MARTIN, Thomas Peyton
1767 - 1830 (63 years)-
Name MARTIN, Thomas Peyton Birth 1767 Martinsville, Henry, Virginia, British America [1, 2] - In 1928, Louise Aver Vandiver writes in her TRADITIONS AND HISTORY OF ANDERSON COUNTY.
"In 1779, [this date does not seem reasonable as Thomas would have been 12 and Hester, 9].
Thomas Martin and his wife Hester Roundtree, left Martinsville, Virginia and came to South Carolina. They had several little children, and creeping slowly forward in heavy carts, it was a long journey. In those pioneering days when night fell parties traveling the same way would often camp together for mutual protection. All provisions had to be transported with them, save what game they could kill on the road, and an occasional purchase made of the few farmers whose homes they passed."
"At the beginning of the trip Mr. Martin promised to give two dollars and a half to such of the children as should make the whole journey without crying. Mr. Martin's children appreciated to the full the generous offer, and valiantly they strove to win the reward. But they were very little, the journey was very long, and they encountered many hardships, including winter weather; and children have always had nerves, though our forefathers scouted such attributes for small people. One by one the little folks succumbed to trials and miseries, until all but Jacob, the eldest, had lost the coveted prize. The little lad wanted the $2.50 very much indeed. It was a big sum of money, and probably he had never in his life had so much of his own. Not a tear had fallen from his bright eyes, and the journey was almost over. One day toward the very end Jacob was seated high upon the stack of domestic goods, and the heavy wagon was creaking, grumbling, and painfully rolling along over the dreadful roads, mere trails through woods, the trees hanging low over the path. Passing under one of the sweeping branches, whoever held the reins that day reached out and pushed the swinging limb. It could not have been the father, for fathers remember their little ones, and that driver forgot the boy perched aloft; as he let go the branch it swung back, striking the lad severely about the face and head, and poor little Jacob, startled and frightened by the sudden stinging pain, as a little boy could not help doing, lost his coveted prize."
"The family settled in what is now Williamston Township, a mile or two east of where Piercetown is located. Big Creek Church was their place of worship. There were nine children in the family who grew up. What education they got was from small country schools in their vicinity."
Gender Male Death 6 Jan 1830 Anderson County, South Carolina, United States [3] Burial Aft 6 Jan 1830 Big Creek Baptist Cemetery, Williamston, Anderson Country, South Carolina [3] - Thomas Martin's grave was moved from its original site on his farm property to Big Creek Baptist Church Cemetery near Williamston, SC. Wilton Scott Murphey headed a committee, which was formed at a reunion, to have the body moved. A marker was placed on his grave which said the family came from Martinsville, NC as stated in Louise Ayer Vandiver's book "Traditions and History of Anderson County". They may have come through Martinsville, NC, but his father's will was one of the few papers saved from a fire at the courthouse in Anson County, NC where they lived.
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Source: The C.C. Merritt Family Pages on the web at http://www.ccmerritt.com/genealogy
Person ID I260 Pickel_Bartlett Last Modified 26 Jul 2012
Father MARTIN, Charles, b. Jan 1745, Albermarle County, Virginia d. Aft 28 Jun 1808, Abbeville District, South Carolina (Age > 63 years) Mother MOON, Martha Patsy, b. 1751, Albemarle County, Virginia, British America d. 1802, Abbeville County, South Carolina, United States (Age 51 years) Marriage 1766 Albemarle County, Virginia, United States [4] Family ID F2046 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family ROUNDTREE, Hester, b. 1770, Martinsville, Henry, Virginia, British America d. 13 Mar 1855, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States (Age 85 years) Marriage Abt 1789 Martinsville, Henry, Virginia, United States [5] Residence 1810 Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States [6] - Census reported that there were:
Free White Males < 10: 1
Free White Males 16-25: 2
Free White Males 26-44: 1
Free White Females 16-25: 1
No. of slaves: 17
Residence 20 Aug 1820 Edgefield District, South Carolina, United States [7] - Census reported:
White males <10: 1
White males 10-16: 1
White males 16-18: 1
White males 16-26: 1
White males 45 and greater: 1
White females <10: 2
White females 10-16: 1
White females 45 and greater: 1
Number of people engaged in agriculture: 10
Total no of slaves: 15
Children 1. MARTIN, Jacob C., b. 24 Apr 1790, Fayette District, Anson, North Carolina, United States d. 6 Oct 1876, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States (Age 86 years) 2. MARTIN, Charity Hester, b. 11 Apr 1792, Fayette District, Anson, North Carolina, United States d. 19 Nov 1884, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States (Age 92 years) 3. MARTIN, Mary, b. 30 Mar 1793, Fayette District, Anson, North Carolina, United States d. 14 Jul 1880, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States (Age 87 years) 4. MARTIN, William Thomas, b. 1798, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States d. 1862, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States (Age 64 years) 5. MARTIN, Frances, b. 19 May 1801, Piercetown, Pendleton, South Carolina, United States d. 9 Nov 1865, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States (Age 64 years) 6. MARTIN, James, b. 1802, Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States d. 1877, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States (Age 75 years) 7. MARTIN, William Abraham, b. 14 May 1804, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States d. 12 Jul 1875, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States (Age 71 years) 8. MARTIN, Elizabeth, b. 1810, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States d. 1860, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States (Age 50 years) 9. MARTIN, Chesley, b. 1 Oct 1812, Pendleton District, South Carolina, United States d. 12 Sep 1877, Anderson County, South Carolina, United States (Age 64 years) Family ID F95 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 16 May 2022
- In 1928, Louise Aver Vandiver writes in her TRADITIONS AND HISTORY OF ANDERSON COUNTY.
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Headstones Thomas Martin, Sr. and Hester Roundtree Martin
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Sources - [S417] Descendants of Thomas Peyton Martin.
- [S102] Cer, Martin Family Tree - Patricia Martin Bowie.
Source Information:
Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. - [S114] Miscellaneous, Big Creek Baptist Church Cemetery .
http://www.geocities.com/williamston_sc/bigcreekcemmn.html - [S111] efamilytree.net, http://www.e-familytree.net/F188/F188462.htm.
- [S114] Miscellaneous, In 1928, Louise Aver Vandiver writes in her TRADITIONS AND HISTORY OF ANDERSON COUNTY.
- [S302] 1810 Federal Census, Page 18.
- [S305] 1820 Federal Census, Page 20.
- [S417] Descendants of Thomas Peyton Martin.