Keywords: Colonel William Martin.jpg en Portrait of Col William Martin of Dixon Springs Tennessee son of General Joseph Martin Revolutionary War officer and namesake of Martinsville Virginia Col William Martin served in the Georgia South Carolina and Tennessee legislatures was a Presidential elector in 1804 and 1808 as well as vice president of the Whig Convention of 1844 In the War of 1812 Martin was elected Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Regiment of Tennessee Volunteers He was a pioneer of the frontier and is buried in the Martin family cemetery at Dixon Springs Tennessee http //www rootsweb ancestry com/~tnsmith/cempics/martinwillcem htmhttp //books google com/books id zV4oAAAAYAAJ pg PA240 lpg PA240 dq 22col +william+martin 22+tennessee source bl ots hXOgrIStUE sig VMlaNLMWO7ZXfE7nm9EiKB74nFI hl en ei dldaTIHiBZK-sQOb5cjPDw sa X oi book_result ct result resnum 8 ved 0CDUQ6AEwBw v onepage q 22col 20william 20martin 22 20tennessee f false http //www rootsweb ancestry com/~tnsmith/oldpics/martinwilliam htm Author undated subject was born in 1765 and painting was made during his lifetime Oil portraits of men Page family of Virginia PD-old |