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Robert Grimmer Cartwright

Male 1809 - 1853  (43 years)


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  • Name Robert Grimmer Cartwright  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 25 Mar 1809  Wilson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 Mar 1853  Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 7
    Notes 
    • "Robert was a respected citizen of Shelby County, having served as a county commissioner and as trustee of the ambitious Shelby University. By 1850, he had an estate of about $13,000, comfortable by local standards but not as impressive of that of his elder brother, Matthew. His various enterprises included a mill and a store in addition to his farm in the Jonathan Bittick league, and like Matthew, Robert has several thousand acres of speculative land. He owned nine slaves who helped him raise cotton, corn, cattle, hogs and sheep. Beginning in 1851, Robert's family and slaves were treated for intermittent fever by Dr. William J. Ragland, a Tennessee kinsman.....Mary Lanier Cartwright became very ill in 1852 and died by the end of September; Robert survived her by less than seven months...He had named Matthew his executor and co-guardian of his children with W. W. Lanier, his brother-in-law." (Henson and Parmelee, pp. 165-166).
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1850 Census
      Texas, Shelby County
      437-437
      Robt G Cartwright 41 Farer 6000 Tenn
      Mary H Cartwright 31 F Tenn
      Amandy Cartwright 7 F Texas
      Matthew Cartwright 3 M Texas
      Robt Cartwright 6/12 M Texas
      Clement W Lanier 17 M Tenn
      P?? H McBride 43 Chair Maker Kent
      Easter Martin 28 F Unk
      Dick Wm Martin 9 M Tx
      Bennet Martin 7 M Tx
      Alford Martin 5 M Tx
      Wm Perkins 19 M Farm Ala
      438-438
      Wm and Matildy Lanier Family

    Person ID I3190  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father John Cartwright,   b. 10 Mar 1787, Pitt County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1841, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Mary E. "Polly" Crutchfield,   b. 26 Oct 1787, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jun 1848, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Marriage 21 Jan 1807  Wilson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Family ID F1140  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Hill Lanier,   b. Abt 1819, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Sep 1852, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Marriage 8 Aug 1837  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10
    • The couple moved to Shelbyville, where his wife's family lived, in 1845. Besides farming and raising livestock, he entered into a partnership in a saloon and store in town. (Henson and Parmelee, p. 131).
    Children 
     1. Amanda "Mandy" Cartwright,   b. Abt 1843, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1860 (Age ~ 18 years)
     2. Matthew Cartwright,   b. Abt 1847, Shelby County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1921 (Age ~ 74 years)
     3. Robert Cartwright,   b. Abt 1849, Shelby County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1933 (Age ~ 84 years)
    Family ID F1865  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Dec 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 25 Mar 1809 - Wilson County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 8 Aug 1837 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1 Mar 1853 - Shelby County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999), 71 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S350] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1835 Sabine District, Texas Census" c. 1983 Distributed by Ericson Books, p 37 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S144] 1850 United States Federal Census [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005, (Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls. This database is an index to individuals enumerated in the 1850 United States Federal Census, the Seventh Census of the United States. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, age as of the census day, sex, color; birthplace, occupation of males over age fifteen, and more. No relationships were shown between members of a household. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1850 Federal Census.), Texas, Shelby County 437-437 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), Appendix, Chart II: John Cartwright's Children and Grandchildren (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999).

    6. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 11 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 166 (Reliability: 3).

    8. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 9 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S475] Woodall-Ivey, Emily "SAN AUGUSTINE COUNTY, TEXAS MARRIAGE BOOKS", (10 May 1998 Printed in the State of Texas, U.S.A. Author and Publisher Emily Woodall-Ivey Rt. #1 Box 164, 88 Forecastle Drive Broaddus, TX 75929-9743), 2 (Reliability: 3).

    10. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), pp. 102-103 (Reliability: 3).