William Martin Shreve
August 26, 1761 - January 26, 1837
Born Loudoun Co., Virginia and died Jessamine Co., Nicholasville, Kentucky
This picture hangs in the Guilford Courthouse and William M Shreve was at the battlefield along with James Martin
Cowpens Battleground in South Carolina where William M Shreve was a young soldier
The portrait of Judge WILLIAM MARTIN SHREVE can be found in the 1901 History and Genealogy of the Shreve Family by Luther P. Allen
William Martin Shreve was a prominent judge and landowner in Jessamine Co., Kentucky. William was present on March 25, 1789 when Governor Garrard commissioned William Shreve along with Joseph Crockett and Richard Young as Justices of the Court of Quarter sessions at the home of Fisher Rice in Jessamine Co
William Martin Shreve was the son of William Shreve II and Catherine Martin Shreve. William Martin was a descendant of two long lines of American colony families. The Martins settling in Dover Colony, NH and Piscataway, NJ and the Shreve family settling in Plymouth Colony and Little Compton, Rhode Island
Records found in Loudoun Co., Virginia ; now I know why William Martin Shreve had the quote on his tombstone "born poor and friendless" ; his father made his will in 1758 before William M was born and he died when William M was only 1 1/2 years old
William Shreve II married Anna Smalley January 6, 1747 in the Piscataway Seventh Day Baptist Church with matrimony rites by Rev Jonathan Dunham and he married Catherine Martin November 10, 1755 in the Piscataway Seventh Day Baptist Church with matrimony rites by Rev Jonathan Dunham
Anna Smalley and Catharine Martin were 3rd cousins. Their sons, David Shreve and William Martin Shreve are 5th cousins on the Martin side and step brothers on the Shreve side
"The Martin Family of America" by Louise Martin Mohler
William Martin Shreve's Revolutionary War venture Soldier enlisted at Halifax, VA, his widow Ann Barnett applied for pension on January 15, 1844 in Jessamine Co., KY #S30697 (Abstracts of Rev. War Pension Files) William served in the Cont. Line Halifax (VA). During the American Revolution, soon after the battle of Monmouth, which crippled the little American army, recruits were much needed and it was at that time when Cornwallis was pushing his forces to the South that William Shreve, though but a (youth at a country school) [I have learned through REV WAR documents that William was a young 18 yr. old college student], when he volunteered for service, where the recruiting American army was passing, volunteered and remained in the service until the surrender at Yorktown. He was wounded in some engagement, probably the battle of Cowpens or the battle of Guilford Courthouse, and received a pension from the Government until his death. He enlisted from Maryland and served in the Virginia Continental Army One of the earliest (brick homes) [I have also learned and seen the two houses that William lived in and they are not brick ; however, the first house was a three story stone house and the third owner removed the third story; it was located in Fayette County. The house located on third street in Nicholasville was a wood house with stone foundation located near the courthouse. William had other properties surrounding the courthouse and they were referred to in estate papers as being brick buildings on Main St. There have been misinterpretations about the two houses probably a mix up ; the second house was bought by James Simms from the William Martin Shreve estate, owned later by Mrs. John Simms, which did set a short distance west of the Cincinnati Southern Depot and it was in a good state of preservation in 1900 when the house became a boys' academy ;{Source: History of Jessamine Co.,1900} William Martin Shreve moved into the first home "Domestic Retreat" in Fayette County about 1793 because he was present at the 1794 celebration of the Rev War soldiers living in Kentucky. The first home is owned by Mrs. Joan Moss. Today the second house is owned by Joe Johnston who has done extensive repairs to the foundation and the chimneys and roof After 1796 he moved with his wife and two sons from Maryland to Kentucky, settling in Jessamine Co., where he had purchased a large tract of land and built a mill and established a store. At this place he lived about 3 or 4 years. Then moving closer to the new town of Nicholasville [Mingo Tavern] to be near the court house. All this time he was dealing in real estate and trading lands closer to Nicholasville. His wife Mary Elizabeth died leaving William with small children and soon after he married a second time to widow Ann Barnett Wake who had three young children. All the children were brought up at both the Third St. home "Anchor and Hope" which is the burying ground for many members of the family ; 40 sq. feet of burying ground is in the backyard ; as well as at the "Domestic Retreat" home. Luther Martin Shreve has said his grandmother Catherine had ponies for him to ride and a cousin just found faded papers that said John Milton Shreve was born 1811 at "Domestic Retreat" So now I am sure they were occupying both houses and raising the children at both homes. For thirty-one years William was Judge of the County Court of Jessamine County, KY. In the will of William's it says his wife Ann is to live on the property that he obtained from John Hewitt so now I am thinking John Hewitt and his people may have bought the property earlier upon arrival in Jessamine Co., KY. John Hewitt married William's daughter Eliza who died shortly after their three sons were born and John remarried William was one of the first trustees of Nicholasville. He served as a Director of Farmer's Bank of Jessamine Co., Kentucky. William Shreve was politically an old line Whig, and entertained Henry Clay, of whom he was a personal and political friend, whenever he came to our village at Nicholasville to attend court, my father being the judge for some years of the County and Probate Courts, and manifested his friendship when pecuniary disaster came to Mr. Clay. We frequently communicated with Capt. {Henry Miller} Shreve during the progress of the work undertaken by him in removing the obstructions in the Red River [Luther Martin Shreve, youngest son comments] William Martin Shreve and Mary Elizabeth Laurence were married December 14,1790 in The Evangelical Reformed Church, Frederick Co., Maryland. Their oldest son Levin Lawrence Shreve was born in Hagerstown, Maryland August 27, 1793. The second son Thomas Talliaferro Shreve was born February 4, 1796 in Hagerstown, Maryland. It was sometime afterwards that William brought his wife Mary Elizabeth and two sons to Jessamine County to live. It was in Jessamine County that Levin and Thomas acquired their rudimentary education and grew to manhood on their father's farm. Their early education was of the practical kind and experience. Their father gave to each $5,000 dollars in cash, which in those days was considered quite a fortune for a young man. With this fortune they began business together and to the end of their lives were intimately associated in relations all of their life. They entered the iron business in Greenup, Kentucky and about 1832 they moved to Louisville, Kentucky where they established a foundry under the name of L.L. Shreve & Co. and in the iron trade as Shreve, Anderson and Thomas. They extended their business to Cincinnati and were among the leading ironmongers of the South From 1799 to 1806 two daughters, Catherine Laurence married William Truxton Boyce and Eliza Ann married John Hewitt parents of Edward, William & Thomas Hewitt ; two sons, William Martin, II married Caroline Boyce and Upton Lawrence died at age 26 yrs. were born to William Martin and Mary Elizabeth Shreve in Jessamine Co. Mary Elizabeth died about 1808 and is buried at Anchor and Hope William Martin married a second time to Ann Barnett Wake February 5, 1809 by the Rev. Jacob Creath. Woodford Co., KY has on file the marriage license for Anne Wake and William Shreve, dated January 31, 1809. Three daughters, Ann, Juliette (died young) and Sarah Ann and two sons, John Milton and Luther Martin Shreve were born to William Martin and Ann Barnett Wake between the years 1810 and 1820 in Jessamine Co., KY
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