36 page images for the Martin family, Earl’s side: 13 portraits, 6 photos, 17 documents. Filter by kind, decade, person or a word in the caption; nothing leaves the browser.
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proves, what the weight of evidence suggests, and what nobody has found yet. A fourth marks
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separate on purpose and is never quietly promoted to confirmed. A fifth marks biological evidence: a DNA result is not a document, and it is not
testimony either. Two further labels mark where this page withholds information
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government index, a grave marker, a family-written obituary.
Probable
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or a chain of consistent circumstances. Believable, not proven.
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person — the record may well exist somewhere unsearched.
Family testimony
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it. Note the diamond rather than the dot: this is provenance, not proof, and it stands
apart from the three record tags above S24.
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not by itself establish a person or a link. Note the bar rather than a dot or a diamond:
no DNA result on this page is ever counted as confirmed, because no document
was read for it S46.
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shape of the family is honest; the detail is simply not in yet.
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Martin family — connected to Earl's ancestor Nancy L. Martin (1878-1967). Includes Peter Hynds Martin, killed at Monterrey in the Mexican-American War.
Portraits (13)
Open photoPainted portrait said by the uploader to be Jane Bell MartinUnverifiedDownload ·
→ cardOpen photoMary Martin at five years old — carte de visite, G. C. Rhine, Gallatin, TennesseeProbableDownload ·
AI-restored colour versionOpen photoRestored and colorized (AI-assisted); faces are the original photo, colours are a best guess. Mary Martin at five years old — carte de visite, G. C. Rhine, Gallatin, Tennessee.AI restoration of the original photoDownload ·
Original photoOpen photoEmma Lee Martin at three years old — carte de visite, Gallatin, TennesseeProbableDownload ·
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→ cardOpen photoRestored and colorized (AI-assisted); faces are the original photo, colours are a best guess. Emma Lee Martin at three years old — carte de visite, Gallatin, Tennessee.AI restoration of the original photoDownload ·
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→ cardOpen photoElla and Clarence Martin, children of David B. and Sue MartinProbableDownload ·
AI-restored colour versionOpen photoRestored and colorized (AI-assisted); faces are the original photo, colours are a best guess. Ella and Clarence Martin, children of David B. and Sue Martin.AI restoration of the original photoDownload ·
Original photoOpen photoDavid B. and Sue Martin with their children, including Ella and ClarenceProbableDownload ·
AI-restored colour versionOpen photoRestored and colorized (AI-assisted); faces are the original photo, colours are a best guess. David B. and Sue Martin with their children, including Ella and Clarence.AI restoration of the original photoDownload ·
Original photoOpen photoClarence, Ruth and Ella Martin as childrenProbableDownload ·
AI-restored colour versionOpen photoRestored and colorized (AI-assisted); faces are the original photo, colours are a best guess. Clarence, Ruth and Ella Martin as children.AI restoration of the original photoDownload ·
Original photoOpen photoRobert Bell "Uncle Bob" Martin (1827–1903), oval portrait — C. A. Teagarden, photographer, Rusk, TexasProbableDownload ·
AI-restored colour versionOpen photoRestored and colorized (AI-assisted); faces are the original photo, colours are a best guess. Robert Bell "Uncle Bob" Martin (1827–1903), oval portrait — C. A. Teagarden, photographer, Rusk, Texas.AI restoration of the original photoDownload ·
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Photos (6)
Open photoHeadstone of Joseph D. Martin (1832-1899) and Nannie G. Martin (1844-1915)ConfirmedDownloadOpen photoTennessee Volunteers memorial plaque — Capt. William H. Blackstone's Company, 1st TennesseeProbableDownloadOpen photoWeathered headstone said by the uploader to be Kate Martin'sUnverifiedDownload ·
