Mary Olivine "Ollie" Martin

1780 - 1856  (76 years)

• Name	Mary Olivine "Ollie" Martin
  Nickname	Ollie
  Born	1780
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Farmer And Midwife
  Died	29 Jul 1856	Cleveland County, North Carolina
  Buried	Cleveland County, North Carolina
  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.
  Person ID	I4	myfamilytree
  Last Modified	20 May 2022

  
  

  Father	Christopher Martin,   b. Abt 1750,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	,   d. Yes, date unknown
  _MARRIED	N
  Family ID	F735	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas W. Gardner,   b. 1772,   d. 1844, Rutherford County, North Carolina  (Age 72 years)
  Married	25 Nov 1792	Rutherford County, North Carolina
  Children	+ 1. Jeremiah "Jerry" Gardner,   b. 17 Nov 1793, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 11 Oct 1833  (Age 39 years) + 2. Martin Gardner,   b. 17 Nov 1793,   d. 25 Apr 1824  (Age 30 years) + 3. Leiah "Leanna" Gardner,   b. 25 Jun 1795,   d. 16 Jun 1881  (Age 85 years) + 4. Lewis Gardner,   b. 1800,   d. 1880  (Age 80 years) + 5. William Hoyle Gardner,   b. 1801,   d. 12 Sep 1847, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 46 years)   6. Rebecca Gardner,   b. 1805, Cleveland County, North Carolina ,   d. Abt 1880, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 75 years) + 7. Ester Gardner,   b. 1807,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. Catharine "Carrie" Gardner,   b. 1810,   d. Yes, date unknown + 9. Jane Gardner,   b. 10 Mar 1812,   d. 1890  (Age 77 years) + 10. David Gardner,   b. 1814,   d. 11 Dec 1906, Boonville, Mississippi  (Age 92 years) + 11. James Lafaette Gardner,   b. 1816,   d. 31 Jul 1862, Pease Hosp., Raleigh, NC  (Age 46 years)   12. Elizabeth "Bettie" Gardner,   b. Abt 1824, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 11 Sep 1906, Cleveland County, North Carolina  (Age 82 years)   13. Wilson Gardner,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	20 May 2022
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Married - 25 Nov 1792 - Rutherford County, North Carolina Died - 29 Jul 1856 - Cleveland County, North Carolina Buried - - Cleveland County, North Carolina  = Link to Google Earth