Martha H. WATERS^[1]

1840 - 1930  (90 years)

• Name	Martha H. WATERS
  Birth	Apr 1840	North Carolina   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  birth2 (conflicting)	14 Feb 1841	Beaufort Co, NC   [1]
  	A preponderance of evidence supports the April 1840 birth date rather than the 14 February 1841 date supplied by Martha's son Samuel at the time of her death.
  Death	24 Jul 1930	Pine Town, Beaufort Co, NC   [1]
  	Martha died at 4:30 am on 24 July 1930 in Pine Town, North Carolina. She was 90 years old. Cause of death was noted as "catarrhal bronchitis" [inflammation of mucous membranes], from which she had suffered for about 10 years.
  Burial	25 Jul 1930	Long Acre, Beaufort Co, NC   [1]
  	Her body was interred at a family burying ground in Long Acre, North Carolina on 25 July 1930.
  Person ID	I40029	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Everett WATERS,   b. c.1798, Long Acre, Beaufort Co, NC d. 1882, Long Acre, Beaufort Co, NC
  Mother	Mary Ann GRADLESS,   b. c.1805, Bath, Beaufort Co, NC d. Bef 1870, Long Acre, Beaufort Co, NC
  Family ID	F1817	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Samuel W. BOYD,   b. Oct 1839, North Carolina
  Marriage	5 Jan 1866	Beaufort Co, NC   [4, 5]
  	The couple was married by H.S. Gurganus on 5 January 1866 in Beaufort County, North Carolina.
  Notes	The 1900 census notes that Martha had delivered 5 children, three of whom were living at the time of the enumeration.
  Children	1. Americus Sherman BOYD,   b. 27 Dec 1867, Beaufort Co, NC d. 9 Dec 1935, Long Acre Twp, Beaufort Co, NC (Age 67 years)   2. Samuel William BOYD,   b. 25 Dec 1872, North Carolina d. 10 Dec 1943, Pinetown, Beaufort Co, NC (Age 70 years)   3. George W. BOYD,   b. c.1876, North Carolina
  Family ID	F2755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos

  1920 US Census / Boyd, Samuel W. Pinetown, North Carolina.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1776] Martha H. Boyd, North Carolina death certificate no. 341 (1930). [S1768] 1900 US Census / Boyd, Samuel W. . [S825] 1870 US Census / Waters, Everett. [S3935] Louise M. Cowell, compiler, Cowell, Brides Index for Beaufort County, NC Vol 1, 1847 - 1909, ((Washington, NC: Beaufort County Genealogical Society, 1994)). p. 190. [S3940] John H. Oden III, compiler, Oden, Record of Marriages, 1851 - 1868, Beaufort County, North Carolina, ((Washington, NC: Beaufort County Genealogical Society, 1994)), p. 8.