WILLIAM D. MARTIN 1826 - 1902
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His sister, Rachel Martin Holliday, was the widow of Major Henry B. Holliday whose grave is thought to be on the Martin family lot.
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Confederate Pension Application of William D. Martin, Lowndes County, Georgia, 1901:
State of Georgia
Lowndes County
W.D. Martin, of said State and County, desiring to avail himself of the Pension Act (Section 1254, Code), hereby submits his proofs, and after being duly sworn, true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:
1. What is your name and where do you reside? (give State, County and post office)
Deponent: W.D. Martin, Valdosta, Lowndes Co., Ga.
2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this State?
Deponent: 50 years.
3. When and where were you born?
Deponent: In SC, 1826.
4. When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve?
Deponent: In this county and in the company of Capt. Wiley, 4th Ga. Cav.
5. How long did you remain in such company and regiment?
Deponent: About 3 years.
6. When and where was your company and regiment surrendered and discharged?
Deponent: Disbanded near Savannah at # 7.
7. Were you present with your company and regiment when it was surrendered?
Deponent: Yes.
8. If not present, state specifically and clearly where you were, when you left your command, for what cause and by whose authority?
Deponent: Was present at Surrender.
9. How much can you earn (gross) per annum by your own exertions or labor?
Deponent: Nothing.
10. What has been your occupation since 1865?
Deponent: Farming.
11. Upon which of the following grounds do you base your application for pension, viz: first, "age and infirmity", second, "infirmity and poverty", or third, "blindness and poverty"?
Deponent: 1st & 2nd.
12. If upon the first ground, state how long you have been is such condition that you could not earn your support?
Deponent: I am 76 year old and I have been confined to the house for about 2 years on account of disability.
13. What property, real or personal, or income, do you possess, and it's gross value?
Deponent: None.
14. What property, real or personal, did you possess in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 or 1900 and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of same?
Deponent: None.
15. In what County did you reside during those years and what property did you then return for taxation?
Deponent: In Lowndes County. No property.
16. How were you supported during the years 1899 and 1900?
Deponent: By my son-in-law, C.K. Howell.
17. How much did your support cost for each of those years and what portion did you contribute thereto by your own labor or income?
Deponent: Support as above stated. None.
18. What was your employment during 1898 and 1899? What pay did you receive in each year?
Deponent: No employment. No pay.
19. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support? Have they a homestead.
Deponent: My childen all married & I live with one of them & am supported by them.
20. Are you receiving any pension? If so, what amount and for what disability?
Deponent: No.
21. Have you ever made application for pension before?
Deponent: No.
22. How many applications have you ever made and under what class?
Deponent: None.
Signed: W.D. Martin, Applicant.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of August, 1901, D.M. Smith, Ordinary, Lowndes County, Ga.
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Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lowndes County, Ga.
Section C3-8:
William D. Martin 1826-1902 (CSA Marker)
Caroline S. Martin 1833-1897 (nee' Burgsteiner)
Florida A. Martin, died age 13 years, 11 months, 22 days on October 5, 1873. (Daughter of Wm D. & Caroline S. Martin.)
Note: Also buried in this plot is Major Henry B. Holliday (former Mayor of Valdosta, and husband of Rachel Martin.)
Section A2-2:
James A. Martin 1821-1893 (brother of Wm D. Martin)
Abigail Martin 1821-1894 (nee' Steedley)
Joseph B. Martin 25 May 1883 - 8 Dec 1948 (former Mayor of Valdosta, Ga.)
