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One of my (3) DAR Patriots is Thomas Martin.

He was born in Virginia.  He lived in Campbell County, Virginia.  It was a part of Bedford County that became Campbell County in 1782.  His brothers were John and David.  Their father was William.  This William had brothers Thomas and Daniel, the sons of Daniel Martin, all born in Scotland and came to America.

Thomas Martin was born about 1750 and died about 1833 in Campbell County, Virginia, was my great-great-great grandfather.  He married Elizabeth Cook.  They had 11 children.

James Martin, son of Thomas, my great-great grandfather, along with his wife Judith Moore, came to Butler County and settled along Little Muddy Creek in 1828.  He was killed while working on the dam at Woodbury, Kentucky in 1838.

William Washington Martin, son of James, born in 1826 and died in 1892, my great grandfather.  William and Sarah Hester Evans had 10 children.  They lived near Hidden Valley Golf Course.  He was buried in 1892 in Martin Cemetery, located at the edge of the golf course.

Alfred Thomas ‘Jack’ Martin, son of William, my grandfather, born in Butler County, Kentucky in 1871.  He died in 1974 and is buried in Big Muddy Cemetery.  He and his wife Ettie Sorrells had 6 children and lived in Dunbar Kentucky all their lives.

Ivan Martin was my father.  Born in Butler County, Kentucky in 1905.  He died in 1998.  Ivan and his wife Ermie Lee Martin spent their entire lives in Butler County, except a few years Ivan worked in Detroit and St. Louis.  He returned home and ran his coal mines and then started farming about 1937.

Thomas Martin service in the Revolutionary War.  He paid Supply Tax in 1783.