James Walter MARTIN

Male 1890 - 1969  (79 years)


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  • Name James Walter MARTIN 
    Birth 1890 
    Gender Male 
    Death 1969 
    Person ID I40154  Marshall and Allied Families
    Last Modified 19 Jul 2003 

    Father (Not Married) MARTIN 
    Mother Laura Ann Frances TOLBERT,   b. 25 Apr 1864, Surry County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Mar 1949, Forsyth County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Family ID F14368  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
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      BECKONHALL@aol.com
      Becky Fleming
      Northern Virginia
      Monday, April 28, 2003 11:58 PM

      David -
      Would like to thank you for such a wonderful site! I have been searching for months for Mary Mathews family. Mary married James Tolbert. My birth dates are slightly different from yours, but I took mine from the Surry County, N.C. census. (See below) Hope to see more about James! Will let you know what I find! Have you heard anything about the Mathews being Cherokee?

      Kind regards,
      Becky Fleming
      Northern Virginia


      First Generation
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      1. James M. Tolbert (Talbert). Born in 1829. James M. died on 12 Apr 1914, he was 85.

      On 18 Feb 1851 when James M. was 22, he first married Mary Polly Mathews, daughter of William Mathews & Blanche McMillan, in Surry County, N.C. - Bondsman John Huchens. Born in 1836. Mary Polly died in Jul 1910, she was 74.

      They had the following children: i. Susan. Born in 1852 in North Carolina.

      ii. Symira (Symara) Jane. Born ca 1853 in North Carolina.

      iii. Mary Miralda. Born on 28 Apr 1855 in North Carolina. Mary Miralda died on 24 Mar 1947, she was 91.

      2 iv. Elizabeth "Betty" (1856-1942)
      v. William M.. Born in 1859 in North Carolina.

      vi. John Boyden W.. Born in 1861.

      vii. Columbus F.. Born in 1861.

      3 viii. Laura Ann Frances (1864-1949)

      Other: Nancy Fountain Jarrell, daughter of Fountain Jarrell & Fanny (Francis) Jarrell. Born on 26 Sep 1825. Nancy Fountain died ca 1879, she was 53.

      They had one child:
      4 i. Julia Fannie (Illegitimate) (1848-)


      Second Generation
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      2. Elizabeth "Betty" Tolbert. Born on 5 Nov 1856 in North Carolina. Elizabeth "Betty" died in Zion Hill Primitive Baptist Church, Mount Airy, N.C. on 22 Apr 1942, she was 85.

      On 26 Jun 1885 when Elizabeth "Betty" was 28, she married John Samuel Amburn, son of Jason Amburn & Sarah George. Born on 29 Aug 1849 in Wythe County, Virginia. John Samuel died in Surry County, N.C. on 3 May 1920, he was 70.

      They had the following children:
      i. Susan Litisha (Adopted) (1882-1961)
      ii. John William (1867-)
      iii. Samuel Columbus "Lummie" (1889-)
      iv. Lucy J. (1892-) v. George W. (1894-1965)
      vi. Preston Joseph (1896-) vii. Andrew Lafayette (1898-)

      3. Laura Ann Frances Tolbert. Born on 25 Apr 1864 in Surry County, N.C. Laura Ann Frances died in Forsyth County; Buried at Crooked Oak (no marker) on 22 Mar 1949, she was 84.

      According to the 1910 Surry County Census, Laura had 15 children with 11 living in 1910. Laura's parents were from Pilot Mountain, N.C. It is believed that Laura was pregnant with Walter when she married Fountain but Walter was not the son of Fountain. It is believed that his father was a Mr. Martin. Family members say that Laura had three children by Mr. Martin. She had a son Sid Tolbert when she married Fountain. And her daughter Meda (or Media) that married a Linville is believed to also be the daughter of Mr. Martin. After Fountain died and Laura was not able to care for herself, she was taken to Ben & Susie Jarrell' s home. They were not really able to care for her. Laura wanted to live with her granddaughter that she raised, Marie Jarrell Cockerham. Laura had raised Marie and Mary, the illegitimate children of Laura's daughter Dazzie Jarrell Skinner. Inez Bobbitt, another granddaughter looked after her for a while. Eventually she was taken to her son Walter's house. There she fell off the bed and broke her hip and after that they put her in a rest home. Laura was not good to Marie's sister Mary like she was to Marie. Family members were told by Laura many times that "she loved every bone in Marie's body" (Per Inez Bobbitt 2/23/96)

      On 18 May 1890 when Laura Ann Frances was 26, she first married E. Lafayette Fountain Jarrell, son of Ellis Franklin Jarrell & Nancy Senter. Born on 18 Jan 1867 in Surry County, N.C. E. Lafayette Fountain died in Stokes County , N.C. Buried at Crooked Oak (no marker) on 12 Jan 1947, he was 79.

      They had the following children:
      i. Maggie Lourane (1892-1970)
      ii. Dazzie Dean (1893-1976)
      iii. Lula Bell (1894-1900) iv. Dama Martha (Bessie) (1896-1979)
      v. Susan Bertha (1899-1984)
      vi. Phoebe Ellen (1900-)
      vii. "Columbus" Howard Columbia (1902-1932)
      viii. Ellis Parker (1904-1979)
      ix. Raymond "Sampson" Lafayette (1908-1958)
      x. Wanda

      She second did not marry Unknown.

      They had the following children:
      i. Sid
      ii. Meda (Media)
      iii. James Walter (1890-1969)

      4. Julia Fannie Jarrell - Tolbert. Born in 1848.

      The 1850 Surry Census shows the the Fountain Gerald household are Frances 51, Peachy W. 27, Mariah 26, Ann E. 22, Will R. 17, Albert H. 16, Ellis 14, Rufus A. 11, Robert W. 10, Julia F. 1 1/2. It is believed that Julia is not the daughter of Fountain & Fannie, but their granddaughter. A fellow Tolbert researcher states that Julia F. is the illegimate daughter of Nancy Fountain Jarrell. The father was a Tolbert. You will note that the mother of Susan Amburn (wife of Richard Walter Jarrell) is a Julia Tolbert born ca. 1850. Could this be the same Julia F. that was in the Fountain/Fannies household in 1850?

      On 14 Mar 1870 when Julia Fannie was 22, she married John Samuel Amburn, son of Jason Amburn & Sarah George, in Surry County, N.C. Born on 29 Aug 1849 in Wythe County, Virginia. John Samuel Amburn later married Elizabeth "Betty" Tolbert. He died in Surry County, N.C. on 3 May 1920, he was 70.

      They had the following children:
      i. Jesse Martin (1870-)
      ii. Susan Jenette (1872-1961)
      iii. Sallie Litisha "Lettie" (1874-)
      iv. James J. (ca1877-)
      v. Mary M. (1879-)