General Information

Much of the information contained within this book is the compilation of research shared by various Martin genealogy researchers. I am indebted to many for the work they have done and the information they have provided. Much of my original information came from an old Martin family bible. The last ...

I have recently updated much of the information in my database.  I have posted various versions of the database on Ancestry.com.  These are available to other researchers or family members o review. Southern Roots - this database contains ancestors and descendants that lived in Cleburne County AR or Coosa County ...

My ancestors were of basic European stock.  Coming to this country from England, Scotland, Ireland, and Germany.  Most arrived here prior to the Revolutionary War with the remainder coming soon after.  They came for a multitude of reasons, some to escape persecution, others to escape the feudal systems of Europe ...

Ours is truly a diverse family.  If America is the "melting pot" we are a great example.  My father's family is of Scots-Irish ancestry, migrating to America prior to the Revolutionary War. Finally settling in North Carolina.  There they married with descendants of Pennsylvania Dutch (Germans from the Palatine Region) ...

From what we read, there are basically two distinct groups of families. The older lines come from ancestors who were from Paris, and made it to England where the letter "h" was added as part of old english. The newer lines are derived as someone who came from a church ...

Revolutionary War Samuel Martin - Captain of Militia, Tyron County, NC Alexander Norton - Virginia Line War of 1812 Samuel Logan - 2nd Regiment (Hillard's) East Tennessee Volunteers Henry Logan - 2nd Regiment Mounted Gunmen (Brown's) East Tennessee Volunteers Alexander Logan - 2nd Regiment Mounted Gunmen (Brown's) East Tennessee Volunteers ...

Martin is an extremely common name throughout the English-speaking world and, in its many variants form, throughout Europe, stemming from a diminutive of the Latin Martius, the god of war. its popularity is largely due to the widespread fame of the fourth-century saint, Martin of Tours. In Ireland, the surname ...