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Martha Maria <I>Alderman</I> Carlton

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Martha Maria Alderman Carlton

Birth
Duplin County, North Carolina, USA
Death
13 Jun 1859 (aged 53)
Florida, USA
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Wife of Alderman Carlton 1803-1856

Martha's husband, Alderman, in late 1854 or early 1855 moved his family near the Campground branch on the Fort Meade and Fort Frazier road. During the Third Seminole War on December 29, 1855, he was mustered into service as second lieutenant in Capt. Francis M. Durrance's Company. In the spring of 1856 he was commander of the garrison at Fort Meade and led six men to the defense of the Indian-besieged Willoughby Tillis family. In so doing, he was slain, as were two of his men, William Parker and Lott Whidden, while his son, Daniel W. Carlton, John C. Oats and John Henry Hollingsworth, were wounded

Alderman and Martha Carlton had 14 children:
(1) Daniel Wilson (1823-91);
(2) Mary Ann (1825-93, Mrs. Timothy Alderman of Ga.);
(3) William Thomas (1827-91 of Alachua Co.);
(4) Martha Jane (1829-95, Mrs. J. M. Hayman of Bartow);
(5) Elizabeth (1831-31);
(6) Manerva (1833-42);
(7) Isaac (1835-97 of Hillsborough Co.);
(8) Priscilla (1837-1919, Mrs. Eli English of Wauchula);
(9) Susannah (1839-78; who married G. H. Johnson and Rev. Robert N. Pylant of Bartow);
(10) Missouri (1841-43);
(11) Sarah (1844-87, who married Stephen P. Hooker and William C. Hayman of Owens);
(12) Georgia Ann (1846-?, Mrs. Robert A. Carson of Immokalee);
(13) Thomas C. (1850-50);
(14) Nancy (1851-51)
Wife of Alderman Carlton 1803-1856

Martha's husband, Alderman, in late 1854 or early 1855 moved his family near the Campground branch on the Fort Meade and Fort Frazier road. During the Third Seminole War on December 29, 1855, he was mustered into service as second lieutenant in Capt. Francis M. Durrance's Company. In the spring of 1856 he was commander of the garrison at Fort Meade and led six men to the defense of the Indian-besieged Willoughby Tillis family. In so doing, he was slain, as were two of his men, William Parker and Lott Whidden, while his son, Daniel W. Carlton, John C. Oats and John Henry Hollingsworth, were wounded

Alderman and Martha Carlton had 14 children:
(1) Daniel Wilson (1823-91);
(2) Mary Ann (1825-93, Mrs. Timothy Alderman of Ga.);
(3) William Thomas (1827-91 of Alachua Co.);
(4) Martha Jane (1829-95, Mrs. J. M. Hayman of Bartow);
(5) Elizabeth (1831-31);
(6) Manerva (1833-42);
(7) Isaac (1835-97 of Hillsborough Co.);
(8) Priscilla (1837-1919, Mrs. Eli English of Wauchula);
(9) Susannah (1839-78; who married G. H. Johnson and Rev. Robert N. Pylant of Bartow);
(10) Missouri (1841-43);
(11) Sarah (1844-87, who married Stephen P. Hooker and William C. Hayman of Owens);
(12) Georgia Ann (1846-?, Mrs. Robert A. Carson of Immokalee);
(13) Thomas C. (1850-50);
(14) Nancy (1851-51)

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