Martha was born in Smith, Tennessee, the daughter of Robert Jim Nixon and Charlotte Walker.
In 1855, she married John S. Roberts, in DeKalb, Tennessee.
She married a "Denney", about 1864.
Sources
"Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKH3-XTZZ : 30 November 2017), John S Roberts and Martha Nixon, 30 May 1855; citing DeKalb, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 593,050.
Son, George Gore Denney's death cert - "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSQD-C77 : Sat Oct 14 01:23:47 UTC 2023), Entry for George Gore Denney and Denney, 04 Sep 1941.
WikiTree profile Nixon-410 created through the import of l4mld0_840664f2vemb480dam58o4.ged on Aug 16, 2011 by Michael Reed. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Martha: