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Birth: 1760 / Franklin / VA Death: bef 01 Mar 1809 / Montgomery / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
1774, he served as a Private, commanded by Colonel William Preston, and participated in Lord Dunmore's War and Battle of Point Pleasant
1782-1783, he was on the militia list of Captain James Byrn's Company in Montgomery Co, Virginia
Additional References:
Reuben Gold Thwaites and Louise Phelps Kellogg, editors, Documentary History of Dunmore's War 1774 (Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1905), pg 398 showing Thomas Burk correspondence to Col William Preston
Summers, Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, Appendix I, pg 1422-3 shows Christy Martin as a Private in Captain Daniel Smith's Company of militia in Fincastle County, also pg 761
William Armstrong Crozier, Virginia County Records Volume II: Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776, Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc. CD #121 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc, 1986), pg 79 Muster roll of Lord Dunmore's War
NSDAR cites: Simpson-Poffenbarger, Livia NyeThe Battle of Point Pleasant, A Battle of the Revolution, October 10th 1774: Biographical Sketches of the Men who Participated, West Virginia. Point Pleasant: The State Gazette, 1909, pg 26
Spouse: Mrs Barbara Prillaman/Snidow Children: David; John; Hannah; Sarah;
Christian Martin was born in 1760 at Franklin County, Virginia. He served under Colonel William Preston in the militia company of Captain John Taylor, about 1774, at Montgomery County, Virginia.1 He was one of eleven to serve under Colonel William Preston, selected by Thomas Burk to participate in Lord Dunmore's War, 30 May 1774.2,3 His name was on the militia list of Captain James Byrn's Company in 1782–1784 at Montgomery County, Virginia.4,5
Christian was appointed Constable at the March Session of the Montgomery Court held at Fort Chiswell, Montgomery County, Virginia, 3 March 1778.6He was appointed overseer of the Roads from Thomas Creek to the Glades, 8 March 1780, at Montgomery County, Virginia.7 Christian was listed on a personal property tax list at Montgomery County, Virginia, in 1782, with three horses and eight cattle.8
Christian Martin and Barbara Prillaman were married 17 July 1793 at Montgomery County, Virginia. Barbara was a widow of Philip Snidow.11 Robert McGee provided surety for the marriage. Barbara, a daughter of Jacob Prillaman and Walpurga, was born in 1764.12 She may be a sister of Elizabeth Helm. She died 4 February 1848 at the age of 84 years at Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia.
He made his Will 21 February 1809 at Montgomery County, Virginia.9 Christian Martin’s children are listed in the order according to his will: Mary; Nancy, born 1794; Sarah; Andrew, born 3 November 1795; John, born 17 August 1797; Hannah, born 11 August 1799; Jacob, born 28 May 1800;13 James, born 15 August 1801; David, born 9 February 1804; Margaret “Peggy;” and Evalina. His daughter Mary was married by this time, and therefore did not share in the distribution of the estate. He died before March 1809 at the age of 49 years at Montgomery County, Virginia.10
1 Elizabeth Petty Bentley, comp, Virginia Military Records: from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Tyler's Quarterly, etc., Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. CD #121 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1983), Virginia in the Revolution and War of 1812, Pg. 235.
2 Reuben Gold Thwaites and Louise Phelps Kellogg, editors, Documentary History of Dunmore's War 1774 (Madison: Wisconsin Historical Society, 1905), Pg. 398: Thomas Burk correspondence to Colonel William Preston.
3 William Armstrong Crozier, Virginia County Records Vol. II: Virginia Colonial Militia 1651-1776, Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. CD #121 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1986), Pg. 79 Muster roll of Lord Dunmore's War.
4 Virginia in the Revolution and War of 1812, Pg. 241, Virginia Military Records, from The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Tyler's Quarterly, etc.
5 Summers, Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, Appendix I, Pg. 1422-1423 - Christy Martin as a Private in Captain Daniel Smith's Company of militia at Fincastle County.
6 Lewis Preston Summers, author, Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800 (Abingdon, Virginia: Lewis Preston Summers, 1920), Pg. 686-687.
7 Summers, Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, Pg. 734-736.
8 New River Notes. Historical and Genealogical Resources for the Upper New River Valley of North Carolina and Virginia, The 1782 Montgomery County, Virginia Personal Tax List; .
9 Anne Lowry Worrell, comp., A Brief of Wills and Marriages in Montgomery and Fincastle Counties, Virginia, 1733-1831 (Baltimore:Generalogical Publishing Company, Inc, 1979), Pg. 27.
10 Ellen Stanley Robers, The Prillaman Family (Ellen Stanlet Rogers, 1959 (LDS Film # 0873449), Pg. 78 - children of Barbara Prillaman and her first husband Phillip Snidow.
11 Montgomery County, Virginia, Will Book 1, Pg. 376-377 - Will of Christian Martin: The Will is recorded March 1809, Will Book 1, Pg. 378; Clerk of Court, Christianburg, Virginia.
13 Heavener, Rev. Ulysses S. A., German New River Settlement: Virginia (ca. 1929; Reprinted with New Indes, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1976), Pg. 47 for baptism and birth.
12 Christian Martin, Testor, Will Book 1: Pg. 376-377.
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