Judge John Martin

John Calvin Martin, Jr (1784 - 1840)

Birthdate:	October 20, 1784
Birthplace:	Old Cherokee Nation
Death:	Died October 17, 1840 in Fort Gibson, Muskogee, OK, USA
Occupation:	Supreme Court Judge and later Treasurer for the Cherokee Nation, First Supreme Court Judge of the Cherokee Nation, held many leadership positions within the CN.

Managed by:	Susanna Engberg Barnevik
Last Updated:	September 19, 2012

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Judge John Martin was one time Supreme Court Judge and later Treasurer for the Cherokee Naiton. His first marriage was to Lucy McDaniel who was b. ca. 1897 in the Cherokee Nation East. His second wife was considered a consort, and she was the sister to Lucy. She was Eleanor "Nellie" McDaniel. He built each one of his wives a large home. The one for Lucy was on the Salquary River in Murphy County, GA., and the one for Nellie was fifteen miles away from her sisters on the Coosawatte River, also in Murphy County. He lived with both wives and raised large families by each one. He died 17 Oct 1840 at Fort Gibson, Illinois District, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory and is buried about one block south of the Old Fort Gibson fort, in Ft. Gibson, Muskogee County, OK. His grave and tomb is the only one located on the lot which is now owned and maintained by the Oklahoma Historical Society. John and Lucy were the parents of eight children.

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1784	October 20, 1784	Birth of John Old Cherokee Nation
1804	1804 Age 19	Birth of Annie Thompson
1810	1810 Age 25	Birth of Amelia Matoy
1812	1812 Age 27	Birth of Brice Martin
	1812 Age 27	Birth of Charlotte Martin Old Cherokee Nation
1814	1814 Age 29	Birth of Susannah McNair
1815	April 7, 1815 Age 30	Birth of Martha (Patsey) Adair Old Cherokee Nation
1816	March 16, 1816 Age 31	Birth of Jane Bell Georgia, United States
1818	1818 Age 33	Birth of Eliza Adair
	1818 Age 33	Birth of Richard Martin