The following information was assembled from numerous sources and cannot be used directly as proof of Qualifying Service or Lineage.
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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Colonel / Civil Service / Patriotic Service
His grave marker has long since disappeared. However, the "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots" indicates through coordination of several types of records that Colonel Charles Martin is buried in this cemetery
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Author: Terry Fowler
Charles Martin was born about 1739.
Charles Martin married Elizabeth Burroughs (Burrows) about 1765.
Charles & Elizabeth Burroughs (Burrows) Martin had six children: Jesse, William, George, Spencer, Nancy, and Elizabeth Martin.
Charles Martin served as a Colonel; organizer and commander of regiment of rangers. In late summer of 1775 organization of Virginia's military forces proceeded briskly; and, Col. Charles Martin was named as a field officer and commissioned by order of the Virgina Committee of Safety.
Charles Martin died 20 March 1800, Fort Martin, Monongalia County, (W)VA.
Source: "Patriots of the Upcountry -Orange County VA in the Revolution" by Wm. H B Thomas, C1976, publ. by the Orange Co., Bicentennial Commission, pgs 24-5
Author: Terry Fowler
Charles Martin was born about 1739.
Charles Martin married Elizabeth Burroughs (Burrows) about 1765.
Charles & Elizabeth Burroughs (Burrows) Martin had six children: Jesse, William, George, Spencer, Nancy, and Elizabeth Martin.
Charles Martin served as a Colonel; organizer and commander of regiment of rangers. In late summer of 1775 organization of Virginia's military forces proceeded briskly; and, Col. Charles Martin was named as a field officer and commissioned by order of the Virgina Committee of Safety.
Charles Martin died 20 March 1800, Fort Martin, Monongalia County, (W)VA.
Source: "Patriots of the Upcountry -Orange County VA in the Revolution" by Wm. H B Thomas, C1976, publ. by the Orange Co., Bicentennial Commission, pgs 24-5
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