Click on the image below to search this free database from the Family History Library for your Martin County residents. The database includes original images.
1759-1959 North Carolina Marriages
Click on the image below to search this free database from the Family History Library for your Martin County residents.
1866-1964 NC Births and Christenings
Click on the image below to search for Martin County residents in this free database from the Family History Library.
Korean Conflict Casualties, 1950-1957
The following deaths of military personnel from Martin County are from the Korean Conflict Casualty File, 1/1/1950 – 2/7/1957. These are from the National Archives & Records Administration, Record Group M330. The entire database is freely searchable online at the National Archives website.
Click on the Service Number to view the full record.
| Branch | Name | Service No. | Date Died/Reported Dead | Birth Year | Race |
| Army | BULLOCK, Johnnie R. | 14327734 | 9/1/1950 | 1931 | Caucasian |
| Army | ELLIS, James H. | 14229555 | 1/15/1951 | 1928 | Caucasian |
| Army | GARRETT, John H. | 14248852 | 4/30/1951 | 1930 | Caucasian |
| Army | ROBERSON, Harry P. | 14342076 | 2/14/1951 | 1928 | Caucasian |
| Army | STRICKLAND, Woolard | 14339269 | 11/26/1950 | 1929 | Caucasian |
Contributed by Taneya Y. Koonce – December 2010
1790 Heads of Households: Martin County
Online at the Internet Archive is the full-text of the book, Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790 : North Carolina.
Organized regionally, the book has the 1790 census data for all North Carolina counties. Click on the image below to go directly to the section for Martin County.
1850-1940 Census Records on FamilySearch.org
The Family History Library’s online digital records site — FamilySearch.org includes free indexes & images of census records from 1850-1920. At the time of this post, the 1910 and 1930 census records are not yet available and the 1880 index does not include images.
- 1850 Census - search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1850 Census (Mortality Schedule) - search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1860 Census - search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1870 Census - search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1880 Census - search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1900 Census - search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1920 Census - search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1930 Census – search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1940 Census – browse images; index currently being created by volunteers (will you join us?)
Bear Grass Township Cemetery Index
The Martin County Genealogical Society has published an index to cemeteries of the Bear Grass community. I have scanned the index of the book and posted it online to Scribd.com. If you find someone of interest, try locating the book at a library and contact them for further information. Alternatively, you can contact me for further suggestions.
Martin County Cemeteries at Find-A-Grave
Find-A-Grave is an invaluable resource for looking up cemetery information. Entries are volunteer submitted, so may contain errors. Browse the list of Martin County Cemeteries.
Martin County Residents in North Carolina Newspapers
The NCGenWeb Project features a database called NC People in the Papers. This database is a collection of items extracted from newspapers and includes births, marriages, deaths, & general news items. The time coverage varies, but in addition to clicking below to see a list of names associated with Martin County, you can also search the entire database for a last name of interest and perhaps find family members in other parts of the state.
The NC People in the Papers database includes many extracts from the Roanoke Beacon Newspaper of neighboring Washington County. Click on the graphic below to access the list.
Surnames you may recognize include: Armistead, Bateman, Darden, Fagan, Reddick, Peale, Slade, Yellowley and more…
Searching Online Newspaper Repositories for Martin County News
Checking databases of digitized newspapers may lead to information relevant to your research, even if a newspaper from your specific county is not included. Often, the larger city papers ran columns with details on individuals and events from smaller communities. Additional free sources for searching historical newspapers include:
- NC Newspaper Digitization Project – earch the full-text of several different NC newspapers from the mid 1700s – late 1800s. Though no papers from Martin county are included, newspapers often included information from other areas in the state.
- Google News Archive – includes some free and some paid content
- Library of Congress: Historic American Papers – search the full-text of many different papers across the county, including several from the Southeast. Covers late 1800s-early 1900s.
- New York Times Archives – free full-text of the newspaper from 1851-1922. You can search later articles, but those from 1922-1981 require payment.