Thomas Bryan Martin

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Colonel Thomas Bryan Martin (born 1731 in England, died 1798) was an early American jurist, legislator, and prominent landowner. Martin was born to Denny Martin and his wife, Frances Fairfax (1703-1791), sister of Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron (1692-1781), and arrived in Virginia from England in 1751. The following year, Martin was appointed land agent by his uncle, Lord Fairfax, of the Northern Neck Proprietary. Upon his becoming a land agent, Martin took up residence with Lord Fairfax at Greenway Court in the Shenandoah River valley near present-day White Post in Clarke County, Virginia. Martin granted 100 major leases from 1759 to 1775 and 225 additional leases from 1783 to 1793. In 1758, Martin and George Washington were elected as burgesses to the House of Burgesses for Frederick County, Virginia. Martin also presided as the first judge of Hampshire County, Virginia (now in West Virginia) beginning in 1757. The city of Martinsburg in Berkeley County, West Virginia was named for Martin by his long-time friend, General Adam Stephen when it was chartered in 1778.


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