Individual Details

Richard Cantrell

(March 10, 1771 - Aft 1841)

"Richard Cantrell was born in North Carolina, March 10, 1771, and went with his parents to Spartanburg County, South Carolina. He is the other son of Abraham mentioned in the First Census, 1790, as being over sixteen years of age. He married Constance Bethel, February 18, 1794. She was born October 22, 1776.

"In July 1794, he purchased 200 acres of land on Little Buck Creek (South Carolina), which he sold October 1, 1797 to Charles Cantrell. In 1800 he purchased other land in this vicinity. The exact year in which he moved with his family to Warren County, Tennessee is not known, but he received a grant of land in that county in 1824. (A list of his descendants followed.)" (THE CANTRILL - CANTRELL GENEALOGY, 1908, by Susan Cantrill Christie, pages 13 - 15.)

"Richard received a grant of land in Warren County, Tennessee in 1824. He was the son of Abraham Cantrell. He and Constance Bethel had 13 children." (THE EARLY BETHELLS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS by Virginia Mohler Garde, Rt 3 Box 327A, Edwardsville, IL 62025; pages 93, 95, 96, 142.)

Events

BirthMarch 10, 1771Orange County, North Carolina
MarriageFebruary 18, 1794Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina - Constance "Polly" Bethel
DeathAft 1841probably DeKalb County, Tennessee

Families

SpouseConstance "Polly" Bethel (1776 - 1848)
ChildSampson Cantrell (1795 - )
ChildLarkin Cantrell (1797 - )
ChildMary "Polly" Cantrell (1799 - 1863)
ChildIsaac Cantrell (1802 - )
ChildAnna Cantrell (1804 - )
ChildBethel Cantrell (1807 - )
ChildElizabeth Cantrell (1809 - )
ChildSarah Cantrell (1811 - )
ChildJane Cantrell (1811 - )
ChildIrena Cantrell (1813 - )
ChildTilman Bethel Cantrell (1815 - 1873)
ChildJonathan L. Cantrell (1819 - )
ChildNarcissus Cantrell (1821 - )
FatherCapt. Abraham Cantrell (1744 - 1807)
MotherMalissa L. Watson (1758 - 1799)
SiblingAbraham Cantrell (1765 - )
SiblingJohn "Johnny Flat" Cantrell (1773 - 1850)
SiblingWatson Cantrell (1785 - )