George Washington Cartwright

1812 - 1881  (68 years)

• Name	George Washington Cartwright  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	2 Aug 1812	Wilson County, Tennessee   [1, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Jun 1881	Sabine County, Texas   [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 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   [6]
  Family ID	F1140	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 2 Aug 1812 - Wilson County, Tennessee Marriage - 14 Feb 1844 - San Augustine County, Texas Death - 26 Jun 1881 - Sabine County, Texas  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972. [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). [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. 9 (Reliability: 3). [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 151 (Reliability: 3).