Benjamin Cantrell

Male 1768 - 1846  (77 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Cantrell 
    Nickname Ben 
    Birth 10 May 1768  Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 1805  White County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Alt Death 1843  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Death 1846  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Probate 28 Mar 1848  DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Burial Old Bildad Cemetery, Keltonburg, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I3996  The Hennessee Family
    Last Modified 6 Sep 2018 

    Father Reverend or Elder Isaac Thornton Cantrell,   b. 27 Jan 1729, New Castle County, Delaware Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Aug 1805, Chesnee, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Cantrell   d. 0___ 1772, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F14537  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Charity Legat,   b. 1764, Spartanburg, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1835, Smithville, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Marriage 1788  Spartanburg, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 8
    Children 
     1. James Cantrell,   b. 0___ 1790, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1860, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years)
     2. Nancy Cantrell,   b. 1791, (Spartanburg County) South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. YOUNG
     3. Jr. Benjamin Cantrell,   b. 0___ 1805, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1848, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 43 years)
     4. Sarah Nancy Cantrell,   b. 30 Oct 1793, (Spartanburg County) South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1859, Dade County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
     5. Elizabeth Cantrell,   b. 5 Feb 1796, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Nov 1864, Texas County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years)
     6. Rayburn "Reuben" Cantrell,   b. 28 May 1800, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1850, Everton, Dade Co., MO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
     7. Peter Cantrell,   b. 0___ 1802, Spartanburg County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0___ 1874, Dade County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
     8. Tabitha Cantrell,   b. 0___ 1807, Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Martha Cantrell,   b. (Spartanburg County, South Carolina) Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Mary E. "Polly" Cantrell,   b. 6 May 1808, Sink Creek, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1888, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    Family ID F1974  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

    Family 2 Mary "Polly" Durham,   b. ~1770, Orange County, North Carolina, a British Colony in America Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1840, DeKalb County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Marriage 1828  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F1975  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

    Family 3 Hannah Matilda Powell,   b. (Tennessee) Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft BENJAMIN 
    Marriage ~1836  Warren County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 9
    Family ID F3005  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 10 May 1768 - Rockingham County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1788 - Spartanburg, South Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 1805 - White County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1828 - Warren County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - ~1836 - Warren County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsAlt Death - 1843 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 1846 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsProbate - 28 Mar 1848 - DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Old Bildad Cemetery, Keltonburg, DeKalb County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Benjamin (Ben) Cantrell
      Born about 10 May 1768 in Rockingham County, North Carolina
      ANCESTORS ancestors
      Son of Isaac Cantrell Sr and Elizabeth Cantrell
      Brother of Jacob Cantrell [half], Robert Cantrell [half], Elizabeth Cantrell [half], Mary (Cantrell) Bethel [half], Thomas Cantrell [half], Reuben Cantrell [half], Elijah Cantrell [half], Charles Cantrell [half], Isaac Cantrell II [half], Richard L Cantrell [half], John Cantrell, James Cantrell [half], Sarah (Cantrell) Pirkle, Daniel Cantrell [half], Peter Cantrell [half], Unknown Cantrell [half], Abraham Cantrell [half], William Cantrell Sr [half], Henry Elijah Cantrell [half], Nimrod Cantrell [half], Mark Cantrell [half], Caleb Cantrell [half], William Lanceford Cantrell [half], Enoch Cantrell [half], Gemina (Cantrell) Chapman [half] and Son Cantrell [half]
      Husband of Charity (Legate) Cantrell — married 1788 in 96th District, SC
      Husband of Mary (Durham) Cantrell — married 1828 in Warren, Tennessee, United States
      Husband of Hannah Powell — married about 1836 in Warren County, Tennessee, United States

      DESCENDANTS descendants

      Father of James Andrew Cantrell Sr., Sarah Nancy Cantrell, Elizabeth Cantrell, Raburn Cantrell Sr., Peter Cantrell, Benjamin Cantrell Jr., Samuel Cantrell, Matilda Talitha Cantrell and Mary Cantrell
      Died about 1846 in DeKalb, Tennessee, United Statesmap

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      The parents listed for this individual are speculative and may not be based on sound genealogical research. Sources to prove or disprove this ancestry are needed. Please contact the Profile Manager or leave information on the bulletin board.
      There is a question as to who the parents of Benjamin were. He is currently listed as son of Isaac Cantrell and Elizabeth Cantrell. They did have a son named Benjamin. However, Christie in The Cantrill-Cantrell genealogy states that this Benjamin is the son of John Cantrell and his wife Rachel Brittain. There is some evidence for this. Both Benjamin and John settled in the 96 District, Spartanburg, South Carolina not long after the end of the Revolutionary War (about 1780) and can be found living near each other. Isaac Cantrell did not move to South Carolina until 1795.

