Found her maiden name was listed on a marriage record for her son William Estes and on his death record. Both listed below.[4][5]
1900 Martha is listed in her son William's census. She was 85 years old.[6]
Sources
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"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8D8-CRR : 12 April 2016), Martha Estes in household of Elijah J Estes, Lunenburg county, Lunenburg, Virginia, United States; citing family 526, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
↑ "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRW4-88D : 11 February 2018), Polly M. Hudson in entry for Wm. P. Estes and Hellen J. Tingley, 26 Feb 1879; citing Dinwiddie, Virginia, reference 254; FHL microfilm 31,110.
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"Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR4-3MCK : 16 August 2019), Polly Hudson in entry for William Thomas Estes, 28 Feb 1933; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Lunenburg, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMN5-1VV : accessed 5 December 2019), Martha Estes in household of William T Estes, Browns Store District (south & west part), Lunenburg, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 35, sheet 1A, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,716.
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That's based on reading the biography and looking at the current names.
The only source I can view that's cited, source 2, seems to point at her maiden name being Beckham though.