Martin Family
James
D. Martin
1834-1910
The
earliest record found
to date for James is
his marriage recorded
in the Troup County
Courthouse in
Lagrange, GA. The 1860
Census for Tallapoosa
Co. AL, lines 11-14 of
page 27 recorded 15
June 1860, lists James
as a Grocer with
$320.00 in real
estate, 26 years old
born in South
Carolina, with his
wife Arrinda age 2l,
Mary age 3, and
Charles age l.
Whether Victoria (Arrinda)
and the children
remained in Tallapoosa
Co. while James was in
the Army or were in GA
with her parents is
not known, but the
1870 Census for AL
enumerated them in
Chambers, Co. AL (just
across the state line
from Troup Co. GA)
where James was
working as a farmhand.
The economic and
social disruptions of
the Civil War and
Reconstruction caused
many families to
relocate. Page 226 of
the 1870 Census for
Chambers Co. taken
Sept. 2, 1870 shows:
James Martin age 36,
farmhand, Victoria age
33, Mary age l4,
Charley age l2, Bascom
age l0, Bori age 8,
and Elsita (?) age 5.
The Census taker
stated that all were
born in AL which was
not correct but this
type of error was
common. While "Bori"
was probably James B.
Martin's middle name
and "Elsita"
may have been Etoila's
middle name, both may
have been nicknames as
"Bascom" was
undoubtedly John's
nickname.
The l880 Census of
Tallapoosa Co. AL,
lines 1-7 on page 22,
records James as a
minister, age 46,
living near the
Newsite community in
Tallapoosa Co. with
his wife A.V. Martin
age 41 and 5 of their
children, Charles F.
age 2l, John W. age
l9, James B. age l8,
Eutaula E. age l4 and
Thomas M. age 6.
According to James'
Confederate Veteran's
Pension application
claim l3493 filed 29
July l909 in Polk. CO.
FL., James enlisted in
Company D 34th Alabama
Infantry Regiment in
May 1862. His company
was commanded by
Colonel J. Mitchell.
He was wounded 5 times
during the war but
served for the
duration receiving an
Honorable Discharge in
May l865 at
Montgomery, AL.
According to oral
family history, James
was very tall, posibly
the only survivor of
l0 children. James'
grandson, Joseph
Martin, believed that
James' grandfather had
emigrated from Ireland
and James had worked
for a railroad and
taught school at
various times. Records
of business
transactions for James
and Victoria have been
found in Elmore Co.
until l894. Evidently
their sons John and
James went to Polk Co.
FL to work around l892
and James and Victoria
moved there to be near
them in l894 and took
Thomas with them. John
had a child born in FL
as early as l893 and
Victoria was living
with Thomas when the
l9l0 Census was taken
3 months after her
husbands death. James'
date of death was
established by
Victoria's application
for a Widows Pension
based on James'
service in the
Confederate Army.
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