Background
Martin, Barclay was born on December 17, 1802 in Edgefield District, South Carolina, United States.
Martin, Barclay was born on December 17, 1802 in Edgefield District, South Carolina, United States.
Studied law, Columbia, Tennessee
He pursued an academic course and moved to Columbia, Tennessee in Maury County. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and began his practice. He resumed the practice of his profession and again served in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1847 to 1849 and from 1851 to 1853.
Martin died in Columbia, Tennessee on November 8, 1890 and is interred at Zion Cemetery.
In 1839 and 1840, Martin was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives, and he served in the Tennessee Senate from 1841 to 1843. Elected as a member of the Democratic Party to the Twenty-ninth Congress, Martin served from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1847. He was a member of the board of trustees of the Columbia Athenaeum, which served as the rectory for the Columbia Female Institute, from 1852 until his death.