      Biography

      Benjamin was probably born about 1768 in Rockingham County, North Carolina. We sometimes find a date of 10 May 1768, but this is totally unconfirmed. It is difficult to be certain exactly who his mother was because we do not have exact death date for Isaac's first wife or date of marriage to his second wife. It is however, pretty well assumed that Benjamin was the son of Isaac's second wife, Elizabeth.

      He grew to adulthood in Orange County, North Carolina. As a young man he and a brother made the move to the old 96th district of South Carolina. The section where he settled would later become Spartanburg County.

      He married Charity Legate in 1788 and on the 1790 census were living near his brother, James and his family.

      In 1805 he moved his young family to White county, Tennessee. He settled on the banks of Sink Creek and when Warren County was formed his land was in the new county.

      Ben was an herb doctor and a farmer. It is mentioned that a daughter, Mary, was the first white child born on Sink Creek. He was a faithful member of the Bildad Baptist Church. He laid Charity to rest in the churchyard here in 1835.

      According to records for his father, the family moved to South Carolina about 1795. But it appears as if Benjamin may have gone there sooner. He married his wife Charity Legate about 1788 in Spartanburg County. Benjamin is listed on the 1790 census in 96 District, Spartanburg County, South Carolina. In his household are 1 male age 16 or over, 1 male under 16 and 1 female. Also listed on this census record are James Cantrell, Abraham Cantrell, John Cantrell, and Samson Bethel (his sister Mary's husband).[1][2]

      In 1800 Benjamin is still living in Spartanburg County. In his household on the 1800 census are:

      2 males age 0-9
      1 male age 10-15
      1 male age 26-44 [Benjamin]
      2 females age 0-9
      1 female age 16-25 [Charity, although may be in the wrong age bracket][3]
      Shortly after 1810 Benjamin moved his family to Tennessee, near the present site of Smithville. A 50 acre tract surveyed on 21 March 1812 was officially granted to Benjamin on 23 October 1814. This tract was on the south side of Sink Creek in Warren County, Tennessee[4]

      Benjamin married Mary "Polly" (Durham) Magness about 1828 in Warren County, Tennessee. They had no children.

      Benjamin last appears in records on the 1830 census in Warren County, Tennessee. His death is usually listed as occurring in 1843 or 1846, but there is no documentation for either date. In 1840 his son James Cantrell is living in DeKalb County, Tennessee. In James's household in addition to his wife, is a female age 50-59 who might be Benjamin's widow, Hannah Powell. James was appointed executor of Hannah's estate in November 1848 so it appears possible that the older woman in his household in 1840 was Hannah. If she is Hannah, then Benjamin must have died before 1840.[5]

      Name
      Benjamin Cantrell

      Parents
      Rev. Isaac Thornton Cantrell (1729-) & Talitha Cloud (1729-1768)

      Rev. Isaac Thornton Rev Cantrell (1725-1805) & Elizabeth Cantrell (1729-1772)

      John Cantrell (1724-1803) & Hannah Brittian (1725-1769)

