Searching for info. On NELSON MARTIN (b) May 18, 1818
N.C. county unknown. Parents unknown. The 1850 Johnson Co. Il. census list NELSON MARTIN with his wife MARY CASTEEL and their children JEWEL (JOEL) MARTIN (b) Waynes Co. TN. WILLIAM (GREEN) MARTIN (b) Waynes Co. Tn. ANDREW Y MARTIN (b) Johnson Co. Il. The 1850 Johnson Co. Il census shows NELSON MARTIN and family was living with a DANIEL KERLEY and his wife MARY ? both from N.C. I have DANIEL KERLEY'S will and in the will it reads that DANIEL and MARY KERLEY raised NELSON MARTIN and gave him the homestead. and Bob the Jack. The other to adults mentioned in the will are OSBORN KERLEY and WOODSON WEST.