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     George Washington Martin was born on 11 March 1870 at Oglethorpe Co., Georgia.¹ He married Essie Gertrude Smith on 14 June 1914 at M.V.Appling Store, Oglethorpe Co., Georgia.¹ George Washington Martin died on 1 March 1949 at Baldwin Co., Georgia, at age 78.¹
     
Biography of George Washington Martin:

Macon Telegraph - March 4, 1949 - G. W. MARTIN - Milledgeville, March 3 -- Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the chapel of Moore's Funeral Home for G. W. Martin, 79, who died here Tuesday. Burial will be in Vesta Baptist Church Cemetery in Lexington with the Rev. Jeff Stinson officiating. Survivors are his wife, the former Miss Essie Smith; five sons, Otis and Hoyt Martin of Milledgeville, William H. Martin, Ipswitch Mass., and Quilla and Poney Martin, both of Germany; and five daughters, Mrs. Ruth Cummings, Miss Lucille Martin and Miss Eunice Martin, all of Milledgeville, and Mrs. Bell Lord and Mrs. Paul M. Prosser, both of Sandersville.

Union Recorder - LAST RITES SET FOR G.W. MARTIN FRIDAY MORNING - Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Friday for George Washington Martin, 78-year-old Hardwick resident, who died Monday at his home. Services will be held in the chapel of Moore's Funeral Home with Rev. Jeff Stinson, pastor of the Hardwick Baptist Church, officating. Interment will be in Lexington.
Mr. Martin is survived by his wife, the former Miss Essie Smith; five sons, Quilla and Poney H. Martin, U.S. Army of Occupation, Germany: Otis Martin of Sandersville: William H. Martin of Ipswich, Mass.: and Hoyt Martin of Milledgeville: five daughters, Mrs. Ruth Cummings of Hardwick: Mrs. Belle Lord and Mrs. Georgia Prosser of Sandersville: Misses Lucille and Eunice Martin of Hardwick.

Georgia, Oglethorpe County, February 26, 1931.
On or before November 1, 1931 I promise to pay to the order of Smith Glenn & Co. twenty eight & no/100 dollars value received with interest from date at the rate of 8 per cent per annum, and if collected by law I agree to pay 10 per cent, additional for attorney's fees. And I expressly waive and renounce for myself and family any and all homestead and exemption rights I may have under the laws of this state or of the United States as against this debt. And to secure the payment of this note, and in consideration of one dollar in hand paid, I hereby mortage and convey to the said Smith Glenn & Co. heirs and assigns, the following property, to-wit:
1 black mare mule, named Semore, about 12 years old
1 bay horse mule, named Henry, about 19 years old
The above mortage is given to secure my present indebtedness or any greater that I may become with said Smith Glenn & Co.
Witness: George W. Martin (L.S.)
W.T. Burt, J.P.
Filed March 3, 1931, 10:00 A.M.
Recorded March 3, 1931 R.D. Patton, Clerk.¹

     Georgiana was born on 9 January 1849 at South Carolina.¹ She married John Walls Vann, son of Edward Vann and Rebecca Hinton, on 4 March 1868 at Madison Co., Florida.² Georgiana died on 7 April 1913 at Madison Co., Florida, at age 64. Her body was buried in April 1913 at Oak Ridge Cemetery, Madison, Madison Co., Florida.³

     J. H. Martin was born on 1 September 1876.¹ He married Georgie Mercer, daughter of Mathison Mercer and Martha Ann Scott, on 17 August 1898.¹ J. H. Martin died on 23 March 1901 at age 24.¹

     James was born circa 1790 at South Carolina.¹ He married Sarah C. Smith, daughter of Alexander Smith, on 31 March 1821 at Jasper Co., Georgia.² James died before 7 February 1852 at Barbour Co., Alabama.³

     Lewis Vinson Martin was born on 30 June 1882 at Muncie, Delaware Co., Indiana. He married Lucy Belle Sample, daughter of John William Sample and Sevilla Viola Sampson, on 1 January 1909 at Tulsa, Tulsa Co., Oklahoma. Lewis Vinson Martin died at Plainview, Hale Co., Texas. He was buried at Plainview, Hale Co., Texas.

     She married Angus McClelland, .¹

     He married Dewey Oniel Lott, daughter of Thomas Patterson Lott and Mary Francis Rebecca Kelly, on 3 May 1930 at Dothan, Houston Co., Alabama.¹

     He married Ollie Mae Dean, daughter of Robert Ezekiel Dean and Margrett Erie Parramore, on 23 September 1917.¹

     Mary was born on 9 September 1866 at Pike Co., Alabama. She was the daughter of Zachariah M. Martin and Sarah L. Stanley. She married James Appleton Haygood, son of John William Adams Easterling Haygood and Sarah Hardie, on 19 November 1882 at Covington Co., Alabama.¹ Mary died on 21 August 1947 at Harris Co., Texas, at age 80.

     She married William Jabe Gunter, .¹