Acknowledgements

This book would not be possible without tapping the minds and experience of many others who are interested in the history of Fauquier County, Virginia and of its famous Black Horse Cavalry.

Many people have given generously of their time and resources to assist me in preparing this book on the Martin family. I would like to acknowledge as many of them as I can remember. I collected the information over many years. I hope I have not made a serious omission. In more or less alphabetical order:

• The late Charles H. Bowen, Jr., and his brother, the late Russell C. Bowen, and Raymond Gill for sharing Bowen family information.

• Scott Carter for his interest and numerous assistances with the Randolph family.

• Alice Jane Childs and her husband, the late Ernest Lee Childs, Jr., Margaret Ann Martin’s grandson; and James B. Nixdorff, Jr., her great-grandson, for helping sort out the Childs family of Casanova.

• Sandra MacLean Clunies, CG, of Derwood, Maryland, for her suggestions as to how to better organize the manuscript.

• Lara Gomez Flebbe, of Owasso, Oklahoma, and Walter O. Trapp, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, for their assistance with research on Lucy Ann Martin’s family.

• James C. Frasca of Croton, Ohio, for generously providing an unpublished photo of Josh Martin and photos of Dick Martin memorabilia.

• The late John Gott, for patiently mining his treasure trove of Fauquier County newspaper clippings and for guiding the author through the resources of the Fauquier Heritage and Preservation Society.

• John Heatwole, author of The Burning: Sheridan’s Devastation of the Shenandoah Valley, for his assistance with research on the Meigs incident and his extensive archives on Valley history.

• Rusty Hicks, of Altavista, Virginia, for images of Dick Martin memorabilia.

• Alexander Hunter, a Black Horse Cavalryman who left us wonderful books filled with tales of the Black Horse and marvellous descriptions of the Martin boys, their adventures and their family.

• Tom Jenkins and Cathy Delph for providing the 1898 photo of the residence of Honest John Martin.

• Mort Künstler, for featuring the Black Horse in his 1999 painting “Bravest of the Brave, Black Horse Cavalry in Warrenton, Virginia, February 22, 1863”. The only identified person in the painting was Bob Martin.

• Jackie Lee, for assistance accessing the resources of the Fauquier Historical Society.

• Elizabeth “Bizz” Lineweaver for sharing the resources of Fauquier’s Black Horse Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

• The late Dave Magnum, antique maven, for his help in acquiring Martin family photographs.

• William A. Martin, author and genealogist of the early Martin family, for generous responses to my queries about Honest John Martin’s ancestors.

• Harry C. Morton, L.S., for his assistance in surveying and preserving the Martin Family Cemetery.

• Don Prechtel, for his 1985 painting “Native Sons: The Black Horse Cavalry,” depicting Black Horsemen including Josh and Bob Martin.

• Susan B. Roberts, for her copy editing skills.

• The late Ripley Robinson, descendant of a Black Horseman and reenactor extraordinaire, for his interest in and work on preserving the Martin Family Cemetery.

• Albert Scott, of Wesley, Arkansas, who provided photos of Lucy Ann Martin Smith’s family.

• Phyllis Scott and Wilma Bender, deputy clerks of the Fauquier County Court, for patiently assisting me in navigating various court records.

• E. Lee Shepard, Assistant Director for Manuscripts and Archives and Sallie and William B. Thalhimer III Senior Archivist of the Virginia Historical Society, for his general encouragement and help in providing several sources from the Minor papers, and for writing the Foreword.

• The late Nathaniel DeWitt Smith, Jr. of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, Dick Martin’s grandson, and his friend Wildeana Smith. DeWitt bequeathed his family’s memorabilia to the author.

• Don Tharpe, for sharing photographs of Bob and Dick Martin.

• Aileen Linn Burge Wright, of Jacksonville, Illinois, Dick Martin’s granddaughter, who provided so much helpful information on Dick’s family.

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for their Herculean efforts to support genealogy and for sharing their records through their free Family Search website.

Thanks to all.