Mary (Geiger) Martin (1806 - 1885)

Born 1 Jul 1806 in Bulloch, Georgia, United States

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Died 17 Dec 1885 at age 79 in Burbank, Marion, Florida, United States

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Mary Geiger was born on 1 July 1806, as incised on her memorial stone, ^[1] in Bulloch County, Georgia. Mary is the daughter of Felix Geiger (1763-1831) and Mary Martin (1763-1826).

Mary Geiger married her cousin, Emanuel Henry Martin (1804-1851), on 19 February 1825 in Georgia. Their children were:

1. Anne Elizabeth Martin (1826-1827)
2. Abraham Geiger Martin (1828-1900)
3. Henry Emanuel Martin (1830-1894)
4. James Samuel Martin (1832-1907)
5. Isaiah Abraham Martin (1838-1842)
6. Harmon Charles Martin (1842-1912)
7. William Eli Martin (1844-1923)
8. John Ulrich Martin (1844-abt.1915)
9. Elizabeth Jane (Martin) Hall (1849-1931)

Residence 1850, Ocala, Marion, Florida, United States^[2]

Residence 1880, Fort McCoy, Marion, Florida, United States^[3]

Mary Martin, wife of E. H. Martin, died on 17 December 1885, as incised on her memorial stone^[4], in Burbank, Marion County, Florida. She was buried in Indian Lake Village Cemetery, Anthony, Marion County, Florida.^[5]

Notes

From "Emanuel Henry Martin Family Genealogy, 1800-1962" by Elam V. Martin, 1963. page 11-13: "Early in 1822 at Fort Moultrie a treaty was signed giving and restricting the Indians to an area in the central part of the peninsula extending from Alachua to Lake Okeechobee. Micanopy, head chief of all the Seminole tribes lived near Micanopy un the northern boundary set by the 1822 treaty. This boundary seemed to have cut through his village. And by July of the same year, 1822, the Indians complained, that the white men were settling in and near their towns which they did not like. To encourage more settlers to Florida, Congress, on April 22, 1826 passed an act authorizing citizens of the United States to settle upon public lands where no individual claims were in opposition. This offer of public lands was an inducement for Emanuel and his wife Mary Geiger to go to Alachua County, East Florida, shortly after their marriage in 1826. A footnote here says: "Information in the family Bible and information received from his children over thirty (30) years ago indicates that Emanuel and Mary first came to Florida in 1826." On May 24, 1827 when their first child, Ann Elizabeth, was seven months old, Emanuel drove the team to Newnansville, East Florida for provisions. After dark, Mary, who was left at home, was sitting in a rocking chair, the child up in her arms with its head over her shoulder and a slave girl standing near fanning them, when they were attacked by several Indians. The slave girl and the child were killed by arrows. Mary still holding the child saw the Indians setting fire to the kitchen cabin as she ran, hiding in a "tree-fall" near by. As she watched the house and other buildings were burned. The Indians then came looking for Mary. As it had grown dark the Indians soon gave up the search. Mary with the mortally wounded child in her arms made her way to the fort near Micanopy where her husband joined her later. Shortly after this Emanuel and Mary went back to Georgia only to return either in 1831 or 1833. At this time, it is thought, they settled at Pine, between Citra and Fort McCoy even before the land had been surveyed. This area was all in Alachua County at that time and it was in the Indian reservation as set in 1822. The lands granted the Indians in the Treaty of Moultrie Creek in 1822 were taken away in the treaties of Payne's Landing in 1832 and Fort Gibson in 1833. And in 1832 President Jackson set out on a policy of removing the Indians from Florida to the reservation West of the Mississippi River."

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28252457/mary-martin: accessed 01 May 2023), memorial page for Mary “Polly” Geiger Martin (1 Jul 1806–17 Dec 1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28252457, citing Indian Lake Cemetery, Anthony, Marion County, Florida, USA; Maintained by John A. Williams (contributor 47021522).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFH6-FLC : 12 April 2016), Mary Martin in household of Emanuel Martin, Ocala, Marion, Florida, United States; citing family 249, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNZ4-9RW : 13 January 2022), Mary Martin in household of H.c. Martin, Election Precinct 13 Fort McCoy, Marion, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28252457/mary-martin: accessed 01 May 2023), memorial page for Mary “Polly” Geiger Martin
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28252457/mary-martin: accessed 01 May 2023), memorial page for Mary “Polly” Geiger Martin

• Martin, Elam V. 1963. Emanuel Henry Martin Family Genealogy 1800-1962. Burgman and Son, Daytona Beach, Florida. https://archive.org/details/emanuelhenrymart00mart