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Martha Unknown (Nixon)
1773 - 1865

Martha Unknown (Nixon) was born about 1773 somewhere in Georgia and died about 1865 somewhere in Florida. Dates for birth and death are estimated. She lived to be about 92 years old.

She may have been married to Samuel Nixon (born about 1775) She is living next door to son Robert in the 1860 census. Please email us if you have information or clues that might help solve this mystery.

known children:
Samuel J. (1813)GA
Robert W. (1814)GA
Lenna Ann (1818) - married Gabriel McClellan

Census

1/1/1830

GA (Dooly County)

57 yrs old

page 7, line 6 -Robert Nixon - one male (40-50) and one female (40-50)

line 10 -Honor Nixon - one male under 5, one male (15-20), one female (10-15)

line 17 -Samuel Nixon - one male (5-10), one male (10-15), two males (15-20), one male (20-30), one male (40-50), one female under 5, one female (10-15), one female (20-30) and one female (40-50).

line 27 - Cofield Knight - one male (10-15), one male (15-20), one female (5-10), one female (15-20) and one female (40-50).

Census

1/1/1840

District 1 GA (Coweta County)

67 yrs old

pg. 25 - line 1 -Marthey Nixon - 1 Males - 5 thru 9, 1 Males - 10 thru 14, 1 Males - 15 thru 19, 2 - Males - 20 thru 29, 2- Females - 15 thru 19, 1 - Females - 50 thru 59.

Census

10/30/1850

Division 5 FL (Calhoun County)

77 yrs old

#83 -Gabriel Mcclelland (age 46) Lina A. Mcclelland (32), Sarah L. E. Mcclelland (18), J. V. Mcclelland (16), Martha S M Mcclelland (12), D. R. T. Mcclelland (8), J. P. M. Mcclelland (6), M. E. G. Mcclelland (3), C. C. A. S. Mcclelland (0), Marthey Nixon (72), George Keen (21). Gabriel is a preacher. Sarah, Marthey and George can not read or write.

Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1850: Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.

Census

7/1/1860

Ochesee FL (Calhoun County)

87 yrs old

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Listed as family #43, Robt. W. Nixon (age 47, born in GA), Louisa (age 40, born in GA), Daniel G. (23 born GA), Samuel (17 born GA), Roxy Ann (14 born GA), Sarah M. (13 born AL), Mathew (11 (born AL), Lenna Ann (9 born AL), James (7 born AL), and Robert (5 born FL). Robert W. states he is a Farmer, Louisa states she is a Housekeeper, Daniel is a Laborer and Samuel is a Hireling. All have a check mark in box for Mulatto

Listed as family #44, Martha Nixon 88 (born GA). Listed as housekeeper. Mary J. Lewis (15 GA), James Lewis (13 GA), John H. Lewis (11 GA), Samuel Lewis (9 GA), Josephine Lewis (6 GA), Thomas J. Lewis (3 FL). (mother of Robert, living next door.)

#42 - Home of Louisa's daughter - Eliza J. Pippen (23), Morgan (3), William Eliza (5 mos)Francis M. Lewis (17) & Arnetta Lewis (8). Francis was born with no arms or legs. Moran and William born in FL, others in GA.

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Click on any of the News, Events, or Discoveries buttons above to see historical things that happened during Martha Unknown (Nixon)'s life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of Martha, her family, and friends. For example, Martha is 1 years old when The First Continental Congress of fifty-five representatives (except from the colony of Georgia) meets in Philadelphia to discuss relations with Britain, the possibility of independence, and the hope of a peaceful solution. King George III scorns the thought of reconciliation and declares the colonies to be in a state of open rebellion.

