling to Samuel Harrill the 150 ac on which she then lived, left to her by Richard Martin, dec'd, in return for his rearing of her 3 children...Richard, Bitha, and Sarah Martin. 9) Copy of bond posted by Starling Powell, brother to Nicholas Powell and son of Douglas Powell, as guardian for "Little" Richard, responsible to Aaron Martin; From NC Archives 10) Date of bond for "Little" Richard Martin to marry Sarah Brown from early marriage bonds posted to the Caswell Co., NC., website. NSDAR in Washington, DC, has only one Richard Martin in their database. While I cannot dispute any of it for not having come from primary records, it is in almost total confilict with what I have collected for "my" Richard Martin. I shall refer to the one on file with NSDAR as the "other" Richard Martin so as to distingusih between the two Richard Martins. 1. Their Richard was born 1755 and served 2.5 yrs during the Rev War; 2. He married one Frances Turner, 25 Oct 1781, TWO years before "my" Rchard and Frances Turner, daughter of Henry Turner (died with will) were married in the same county, Caswell. 3. This Richard had 5 sons and no daughters; the sons were a) George T., b 1784; b) Lewis Martin; c) James Martin; d) Henry Martin, b 23 Feb 1793; and e) Richard Martin 4. This Richard Martin filed for a pension in 1832 and died in 1841; 5. Frances died, I believe, in 1842, apparently with a will I have not as yet discovered. Property was being sold by George T. Martin in 1844 with the title of executor. This is what leads me to believe that this Frances may have left a will. I need help in separating the identies of these two Richard Martins who have somethings in common but are so contradictory on other points such as the date of marriage, the date of death, the pension, the names of the children. Can someone help me with this project I have undertaken? Did "my" Richard serve during the Rev War or did he not? Further information for this family that might more definitively separate it from the family of the "other" Richard Martin? Any and all help will be very much appreciate. And I do hope that such help will be forthcoming. Thanks to all who respond to my query. Margaret