History of Morrow County
and Ohio 1880
Marion County Public Library - Ohio Room
Chapter IV - Page 257
The history of Morrow County
in the wars in which the country has been involved is of a character that
her people may ever refer to with pride and satisfaction. Many of her
early settlers were not only decendents of Revolutionary Soldiers, but
some were Revolutionary Soldiers themselves. Referring to the latter, we
copy the following from the Sentinel of July 2, 1863:
"We had the pleasure of a call on Friday morning of last week from
Mr. John Baker, a resident of this county, who is now one hundred and
three years old. He was a soldier of the Revolutionary War, and
volunteered April 10, 1777, serving during the remainder of the war. He
belonged to the "Maryland Blues" under Col. Hammond and Gen.
Ridgely. He knew Gen. Washington and was present at his funeral. Mr Baker
was also a soldier of the war of 1812, and was stationed at Fort McHenry,
etc." Just what number among the early settlers were Revolutionary
Soldiers, we have no means of knowing. But coming to the country as early
as 1808-10, a little more than a quarter of a century after the close of
the Revolution, it is altogether probable that they included quite a
number of patriots of the war for independence. So far, we have obtained
the names of the following Revolutionary Soldiers, but whether these are
all, we are unable to say: John Stilly, Jacob Foust, William Munson,
Ebenezer Wood, Alexander Dixon, Sr., John Baker, Reuben Martin,
Alexander Kingman, Eben Holt, Lodwick Hardenbrook, William Lockhart. The
inpoverished Government for which they had fought long and faithfully had
no other means of rewarding its soldiers, than to pay them in Western
lands, and thus many of them found homes in Ohio, the lands of which
territory was then coming into market. Many others, however, were poor,
and had not the means of reaching their Western homes, and were forced to
sell them for whatever they could get for them, thereby deriving but
little benefit from what was intended by the Government to be a munificent
bounty. But these facts are all matters of history, and do not really
belong to the history of Morrow County. They are only mentioned as
illustrative of the germ of patriotism planted in the citizens of the
county which has grown and flourished with the advanced years.
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If you have any
additional information about Reuben Martin that you would like to
add here please feel free to contact me - just follow the link on
the bottom of this page. In trying to keep this information as accurate as
possible, please include your sources.
If you look at this
picture you can see that there are actually two markers and a
veterans star. The marker in the back is directly behind and
facing the first marker so I could not get a picture of it. It is
in excellent condition though and I was able to transcribe it.
Front Marker
reads:
Reuben Martin
(illegible) Troops
Rev. War
Feb. 27, 1844
Back Marker reads:
Reuben Martin
died February 27, 1844
aged 100 years
Veterans Star
reads:
War of 1776
Note:
Reuben's place of birth was Piscataway, Middlesex County,
New Jersey
his place of death was in Jeromesville, Wayne County, Ohio Father:
Ephrian Martin
Mother: Hannah Wilson Spouse
#1: Margaret Wilson
Children:
John Brady Martin Spouse
#2: Mary Van Buren
Children:
Hannah Martin
Alexander Martin
Abner Martin
Absolom Martin
Margaret Martin
Benjamin Martin
Reubin Daniel Martin
Samuel Wilson Martin The
above family information was taken from the Rootsweb.com family
tree of the
Steingraber
- Sorensen Tree
There were no sources listed
on this family tree at the time of this posting, it was however,
the one with the most information. Please remember to use it as a
guide only. |
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