Mary Olivine "Ollie" Martin

Other Events:

• Occupation: Farmer And Midwife

Notes:

From Clevelamd Gardner's notes: Olivine lived on the Catawba River before her marriage to Thomas. Upon the death of her husband, Olivine bought a farm lying between New Bethel Baptist Church and the Philidelphia Negro Church which joined the plantation of Colonel Grigg on the east. Here she and her two daughters resided until their deaths. Ollie was a midwife and it is said that this was the means she used to procure the money to purchase her new home and farm. ___________________________________________________________________ An original bill of sale has been located amoung papers of John Poston. This document is dated 31 May 1821. The bill of sale is for: one still ten hogsheads one singlein tub one doublin Cagg one singlein Cagg one Can flakstone It does not mention the price. The document is signed by Martin Gardner and Olive Gardner made her mark. This would indicate that Thomas Gardner has already died by this date. See notes under her daughter Elizabeth Gardner.

Mary married Thomas W. Gardner on 25 Nov 1792 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Thomas (son of Thomas Gardner) was born in 1772; died in 1844 in Rutherford County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Jeremiah "Jerry" Gardner was born on 17 Nov 1793 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died on 11 Oct 1833.
2. Martin Gardner was born on 17 Nov 1793; died on 25 Apr 1824; was buried in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
3. Leiah "Leanna" Gardner was born on 25 Jun 1795; died on 16 Jun 1881; was buried in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
4. Lewis Gardner was born in 1800; died in 1880.
5. William Hoyle Gardner was born in 1801; died on 12 Sep 1847 in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
6. Rebecca Gardner was born in 1805 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; died about 1880 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; was buried in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
7. Ester Gardner was born in 1807; and died.
8. Catharine "Carrie" Gardner was born in 1810; and died.
9. Jane Gardner was born on 10 Mar 1812; died in 1890.
10. David Gardner was born in 1814; died on 11 Dec 1906 in Boonville, Mississippi.
11. James Lafaette Gardner was born in 1816; died on 31 Jul 1862 in Pease Hosp., Raleigh, NC.
12. Elizabeth "Bettie" Gardner was born about 1824 in Rutherford County, North Carolina; died on 11 Sep 1906 in Cleveland County, North Carolina; was buried in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
13. Wilson Gardner and died.