Robert Grimmer Cartwright: Strong McLemore Ancestry

Generation: 1

Robert Grimmer Cartwright was born on 25 Mar 1809 in Wilson County, Tennessee; died on 1 Mar 1853 in Shelby County, Texas.

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

Robert married Mary Hill Lanier on 8 Aug 1837 in San Augustine County, Texas. Mary was born about 1819 in Tennessee; died before Sep 1852 in Shelby County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

2. Amanda "Mandy" Cartwright was born about 1843 in San Augustine County, Texas; died after 1860.
3. Matthew Cartwright was born about 1847 in Shelby County, Tennessee; died about 1921.
4. Robert Cartwright was born about 1849 in Shelby County, Texas; died about 1933.

Generation: 2

Amanda "Mandy" Cartwright

(1.Robert¹) was born about 1843 in San Augustine County, Texas; died after 1860.

Notes:

Henson and Parmelee show that she married A. D. McCUTCHAN, and that they were the parents of Mary and James. (Appendix, Chart II.) The couple moved to Upshur County in 1861, and after brief service with the Confederate Army, McCutchan was discharged because of poor health. He asked Matthew for help in disposing of the property he had left in San Augustine and also in identifying land Mandy had inherited from her father. She died sometime in the late 1860's leaving two children. Their son, James McCutchan, later worked for the Cartwrights and lived in Shelby County in 1888. (Henson and Parmelee, p. 266).

3. Matthew Cartwright (1.Robert¹) was born about 1847 in Shelby County, Tennessee; died about 1921.
4. Robert Cartwright (1.Robert¹) was born about 1849 in Shelby County, Texas; died about 1933.
Notes:
Middle name said to be "George."