      Birth
      10 May 1768 Wolf Island Creek, Rockingham Co, North Carolina

      1768 Wolf Island Creek, Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA

      1768 Rockingham, NC

      1768 NC now, Rockingham, North Carolina, USA

      10 May 1768 Western Orange, Rockingham, North Carolina, USA

      1768 Orange, NC., USA

      Marriage
      1788 96th District, SC

      Death
      1843 Warren Co., TN

      1843 Sink Creek, Warren, Tennessee, USA

      1843 Warren, De Kalb County, Tennessee, USA

      1846 Sink Creek, Warren, TN., USA

      1846 Warren, De Kalb, Tennessee, United States

      1846 De Kalb, Warren, Tennessee, United States of America

      1846 Sink Creek, Warren County, Tennessee, United States

      1846 Sink Creek, De Kalb, Tennessee, United States

      Burial
      Old Bildad Cemetery, Keltonburg, DeKalb Co., TN
      Notes
      Note N00087BENJAMIN4 CANTRELL, (John3, Joseph2, Richard1), b ca 1768. Wolf Island Creek, Rockingham Co., NC d ca 1846, Sink Creek, DeKalb Co., TN m1st Charity Legat m2nd Polly Magness m3rd Hannah Powell. Benjamin was a small boy when his parents moved to Spartanburg Co., SC. At the time of the fighting in Ninety-Six District during the Revolution, he was about 12 years old; and it is said that while he was ploughing in the fields, that by lying with his ear to the ground he could distinctly hear the roar of the cannon. He appears in the census of 1790 in Spartanburg Co., NC as the head of household, and moved to Warren (now DeKalb) Co., Tennessee, by 1809. They were probably charter members of Bildad Baptist Church when it was organizaed in June 1809. benjamin was a deacon, church treasurer, delegate to the association in 1815 and 1820, and he remained active in the church until his death in 1846. By 1814, or earllier, he lived on what is now Sink Creek, DeKalb Co., TN. After Charity's death, Benjamin married second about 1828, Polly Durham Magness, who died by 1840; he then married third Hannah Powell. He probably had thirteen children, all by the frirst wife. Benjamin Cantrell's family is listed on pages 115, 116, and 117 of the 1908 Cantrell genealogy. Benjamin in that book was assigned as a son of John Cantrell, but the South Carolina court records show that to be in erro, as benjamin was actually a son of Isaac Cantrell. At least three of Benjamin Cantrell's daughters married Cantrells. Some of his descenants moved to Missouri and other states, but a large number of them remained in DeKalb and Warren Counties in Tennessee. Children of Benjamin Cantrell and Charity Legat:
      + 33. i. Peter5 Cantrell m Elizabeth Davis.
      + 34. ii. James5 Cantrell m Kizzie Cantrell.
      + 35.iii. Rayburn5 Cantrell b SC m Nellie _______.
      + 36. iv. Benjamin5 Cantrell b Spartanburg Co., SC m Frances Fowler.
      + 37. v. Elizabeth5 Cantrell b SC m Daniel Thomas.
      + 38. vi. Nancy5 Cantrell
      + 39. vii. Sarah5 Cantrell m Elijah Cantrell son of Thomas Cantrell.
      + 40. viii. Mary5 Cantrell m Green Cantrell son of Isaac Cantrell.
      + 41. ix. Matilda 5Cantrell b TN m John Cantrell son of Abraham Cantrell.
      + 42. x. Martha5 Cantrell b TN m Jackson Forrester.

      From Find A Grave: He was the son of Rev. Isaac & Elizabeth Cantrell. He grew to adulthood in Orange County, North Carolina. As a young man he and a brother made the move to the old 96th district of South Carolina. The section where he settled would later become Spartanburg County. He married Charity Legate in 1788 and on the 1790 census were living near his brother, James and his family. In 1805 he moved his young family to White county, Tennessee. He settled on the banks of Sink Creek and when Warren County was formed his land was in the new county. Ben was an herb doctor and a farmer. It is mentioned that a daughter, Mary, was the first white child born on Sink Creek. He was a faithful member of the Bildad Baptist Church. He laid Charity to rest in the churchyard here in 1835. He married 2nd widow Mary "Polly" (Durham) Magness. He married 3rd Hannah Matilda Powell.

