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    • General Joseph Martin Chapter

    Cumberland Gap, TN




       Biography of Joseph Martin



    SURE AND STEADFAST – MOTTO OF HIS HOUSE

    Forgotten Pioneer – Peacemaker – Unsung Hero – General Joseph Martin

    Speech by Compatriot Robert L.

    Hughes

     

    Background

     

    Joseph Martin first came here to the Powell Valley in 1769.  Thomas Walker had been by most accounts the first white explorer to find the Gap in 1750.

    Daniel Boone left home in VA, May 1, 1769 to come into this area for hunting and trapping.  It was here, 100 miles from the last civilization that Boone ran upon Joseph Martin and a group busy erecting a fort, clearing land, and planting corn.

     This Martin’s first venture soon ended as the Cherokees were able to run him out.

    In Oct. 1775 Martin again returned here to attempt to build Martin’s Station and secure the Gap.  But, about June 1776 they again had to evacuate because of the Cherokee uprisings.

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