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| Keywords: Colonel Joseph Martin Greenwood.jpeg en View of 'Greenwood ' a two-story Flemish-bond brick house built for Colonel Joseph Martin son of General Joseph Martin The house was built in 1808 1810 at Axton Henry County Virginia for Col Martin who was born in 1785 and served in the War of 1812 Col Martin served in both the Virginia House of Delegates and for eight years in the Virginia Senate He also served as a member of the constitutional convention of 1829 1830 and three times as a presidential elector He was lifelong friends with Archibald Stuart of Patrick County Virginia father of Confederate general J E B Stuart as well as with United States President and Virginia native John Tyler During the War of 1812 Col Martin commanded a regiment of militia His plantation house Greenwood is based on a symmetrical three-bay Early Republic style and has a centered single-leaf wood door with a full surround The house's portico is supported by paired Ionic columns The windows are 9/9 sash windows with splayed brick lintels The home features two exterior-end chimneys with disengaged stacks It has seven fireplaces In about 1940 basement excavations caused a cave-in and the house was disassembled and moved from its location at Axton in Henry County to nearby Martinsville named for Col Joseph Martin's father Col Joseph Martin married Sally Hughes Martin daughter of Col Archelaus Hughes of Hughesville Patrick County Virginia and a noted Revolutionary War soldier and patriot Col Martin and Sally Hughes Martin had eight daughters and four sons Of the 12 children two married members of the Hairston family; two married members of the Pannill family; and another two married members of the Dillard family http //books google com/books id hWtVAAAAMAAJ pg PA144 lpg PA144 dq 22col +joseph+martin 22+sally+hughes+hairston source bl ots Ho8rej7jDh sig wN8as1MQ56IdVEyYnFKJxdydNgE hl en ei O7fkS4rUAYH-NYvzpYYI sa X oi book_result ct result resnum 1 ved 0CBcQ6AEwAA v onepage q 22col 20joseph 20martin 22 20sally 20hughes 20hairston f false An oil-on-canvas portrait believed to be Col Joseph Martin is in the collection of the Bassett Historical Center Bassett Virginia Also surviving is the porcelain dinnerware service from Col Martin's home 'Greenwood ' manufactured by John Ridgway Co Staffordshire self own photograph self own photograph 2010-04-21 Greenwood - Colonel Joseph Martin house Taken with Sony DSC-S2100 | ||||