Age	Date	Event
29	1802	Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become the north western border of FL.
37	1810	Western Florida, from the Pearl River to the Mississippi, is annexed by the US from Spain.
40	1813	During 1813-14, over 2,000 Muskogee-speaking Creeks move to Florida in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War). Most come from AL and GA.
45	1818	First Seminole Indian War takes place when Andrew Jackson brings his troops into northern Florida.
48	1821	Spain formally cedes Florida to the United States in 1821, according to terms of the Adams-Onís Treaty. Spanish colonists as well as settlers from the newly formed United States begin to pour into the new territory. Prior to this change, Florida was a wilderness sparsely dotted with settlements of native Indians, escaped/freed slaves and Spaniards.
49	1822	Florida Territory is purchased
50	1823	The Treaty of Moultrie Creek pushes the Seminole Indian towns into the interior of the Florida peninsula.
51	1824	Tallahassee is established at the capital of Florida because it is half-way between the two government centers in St. Augustine and Pensacola. The Legislative Council meets in November in a log house erected in the vicinity of today's capitol.
62	1835	The Second Seminole Indian War keeps the United States and Seminoles Indians fighting in North & Central Florida.
64	1837	NEWS HEADLINES: In October, Chief Osceola of the Seminole Indians is captured when he arrives for supposed truce negotiations at Fort Payton. He is imprisoned at St. Augustine, FL where he refuses to eat and attempts to escape several times. In December he is moved to a prison in SC where he dies on January 20, 1838. At the time of his death, Osceola was the most famous American Indian.
69	1842	Congress passes the Armed Occupation Act of 1842. It entitles persons willing and able to bear arms against the Indians and establish themselves in villages along the borders of Indian territory ownership of their land after 5 years.
69	1842	Second Seminole Indian War ends and some of the Seminole Indians living in FL are moved to the Indian Territory
72	1845	Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator.
77	1850	Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted.
82	1855	Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
88	1861	No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later.
91	1864	Battle of Olustee is a Confederate victory. Union troops pull back
92	1865	May 10th -- Union troops occupy Tallahassee. While Tallahassee was the only Confederate state capital east of the Mississippi River that had not been captured, Union troops occupy the capitol following the surrender of the major Confederate armies in the east.
92	1865	Battle at Natural Bridge (Wakulla County) is a Confederate victory.

Age	Date	Event
9	1782	The British evacuate Savannah on in July.
11	1784	Franklin and Washington Counties are formed.
12	1785	Burbon County formed.
13	1786	Greene County was created the same year Oglethorpe dies.
15	1788	Bourbon County Act rescinded.
16	1789	December 21 - Governor Telfair signs first Yazoo Act selling 20,000,000 acres of and for $207,000 or about one cent per acre to. The Yazoo Companies attempted to pay in worthless paper money and Georgia refuses to transfer the land. The Virginia Yazoo, headed by Patrick Henry, even had the unmitigated gall to attempt to pay in worthless Georgia paper money. The South Carolina Yazoo Company sues Georgia in the U.S. Supreme Court to compel delivery but the suit fails when Georgia is able to obtain ratification of the eleventh amendment to the U.S. Constitution on February 7, 1795.
17	1790	Alexander McGillivray, a mixed-blood of the Upper Creek Nation cedes the Altamaha lands to the Oconee. This treaty -- Treaty of New York -- is signed by President George Washington.
17	1790	Columbia and Elbert Counties are created.
20	1793	Hancock, Bryan, McIntosh, Montgomery, Oglethorpe and Warren Counties formed. This same year, the Fugitive Slave Act is passed.
21	1794	General Clarke surrenders ending the Oconee War.
22	1795	Governor Mathews signs the Second Yazoo Act selling somewhere between 35,000,000 and 50,000,000 acres of land for $500,000.
28	1801	Clarke and Tatnall Counties formed.
29	1802	Georgia formally cedes western claims for its southern boundary at the 31st parallel -- which will become a border between,GA, FL and AL. GA's western border reaches to the Mississippi River.
30	1803	Between 1803 and 1811 a horse trail is established connecting Milledgeville, Georgia to Fort Stoddert, American outpost north of Mobile. This is expanded into a road and called The Federal Road by 1811.
34	1807	December 10 - Jasper, Jones, Laurens, Morgan, Putnam, and Telfair Counties formed.
35	1808	Pulaski County created.
36	1809	Twiggs County formed.
38	1811	Tecumseh visits the Creek Indians living in what will become Georgia and Alabama to try to persuade them to join his fight against the flood of white settlers. Some towns join forces with Tecumseh and become known as "Red Sticks".
38	1811	Madison County created.
39	1812	Emanual County formed.
39	1812	The Creek tribes in southern Alabama and Georgia find themselves under increasing pressure from white settlers. Led by Chief Weatherford, they accepted an alliance with Tecumseh and are nicknamed "Red Sticks".
40	1813	During 1813-14, Muskogee-speaking Creeks leave GA and move into areas in Northern FL in response to the Creek Civil War (also known as the Red-sticks War).
44	1817	First Seminole war begins as Georgia backwoodsmen attack Indians just north of the Florida border. !817-1818. General Andrew Jackson invades the area.
46	1819	Rabun County formed.
47	1820	December 20 - Campbell and Randolph Counties formed.
48	1821	May 15 - Dooly, Fayette, Henry, Houston, Monroe and Newton Counties formed.
49	1822	December 9 - Bibb, Dekalb and Pike Counties formed.
50	1823	December 8 - Decatur County formed.
51	1824	December 15 - Upson and Ware Counties formed.
52	1825	Baker, Lowndes, Thomas, Butts and Taliaferro Counties formed.
53	1826	January 24 - Treaty of Washington abrogates Treaty of Indian Springs. The Creeks cede a smaller area and are allowed to remain on their lands until January 1, 1826.
54	1827	December 14, - Harris, Marion, Meriwether and Talbot.
57	1830	Cherokee, Heard, and Stewrt Counties are formed.
58	1831	Sumter County is formed.
59	1832	December 3 - Bartow, Cobb, Crawford, Floyd, Forsyth, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, and Union Counties formed.
60	1833	Walker County is formed.
63	1836	Seminoles massacre Major Francis L. Dade and his 103 man command. This starts the second Seminole War. February - Battle of Hitchity. March 27 - Colonel J.W. Fannin and his Georgian's executed by order of Santa Ana at Goliad on Palm Sunday. July - Battle of Brushy Creek. July 3 - Battle of Chickasawachee Swamp. July 27 - Battle of Echowanochaway Creek.
64	1837	Mcon and Dade Counties are formed.
65	1838	Chattooga County formed
74	1847	Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville
77	1850	Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed.
78	1851	Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed.
79	1852	Taylor County formed.
80	1853	Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated.
81	1854	Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed.
83	1856	Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed.
84	1857	Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed.
85	1858	Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed.

