Captain James Martin was born on 6 October 1756 in Orangeburg, South Carolina, British Colonial America.

James Martin is noted in Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783:
Name James Martin
Military Rank Surgeon
Event Type Military Service
Event Date 01 Jul 1779
Event Place South Carolina, United States
Affiliate Publication Number M246
Affiliate Publication Title Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783.

James Martin is included in a British List of Traitors denoting 151 persons who were disloyal to the crown, under the British Disqualifying Act: "To disqualify and render incapable the several persons herein named from
holding or exercising any office of trust honour or Profit in the Province of Georgia for a Certain time and for Other purposes therein Mentioned.
WHEREAS a most Audacious wicked and unprovoked Rebellion was lately raised and carried on against his Majesty in the province of Georgia, and several persons concerned therein, in a most violent, hostile and unlawful manner usurped the Government thereof, and erected themselves into a pretended independent State, where they exercised many Acts of Violence and Oppression, in contempt of his said Majesty and his Laws, and to the great distress and injury of his Loyal Subjects... "(https://sites.rootsweb.com/~gataylor/traitor.htm, Georgia Revolutionary War, British List of Traitors)

James married Mary Lindsey Dixon on 1 August 1815 in Craven, North Carolina, United States.("North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXTB-MHJ : Wed Oct 18 04:27:14 UTC 2023), Entry for James Martin and Mary Dixon, 01 Aug 1815.)

James Martin received pension payments for his military service.
Event Type Military Service
Event Date 04 Apr 1818
Event Place United States
Page Number 53
Affiliate Publication Number T718
Affiliate Publication Title Ledgers of Payments, 1818-1872, to U.S. Pensioners Under Acts of 1818 through 1858, from the Records of the Office of the Third Auditor of the Treasury.("United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24Q-2MTL : Sat Dec 09 06:05:08 UTC 2023), Entry for James Martin, 04 Apr 1818.)

James died on 19 December 1830 in Pembroke, Bryan, Georgia, United States. He was buried on 20 March 1830 in Ash Branch Baptist Church Cemetery, Bulloch, Georgia, United States.