This MARTIN family passed through Harrison County which was first in Virginia then became part of West Virginia about the time of the American Civil War.

GENERATION 1:
Levi Martin - BIRTH ABT. JUN 1779 Hampshire County, Virginia - DEATH 8 AUG 1853 Marion County, Virginia - 3rd great-grandfather. wife Elizabeth Lizzie Bennett - BIRTH 5 NOV 1785 Harrison County, West Virginia, USA - DEATH 23 APRIL 1867 Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia.

GENERATION 2: John Bennett Martin - BIRTH 19 SEP 1807 Clarksburg, Harrison, Virginia; DEATH ABT. FEB 1890 Warren County, Iowa - 2nd great-grandfather - Wife1 Janett Anne (Jane) Wood - BIRTH 29 OCT 1805 Frederick County, Virginia, USA - DEATH ABT. 1852 Clarksburg, Harrison, Virginia. Wife2 Hannah Jane Frances Bayly | Baily - BIRTH 20 JUL 1836 Loudoun County, Virginia - DEATH 26 JUL 1922 Des Moines, Polk, Iowa.