Thanks to those who responded to my entry regarding marriages between Martin and Sanford families. I have two such families I am trying to trace. The first family is that of my great grandparents.....John Jackson Martin, born in Georgia in l820... married Mary Ann Sanford, bl826 in GA or AL. We believe this marriage took place in Georgia about l842 as their oldest known son, John Sanford Martin states he was born in Atlanta, GA in l844. The family was in Alabama by about l846 in and around Jefferson Co where John Sanford Martin joined the Alabama Confederate Army in l862.....Company "G", 30th Regiment....formed in Jefferson Co. John Jackson Martin's service in the Civil War in unknown, however it is believed that he was killed by Union Troops on his farm in the early l860s. The farm by old family records was located at the Headwaters of the Black Warrior River. By l870 the widow, Mary Sanford Martin and 8 known children arrived in Freestone Co Texas where they settled on a homestead next door to property owned by Elkanah Sanford, Thomas Uriah Sanford, Simon Z. Sanford and Thomas Jefferson Sanford. The eldest of this Sanford family believed to be Elkanah Sanford, born l808 in SC. He went to the area of Tuscaloosa Co Ala in the early l800s and then to Shelby Co Texas about l850. The other Sanfords believed to be brothers or cousins. These Sanford did not stay long in Freestone Co but returned to Shelby Co Texas in l870s. It is believed that Mary Sanford Martin has some relationship to these Sanfords but no proof has surfaced to date. In and l860s another Martin-Sanford family arrived in Freestone and neighboring Leon County. This was the family of Thomas B. Martin, born l833 in MO....and wife, Sarah M. Sanford, born in Pike Co Alabama in l838. Thomas Martin's grandfather, also a Thomas was born l785 in Dublin, Ireland...died in Apeliken, Alabama in l870. The only information on Sarah M. Sanford is that her father was Henry Sanford and mother "Sarah." The surname of both families were spelled SAMFORD and SANFORD. Any connection between the two Martin-Sanford families of Freestone Co is unknown at this time. Anyone with information regarding any of these families please contact me. Glad to exchange information. John Kulbeth, Merced, Calif.