Slaves of Joseph and Sally (Hughes) Martin, Henry, Virginia

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Henry, Virginia, United States
Surnames/tags: virginia_slaves virginia_slave_owners Black_Heritage

Slaves of Joseph Martin and Sallie Dalton (Hughes) Martin

See also: Sallie Dalton Hughes Martin, Virginia

See also, their son Williams' Slaves of William Martin (abt.1814-) of Virginia

Locations:

• Henry, Virginia
• Greenwood, Henry, Virginia
• Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia

• Frank Martin (abt.1830-1891)
• Sandy Martin (abt.1828-bef.1900)
• Flora Martin (abt.1836-1924) and probably some of her children
• Margaret Martin (abt.1811-)
• Cajah Martin (abt.1795-)
• Tillman Martin (abt.1818-)
• Maria Martin (abt.1816-)
• Mellissa Martin (abt.1831-aft.1910) and probably some of her children
• America Martin (abt.1816-aft.1870) and probably some of her children
• Henry Martin (abt.1829-bef.1900)
• Richmond Martin (abt.1811-aft.1870)
• William Martin (abt.1827-)
• Edward Martin (abt.1839-bef.1880)
• Patsy Cole (abt.1826-) and probably some of her children
• Benjamin Cole (abt.1808-1873)
• Joe Martin (abt.1812-1896)
• Patsy Martin (abt.1812-bef.1880) and possibly her children
• Jack Martin (abt.1826-1884)
• Lucy Martin (abt. 1836-) and probably some of her children

Contents 1 Identified Names 2 Census Records 3 Other 4 Information from former page research

Identified Names

From Virginia, U.S., Birth Registers, 1853-1911: Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA, USA; Virginia, Birth Registers, 1853-1911

Slave Owner Name	Location	Enslaved's Name	Date of birth	Mother's name	Link to image (via Ancestry or FamilySearch)
Joseph Martin	Henry, Virginia	Romey	Oct 1856	none listed	[1]
Joseph Martin	Henry, Virginia	Cajah	Oct 1856	none listed	[2]
Joseph Martin	Henry, Virginia	Marinda	Nov 1856	none listed	[3]
Joseph Martin	Henry, Virginia	Lavina	Nov 1856	none listed	[4]
Joseph Martin	Henry, Virginia	Lewis	Nov 1856	none listed	[5]
Joseph Martin	Henry, Virginia	Peter	Nov 1856	none listed	[6]
Joseph Martin	Henry, Virginia	Ann	Sep 1857	Mariah	[7]
Joseph Martin	Henry, Virginia	Dash	10 Aug 1858	Hannah	[8]
Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin	Greenwood, Henry, Virginia	Toby	Mar 1859	Caroline	[9]
Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin	Greenwood, Henry, Virginia	Crawford	Mar 1859	Lucy	[10]
Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin	Greenwood, Henry, Virginia	Leah	Mar 1859	Flora	[11]
Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin	Greenwood, Henry, Virginia	Kitty	May 1859	Sophia	[12]
Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin	Greenwood, Henry, Virginia	Nathan	May 1859	Amelia	[13]
Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin	Henry, Virginia	Abram	Feb 1860	Caroline	[14]
Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin	Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia	America	Oct 1861	Sally	[15]
Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin	Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia	Lucinda	Aug 1861	Lucy	[16]
Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin	Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia	Grief	May 1861	Flora	[17]
Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin	Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia	Caroline	May 1861	Caroline	[18]
Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin	Leatherwood, Henry, Virginia	Margarette	Sep 1861	America	[19]

From Virginia, U.S., Death Registers, 1853-1911: Library of Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912

Slave Owner	Enslaved's Name	Location	Death Date	Cause of Death	Age at Death	Mother's Name	Approx. birth year	Link to image (Ancestry)
Joseph Martin	Granville	Henry, Virginia	30 Jul 1856	cold	1	none listed	1855	[20]
Joseph Martin	Moses	Henry, Virginia	Mar 1856	dropsy	20	none listed	1836	[21]
Joseph Martin	Coroline	Henry, Virginia	Oct 1856	cold	6 months	none listed	Apr 1856	[22]
Joseph Martin	Jeny	Henry, Virginia	Nov 1858	dropsy	not listed	none listed		[23]
Joseph Martin	William	Henry, Virginia	Nov 1858	cold	5 months	Esther	Jun 1858	[24]
Joseph Martin	Grief	Henry, Virginia	Jun 1858	unknown	21 days	Caroline	1858	[25]
Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin	Charlott	Henry, Virginia	Jun 1859	old age	70	Esther	1789	[26]
Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin	Laura	Henry, Virginia	Jul 1861	worms	4	Flora	1857	[27]

From Valuation of Slaves drafted by the County Court of Henry in February 1865 to work on Public Fortifications for Confederate State. Source:Henry County (Va.) Free Negro and Slave Records, 1796-1868. [28]

Names	Years (age)	Owners	Value
Thurman	24	Sally Martin	$7,500.00

Data from those on Henry County (Va.) Register of Colored Persons cohabiting together as Husband and Wife, 1866.[29].