→ cardOpen photoDavid Bell Martin — Martin family headstoneProbableDownloadOpen photoLouise Martin Harsh (13 Nov 1866 – 12 Feb 1935) — headstone1935ProbableDownloadOpen photoMartha Martin McConnell (1874–1957) — headstone1957ProbableDownload
Documents (17)
OpenGen. Griffith Rutherford and Allied Families, p. 175 (Ancestry record 4440717068) · S204· p. p. 175ConfirmedS204DownloadOpenAncestry member media — shared on Ancestry by cdavis3737UnverifiedDownloadOpenAncestry member media — shared on Ancestry by JBDavis78624ProbableDownloadOpenAncestry member media — shared on Ancestry by alfred_bhamProbableDownload ·
→ cardOpenAncestry member media — shared on Ancestry by alfred_bhamProbableDownloadOpenTennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002 — bound clerk's register, printed heading "MARRIAGE RECORD, 1818", opening pp. 196/197 (Ancestry coll. 1169, record 4572939, image VRMUSATN1780_040401-00127; the collection and film place it in Davidson County — the page itself names no county) · full resolution 4644 x 3432 px, 70/70 DeepZoom tiles2 July 1818 · p. p. 196, fifth entryConfirmedS162Download ·
→ cardOpen1820 United States Federal Census (Ancestry coll. 7734, record 1017030, image 4433291_00158) · full resolution 3716 x 4500 px, 72/72 DeepZoom tiles. Two fragments on one sheet: the end of the town of Gallatin list, closing with the clerk's "Whole amount in Gallatin 429", and below it the start of the Sumner County list, beginning alphabetically at A7 August 1820 · p. Gallatin fragment, second lineConfirmedS107S163DownloadOpen1830 United States Federal Census — (No. 4.) SCHEDULE of the whole number of Persons within the Division allotted to Jas. C…, Sumner County, Tennessee; sheet stamped 137, also marked 5; eighteenth of twenty-six heads of family on the page (Ancestry coll. 8058, record 754848, image 4409701_00274) · full resolution 3488 x 3168 px1830 · p. p. 137, row 18ConfirmedS174DownloadOpen1840 United States Federal Census — (No. 4.) SCHEDULE of the whole number of persons within the division allotted to A. D. Bugg(?), Sumner County, Tennessee, page 20, row 8 (Ancestry coll. 8057, record 3431539, image 4410645_00752) · full resolution 4062 x 3312 px, 56/56 DeepZoom tiles1840 · p. p. 20, row 8ConfirmedS164DownloadOpenTennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 — Sumner County Will Books, 1789-1904, opening pp. 126/127 (Ancestry coll. 9176, record 3819223, image 004776071_00479) · full resolution 3880 x 2984 px1849-06-30 / proved August Term 1849 · p. pp. 126-127, the Martin will and its probate entryConfirmedS172Download ·
→ cardOpenJane Bell (Martin) — 1850 United States Federal Census, SCHEDULE I — Free Inhabitants in District No. 12, County of Sumner, State of Tennessee, enumerated 3 November 1850 by Thos. J. Watson, Ass't Marshal; page 521/286, dwelling/family 17, lines 3-9 (Ancestry coll. 8054, record 6921047, image 4206054_00574) · full resolution 3368 x 4421 px, 63/63 DeepZoom tiles3 November 1850 · p. dwelling 17, lines 3-9ConfirmedDownload ·
→ cardOpenJane Bell (Martin) — 1860 United States Federal Census, SCHEDULE 1 — Free Inhabitants in District No. 12, County of Sumner, State of Tennessee, Post Office Gallatin, enumerated 16 June 1860 by C. A. Blackmore(?), Ass't Marshal; Page No. 30, dwelling/family 209, lines 30-32 (Ancestry coll. 7667, record 22611436, image 4297417_00518) · full resolution 4690 x 6621 px, 130/130 DeepZoom tiles16 June 1860 · p. p. 30, dwelling 209, lines 30-32ConfirmedS161Download ·
→ cardOpen1870 United States Federal Census — District 12, Sumner Co., Tenn. (Ancestry record 14376304) · S2021870ConfirmedS202S828S960S963S981DownloadOpen1880 United States Federal Census — 10th Civil Dist., Sumner Co., Tenn., ED 214, p. 32 (Ancestry record 16828687) · S2071880 · p. p. 32ConfirmedS207S812S824S833S955S983DownloadOpenAncestry member media — shared on Ancestry by Eric Pokky1903-12ProbableS770DownloadOpenTexas death certificate no. 10375, Taylor Co. (Ancestry record 773424312) · S19113 February 1935ConfirmedS191S655S676S679Download ·
→ cardOpenTennessee death certificate 57-18066 (Ancestry record 16413938) · S20312 July 1957ConfirmedS203Download