MARTIN GENEALOGY
Compiled by Glenn Gohr


Martin is a rather common surname. Wouldn't it be interesting, though, if I found out my wife was related to someone like Dean Martin? I also have a close friend who is a professor at the Brownsville School of Ministry at Pensacola, Florida, who is an evangelist. His name is Dr. Larry E. Martin. He was born in Duncan, Oklahoma, and his family has lived in Oklahoma and Southwest Missouri. Larry has written a number of books about the Azusa Street Revival. There also is a Connie Martin who is an active member of the Ozarks Genealogical Society here in Springfield, Missouri, where we live.

The connection here comes through my wife's Johnson and Combs families who eventually settled in Madison County, Arkansas, after traveling through Virginia and Tennessee. It is interesting to note that Rebekah (MARTIN) JOHNSON named her son MARTIN Johnson. MURRELL is also another family name (surname) that has been carried down into the JOHNSON family.

Here is my wife's MARTIN lineage as far as can be proven:

  1. Rebekah MARTIN, b. 1745 Maryland, d. 1845 Dickson Co., TN; md. ca. 1776 to James Johnson, b. 1743, d. ca. 1777 Lunenberg Co., VA (killed by Indians; Was a Major in the 6th Virginia Regiment during the Revolutionary War.)
  2. Martin JOHNSON, b. 1777 Lunenberg Co., VA, d. Feb. 1851 Madison Co., AR (Soldier in the War of 1812); md. Sarah COMBS, b. 1779 Hawkins Co., TN, d. 1829 Warren Co., TN
  3. Thomas Murrell JOHNSON, b. 9 September 1811 Warren Co., TN, d. ? Madison Co., AR (served in Union Army); md. 1831 Madison Co., AR to Sarah MCMURRY, b. 12 Jan. 1809 Warren Co., TN, d. ? Madison Co., AR
  4. Lt. John JOHNSON, b. 29 July 1833 Madison Co., AR, d. 14 Oct. 1906 Madison Co., AR (he served in Company G, 1st Arkansas Infantry in Union Army); md. 7 April 1853 Madison Co., AR to Rosanna ALLISON, b. 29 Sept. 1833 Maury Co., TN, d. 7 Jan. 1916 Madison Co., AR (both buried in the Wesley Cemetery, Madison Co., AR)
  5. Sarah Frances "Fannie" JOHNSON, b. 22 Feb. 1854 Madison Co., AR, d. 1920 Madison Co., AR; md. May 1870 Madison Co., AR to John Calvin CALLICO, Jr., b. May 1847 Madison Co., AR, d. 22 Feb. 1927 Madison Co., AR (both buried in Wesley Cemetery, Madison Co., AR)
  6. Franklin Montgomery CALLICO, b. 9 July 1877 Drake's Creek, Madison Co., AR, d. 15 Nov. 1969 Ely, White Pine Co., NV; md. 1900 Madison Co., AR to Kima Nevada ROBERTS, b. 1882 Japton, Madison Co., AR, d. 23 Dec. 1944 San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., CA (buried at Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, CA)
  7. Bonnie Ruth CALLICO, b. 5 Aug. 1905 Drake's Creek, Madison Co., AR, d. 1 Dec. 1968 San Bernardino, San Bernardino Co., CA; md. 22 Aug. 1928 to Robert Archie HENRY, Jr., b. 26 Aug. 1902 Sickles, Caddo Co., OK, d. 10 June 1944 Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., CA (both buried at Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, CA) *These are my wife's grandparents.


MARTIN E-MAIL LIST


If you have queries concerning the MARTIN surname, you may post these at the Martin Family Genealogy List which is a part of the Rootsweb e-mail discussion lists. It offers free queries and discussion on the Martin surname and variant spellings.

To subscribe, send an e-mail to: [email protected]
Leave subject line blank (This will be ignored).
In the body of the message type: subscribe

Then a welcome message will be sent telling how to post messages. Once you are subscribed, you may send a query to everyone on the list by sending e-mail to: [email protected]

Archived postings to the Martin e-mail list can be found on the WEB at:

    https://mailinglists.rootsweb.com/listindexes/

When prompted, type in MARTIN for the name of the list. A second screen will appear where you can choose a year and type in a search word(s). If you type in MARTIN you would probably get all the previous postings to the list. You can also type in a person's name instead or a locality to narrow your search. If you wish to do a search by date, try entering it in quotation marks with the day and then the month as "01 Mar" using single digit dates preceded by a zero and only the first three letters of the month.



ROOTSWEB MARTIN MESSAGE BOARDS

There are several Message Boards on Rootsweb which are set up for the MARTIN surname. These boards are for posting information in the following categories: BIBLE, BIOGRAPHY, BIRTH, CEMETERY, CENSUS, DEATH, DEED, IMMIGRATION, LOOKUP, MARRIAGE, MILITARY, OBITUARY, PENSION, QUERIES, and WILLS. The search perameters and drop down screen on the main page allow you to do a key word search or to view all postings according to one of the above categories. Click on the icon below to access the Martin Message Boards.

Query Post a query (or information from any one of the above categories) on any MARTIN name or related family. Please give dates, and locations they lived. Try to give as much information as possible.




An online genealogy forum for posting queries has also been set up specifically for the MARTIN family on GenForum. It can be found at the following address:

    http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/martin

***Note***During the Fall of 1998, GenForum combined with Family Tree Maker, which means that all queries and information posted to that site becomes the property of Family Tree Maker. This is still a good site to look up information and get contact names for the MARTIN lines you are searching, but be advised that if you now post a new query or a response to something on that site, chances are that sometime in the future Family Tree Maker will include that information on a CD-ROM which they will sell for profit to anyone who is interested. I do not like the idea of someone else using my hard researched information and ideas and selling them for a profit without my knowledge. This same practice is evident on all of the Family Tree Maker pages which are found on the internet, if you will read the disclaimer notices on those pages. I recommend the Family Tree Maker pages as good look up pages, but I don't recommend posting information there. Similar things can be said for Ancestry.com and MyFamily.com which are connected to each other and seek to make a profit from genealogical materials on the internet.



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Last updated June 1, 2003.


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