      Sources

      "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHP4-YLZ : 18 August 2015), Benjamin Cantrell, Warren, Tennessee, United States; citing 307, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 181; FHL microfilm 24,539.
      Christie, Susan Cantrill. The Cantrill-Cantrell Genealogy: A Record of the Descendants of Richard Cantrill, who was a Resident of Philadelphia Prior to 1689, and of Earlier Cantrills in England and America. New York: The Grafton Press Genealogical Publishers, 1908. p 115-116
      Research of Mildred Butts, Jul 8, 2002.
      Ancestry Family Trees (for all the different birth & death dates/places)
      WFT Vol. 73 Tree 0179.
      Research by Mildred Butts, Jul 8, 2002.
      Ancestry Family Trees; http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=23138780&pid=828
      U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
      Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 October 2018), memorial page for Benjamin Cantrell (10 May 1768–1846), Find A Grave: Memorial #31252281, citing Old Bildad Cemetery, Keltonburg, DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Lela Parris Koch (contributor 47311410) .
      ? "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKN-MP5 : accessed 7 January 2017), Benjn Cantrel, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 32, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 11; FHL microfilm 568,151.
      ? Heads of Families 1790, p 89
      ? "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHRC-4DQ : accessed 7 January 2017), Benjn Cantrell, Spartanburg District, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 175, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 50; FHL microfilm 181,425.
      ? North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, 1753-1931 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Tennessee. Division of Archives, Land Office, and Museum. Early Tennessee/North Carolina Land Records, 1783–1927, Record Group 50. Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tenn. Warrant number 6174
      ? "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTK-S3W : 24 August 2015), James Cantrel, DeKalb, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 249, NARA microfilm publication M704, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 520; FHL microfilm 24,543.
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    • He was the son of Rev. Isaac & Elizabeth Cantrell.

      He grew to adulthood in Orange County, North Carolina. As a young man he and a brother made the move to the old 96th district of South Carolina. The section where he settled would later become Spartanburg County.

      He married Charity Legate in 1788 and on the 1790 census were living near his brother, James and his family.

      In 1805 he moved his young family to White County, Tennessee. He settled on the banks of Sink Creek and when Warren County was formed his land was in the new county.

      Ben was an herb doctor and a farmer. It is mentioned that a daughter, Mary, was the first white child born on Sink Creek. He was a faithful member of the Bildad Baptist Church. He laid Charity to rest in the churchyard here in 1835.

      He married 2nd widow Mary "Polly" (Durham) Magness.

      He married 3rd Hannah Matilda Powell.

      Family Members
      Parents
      Photo
      Isaac Thorton Cantrell
      1729–1805

      Elizabeth Cantrell
      1731–1772

      Spouse
      Charity Legat Cantrell
      1770–1835

      Siblings
      Photo
      Sarah Cantrell Pirkle
      1769–1819

      Daniel Cantrell
      1770–1841

      Peter Cantrell
      1772–1848

      Half Siblings
      Jacob Cantrell
      1752–1813

      Robert Cantrell
      1753–1787

      Photo
      Mary Cantrell Bethel
      1754–1820

      Thomas Cantrell
      1755–1833

      Reuben Cantrell
      1757–1808

      Elijah Cantrell
      1758 – unknown

      Photo
      Charles Cantrell
      1759–1835

      Elizabeth Cantrell Cantrell
      1761–1832

      Isaac Cantrell
      1763 – unknown

      Richard Cantrell
      1764 – unknown

      John Cantrell
      1765–1826

      James Cantrell
      1767–1838

      unknown Cantrell Pirtle
      1773 – unknown

      Photo
      Abraham Cantrell
      1774–1858

      William Cantrell
      1778–1828

      Photo
      Nimrod Cantrell
      1780 – unknown

      Mark Cantrell
      1782 – unknown

      Photo
      Caleb Cantrell
      1785–1851

      Photo
      Lanceford Cantrell
      1787 – unknown

      Enoch Cantrell
      1789–1844

      Children
      Sarah Nancy Cantrell
      1793–1860

      Elizabeth Cantrell Thomason
      1796–1864

      Photo
      Raburn Cantrell
      1800–1850

      Peter Cantrell
      1802–1874

      Flowers • 19

      Remembering you today

      Left by Lela Parris Koch on 24 Jul 2018


      Left by KYCatMama =^.^= on 16 Jul 2018


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    • He was a small boy when his parents moved to Spartanburg Co.,SC.

      At the time of the fighting in Ninety-Sixth District, during the Revolution, he was a lad of about twelve years of age; it is said that while he was ploughing in the fields, that by lying with his ear to the ground, he could distinctly hear the roar of the cannon.

      He appears in the census of 1790 as "Head of a Family" in Spartanburg County.

      About 1814, he moved with his family to Tennessee, near the present site of Smithville.

      A grant of land made to him at this time is recorded at Sparta, White County.

      end of comment

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