Name of Husband, Age, Place of Birth	Occupation	Last Owner	Name of Wife, Age, Place of Birth	Last Owner	Name of children with age of each	Date of Commencement of Cohabitation
Martin, Jack, 40, Henry	Farmer	Mrs. Sally Martin	Martin, Lucy, 30, Patrick	Wm. Martin	Owen 20 Paul 19 Sally 18 Tilman 17 Wiley 16 Franky 15 Agnes 13 Jacky 12 Crawford 8 Lucinda 5	1842
Martin, Joe, 54, Henrico	Farmer	Mrs. Sally Martin	Martin, Patsy, 54, Henry	Sally Martin	Edny 27 Tom 22	1824
Cole, Benj., 58, Henry	Farmer	Mrs. Sally Martin	Cole, Patsey, 40, Henry	Sally Martin	Taylor 31 Henry 28 Mary 26 Pedince 16 Ambros 15 Koger 13 Bob 11 Benj. 7	1838
Martin, Edwy, 27, Henry	Farmer	Mrs. Sally Martin	Martin, Betsey, 17, Henry	Wm. Martin	Sally 1	1865
Martin, Wm, 39, Henry	Farmer	Mrs. Sally Martin	Martin, Maria, 35, Henry	Tilda Gravely	Tom 17 Patrick 14 Lucy A 11 Wm. 9 Sandy 15	1848
Martin, Richmond, 55, Norfolk	Farmer	Mrs. Sally Martin	Martin, America, 50, Henry	Sally Martin	Dely 11 Margaret 5 Hager 27 Jarvis 12 Milly 11 Renda 9 Maria 8	1840
Martin, Henry, 37, Henry	Farmer	Mrs. Sally Martin	Martin, Melissa, 35, Henry	Sally Martin	Karan 15 Nancy 13 Lewis 10 Phil 8 John 7 Martha 5 Reuben 2 Mary 1	1850
Martin, Tilman, 48, Henry	Farmer	Mrs. Sally Martin	Martin, Maria, 50, Norfolk	Sally Martin	none	1846
Martin, Cajah, 71, Patrick	Farmer	Mrs. Sally Martin	Martin, Margaret, 55, Patrick	Sally Martin	none	1830
Martin, Sandy, 38, Henry	Blacksmith	Mrs. Sally Martin	Martin, Flora, 30, Henry	Sally Martin	Harrison 14 Harriet 13 Morehead 9 Leod 6 Grief 4 Thos 2 Dealy 6	1851
Martin, Frank, 36, Henry	Farmer	Mrs. Sally Martin	Martin, Litha, 25, Henry	Benj. Gravely	Saml 10 Reuben 6 Jessie 4 Grant 1	1855

From Receipt for Hands from Henry County, S. G. Sheffield, Deputy Sheriff, January 2, 1863[30] "Received of Saml G . Sheffield Deputy Sheriff of Henry County Virginia for work upon the Piedmont Rail Road, the following hands impressed under the act to further provide for the public defesne; passed Oct 3rd 1862"

Name(s) of Owners	Name of Negroes	Overseer
Mrs Sally Martin	Henry	P H Martin

Census Records

Census Year	Name	Home/Residence	Total Slaves	Link to Image (via FamilySearch or Ancestry)
1820	Henry County, Virginia	Henry, Virginia, USA	55	[31]
1830	Joseph Martin	Henry, Virginia	66	[32]
1840	Joseph Martin	Henry, Virginia	102	[33]
1850 - Slave Schedules	Joseph Martin	Henry, Virginia, USA	89	[34]

Other

In his will he bequeathed to his wife "as many of the slaves attached to the said home plantation, as many be equal as one third to the whole member belonging…."^[1]

Information from former page research

Adding the information below so do not lose it.

I think the slaves linked to Sally (Fisher) Martin on the page Slaves of Sally Martin, Virginia, should actually be linked to Sallie Dalton (Hughes) Martin. I did a search for Sally Fisher and Stephen Martin. His 1820-1830 census records show no slaves (images below). I cannot find her on the 1850 or 1860 slave schedules (the source linked on the page for slaves of Sally (Fisher) Martin has been removed by FamilySearch). But I can find on Virginia birth and/or death records with owner being "Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin".

Examples:

• Flora Martin with child Grief, appears to be the same Flora who is on the Virginia birth records, Grief born at Leatherwood, Henry County (estate of Joseph Martin's father), with owner as "Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin". Also seems that her child Leod may be the same child shown as "Leah" with same owners as Grief.
• America Martin with child Margaret, appears to be the same America and child, born at Leatherwood, owner "Joseph Martin, estate/Sally Martin".

I also did a broad search on Virginia birth records [35] and Virginia death records [36] for "Stephen Martin" and "Sally Martin" and no records exist for enslaved persons with either of them as an owner in Henry County, Virginia (except the ones where a Sally Martin is owner for Joseph Martin's estate). Only death records for a Stephen Martin in Appomattox, Virginia could be found, and they were all in the 1850s after he had passed.

Here's links to the images for Stephen Martins 1820 & 1830 censuses. 1840 is a bit trickier. On Ancestry one is linked in Franklin, Virginia. On FamilySearch, the one that is in search results is in Patrick, Virginia. Most likely the Patrick one is correct. But I'm not 100% sure. However, in both those cases, there are no slaves on them linked to Stephen.

• 1820[37]

Name Stephen Martin

Enumeration Date 7 Aug 1820

Home in 1820 (City, County, State) Henry, Virginia, USA

Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 1

Free White Persons - Females - Under 10 2

Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 15 3

Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44 1

Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture 1

Free White Persons - Under 16 5

Free White Persons - Over 25 2

Total Free White Persons 7

Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other 7

• 1830 [38]

Name Stephen Martin

Home in 1830 (City, County, State) Henry, Virginia

Free White Persons - Males - 50 thru 59 1

Free White Persons - Females - 10 thru 14 1

Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19 1

Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49 1

Free White Persons - Under 20 2

Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 1

Total Free White Persons 4

Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored) 4

3/6/2024: Believe the following slave profiles should be linked to this page. Have left comment on Slaves of Sally Martin, Virginia and profile page of Sally (Fisher) Martin. The slave page has been orphaned. There's a profile manager for Sally.