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George Washington Cartwright

Male 1812 - 1881  (68 years)


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  • Name George Washington Cartwright  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth 2 Aug 1812  Wilson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Death 26 Jun 1881  Sabine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Notes 
    • Noble writes that he "Lived in Sabine County and was a charter member of the Jackson Masonic Lodge of Milam. He was a land speculator like his father and brother, Matthew. In 1881, he sold 20 A. to Wm. M Reese and S.E. Collier for the Sabine Valley University in Hemphill."

      Henson and Parmalee indicate he was a blacksmith (p. 42). The authors also speculate that "George Cartwright may have taken his wife and small daughter Mary to California [during the Gold Rush]. The tax assessor in Sabine County listed him as a nonresident, and his name appears nowhere in Texas in the 1850 and 1860 censuses. George's five-year-old son Sanford lived with Uncle Richard Cartwright in San Augustine in 1850 and went to school in Shelby County for the next two years. George was back in Sabine County on June 5, 1860, when his steam mill exploded, damaging the machinery. He told a friend that he was "not dispirited" and thought he could repair it. (ibid, p 165). In a footnote, the authors also cite the "Diary of C. C. Cox," 49, [which] mentions a company of families from eastern Texas, including a blacksmith.
    • (Research):

      Census Listings:

      1870 Census
      Texas, Sabine County, Hemphill Beat No. 1, PO Hemphill
      Enumerated 30 Jun 1870
      Pages 11 and 12 Stamped 6
      86-86
      Cartright, G W 58 M W Farmer 2000 1000 Tenn
      Ann Cortright 40 F W Keeping House Ireland
      Mary V Kay 24 F W Widow Tx
      Unice P Kay 2 f W Tx

      1880 Census
      Texas, Sabine County
      Page 4D SD 1 ED 85
      Enumerated 16 Jun 1880
      36-37
      Cartright, George W M 67 Farmer Tenn NS Va
      Cartright, Ann W F 50 Wf Keeping Houst Ireland Ireland Ireland
      Kay, William W M 11 Grandson Farm Laborer Tx
      Kay, George W M 9 Grandson At School Tx

    Person ID I6993  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  [6
    Family ID F1140  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ann Oliver,   b. Bef 1830, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1880 (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Marriage 14 Feb 1844  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7
    Children 
     1. Sanford Holman Cartwright,   b. 1 Dec 1844, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jan 1887, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years)
     2. Mary V. Cartwright,   b. Abt 1846, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F3417  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Dec 2012 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 2 Aug 1812 - Wilson County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 14 Feb 1844 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Jun 1881 - Sabine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972.

    2. [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999), 71 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S350] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1835 Sabine District, Texas Census" c. 1983 Distributed by Ericson Books, p 37 (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. 9 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 151 (Reliability: 3).