Neal Martin

Neal Martin

• Neal Martin was born circa 1788 in Kentucky.
• According to the Character Certificates in the GLO of Texas: Nacogdoches, 3 Sept 1834. Certify Mr. Niel Martin came to jurisdiction in 1827 . . . living in this Municipality as a resident since that year . . . a man of good . . . . Louis Procela.
• On Sunday, 23 April 1848, Green Wood recorded in his travel journal: [It is] 50 miles from Montgomery to Houston, nearly South course. Went from Montgomery nearly East five miles through rich prarie with pinewoods in Sight on each Side crossed a lttle creek & came to piny wood gravelly lands mixed with with oak & hickery & post oak to West San Jacinto a small Stream large enough in High water for flat Boats 8 miles east of Montgomery, passed into pine timber, tall Shortleaf pine mixed with oak of all kinds near this creek or little river & one Small Black Prarie with pine & gravel on each Side & from there through pine Woods two miles to General Lewis, who has rich Black Prarie & cane land on San Jacinto adjoining the pineywoods Stayed with him that night, Sunday night. Says there is a League of land adjoining him 3/4 of which is rich Black Prarie & cane land & the Balance pine land. Monday morning 24th: Still about 45 or 50 miles from Houston on our way to Trinity River and will go Through the league above mentioned which belongs to Neil Martin [of] Nacogdoches. The land two miles South is Said by Genl Lewis to be poor pine land for twenty miles towards Houston, a new road passes through it. Genl Lewis Showed us Through the League of land. We saw the finest Black Prairie we have ever passed through, 400 or 500 Acres lying finely in one unbroken piece & 200 or more adjoining with only a Small Bottom between. From what we saw & what he told us, Think it the best league of land we have seen. . . .
• By deed dated 24 October 1848 in Montgomery County, Texas, Neal Martin of Nacogdoches County sold to William Henry Hulon of Montgomery County, for the sum of $400, 320 acres of his headright league of land in Montgomery County. Notary public B. W. Brown, recorded 28 June 1849.
• By deed dated 9 April 1849 in Montgomery County, Texas, Neal Martin of Nacogdoches County sold to John McClanahan Lewis and his wife Susan M. Lewis of Montgomery County, for the sum of $10,000, his entire headright league of land in Montgomery County, except a survey of 320 acres (4,108 acres) on the eastern end sold earlier to William Hulon. Witnessed by Jonathan Stark Collard and N. W. Hulon, recorded 28 June 1849.
• Neal Martin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Nacogdoches County, Texas, with his 38-year-old wife "Louisa" and eleven of his children.

• Last Edited: 23 Sep 2011