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William D. Martin's affidavit in the Mexican War Widow's Pension Application of his sister-in-law, Abigail Steedley Martin, widow of his brother, James A. Martin:
State of Georgia
Lowndes County
Before me comes W.D. Martin, who says on oath that I will be sixty-seven, the 9th day of March, 1894, that I was born in South Carolina, that I know Abigail Martin, widow of my Brother James A. Martin, that when a little boy, I went to school with Abigail Steedley, now Abigail Martin in South Carolina, that I have known her as the wife of my brother James A. Martin, for more than forty three years. My Father moved us from South Carolina to Lowndes Ga. about the year 1846, that James A. Martin went to the Mexican War in 1847 or 1848 and soon after his return from Mexico, he married Abigail Steedley in South Carolina and soon after brought her to Lowndes Co., Ga. where they lived as man and wife up to about October 1st, 1893 when James A. Martin died in Valdosta, Ga. I dictated this affidavit to P.B. Whittle of Valdosta, Ga. who wrote it, no one else being present.
(Signed) W.D. Martin
Sworn to before me,
November 4th, 1893
R.T. Myddelton
Clerk Supr. Court
L.C., Ga.
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Letter of "Doc" Holliday descendant, Mrs. Susan McKey Thomas, author of "In Search of the Hollidays" to Mr. Charles C. Martin, a descendant of Stephen H. Martin:
"105 East Moore Street
Valdosta, Georgia 31601
January 15, 1979
Mr. Charles C. Martin
c/o Conrad Construction Company
603 East 69th Street
Savannah, Georgia 31405
Dear Mr. Martin,
Thank you, so much, for your warm holiday greetings; and I do hope that you and yours had a very Merry Christmas and that 1979 holds much happiness for you.
I appreciate, so much, your forwarding the photographs of Major Holliday and Rachel Martin Holliday Gloer to me. I feel extremely fortunate in being able to have them, and I do thank you for your kindness in making this possible.
I am trying to persuade my neice, Sally McKey Dry, to track down some information on the photographer who made Major's picture. (Sally lives in Philadelphia.) If we can determine from an existing city directory when this photographic gallery was in operation, perhaps we can better determine the year in which the photograph was made.
Meanwhile, I am enclosing some information concerning your Martin relatives (those known to me) who are buried in our local cemetery, Sunset Hill. I know that you are interested and I trust that this small bit of information might be helpful to you in tracing the various members of your family.
Thank you, again, for the photographs and for being so helpful to me. Maybe some day you will make it to Valdosta for a visit.
With all good wishes,
Sincerely,
Susan McKey Thomas"
(the below is a portion of a second letter written by Mrs. Thomas which explains relationships regarding the Martin and Holliday family:)
"I do have copies of pictures of Rachel, Major and my Aunt Alice - all of which have been positively identified by family members - so, if there is some doubt of identity as to the copies you have, I would be able to validate them from the pictures I have.
In his telephone conversation to me, Reverend Martin said that he thought your family had letters written by Doc Holliday to some members of his family - possible written to his father. (Major Henry B. Holliday who is buried in the same plot as William D. Martin.) Would it be possible for me to obtain copies of these letters?
I know that Doc sent a picture to my family. The picture was made in Prescott, A.T. (Arizona Territory) in 1880. This is the picture which appears on page 37 of our book, In Search of the Hollidays. I have always thought that if he cared enough to send a photograph home, that he cared enough to write his people. Unfortunately, we did not find any correspondence from Doc among my Aunt's effects. However, it is far more likely that he wrote his Father, if anyone.
At any rate, it would mean a great deal to have copies of the letters which Reverend Martin indicated were in your Mother's possession. As you know, so much of what has been written concerning Doc is purely fiction; and it would mean a great deal towards putting the puzzle of this man's life together to have knowledge of what is contained in his correspondence.
As you may know, both of Doc's parents are buried in our local cemetery, Sunset Hill. His Mother is buried on one of our family lots. Unfortunately, there is no marked grave for Major Holliday. Nevertheless, we know from U.D.C. records (and others) that he is, without doubt, buried in this cemetery.
Do you (or any other member of your family) know the exact location of his grave? Of course, it would have been Rachel's prerogative as to the final resting place. Reverend Martin indicated to me that his gravesite had been pointed out to some member of his family in years past.
(Last two paragraphs skipped for brevity's sake.)
