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Michael Hill's Martin, Smith, Carter Genealogy Site
<www.hillnetwork.com/gen/martin>

Changes Made to Site

22 Feb 2007

• Added transcriptions of Revolutionary War pension file papers for John Martin. (Also changed URL for that page.)

20 Feb 2007

• Added links to Revolutionary War pension applications from Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.

18 Feb 2007

• Added images of Revolutionary War pension file papers for John Martin.

29 Jan 2007

• After evaluating available evidence, I updated the site to show that James Martin and Hannah Carter were the parents of John Martin. Specifically:
  1. Changed site name from "Martin, Smith, Fowlkes Genealogy" to "Martin, Smith, Carter Genealogy" to reflect the three surnames of John and Elitha's parents.
  2. Updated chart on home page and added link to a new expanded chart.

21 Jan 2007

• Added transcript of John Martin's 1821 will. (Thanks, Bobbi Keenan.)
• Added high-resolution images of William Carter's 1843 will. Lower-resolution images are still available as well. Please let me know if the high resolution images are useful; if so, I can post high-resolution versions of other images, too.

1 Dec 2006

• Added transcript of 1848 will for Archelaus Carter.

30 Nov 2006

• Changed "Ayers" to "Ayres" on chart. (Thanks, Con Childress.)
• Added passage about Smith cemeteries in Ararat from May Belle Thompson Smith's "The Smith Family Genealogy" book.

8 Apr 2006

• Revised place of death for John William Martin, son of John and Elitha, on the chart. (Thanks, John Ford.) Also, removed "Mt. Airy" from the birth place of John "Jackson" Martin.

27 Mar 2006

• Improved transcript of 1843 will for William Carter. Also posted improved images from photocopies of original will book rather than from microfilm.

3 Mar 2006

• Posted transcript of 1848 John Martin/Litha Smith marriage bond.

1 Mar 2006

• Revised transcript of 1843 will for William Carter.

26 Feb 2006

• Added 1818 marriage bond for James Martin and Hannah Carter.

25 Feb 2006

• Added 1815 Bartlett Smith to George Smith deed.
• Added 1843 will for William Carter.
• Double-spaced all transcriptions to make them a little easier to read.

18 Feb 2006

• Changed "nact[?]" to "tract" in 1849 Smith deed transcript. Thanks to Robert & Barbara Hill for the correction.

17 Feb 2006

• Added 1828 Smith marriage.
• Uploaded scanned images for 1848 and 1849 Smith deeds.

16 Feb 2006

• Added 1849 Smith deed.

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