General Walter Martin (December 15, 1764 – December 10, 1834) was the founder of
Martinsburg, New York
Martinsburg is a town in Lewis County, New York, United States. The population was 1,433 at the 2010 census. The town is named after its founding father, General Walter Martin.
Martinsburg is in the west-central part of the county, south of Lo ...
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Walter Martin was born in
Sturbridge, Massachusetts in 1764. He established the village of Martinsburg in 1803 on an 8000-acre tract he had purchased in
Oneida County in northern
New York. In 1805 when
Lewis County was formed from part of Oneida County, Martin influenced the selection of Martinsburg as the county seat by donating land and money for a courthouse. Martin constructed a large stone
mansion in Martinsburg.
[Smith, Alice Elizabeth ''James Duane Doty Frontier Promoter'' Madison: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1954.]
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1764 births
1834 deaths
People from Sturbridge, Massachusetts
People from Martinsburg, New York
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