Jim F. Martin, Jr. Collection
Collection 377
Martin, Jim F., Jr. (1947– ). Collection, 1800s–2014
7.5 inches
Jim Frank Martin, Jr. was born on January 18, 1947 in rural Geneva County northwest of Hartford, Alabama. He was born in a wooden frame farmhouse built in 1890 on a farm that belonged to his great-grandmother, Mary Ellafare Jones Barnes and her son, Recer Lee Barnes. He attended Oak Grove Elementary and junior high in rural Geneva County, Alabama and graduated from Geneva County High School in 1965. He received his B.S. in Business Administration and a B.A. in English and History. At the University of Alabama he received his M.A. degree in English and did his internship in the English classrooms for two years.
During his career, Mr. Martin taught English. He also took photographs as a correspondent/journalist for two days a week for newspapers in Houston, Geneva, and Coffee Counties in Southeast Alabama. He lived in New Orleans for 14 years until Hurricane Katrina struck. Mr. Martin currently lives in Scott, Louisiana where he pursues ancestry research, concentrating on persons whose ancestors fought, died, and/or survived the War of Northern Aggression.
This collection contains Mr. Martin’s research on ancestry, the American Revolution, and the Civil War. It also includes letters and narratives between him and his family.
Jim F. Martin, Jr. donated this collection.
Series:
| A. | Ancestry Research | 1-01 through 1-04 |
| B. | Louisiana Travels | 1-05 through 1-06 |
| C. | Letters | 1-07 through 1-08 |
| D. | Revolutionary and Civil War Research | 1-09 through 1-10 |
| E. | Slave Research | 2-01 through 2-03 |
Inventory:
| Box 1 | |||
| A. Ancestry Research | |||
| 1-01 | Unusual Names of Veterans of the War Between the States, People Born in Geneva County and Southeast Alabama (1 of 4) | ||
| 1-02 | Unusual Names of Veterans of the War Between the States, People Born in Geneva County and Southeast Alabama (2 of 4) | ||
| 1-03 | Unusual Names of Veterans of the War Between the States, People Born in Geneva County and Southeast Alabama (3 of 4) | ||
| 1-04 | Unusual Names of Veterans of the War Between the States, People Born in Geneva County and Southeast Alabama (4 of 4) | ||
| B. Louisiana Travels | |||
| 1-05 | Descriptive Narratives of Attendance at Festivals in Acadiana During 2010 - Atchafalaya Basin Festival - Arnaudville Fire and Water Festival (1 of 2) | ||
| 1-06 | Descriptive Narratives of Attendance at Festivals in Acadiana During 2010 - Atchafalaya Basin Festival - Arnaudville Fire and Water Festival (2 of 2) | ||
| 1-07 | Letters Exchanged between Martin and his Family, Kinfolks and Friends in Southeast Alabama, 2010, 2014 (1 of 2) | ||
| C. Letters | |||
| 1-08 | Letters Exchanged between Martin and his Family, Kinfolks and Friends in Southeast Alabama, 2010, 2014 (2 of 2) | ||
| D. Revolutionary and Civil War Research | |||
| 1-09 | Sources Indicating Unusual Names of American Revolutionary War and the War Between the States Veterans from Southeast Alabama (1 of 2) | ||
| 1-10 | Sources Indicating Unusual Names of American Revolutionary War and the War Between the States Veterans from Southeast Alabama (2 of 2) | ||
| Box 2 | |||
| E. Slave Research | |||
| 2-01 | Findings Focused on Slaves in the Antebellum South (1 of 3) | ||
| 2-02 | Findings Focused on Slaves in the Antebellum South (2 of 3) | ||
| 2-03 | Findings Focused on Slaves in the Antebellum South (3 of 3) | ||