With all best wishes
(Mrs.) Susan McKey Thomas
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His sister, Rachel Martin Holliday, was the widow of Major Henry B. Holliday whose grave is thought to be on the Martin family lot.
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Confederate Pension Application of William D. Martin, Lowndes County, Georgia, 1901:
State of Georgia
Lowndes County
W.D. Martin, of said State and County, desiring to avail himself of the Pension Act (Section 1254, Code), hereby submits his proofs, and after being duly sworn, true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:
1. What is your name and where do you reside? (give State, County and post office)
Deponent: W.D. Martin, Valdosta, Lowndes Co., Ga.
2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this State?
Deponent: 50 years.
3. When and where were you born?
Deponent: In SC, 1826.
4. When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve?
Deponent: In this county and in the company of Capt. Wiley, 4th Ga. Cav.
5. How long did you remain in such company and regiment?
Deponent: About 3 years.
6. When and where was your company and regiment surrendered and discharged?
Deponent: Disbanded near Savannah at # 7.
7. Were you present with your company and regiment when it was surrendered?
Deponent: Yes.
8. If not present, state specifically and clearly where you were, when you left your command, for what cause and by whose authority?
Deponent: Was present at Surrender.
9. How much can you earn (gross) per annum by your own exertions or labor?
Deponent: Nothing.
10. What has been your occupation since 1865?
Deponent: Farming.
11. Upon which of the following grounds do you base your application for pension, viz: first, "age and infirmity", second, "infirmity and poverty", or third, "blindness and poverty"?
Deponent: 1st & 2nd.
12. If upon the first ground, state how long you have been is such condition that you could not earn your support?
Deponent: I am 76 year old and I have been confined to the house for about 2 years on account of disability.
13. What property, real or personal, or income, do you possess, and it's gross value?
Deponent: None.
14. What property, real or personal, did you possess in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 or 1900 and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of same?
Deponent: None.
15. In what County did you reside during those years and what property did you then return for taxation?
Deponent: In Lowndes County. No property.
16. How were you supported during the years 1899 and 1900?
Deponent: By my son-in-law, C.K. Howell.
17. How much did your support cost for each of those years and what portion did you contribute thereto by your own labor or income?
Deponent: Support as above stated. None.
18. What was your employment during 1898 and 1899? What pay did you receive in each year?
Deponent: No employment. No pay.
19. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support? Have they a homestead.
Deponent: My childen all married & I live with one of them & am supported by them.
20. Are you receiving any pension? If so, what amount and for what disability?
Deponent: No.
21. Have you ever made application for pension before?
Deponent: No.
22. How many applications have you ever made and under what class?
Deponent: None.
Signed: W.D. Martin, Applicant.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of August, 1901, D.M. Smith, Ordinary, Lowndes County, Ga.
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Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lowndes County, Ga.
Section C3-8:
William D. Martin 1826-1902 (CSA Marker)
Caroline S. Martin 1833-1897 (nee' Burgsteiner)
Florida A. Martin, died age 13 years, 11 months, 22 days on October 5, 1873. (Daughter of Wm D. & Caroline S. Martin.)
Note: Also buried in this plot is Major Henry B. Holliday (former Mayor of Valdosta, and husband of Rachel Martin.)
Section A2-2:
James A. Martin 1821-1893 (brother of Wm D. Martin)
Abigail Martin 1821-1894 (nee' Steedley)
Joseph B. Martin 25 May 1883 - 8 Dec 1948 (former Mayor of Valdosta, Ga.)
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William D. Martin's affidavit in the Mexican War Widow's Pension Application of his sister-in-law, Abigail Steedley Martin, widow of his brother, James A. Martin:
State of Georgia
Lowndes County
Before me comes W.D. Martin, who says on oath that I will be sixty-seven, the 9th day of March, 1894, that I was born in South Carolina, that I know Abigail Martin, widow of my Brother James A. Martin, that when a little boy, I went to school with Abigail Steedley, now Abigail Martin in South Carolina, that I have known her as the wife of my brother James A. Martin, for more than forty three years. My Father moved us from South Carolina to Lowndes Ga. about the year 1846, that James A. Martin went to the Mexican War in 1847 or 1848 and soon after his return from Mexico, he married Abigail Steedley in South Carolina and soon after brought her to Lowndes Co., Ga. where they lived as man and wife up to about October 1st, 1893 when James A. Martin died in Valdosta, Ga. I dictated this affidavit to P.B. Whittle of Valdosta, Ga. who wrote it, no one else being present.
