[3] His plantation, which he called "Deep Hole" because of an artesian spring, was near the confluence of the Potomac River and Occoquan Creek, near both Belmont Bay and Marumsco Creek, not far from where Captain John Smith landed on one of his Potomac expeditions and which was frequented by Native peoples.
Around 1655, Scarlett purchased 700 acres from the widow of Thomas Burbage of Nansemond County (who had remarried to Capt.
[11] Early in the 20th century, while the house had long vanished, the family' graveyard remained near the end of Dawson's Beach Road, about two miles from the former ferry at "Woodbridge" in what eventually became the Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge.The Works Progress Administration noted gravestones for Scarlett and a relation with a mostly illegible name which referenced a 1698 death date.
[12] While the original historian thought the next most legible name was "John", modern archeologists believe that it was for his widow ("relict") since it mentioned a marriage as well as the 1698 death date, and no records indicate that Martin and Ann had any children together.
[15] Thus, while Scarlett's actual resting place on what was once his plantation has been lost, his tombstone was moved south in 2005 to the cemetery at Rippon Lodge, on the National Register of Historic Places and currently operated under the authority of Prince William County's Historical Preservation Division.