Wills of Brothers Hutson Martin and William Martin – Muhlenberg County
Among the early citizens of the Old Liberty area of Muhlenberg County was the Martin family. Mrs. Susannah Walker Martin, widow of Thomas Martin of Virginia, a Revolutionary War soldier, moved her family to the county in 1805. Her three daughters, Betsy, Mary and Nancy, soon married and […]
The Early Tobacco Industry in Muhlenberg County
Even though two of my sisters live on farms and at one time raised tobacco, I have never experienced planting, raising, chopping, hoeing, cutting or stripping tobacco. Both my parents’ families raised tobacco. In our very early days this product made Virginia, and later, the South, rich from […]
Martha Southard Jolly – 100+ Years of Age
When Ritchey and I visited Oakland Cemetery in Johnson County, Iowa, about fifteen years ago, we were mainly interested in his Hertz and Leuenberger families. But there was one stone that caught my eye – that of Martha Jolly who died at the age of 100 years, almost […]
Will of Ralph Martin – Loudoun County, Virginia
from Loudoun County Will Book B pp. 12-14 In the name of God, Amen. This 24th day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-two, be it remembered that I, Ralph Martin, of the County of Loudoun and Colony of Virginia, being in a reasonable state […]
