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- THE FOLLOWING NOTES ARE EDITED FROM NOTES SUPPLIED BY CHARLES T. CANTRELL, BRENTWOOD TN.
Richard Cantrell (4) was born in 1764 in the Northwest corner of old Orange County, North Carolina. He was a son of the Rev. Isaac Cantrell and Talitha Cloud. Richard married Martha Savage in North Carolina about 1789. Martha was born about 1770 and is believed to be a daughter of William Savage from Old Orange County, North Carolina .
Richard was first located in the County records of Spartanburg County, South Carolina when he bought 200 acres of land on Little Buck Creek in July 1794. He sold that land to his brother, Charles, on 1 October 1797. He later bought and sold other land in Spartanburg County .
In 1800 Richard was still in Spartanburg County, and his father, Isaac, was living in the same area. At that time Richard was listed as 26-45 years of age and his wife also 26-45. There was one daughter 10-16 years of age and four sons, all under 10 years old.
In about 1806, Richard joined several relatives and friends in a wagon train to middle Tennessee. A petition dated 6 August 1806, containing the signatures of Richard and his brother John, was submitted to the Tennessee House of Representatives requesting the establishment of a new county to be located in an area just south of Smith County. On 22 November 1807, an act of The Tennessee General Assembly provided for White County to be divided into two counties and thus the county of Warren was established in February 1808.
Richard and Martha were among the first members of the Old Bildad Church which was established 26 June 1809. It was located in what later became the community of Keltonburg, at that time in Warren County, Tennessee.
In 1812 Richard was enumerated on the Warren County tax list by Justice of the Peace, John B. Perkins, Esq. In the 1820 census Richard was listed on page 292 in Warren County, Tennessee and both he and his wife were over age 45. There were eight other persons, six males and two females listed in the household. One of the females may have been a daughter-in-law. Also, later census records indicate there may have been three daughters instead of just one listed. In 1824 Richard again was recorded in a land transaction in Warren County and his son Abraham P. Cantrell, who had been living in Indiana, was a witness to the deed . Also in 1824 Richard's son Hardin, was shown to have had a survey of land joining Richard's.
Richard was not recorded as head of household in Warren County after 1824, or any later census for that county, which could indicate that he had died or he may have moved to Kentucky with one of his sons.
The death dates, places, or burial grounds have not been found for either Richard or Martha.
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1765 - Yes, date unknown
