He disembarked at Galveston on November 23, 1844, from the Johann Detthard [2][3] After living in New Braunfels, he moved to Fredericksburg when John O. Meusebach opened up the area to settlements.
[5][6] Martin engaged in farming and ranching, while also selling livestock forage and supplies to area settlers.
[1] In 1853 the Martin family moved ten miles south of what is now Mason, on the banks of the Llano River.
During his life at Hedwig Hill, Martin continued the business endeavors he had in Gillespie County, in addition to hauling cotton to Mexico.
[1] On June 16, 1864, on a freight hauling trip to Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Martin and his niece's husband Eugene Frantzen had gold hidden beneath a load of bacon.
When she moved back to Fredericksburg, she had the bodies buried in a common grave in Der Stadt Friedhof.