Lt. John Martin, Flat Rock
The granite marker "In Memory of Lt. John Martin" stands on a small family graveyard southeast of the Rock House.
IN MEMORY OF / LT. JOHN MARTIN / BORN IN ESSEX COUNTY VIRGINIA 1756 / DIED AT THE ROCK HOUSE 1822 / SOLDIER, OFFICER AND PATRIOT OF THE / REVOLUTION WHO VOLUNTEERED TO FIGHT / FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF HIS COUNTRY, / MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS AND / FOR MANY YEARS PRESIDING JUDGE OF / THE COUNTY COURT OF STOKES COUNTY. / ERECTED BY HIS GREAT GRANDSON / WILLIAM PRESTON BYNUM, GREENSBORO
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Stokes County Historical Society
1925
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“18th Century Pioneers of Stokes County, NC,” Piedmont Trails, (accessed January 22, 2024) Link
“Col. John Martin’s Descendants Meet,” Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, NC), October 8, 1925
“Colonel Jack Martin’s Rock House,” Stokes County Historical Society, sc-hs.org, (accessed January 22, 2024) Link
“In Memory of Lt. John Martin,” The Historical Marker Database, HMdb.org, (accessed January 22, 2024) Link
“Liet John “Jack” Martin Sr.” Find a Grave, findagrave.com, (accessed January 22, 2024) Link
“Monument to Col. John Martin,” The Danbury Report (Danbury, NC), October 8, 1924
“Troy’s Den. Patriots Punish Tory Thieves,” American Revolution Tour of N.C., amrevnc.com. (accessed January 22, 2024) Link
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Judge William Preston Bynum, Greensboro, NC
No formal dedication was noted. A news article about the annual Martin family reunion stated that the memorial had been recently placed.
[Additional information from NCpedia editors at the State Library of North Carolina: This person enslaved and owned other people. Many Black and African people, their descendants, and some others were enslaved in the United States until the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in 1865. It was common for wealthy landowners, entrepreneurs, politicians, institutions, and others to enslave people and use enslaved labor during this period. To read more about the enslavement and transportation of African people to North Carolina, visit https://aahc.nc.gov/programs/africa-carolina-0. To read more about slavery and its history in North Carolina, visit https://www.ncpedia.org/slavery. - Government and Heritage Library, 2023.]
The marker is located on Rockhouse Road in the Flat Rock community of Stokes County. It is on the right when traveling north near the intersection of SR1175.
The graveyard where the marker is located is nestled in a wooded area a few feet off Rockhouse Road.
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