(Signed) W.D. Martin
Sworn to before me,
November 4th, 1893
R.T. Myddelton
Clerk Supr. Court
L.C., Ga.
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Letter of "Doc" Holliday descendant, Mrs. Susan McKey Thomas, author of "In Search of the Hollidays" to Mr. Charles C. Martin, a descendant of Stephen H. Martin:
"105 East Moore Street
Valdosta, Georgia 31601
January 15, 1979
Mr. Charles C. Martin
c/o Conrad Construction Company
603 East 69th Street
Savannah, Georgia 31405
Dear Mr. Martin,
Thank you, so much, for your warm holiday greetings; and I do hope that you and yours had a very Merry Christmas and that 1979 holds much happiness for you.
I appreciate, so much, your forwarding the photographs of Major Holliday and Rachel Martin Holliday Gloer to me. I feel extremely fortunate in being able to have them, and I do thank you for your kindness in making this possible.
I am trying to persuade my neice, Sally McKey Dry, to track down some information on the photographer who made Major's picture. (Sally lives in Philadelphia.) If we can determine from an existing city directory when this photographic gallery was in operation, perhaps we can better determine the year in which the photograph was made.
Meanwhile, I am enclosing some information concerning your Martin relatives (those known to me) who are buried in our local cemetery, Sunset Hill. I know that you are interested and I trust that this small bit of information might be helpful to you in tracing the various members of your family.
Thank you, again, for the photographs and for being so helpful to me. Maybe some day you will make it to Valdosta for a visit.
With all good wishes,
Sincerely,
Susan McKey Thomas"
(the below is a portion of a second letter written by Mrs. Thomas which explains relationships regarding the Martin and Holliday family:)
"I do have copies of pictures of Rachel, Major and my Aunt Alice - all of which have been positively identified by family members - so, if there is some doubt of identity as to the copies you have, I would be able to validate them from the pictures I have.
In his telephone conversation to me, Reverend Martin said that he thought your family had letters written by Doc Holliday to some members of his family - possible written to his father. (Major Henry B. Holliday who is buried in the same plot as William D. Martin.) Would it be possible for me to obtain copies of these letters?
I know that Doc sent a picture to my family. The picture was made in Prescott, A.T. (Arizona Territory) in 1880. This is the picture which appears on page 37 of our book, In Search of the Hollidays. I have always thought that if he cared enough to send a photograph home, that he cared enough to write his people. Unfortunately, we did not find any correspondence from Doc among my Aunt's effects. However, it is far more likely that he wrote his Father, if anyone.
At any rate, it would mean a great deal to have copies of the letters which Reverend Martin indicated were in your Mother's possession. As you know, so much of what has been written concerning Doc is purely fiction; and it would mean a great deal towards putting the puzzle of this man's life together to have knowledge of what is contained in his correspondence.
As you may know, both of Doc's parents are buried in our local cemetery, Sunset Hill. His Mother is buried on one of our family lots. Unfortunately, there is no marked grave for Major Holliday. Nevertheless, we know from U.D.C. records (and others) that he is, without doubt, buried in this cemetery.
Do you (or any other member of your family) know the exact location of his grave? Of course, it would have been Rachel's prerogative as to the final resting place. Reverend Martin indicated to me that his gravesite had been pointed out to some member of his family in years past.
(Last two paragraphs skipped for brevity's sake.)
With all best wishes
(Mrs.) Susan McKey Thomas
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WILLIAM D. MARTIN 1826 - 1902
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His sister, Rachel Martin Holliday, was the widow of Major Henry B. Holliday whose grave is thought to be on the Martin family lot.
