Susannah Martin

Biography

Susanna was born in 1757. She passed away in 1837.

Disputed Child

A prior version of this profile, and some online trees, have identified Lindsley D. Martin (1796) as an additional child, but this claim is disputed. In the absence of any reliable source cited for the claim, that child has been detached from this profile.

Sources

(Curator Mote: not very convincing sources…)
https://familypedia.fandom.com/wiki/Susannah_Graves_(1763-1837) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33522126?search=true

Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 22 March 2019), memorial page for Susanna Graves Martin (1758–9 Mar 1837), Find A Grave Memorial no. 33522126, citing Martin Cemetery, Leatherwood, Henry County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .

Source: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Graves-4652
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Gen. Martin married in 1784 Susannah Graves. She died March 9, 1837 in her 74th year. They had eleven children, perhaps in the following order.
Joseph
Jesse
Thomas W.
Louis
Alexander
John Calvin
George
Sally
Susannah
Polly
Patrick Henry

Source: GENERAL JOSEPH MARTIN, OF VIRGINIAAN UNSUNG HERO OF THE VIRGINIA FRONTIER, BY DR. WILLIAM ALLEN PUSEY Chicago, Illinois. Read before The Filson Club, February 3, 1936 @ https://www.geni.com/documents/view?doc_id=6000000194315463829&graph_node_id=profile-34810333768&mode=tagged pg. 476-477.
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Susannah Graves (139) was born about 1763, and died 9 March 1837 in Henry Co., VA. She married General Joseph Martin, Jr., son of Joseph Martin and Susannah Chiles, on 24 Feb. 1784 in Henry Co., VA. He was born 18 Sept. 1740 in Albemarle Co., VA, died 18 Dec. 1808 in Henry Co., VA, and was buried at "Bell Monte" on Leatherwood Creek, Henry Co. Susannah was Joseph's third wife. He first married Sarah Lucas in 1762. Sarah died 17 March 1782 in Henry Co., Va. .

After his appointment as Indian Commissioner (while his first wife was living) Joseph married Elizabeth Ward, a Cherokee princess (probably half Indian), and had children James, b. 1781, and Nannie. He was still her husband in 1800. His Indian name was Gulkalu or Longknife. Both his white wives knew of the Indian one. According to R‑259, he married Mary Emory as his fourth wife. All the children of Susannah and Joseph were born in Henry Co., VA. (R‑8, R‑317, R‑571)

Children - Martin

+693. Joseph Martin III, b. 22 Sept. 1785, m. Sarah Hughes, 27 April 1810, d. 3 Nov. 1859.

+694. Jesse Martin, b.c. 1786, m(1) Annie Armistead, 16 Nov. 1808, m(2) Cecelia Reid, 17 June 1812, d. 28 Nov. 1836.

+695. Thomas W. Martin, b.c. 1788, m. Nancy Carr, 20 Jan. 1812, d. bef. 1838.

+696. Sarah Martin, b.c. 1792, m. Samuel Armistead, 7 Feb. 1807, d.c. 1813.

697. Patrick Henry Martin, b.c. 1792, never married, d. April 1815. D. after his return from TN serving in Jackson's Army.

698. Polly Martin, b.c. 1793, m. Reuben Hughes, 7 March 1812 (Henry Co., VA), d.c. 1839 (Henry Co., VA). He was b.c. 1790.

+699. Lewis Graves Martin, b. 1 April 1793, m(1) Belinda America Rucker, 16 Sept. 1816, m(2) Alice H. Conn, 4 March 1839, d. 27 March 1877.

+700. Susannah Martin, b.c. 1799, m. George W. King, 6 May 1816, d. after 1860.

+701. Alexander Martin, b. 5 Dec. 1799, m. Elizabeth Carr, 4 Nov. 1819, d. 15 Dec. 1850.

+702. John Calvin Martin, b.c. 1803, m. Sofiah Rucker, d. aft. 1860.

+703. George Wythe Martin, b. 7 July 1805, m(1) Elizabeth Starling, 17 Dec. 1830, m(2) Caroline Hunt Watkins, 25 Oct. 1837, d. 27 Oct. 1857.

Graves Family Association, http://www.gravesfa.org/gen270.htm