Lumpkin County, Georgia

Tombstone Photos

 

Old Soule's
Methodist Church Cemetery
In Memory of
Cyntha Martin
Who Was Born 1810 And
Died Dec 29 1889
Age 79 Years

Cyntha (Caven) Martin

     Cynthia Caven was married in Jackson Co., GA to Milton Martin.   They are found living in Lumpkin County by 1838.   On the 1850 and 1860 censuses of Lumpkin Co., Cyntha is shown as head of household with several children.   Milton had gone to the goldfields in Placer Co., CA.   It is not known when Milton died or whether he ever returned to Georgia.   He is shown on the Lumpkin Co. tax lists owning land in Lumpkin Co. up through 1865, then afterwards, Sintha is shown on the tax lists as owner of this land.

Submitted by: Dan Pierce