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Confederate Pension Application of William D. Martin, Lowndes County, Georgia, 1901:
State of Georgia
Lowndes County
W.D. Martin, of said State and County, desiring to avail himself of the Pension Act (Section 1254, Code), hereby submits his proofs, and after being duly sworn, true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:
1. What is your name and where do you reside? (give State, County and post office)
Deponent: W.D. Martin, Valdosta, Lowndes Co., Ga.
2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this State?
Deponent: 50 years.
3. When and where were you born?
Deponent: In SC, 1826.
4. When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve?
Deponent: In this county and in the company of Capt. Wiley, 4th Ga. Cav.
5. How long did you remain in such company and regiment?
Deponent: About 3 years.
6. When and where was your company and regiment surrendered and discharged?
Deponent: Disbanded near Savannah at # 7.
7. Were you present with your company and regiment when it was surrendered?
Deponent: Yes.
8. If not present, state specifically and clearly where you were, when you left your command, for what cause and by whose authority?
Deponent: Was present at Surrender.
9. How much can you earn (gross) per annum by your own exertions or labor?
Deponent: Nothing.
10. What has been your occupation since 1865?
Deponent: Farming.
11. Upon which of the following grounds do you base your application for pension, viz: first, "age and infirmity", second, "infirmity and poverty", or third, "blindness and poverty"?
Deponent: 1st & 2nd.
12. If upon the first ground, state how long you have been is such condition that you could not earn your support?
Deponent: I am 76 year old and I have been confined to the house for about 2 years on account of disability.
13. What property, real or personal, or income, do you possess, and it's gross value?
Deponent: None.
14. What property, real or personal, did you possess in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 or 1900 and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of same?
Deponent: None.
15. In what County did you reside during those years and what property did you then return for taxation?
Deponent: In Lowndes County. No property.
16. How were you supported during the years 1899 and 1900?
Deponent: By my son-in-law, C.K. Howell.
17. How much did your support cost for each of those years and what portion did you contribute thereto by your own labor or income?
Deponent: Support as above stated. None.
18. What was your employment during 1898 and 1899? What pay did you receive in each year?
Deponent: No employment. No pay.
19. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support? Have they a homestead.
Deponent: My childen all married & I live with one of them & am supported by them.
20. Are you receiving any pension? If so, what amount and for what disability?
Deponent: No.
21. Have you ever made application for pension before?
Deponent: No.
22. How many applications have you ever made and under what class?
Deponent: None.
Signed: W.D. Martin, Applicant.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of August, 1901, D.M. Smith, Ordinary, Lowndes County, Ga.
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Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lowndes County, Ga.
Section C3-8:
William D. Martin 1826-1902 (CSA Marker)
Caroline S. Martin 1833-1897 (nee' Burgsteiner)
Florida A. Martin, died age 13 years, 11 months, 22 days on October 5, 1873. (Daughter of Wm D. & Caroline S. Martin.)
Note: Also buried in this plot is Major Henry B. Holliday (former Mayor of Valdosta, and husband of Rachel Martin.)
Section A2-2:
James A. Martin 1821-1893 (brother of Wm D. Martin)
Abigail Martin 1821-1894 (nee' Steedley)
Joseph B. Martin 25 May 1883 - 8 Dec 1948 (former Mayor of Valdosta, Ga.)
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William D. Martin's affidavit in the Mexican War Widow's Pension Application of his sister-in-law, Abigail Steedley Martin, widow of his brother, James A. Martin:
State of Georgia
Lowndes County
Before me comes W.D. Martin, who says on oath that I will be sixty-seven, the 9th day of March, 1894, that I was born in South Carolina, that I know Abigail Martin, widow of my Brother James A. Martin, that when a little boy, I went to school with Abigail Steedley, now Abigail Martin in South Carolina, that I have known her as the wife of my brother James A. Martin, for more than forty three years. My Father moved us from South Carolina to Lowndes Ga. about the year 1846, that James A. Martin went to the Mexican War in 1847 or 1848 and soon after his return from Mexico, he married Abigail Steedley in South Carolina and soon after brought her to Lowndes Co., Ga. where they lived as man and wife up to about October 1st, 1893 when James A. Martin died in Valdosta, Ga. I dictated this affidavit to P.B. Whittle of Valdosta, Ga. who wrote it, no one else being present.
