Person

John L. Martz (Louisville, Kentucky, city marshal and night policeman)

b. 1830?

Louisville, Kentucky, city marshal and night policeman. Virginia native. Married to Jane Anderson Martz in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on December 4, 1850. Married to Mary Ann Hadfield Martz in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on April 22, 1856. Served in the 1st Kentucky Infantry as a private from May 16, 1848, to July 12, 1848 in the U.S.-Mexico War. City marshal in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1860. Night policeman in Louisville from 1861 to 1863. Night policeman in Louisville in 1865. Police lieutenant in Louisville in 1865.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 8, p. 661.

Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville, District 146, 316B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482707.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film 000482708.

Registers of Enlistments in the United States Army, 1798-1914, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M233, Roll 23, Mexican American War Enlistments, Jan. 1847-June 1849, p. 168..

Index To Compiled Service Records Of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During The Mexican War, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M616, Roll 0023.

"An Ordinance," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), May 4, 1860, p. 3.

"Official: Board of Aldermen," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), September 6, 1862, p. 3.

"Election of Policemen," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), 12 March 1863, p. 3.

"Official: Board of Aldermen," The Louisville Daily Journal (Louisville, KY), March 29, 1865, p. 1.

Tanner’s Louisville Directory and Business Advertiser for 1861 ed. Henry Tanner (Louisville: Directory Publication and Advertising Agency, 1861), 168.

Edwards' Annual Director to the Inhabitants, Institutions, Incorporated Companies, Manufacturing Establishments, Business firms, Etc., Etc., in the City of Louisville, For 1865-6 (Louisville: Edwards, Greenough & Deved, 1866), 482.

Citation

Martz, John L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200181 (November 12, 2026).

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