Robert Grimmer Cartwright

1809 - 1853  (43 years)

• Name	Robert Grimmer Cartwright  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	25 Mar 1809	Wilson County, Tennessee   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1 Mar 1853	Shelby County, Texas   [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 d. 18 Jul 1841, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Mary E. "Polly" Crutchfield,   b. 26 Oct 1787, Virginia d. 17 Jun 1848, San Augustine County, Texas (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan 1807	Wilson County, Tennessee   [8]
  Family ID	F1140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Hill Lanier,   b. Abt 1819, Tennessee d. Bef Sep 1852, Shelby County, Texas (Age 33 years)
  Marriage	8 Aug 1837	San Augustine County, Texas   [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 d. Aft 1860 (Age 18 years)   2. Matthew Cartwright,   b. Abt 1847, Shelby County, Tennessee d. Abt 1921 (Age 74 years)   3. Robert Cartwright,   b. Abt 1849, Shelby County, Texas d. Abt 1933 (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F1865	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2012

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 25 Mar 1809 - Wilson County, Tennessee Marriage - 8 Aug 1837 - San Augustine County, Texas Death - 1 Mar 1853 - Shelby County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999), 71 (Reliability: 3). [S350] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1835 Sabine District, Texas Census" c. 1983 Distributed by Ericson Books, p 37 (Reliability: 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). [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). [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999). [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 11 (Reliability: 3). [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 166 (Reliability: 3). [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 9 (Reliability: 3). [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). [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), pp. 102-103 (Reliability: 3).