Sgt. Robert Martin

REVOLUTIONARY WAR PATRIOT

A Robert Martin arrived in SC in 1766 and the passenger list states he was 26 when he arrived, giving a birth year of 1740.

Robert Martin appears in the 1790-1810 census records for SC. Between 1790 and 1800 he moved his family from Charleston District to Union County.

A Robert Martin from SC did serve in the Revolutionary War. He is listed in various records and was a Sergeant when he left the service after the war. One record shows he served from 24 July 1777 to 15 November 1783.

He married first Nancy Lindsay and second an Elizabeth. There is no actual record of his death or where he was buried. He does not appear in the 1820 census for SC and presumably he died between 1810 and 1820. In 1816, he would have been 76 years of age.

Sources 1. 1790 census for Saint James Goose Creek Parish, Charleston District, SC and 1800/1810 census records for Union County, SC.

2. DAR record for Robert Martin for SC

3. 1929 Summary US Army Adjutant General's Office showing Revolutionary War Summary for Robert Martin

4. "General Francis Marion's Men, A List of Twenty-five Hundred" by William Willis Boddie, retyped by Leonardo Andrea in 1949

5. From the Journals of the Council of the Colony of South Carolina. Names and land allotments under the Bounty Act of 1761. Source Bibliography: REVILL, JANIE. A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773. Columbia [S.C.]: State Co., 1939. 163p. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1981. Individual: Robert Martin, age 26; Place: Charles Town, South Carolina; Year: 1766; Page Number: 57

• Name: Robert Martin Gender Male
• First Marriage Date1765
• Spouse Polly Martin
• Child Frances Martin