Age	Date	Event
4	1777	The concept of chemical compounds is conceived by Lavoisier
10	1783	The hot air balloon is invented by Michel and Montgolfier and the first people in modern history fly at an altitude of 1800 m.
12	1785	The power loom was invented by Cartwright to produce cloth.
20	1793	The cotton gin was invented by Whitney.
26	1799	The Rosetta Stone was discovered
27	1800	The first battery was invented by Volta
34	1807	The first steamboat was invented by Fulton
41	1814	The first locomotive engine was created by Stephenson
57	1830	The first railroad is constructed between Liverpool and Manchester, England
66	1839	Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber, opening the door for tires and other rubber products.
71	1844	The first telegraph message is sent by Morse, who later invents the Mores Code
80	1853	The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
83	1856	The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
86	1859	Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
92	1865	Mendel publishes his papers on genetics and introduces the concept to the public.

Age	Date	Event
2	1775	NEWS HEADLINES: On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America.
3	1776	NEWS HEADLINES: July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created.
27	1800	NEWS HEADLINES: Seat of U.S. government moves from Philadelphia to Washington DC
38	1811	NEWS HEADLINES: Tecumseh's emerging Indian Confederacy is defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in Ohio. Afterwards, Tecumseh and his brother travel from their Shawnee homes in the north to recruit and unify the southern Indians.
39	1812	NEWS HEADLINES: War of 1812 begins and will continue for until 1814. Some call it the Second War of Independence because the US fights Great Britain to a stalemate, Americas independence was assured.
55	1828	Gold is discovered in Georgia.
61	1834	July 9 - The S.S. John Randolph, the first successful iron steamship, is launched in Savannah
88	1861	NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
89	1862	NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.