(Signed) W.D. Martin
Sworn to before me,
November 4th, 1893
R.T. Myddelton
Clerk Supr. Court
L.C., Ga.
___________________________________________________________
Letter of "Doc" Holliday descendant, Mrs. Susan McKey Thomas, author of "In Search of the Hollidays" to Mr. Charles C. Martin, a descendant of Stephen H. Martin:
"105 East Moore Street
Valdosta, Georgia 31601
January 15, 1979
Mr. Charles C. Martin
c/o Conrad Construction Company
603 East 69th Street
Savannah, Georgia 31405
Dear Mr. Martin,
Thank you, so much, for your warm holiday greetings; and I do hope that you and yours had a very Merry Christmas and that 1979 holds much happiness for you.
I appreciate, so much, your forwarding the photographs of Major Holliday and Rachel Martin Holliday Gloer to me. I feel extremely fortunate in being able to have them, and I do thank you for your kindness in making this possible.
I am trying to persuade my neice, Sally McKey Dry, to track down some information on the photographer who made Major's picture. (Sally lives in Philadelphia.) If we can determine from an existing city directory when this photographic gallery was in operation, perhaps we can better determine the year in which the photograph was made.
Meanwhile, I am enclosing some information concerning your Martin relatives (those known to me) who are buried in our local cemetery, Sunset Hill. I know that you are interested and I trust that this small bit of information might be helpful to you in tracing the various members of your family.
Thank you, again, for the photographs and for being so helpful to me. Maybe some day you will make it to Valdosta for a visit.
With all good wishes,
Sincerely,
Susan McKey Thomas"
(the below is a portion of a second letter written by Mrs. Thomas which explains relationships regarding the Martin and Holliday family:)
"I do have copies of pictures of Rachel, Major and my Aunt Alice - all of which have been positively identified by family members - so, if there is some doubt of identity as to the copies you have, I would be able to validate them from the pictures I have.
In his telephone conversation to me, Reverend Martin said that he thought your family had letters written by Doc Holliday to some members of his family - possible written to his father. (Major Henry B. Holliday who is buried in the same plot as William D. Martin.) Would it be possible for me to obtain copies of these letters?
I know that Doc sent a picture to my family. The picture was made in Prescott, A.T. (Arizona Territory) in 1880. This is the picture which appears on page 37 of our book, In Search of the Hollidays. I have always thought that if he cared enough to send a photograph home, that he cared enough to write his people. Unfortunately, we did not find any correspondence from Doc among my Aunt's effects. However, it is far more likely that he wrote his Father, if anyone.
At any rate, it would mean a great deal to have copies of the letters which Reverend Martin indicated were in your Mother's possession. As you know, so much of what has been written concerning Doc is purely fiction; and it would mean a great deal towards putting the puzzle of this man's life together to have knowledge of what is contained in his correspondence.
As you may know, both of Doc's parents are buried in our local cemetery, Sunset Hill. His Mother is buried on one of our family lots. Unfortunately, there is no marked grave for Major Holliday. Nevertheless, we know from U.D.C. records (and others) that he is, without doubt, buried in this cemetery.
Do you (or any other member of your family) know the exact location of his grave? Of course, it would have been Rachel's prerogative as to the final resting place. Reverend Martin indicated to me that his gravesite had been pointed out to some member of his family in years past.
(Last two paragraphs skipped for brevity's sake.)
With all best wishes
(Mrs.) Susan McKey Thomas
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
His sister, Rachel Martin Holliday, was the widow of Major Henry B. Holliday whose grave is thought to be on the Martin family lot.
