Joseph+Martin

Ashland, Kentucky By : Jacob Porter Joseph Martin Joseph Martin was is support of the Patriots, and was a brigadier general for the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He was appointed as agent to the Cherokee Native Americans in 1777. He served in several of the Southern legislatures,along with attempting one of the very first settlements of territory in Tennessee. He is well known for settling arguments with the Cherokee, and the Scottish-irish who helped the patriots wins the battles of king’s mountain and cowpens. He kept peace until his death, due to a stroke. December 18, 1808. He had five sons, brice, john, joseph, Lafayette, and William, four of which lived on to take his land in Tennessee.