is situated on parts of the east half of section 7 and the west half of section 8 and the southeast quarter of section 6 and the southwest quarter of section 5 of Martinsville Township. It is located about 12 miles southwest Marshall and 6 mile northeast of Casey, along route 40 and the Vandalia-Pennsylvania Railroad. The first settlement on the present site of the city was made in about 1829. Martinsville was founded in 1832 by Joseph Martin who came to the area in that year and purchased land. The village was platted in 1833.  Martin named it after himself.  Businesses sprang up along the Old National Road (Route 40).  Martin built the first hotel.  Willis Daughette built the Rocky Mountain House in 1840

See Also:

History of Crawford and Clark Counties, 1883.
Martinsville at the Turn of the Century
Cyclone Hits Martinsville - 1912