___________________________________________________________
Confederate Pension Application of William D. Martin, Lowndes County, Georgia, 1901:
State of Georgia
Lowndes County
W.D. Martin, of said State and County, desiring to avail himself of the Pension Act (Section 1254, Code), hereby submits his proofs, and after being duly sworn, true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:
1. What is your name and where do you reside? (give State, County and post office)
Deponent: W.D. Martin, Valdosta, Lowndes Co., Ga.
2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this State?
Deponent: 50 years.
3. When and where were you born?
Deponent: In SC, 1826.
4. When and where and in what company and regiment did you enlist or serve?
Deponent: In this county and in the company of Capt. Wiley, 4th Ga. Cav.
5. How long did you remain in such company and regiment?
Deponent: About 3 years.
6. When and where was your company and regiment surrendered and discharged?
Deponent: Disbanded near Savannah at # 7.
7. Were you present with your company and regiment when it was surrendered?
Deponent: Yes.
8. If not present, state specifically and clearly where you were, when you left your command, for what cause and by whose authority?
Deponent: Was present at Surrender.
9. How much can you earn (gross) per annum by your own exertions or labor?
Deponent: Nothing.
10. What has been your occupation since 1865?
Deponent: Farming.
11. Upon which of the following grounds do you base your application for pension, viz: first, "age and infirmity", second, "infirmity and poverty", or third, "blindness and poverty"?
Deponent: 1st & 2nd.
12. If upon the first ground, state how long you have been is such condition that you could not earn your support?
Deponent: I am 76 year old and I have been confined to the house for about 2 years on account of disability.
13. What property, real or personal, or income, do you possess, and it's gross value?
Deponent: None.
14. What property, real or personal, did you possess in 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899 or 1900 and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of same?
Deponent: None.
15. In what County did you reside during those years and what property did you then return for taxation?
Deponent: In Lowndes County. No property.
16. How were you supported during the years 1899 and 1900?
Deponent: By my son-in-law, C.K. Howell.
17. How much did your support cost for each of those years and what portion did you contribute thereto by your own labor or income?
Deponent: Support as above stated. None.
18. What was your employment during 1898 and 1899? What pay did you receive in each year?
Deponent: No employment. No pay.
19. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support? Have they a homestead.
Deponent: My childen all married & I live with one of them & am supported by them.
20. Are you receiving any pension? If so, what amount and for what disability?
Deponent: No.
21. Have you ever made application for pension before?
Deponent: No.
22. How many applications have you ever made and under what class?
Deponent: None.
Signed: W.D. Martin, Applicant.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 7th day of August, 1901, D.M. Smith, Ordinary, Lowndes County, Ga.
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Sunset Hill Cemetery, Lowndes County, Ga.
Section C3-8:
William D. Martin 1826-1902 (CSA Marker)
Caroline S. Martin 1833-1897 (nee' Burgsteiner)
Florida A. Martin, died age 13 years, 11 months, 22 days on October 5, 1873. (Daughter of Wm D. & Caroline S. Martin.)
Note: Also buried in this plot is Major Henry B. Holliday (former Mayor of Valdosta, and husband of Rachel Martin.)
Section A2-2:
James A. Martin 1821-1893 (brother of Wm D. Martin)
Abigail Martin 1821-1894 (nee' Steedley)
Joseph B. Martin 25 May 1883 - 8 Dec 1948 (former Mayor of Valdosta, Ga.)
