It is believed that Robert may have been related.
Robert lived on a farm about a mile west of Pilot Mountain, and tilled the soil for a living. He first married Elmina Meams (or Meems). He spent most of his life in Campbell County, Virginia.
From the Pension Record of the National Archives it is shown that he served under Captain Dixon in 1776 or 1777. They marched to the lead mines in western Virginia to guard them from the English and Indians.
(Note that two of his sons, James and Thomas, were given the middle name of 'Dixon').
In his pension record it states that his last pension check was made to "The Executor of Robert Cardwell deceased" for 4 September 1838 to 14 February 1839. His obituary confirms his actual date of death as 18 February, 1839.
During the Revolutionary War, he was a member of the Amherst Company of the Virginia Militia, serving under Captain William Lovin, and fought under General Washington in the battle of Yorktown in 1781 at Williamsburg, Virginia. After the battle, he remained for an additional tour of duty guarding the English prisoners following their surrender.
On completion of military service, he returned to his farm west of Pilot Mountain. Robert lived for a time in the first house built in Concord. The house, a rude log cabin which was built by Robert Wilson, stood until 1998.
Following the death of his first wife, Elmina Meams Cardwell in 1780, he married Alice Dixon Rucker. They became the parents of eight children, one of whom was Anthony Rucker Cardwell.
It is believed that Robert may have been related.
Robert lived on a farm about a mile west of Pilot Mountain, and tilled the soil for a living. He first married Elmina Meams (or Meems). He spent most of his life in Campbell County, Virginia.
From the Pension Record of the National Archives it is shown that he served under Captain Dixon in 1776 or 1777. They marched to the lead mines in western Virginia to guard them from the English and Indians.
(Note that two of his sons, James and Thomas, were given the middle name of 'Dixon').
In his pension record it states that his last pension check was made to "The Executor of Robert Cardwell deceased" for 4 September 1838 to 14 February 1839. His obituary confirms his actual date of death as 18 February, 1839.
During the Revolutionary War, he was a member of the Amherst Company of the Virginia Militia, serving under Captain William Lovin, and fought under General Washington in the battle of Yorktown in 1781 at Williamsburg, Virginia. After the battle, he remained for an additional tour of duty guarding the English prisoners following their surrender.
On completion of military service, he returned to his farm west of Pilot Mountain. Robert lived for a time in the first house built in Concord. The house, a rude log cabin which was built by Robert Wilson, stood until 1998.
Following the death of his first wife, Elmina Meams Cardwell in 1780, he married Alice Dixon Rucker. They became the parents of eight children, one of whom was Anthony Rucker Cardwell.
Family Members
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Simon Cardwell
1776–1820
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William Amos Cardwell Sr
1782–1864
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Infant Cardwell
1783–1783
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Infant Cardwell
1784–1784
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Robert Cardwell
1787–1865
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William "Infant" Cardwell
1788–1788
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Sarah Dixon Cardwell Martin
1788–1874
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John Thomas Cardwell
1792–1872
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Anthony Cardwell
1797–1891
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Elizabeth Cardwell Moore
1801–1882
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Thomas Dixon Cardwell
1806–1893
