Martin Laton (also spelled Layton) and Mary Ann Smart were married on 3 October 1850 in Montgomery County, North Carolina. Martin was borne about 1836, a son of John Laton, Sr. and his wife Catherine Dry. Mary Ann Smart, age 22, is in the household of Nathaniel Wilson Smart and Darutha Annie Harper on the 1850 Stanly County census.
I would like to add a “Caution” here: there is a huge amount of misinformation on the FindAGrave Memorial for Mary Ann Smart Laton. The husband of Mary Ann Smart died of disease in the Civil War and she never remarried so the surname on the memorial is the first problem.
Martin Laton enlisted on 2 March 1863 with the 17th Infantry. On 5 August 1864, Martin decided he wanted to go home and went AWOL (Absent Without Leave). He was arrested, Court martialed and Sentence to Death. His sentence was commuted and he died of Disease on 31 December 1864.
LATON, MARTIN, Private
Enlisted in Montgomery County on March 2, 1863, for the war. Present or accounted for until he deserted on August 5, 1864. Apprehended on August 26, 1864, Court-martialed and sentenced to death; however, his sentence was commuted. Died in hospital at Richmond, Virginia, December 31. 1864, of Disease. NC Troops, Volume 6, page 291, left column
Mary Ann Smart was left a widow. No children had been borne of this union between October 1859 and his death in December 1864. Mary Ann Smart Laton remained a widow until her death.
In 1870, Mary Smart can be found the household of Nathaniel Wilson Smart and his wife Ruth. [Note: I believe Darutha Annie Harper and Ruth A. Smart are the same individual.]
In 1880 Stanly County Census, she is in the household of Ruth A. Smart.
Mary Ann (Smart) Laton wife of Martin Laton died before 2 December 1893. No one was left to give her a burial so no tombstone has been found.
Martin Laton is my 1st Cousin 4X Removed.
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1. 1850 Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Harris, Stanly, North Carolina, Page:#31B (Stamped); Line:#6, Dwelling:#270, Family:#271, Household of John LATON; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : online January 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 645.
2. 1860 U. S. Census, Stanly County, North Carolina, population schedule, Stanly, North Carolina, Page:#31B (Stamped); Line:#8, Dwelling:#430, Family:#433, Household of Martin LAYTON; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : online January 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 914.
3. Matthew Brown Editor, BOOK: NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS:1861-1865: A Roster (Raleigh, NC 27699-4622: Historical Publications Section, 1997), Martin LATON, Volume 6, page 291.
4. Ancestry, "Civil War Service Records" database, Military Service Records (https://www.fold3.com/ : accessed January 2024), entry for Martin LAYTON, Private; Company "L", 17th Infantry Reg't, NC; Confederate.
5. Stanly County, North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979, Martin LAYTON/LATON; digital images, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org: online February 2024); https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9061/images/007661557_01321.
6. "North Carolina, Index to Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 20 January 2022), Marriage: Martan Laton & Mary Smart, Marriage Date: 3 Oct 1850.
9. 1870 U. S. Census, Montgomery County , North Carolina, population schedule, Uwharrie, Montgomery, North Carolina, Page:#475B (Stamped); Line:#7, Dwelling:#9, Family:#9, Household of N. W. SMART; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : online January 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm M593.
10. 1880 U. S. Census, Montgomery County , North Carolina, population schedule, Uwharrie, Montgomery, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 0130, Page:#196(Stamped); Line:#16,, Dwelling:#69, Family:#69, Mary SMART in Household of Ruth Smart; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : online January 2024); citing National Archives Microfilm T9,.
11. Stanly County, North Carolina, Probate of Mary Ann Smart, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/9061/images/007661557_01327.
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