Sylvester Deusenberry Martin Jr. (abt. 1837)

Born about 1837 in Georgia, United States

Husband of Mary Ann (Nichols) Martin — married 1870 in ,,,Georgia

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Lebanon, DeKalb, Alabama, United States

Biography

Death

Death:

Place: ,Lebanon,Dekalb Co.,Alabama^[1]

Burial

Burial:

Place: ,Ft. Payne,,Alabama

Note

Note: Civil War Union Army Soldier

*Sylvester Dussenbury Martin, Jr. owned a plantation in Rome, Georgia. He hadmany slaves. When he heard the Civil War had started, he freed his slaves, andwent to join the Northern forces. After the war, he moved to the Ft. Payne area of Alabama. He had a son named Charles Robert Martin, born in 1878. Sylvester was wounded in the war and died years later from it. He owned a large piece of land in the Lebanon community. He gave a small corner of it to be used for a Church.

*Other information came from Mary Bernice Martin Pence of Henegar, Alabama.

*Barbara Peters of Dothan, AL bap6@juno.com

Sources

• WikiTree profile UNKNOWN-151944 created through the import of Martin_Cleaned.ged on Apr 3, 2012 by Donna Drury. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Donna and others.
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHP5-NR3 : accessed 11 August 2015), Sylvester Martin in household of Sylvester Martin, Barbour county, Barbour, Alabama, United States; citing family 869, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHKH-ZMS : accessed 11 August 2015), Sylvester Martin, Alabama, United States; citing p. 347, family 3009, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,501.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8GN-DYB : accessed 22 August 2015), S D Martin, District 467, Monroe, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 89, sheet 31B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0158; FHL microfilm 1,254,158.

• Source: S3 Repository: #REPO36 Title: www.familysearch.com (LDS)
• Repository: REPO36
• Source: S4 Repository: #REPO37 Title: Barbara Peters (bap6@juno.com) Author: Barbara Peters Publication: Dothan, Alabama
• Repository: REPO37
• Source: S5 Repository: #REPO38 Title: Cemeteries of Dekalb County, Alabama Publication: The Huntsville Library
• Repository: REPO38
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LL-DHJ : accessed 8 August 2015), Dewsenberry Martin, Dawsonville, Dawson, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 42, sheet 54D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0142; FHL microfilm 1,254,142.

1. ↑ Source: #S5