Re: JOHN, AARON & DAVID Martin, 1820's MS
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In reply to:
Re: JOHN, AARON & DAVID Martin, 1820's MS
3/12/00
Nancy T. & Trish, these Petitions for Mississippi Governor's Passports may give some clues to the Martin tribe to which your subjects belong:
PASSPORT: Mississippi Passports; Mississippi Department of Archives and History; Jackson, Mississippi; Territorial Archives; Series A; Governor's Records, Vol. 22.
Adams County, Mississippi Territory - On the 13 of December 1811 - Derrell Martin from the State of Georgia personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace for the county aforesaid, and made oath that he has a couple of negroes named Harry and Hagar, detained in the Choctaw Nation for want of due authority to pass negroes through said Nation and that he wishes and desires to bring said negroes to the Mississippi Territory they being exclusively his property of himself and his brother Philip Martin.
Sworn before me. D. Rawlings
PASSPORT: Mississippi Department of Archives and History; Jackson, Mississippi; Territorial Archives; Series A; Governors' Records, Vol. 22.
Adams County, Mississippi Territory - Durrell Martin makes oath before me that Hyram Terroll on his way from the State of Georgia to this Territory with three negroes, the slaves of said Terrell, have been detained in the Choctaw Nation for want of due permission and that said slaves consist of a yellow woman Easter with a couple of children, Allaen and Julia.
Witness my hand this 13th day of Dec., 1811. D. Rawlings
PASSPORT: Mississippi Department of Archives and History; Jackson, Mississippi; Territorial Archives; Series A; Governors' Records, Vol. 22.
Adams County, Mississippi Territory - Derrell Martin makes oath before me a Justice of the Peace for the said county that Aaron Martin is now detained in the Choctaw Nation with one negro fellow about 45 years of age named Boson, and that said fellow is exclusively the property of Aaron Martin who was a citizen of the State of Georgia and is now on his removal from thence to this Territory whither he desires to bring said negro.
Witness my hand 13 Dec. 1811. D. Rawlings
PASSPORT: Mississippi Department of Archives and History; Jackson, Mississippi; Territorial Archives; Series A; Governors' Records, Vol. 22.
Adams County, Mississippi Territory - Derrell Martin makes oath before me that Josiah Martin, a citizen of Georgia is at this time detained in the Choctaw Nation with fifteen negroes whom he believes to be exclusively the property of the said Josiah Martin who is desirous and means to bring said slaves to the Mississippi Territory. He states the slaves to be a negro woman Milly with seven children, viz, Ruth, George, Jacob, Nancy, Tempe, Caleb, and Patrick; Nelly with these children: Hala, Mary, and Daniel together with Julis, a black fellow, Sarah, a yellow woman and Jurden a black boy.
Witness my hand 13 Dec., 1811. D. Rawlings
Aaron, Darrell & Phillip Martin are sons of Philemon Martin & Mary Terrell. Josiah Martin is a son of Zachariah Martin & Rebecca Brooks. Hyram/Hiram Terrell is son of Moses Terrell & Nancy Ann Martin.
They were part of a large group of families which moved from Franklin Co., GA. In addition to Martins & Terrells there were Harringtons and Bagleys and perhaps others.
This Georgia Governors Passport is for an earlier group of these same families:
PASSPORT: Georgia Passports contained in PASSPORTS OF SOUTHEASTERN PIONEERS, 1770-1823; Dorthy Williams Potter; Gateway Press, Baltimore; 1982.
Jeptha Harrington
Jacob Hollingsworth
James Martin
Alexander Martin
John Martin
Sir you will be kind enough to acquire a pas port for the above Names in one and you will oblige your H.B.S. Jeptha Harrington the 26th Oct. 1806.
N.B. the Journey is to the Natches or in that Neigh Broughing Cuntrey.
[on the reverse]
I do Certify that the within Named Persons are men of Good Caracter
Asa Allen
recommendation in favor of sundry persons for Passport thro [blank] nation
Order taken 8th Nov. 1806
Mrs. Frank Jackson (Clara) Martin, now deceased, did extensive research on this group and her work was published in The Martin Family Quarterly, Vol. 12 published by Michael Martin Farmer of Dallas, TX, which unfortunately is long out of print.