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William D. Martin's affidavit in the Mexican War Widow's Pension Application of his sister-in-law, Abigail Steedley Martin, widow of his brother, James A. Martin:
State of Georgia
Lowndes County
Before me comes W.D. Martin, who says on oath that I will be sixty-seven, the 9th day of March, 1894, that I was born in South Carolina, that I know Abigail Martin, widow of my Brother James A. Martin, that when a little boy, I went to school with Abigail Steedley, now Abigail Martin in South Carolina, that I have known her as the wife of my brother James A. Martin, for more than forty three years. My Father moved us from South Carolina to Lowndes Ga. about the year 1846, that James A. Martin went to the Mexican War in 1847 or 1848 and soon after his return from Mexico, he married Abigail Steedley in South Carolina and soon after brought her to Lowndes Co., Ga. where they lived as man and wife up to about October 1st, 1893 when James A. Martin died in Valdosta, Ga. I dictated this affidavit to P.B. Whittle of Valdosta, Ga. who wrote it, no one else being present.
(Signed) W.D. Martin
Sworn to before me,
November 4th, 1893
R.T. Myddelton
Clerk Supr. Court
L.C., Ga.
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Letter of "Doc" Holliday descendant, Mrs. Susan McKey Thomas, author of "In Search of the Hollidays" to Mr. Charles C. Martin, a descendant of Stephen H. Martin:
"105 East Moore Street
Valdosta, Georgia 31601
January 15, 1979
Mr. Charles C. Martin
c/o Conrad Construction Company
603 East 69th Street
Savannah, Georgia 31405
Dear Mr. Martin,
Thank you, so much, for your warm holiday greetings; and I do hope that you and yours had a very Merry Christmas and that 1979 holds much happiness for you.
I appreciate, so much, your forwarding the photographs of Major Holliday and Rachel Martin Holliday Gloer to me. I feel extremely fortunate in being able to have them, and I do thank you for your kindness in making this possible.
I am trying to persuade my neice, Sally McKey Dry, to track down some information on the photographer who made Major's picture. (Sally lives in Philadelphia.) If we can determine from an existing city directory when this photographic gallery was in operation, perhaps we can better determine the year in which the photograph was made.
Meanwhile, I am enclosing some information concerning your Martin relatives (those known to me) who are buried in our local cemetery, Sunset Hill. I know that you are interested and I trust that this small bit of information might be helpful to you in tracing the various members of your family.
Thank you, again, for the photographs and for being so helpful to me. Maybe some day you will make it to Valdosta for a visit.
With all good wishes,
Sincerely,
Susan McKey Thomas"
(the below is a portion of a second letter written by Mrs. Thomas which explains relationships regarding the Martin and Holliday family:)
"I do have copies of pictures of Rachel, Major and my Aunt Alice - all of which have been positively identified by family members - so, if there is some doubt of identity as to the copies you have, I would be able to validate them from the pictures I have.
In his telephone conversation to me, Reverend Martin said that he thought your family had letters written by Doc Holliday to some members of his family - possible written to his father. (Major Henry B. Holliday who is buried in the same plot as William D. Martin.) Would it be possible for me to obtain copies of these letters?
I know that Doc sent a picture to my family. The picture was made in Prescott, A.T. (Arizona Territory) in 1880. This is the picture which appears on page 37 of our book, In Search of the Hollidays. I have always thought that if he cared enough to send a photograph home, that he cared enough to write his people. Unfortunately, we did not find any correspondence from Doc among my Aunt's effects. However, it is far more likely that he wrote his Father, if anyone.
At any rate, it would mean a great deal to have copies of the letters which Reverend Martin indicated were in your Mother's possession. As you know, so much of what has been written concerning Doc is purely fiction; and it would mean a great deal towards putting the puzzle of this man's life together to have knowledge of what is contained in his correspondence.
As you may know, both of Doc's parents are buried in our local cemetery, Sunset Hill. His Mother is buried on one of our family lots. Unfortunately, there is no marked grave for Major Holliday. Nevertheless, we know from U.D.C. records (and others) that he is, without doubt, buried in this cemetery.
Do you (or any other member of your family) know the exact location of his grave? Of course, it would have been Rachel's prerogative as to the final resting place. Reverend Martin indicated to me that his gravesite had been pointed out to some member of his family in years past.
(Last two paragraphs skipped for brevity's sake.)
With all best wishes
(Mrs.) Susan McKey Thomas
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