John M. Cantrell

1757 - 1823  (66 years)

• Name	John M. Cantrell
  Birth	1757	Orange County, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	1823	Spartanburg, 96th District, South Carolina
  Person ID	I45631	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	John Miller Cantrell,   b. 6 Oct 1724, Wilmington, New Castle County, Pennsylvania d. 1803, Spartanburg County, South Carolina (Age 78 years)
  Mother	??? Brittain,   b. Abt 1725, Of New Castle County, Pennsylvania d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1743
  Family ID	F16940	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Cantrell,   b. 1761, Orange County, North Carolina d. Abt 1830, Spartanburg County, South Carolina (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1779	Guilford County, North Carolina
  Children	1. Berry Cantrell,   b. 6 May 1799, Spartanburg, 96th District, South Carolina d. 7 May 1866, Marion County, Alabama (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F16937	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 May 2015

  
  

• Notes

  JOHN M. CANTRELL WAS BORN IN 1757 IN THE WESTERN PART OF OLD ORANGE CO. NC.  THE AREA OF HIS BIRTH BECAME GUILFORD CO. IN 1771 AND ROCKINGHAM CO. IN 1785.  HE GREW TO MANHOOD ON THE WATERS OF WOLF ISLAND CREEK, ABOUT 1 AND 1/2 MILES NORTHEAST OF REIDSVILLE.  HE SERVED IN THE WAR FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE FROM THE SALISBURY DIST. NC.  AFTER THE WAS, HE WAS GRANTED A WARRANT FOR LAND GRANTED THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS IN THE CONTENTIAL LINE OUT OF THE SECURITY OFFICE.  THIS WAS WARRANT #3930.  NO ACREAGE OR SERVICE LISTED.  HE WAS ALSO ALLOWED 17 LBS AND 7 PENCE ON A CLAIM FILED 9 AUGUST 1782 AND THE CERTIFICATE #1575 IN ON FILE IN THE ARCHIVES AR RALEIGH, NC. JOHN MARRIED HIS COUSIN, ELIZABETH CANTRELL, DAUGHTER OF ISAAC AND TALITHA CLOUD CANTRELL, ABOUT 1779 IN GUILFORD CO. NC.  THE MARRIAGE RECORDS OF GUILFORD CO. FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. SHE WAS BORN IN 1761 ON A FARM NEARBY WHERE JOHN WAS BORN. AFTER JOHN'S DEATH IN 1823, A LENGTHY PROBATE WAS MADE OF HIS ESTATE. IN ADDITION TO THE LAND, HE LEFT PERSONAL PROPERTY WHICH WAS INVENTORIED AT $2,077.58 AND SOLD FOR $2,102.27.  THE PERSONAL PROPERTY INCLUDED 5 SLAVES.  JESSE WAS A MULATTO, THOUGH SOLD TO ELIZABETH AT THE SALE, LATER WENT TO MARION CO. ALA. WITH THE REST OF THE FAMILY.  HE WAS BORN IN 1804 IN SC.  HE MARRIED AN INDIAN GIRL, SARAH, BORN IN 1815 IN NC.  IN LATER YEARS AFTER THE WAR, HE OWNED LAND IN MARION CO. AND WAS A WELL KNOWN FARMER. IN 1830 ELIZABETH WAS LISTED IN SPARTANBURG CO. ANDPROBABLY DIED SOON THEREAFTER UNLESS SHE ACCOMPANIED THREE OF THE SONS TO MARION CO. ALA.  IF SHE DIED IN SC. SHE IS PROBABLY BY JOHN AT THE BUCK CREEK CEMETERY AND THEIR GRAVES MARKED BY FIELD STONES.  THE ENTIRE CENTER OF THE CEMETERY IS MADE UP OF FIELD STONE MARKED GRAVES. CHILDREN OF JOHN M. CANTRELL: 1. ABRAHAM CANTRELL 2. ISAAC CANTRELL 3. ELIZABETH CANTRELL 4. TALITHA CANTRELL 5. MARY (POLLY) CANTRELL 6. WILLIAM CANTRELL 7. MARTIN CANTRELL 8.* BERRY CANTRELL 9. ANNA CANTRELL 10. SARAH CANTRELL 11. CYNTHIA CANTRELL