Martin Schwartz
- Born: After 1750, Shenadoah, Virginia
- Marriage: Maria Eva Sommer in Frederick County, Virginia
- Died: Bef 9 May 1840, Tom's Brook, Shenadoah, Virginia
 Other names for Martin were Martin Black, Johann Martin Schwartz and Johann Martin Swartz.
Noted events in his life were:
• Dates & Events: From <a href="http://www.vagenweb.org/shenandoah/bly_index.html">Shenandoah County Virginia Minute Book</a>.
1774 - 1780
1774, Nov. 22
George Keller is appointed guardian to John Black, orphan of Martin Black, deceased. (Note by Roger Smith: apparently the name Black was used in place of Schwartz part of the time; this Martin Black is probably Johann Martin Schwartz, Sr, and John Black is probably Johann Martin Schwartz, Jr.
George Keller is probably the father of Margaret Keller who married Mathi as Wilkin.)
~Biography: Records of Indentures and Guardianships in Shenandoah County, Virginia, 1772-1831, Extracted from the Minutes of the Circuit Court, by Daniel W. Bly, 1985
• He signed a will.
His will was probated 9 May 1814 in Toms Brook.
Will Book I - Page 60:
Martin Swartz, Shenandoah Co.
Wife: Mary Eve Swartz.
Son: Jacob Swartz - all my plantation and land I now live on containing 136A.
Son: John Swartz - all the plantation I bought of Frederick Mauch containing 100A adjoining the plantation I now live on.
Son: Peter.
Daus: Elizabeth Swartz; Ragel Swartz; Mary, wife of George Vogelsong; Catharine, wife of Andrew Coffman; Catharine (?), wife wife of Jacob Miller.
Exors: Wife, Mary Eve Swartz and son, John Swartz
Wit: Samuel R. Bader, John Swartz and Abraham Crabill
Dated: 1811
Proved: 5/9/1814
[Source: "Shenandoah County, Virginia - Abstracts of Wills, 1772-1850" Author/Compiler Amelia C. Gilreath, Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc., Westminster, MD 2007, 1980, Carlsbad Public Library & Home Library]
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Martin married Maria Eva Sommer, daughter of Hans Jorg Sommer and Maria Margaretha Mentz, in Frederick County, Virginia. (Maria Eva Sommer was born on 18 Sep 1751 in New Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, baptized on 27 Oct 1751 in New Hanover Evangelical Lutheran, New Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania and died on 7 Nov 1823 in Shenandoah County, Virginia.)
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