Age	Date	Event
1	1774	The First Continental Congress of fifty-five representatives (except from the colony of Georgia) meets in Philadelphia to discuss relations with Britain, the possibility of independence, and the hope of a peaceful solution. King George III scorns the thought of reconciliation and declares the colonies to be in a state of open rebellion.
2	1775	On April 18th, Paul Revere makes his famous ride proclaiming "The British are Coming" and the American Revolution War begins. Britain hires 29,000 German mercenaries to handle conflict in North America.
3	1776	July 4th, American Revolution War ends and the United States of America is officially created.
5	1778	Alliance between United States and France
14	1787	Constitution of the United States is signed
20	1793	Alexander McGillivray, the head of the Creek Indian Nation, dies. A restlessness begins to grow among the Indians in what is now Georgia, Alabama and Northern Florida as town chiefs via for the vacant leadership role.
21	1794	The United States establishes the Navy
25	1798	Mississippi Territory organized from Georgia's western land claims. It includes what will later become portions of Mississippi, Alabama and Northern Florida,
30	1803	Louisiana Purchase from France (who secured it from Spain) gives the US a huge new territory and the port of New Orleans.
31	1804	The Seminole warrior later known as Osceola is born near Tuskegee, AL.
32	1805	Federal Road project begins after the Creek Indians give the U.S. permission to develop a “horse path” through their nation that will provide better mail delivery between Washington City (DC) and New Orleans. Soon settlers are traveling and settling along this path to settle the southern frontier.
33	1806	Lewis and Clark Expedition, which began in 1804, ends. News of the rich lands to the west begins to spread.
38	1811	By 1811 the new "Federal Road" (which started as a horse path) is filled with a steady flow of white settlers into Creek Indian Territories. The Spanish begin to fan hostile sentiments among the Indians.
47	1820	The Act of April 24, 1820 abolished the land purchase credit system, fixed the price of public lands at $1.25 per acre, and set the minimum purchase at 80 acres. After a person purchased land, a final certificate was issued by the land office and sent to Washington DC to be verified and signed by the President -- a time consuming process. Public lands were most typically available through US treaties with Indians who agreed to be removed from their homelands.
57	1830	Indian Removal Act signed and the moving of eastern Indians west of the Mississippi begins.
62	1835	Second Seminole Indian War begins.
64	1837	The trickery used to capture Seminole Indian Chief Osceola (Assi Yohola) creates a public uproar and U.S. General Jesup is publicly condemned.
67	1840	Oregon Trail is established
69	1842	Second Seminole Indian War ends and thousands of Seminole Indians are forced to move west of the Mississippi.
82	1855	Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
87	1860	Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
89	1862	May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
90	1863	Abraham Lincoln issues the "Emancipation Proclamation" freeing slaves.
92	1865	American Civil war ends with General Lee's surrender at Appomattox, VA. Reconstruction begins in the "old South"

Age	Date	Event
6	1779	Spain declares war on England
7	1780	Josef II abolishes serfdom in Hungary; England declares war on Holland
10	1783	Peace established at Versailles between France, England, Spain and United States; Britain cedes all lands west to the Mississippi River
14	1787	Catherine the Great leads Russia into war with Turkey
15	1788	Russia begins war with Sweden
16	1789	French feudal system is abolished with the Declaration of Rights of Man. Outbreak of hostilities in France with the fall of the Bastille on July 14; Revolution in Austrian Netherlands declares independence as Belgium
19	1792	French Revolutionary Wars begin and the French royal family is imprisoned the following year
20	1793	Marie Antoinette is executed; Fugitive Slave Act passed; Roman Catholic faith is banned in France; France declares war on Britain and Holland.
22	1795	White Terror and bread riots in Paris
23	1796	Napoleon marries Josephine de Beauharnais
24	1797	Napoleon proclaims the Venetian Constitution, founds Ligurian Republic in Genoa
60	1833	Santa Anna is elected President of Mexico

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Samuel Nixon
Born about 1775 and died about 1850

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The Children of Martha Unknown (Nixon)

Samuel J. Nixon
Born somewhere in Georgia about 1813 and died in an unknown location about 1885. He was about 72 years old.

Robert W. Nixon
Born somewhere in Georgia about 1814 and died in Calhoun County, Florida about 1885. He was about 71 years old.

We do not know who his father was. His mother was Martha ________, she was born about 1772 in GA. She is living next door to Robert in the 1860 census.

Robert occupation was a farmer, a Calhou...

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