Suggested edit:
John Cantrell b1724 had no middle name.
He owned a mill thus was a miller. Since "John Cantrell" was a common name in the area, locals referred to him as "Miller John" to differentiate him from others with the same name. Through the decades, the "Miller John" has morphed into Miller as a middle name.
Husband of Miss Brittian and Jane. 1st Spouse: Hannah Brittian (1725-1769)
"John Cantrell, Sr., was a miller and Baptist Minester. He helped establish the Buck Creek Baptist Chruch in Buck Creek, Sportanburg Co., South Carolina. He served as Pastor from 1800 to 1803. John is burried in Cantrell Family Cemetery. John had a brother by the name of Isaac Cantrell who was also a Baptist preacher at Buck Creek Baptist Church. The Cantrell Cemetery is near the the Buck Creek Baptist Chruch: Information from: Earnest H. Cantrell, Route 1, Box 50, Beaverton, Al. 35544, (1989)'".
John was in Rockingham Co NC before the Revolution. He later moved to Spartanburg Co SC, where he owned over 800 acres on Buck Creek in the 96th District. One of the first members of the Buck Creek Baptist Church, son Isaac was a messenger there. Sons Abraham, Stephen and Moses administered
his estate. His first 17 sons were by his first wife, four sons and two daughters by his second. There were supposedly a number of twins in the family, and for the sake of his first wife, let us fervently hope so.
According to the Cantrell family file folder in the Georgia Archives, "Aaron, Simon and Peter were captured during the Revolution and were condemned to be shot. Tradition says Peter was shot, and Aaron & Peter [sic] escaped." The three were also supposedly scouts in Gen. Marion's
army.
Children of John Cantrell and ?? Brittain are:
i. ABRAHAM4 CANTRELL, b. ca 1744, New Castle.
4. ii. ISAAC CANTRELL, b. 1745, New Castle, DE; d. ca 1808,
Spartanburg
Co, SC.
iii. JACOB CANTRELL, b. New Castle.
iv. JOSEPH CANTRELL, b. New Castle.
v. STEPHEN CANTRELL, b. ca 1749, New Castle.
vi. JOHN CANTRELL, b. ca 1751, New Castle.
vii. CHARLES CANTRELL, m. SARAH MURRAY, 1772, Greensboro, NC.
viii. JOSHUA CANTRELL.
ix. AARON CANTRELL.
x. SIMON CANTRELL.
xi. PETER CANTRELL.
xii. THOMAS CANTRELL, b. 1761; d. 1830; m. ELIZABETH NORRIS.
xiii. REUBEN CANTRELL.
xiv. EDWARD CANTRELL.
xv. BENJAMIN CANTRELL.
xvi. BRITTAIN CANTRELL.
xvii. JAMES CANTRELL.
Children of John Cantrell and Jane are:
xviii. WILLIAM4 CANTRELL.
xix. MOSES CANTRELL.
xx. DANIEL CANTRELL.
xxi. GABRIEL CANTRELL.
xxii. DAUGHTER CANTRELL.
xxiii. DAUGHTER CANTRELL.
*************************
Incidentally, I'm told there is no name John Miller Cantrell. Rather,
"Old" John Cantrell who m. Miss Brittain had a son who was known as
"Miller" John Cantrell because he owned a mill in SC. That's the John who
m. Elizabeth Cantrell. Since my husband apparently doesn't have that
line, I'm not getting excited about it but it is a point of interest and
clarification if true.
The Cantrell name orginated in France, and was spelled CHANTELLE. The first Cantrell to be recorded in England was during the rain of King John 1199, AD. He was William Cantrell. The first Cantrell to be married in America was also a William Cantrell, the nineth in line fron the first William Cantrell. William Cantrell arrived on the Ship Phenix, at Jamestown, Vergnine 1608. This William Cantrell is known as the Progenitor of most of the Cantrell's in America.
From the area of Philadelphia, Pa., the Cantrell's Migroated as "Mishionaries of the Mother Baptist Church" south to North and South Carolines. John Centrell Sr. after service in the Rev. War from N. C. settled in a place called Bucks Creek.
The Bucks Creek Baptist Church is still standing. The Cantrell family Cemetery is a stort destance away. John Cantrell Sr. is beruied in this cemetery.
John CANTRELL Sr. was a miller and Baptist Minester. He helped establish the Bucks Creek Baptist Church in Buck Creek, [Sportanburg Co.] S. C. Served as Pastor from 1800 to 1803. John is burried in Cantrell Family Cemetery. John had a brother by the name of Isaac Cantrell. Isaac also was pastor of the Bucks Creek Baptist Church. The Cantrell Cemetery is near the Bucks Creek Baptist Church.
Notes from Carl D. Cantrell:
He was married twice. He had seventeen sons by his first wife _______ Brittian and four sons and two daughters by his second wife Jane ______. We have heard from several that there were a number of twins in this large family. He died in 1803 and his sons Abraham, Stephen and Moses administered upon his estate. There are may traditions in the family regarding John Cantrell and his family and their moving to the Carolinas, but the exact date of his leaving New Castle county is not known. It is known, however, that he was living in Rockingham county, or what is now that county, North Carolina, before the Revolutionary War, and shortly after the war he moved to Ninety Six District, now Spartanburg county, SC, where he owned over eight hundred acres of land on Buck creek, waters of the Pacolet river. John Cantrell and his family were devoted and active members in the Buck creek Baptist church and some of his descendants still attend this old church. There is not reliable authority for a correct tabulation for any but the first three of the children of John Cantrell and we have endeavored to make the list correct from records, rather than from lists furnished from memory by his descendants. His father moved to the big valley of Virginia before John reached his teens. In 1738, his father was living in Orange county, Virginia. He spent all of his life as a farmer. We don't know what education he had but he probably received what ever was available to frontier lads. The family genealogist stated that he married two times and, from the ages of
the children, this is probably true. She stated that his 1st wife was a Miss Brittain. She was probably a sister of Joseph Brittain, who lived near John in North Carolina and who is mentioned in the records of his
brother, Joseph, in 1759, in Rowan county. The marriage was probably somewhere in the valley of Virginia. In the 18th century, families from Pennsylvania filtered down through the Great Valley of Virginia to the Piedmont Plateau of the Carolinas. The family had become associated with the Baptist Church and Isaac, John's brother, was ordained a minister. The family settled in the "Land of Eden," Granville county, North Carolina, which became Orange county in September, 1752. John is first
located on a tax list submitted by the Sheriff in 1754. The list was for two white polls. His brother Isaac received a land grant for 202 acres of land in Orange county, November 13, 1756. He sold this land to John on March 13, 1759. The deed was witnessed by James Watson. The land was on a ridge between the waters of County Line Creek and Jordons Creek. The land was about seven miles north of the Upper Branch of the Haw River, on the waters of Wolf Island Creek which was a branch of the Dan River to
the north. It is about two miles north of the present town of Reidsville, Rockingham county, North Carolina. After the tax list of 1754, the next time we find John is in the Minutes of the Orange County Records, when he is sued by James Cary Jr. on a debt in the December court of 1758. In the
Court of September, 1759, he and his brother Joseph were on a road jury to lay out a road from Hogna's Creek to the county courthouse. He and William Savage were appointed Overseers of the road. In August, 1760, they were appointed to another road jury to lay out a road from Daniel McGullon's plantation to Taylors road leading to the court house. He was appointed overseer to the lower section. In August, 1763, Henry Cobb was appointed to replace John on the Lower town road, and in May, 1765, John Morrow was appointed Overseer in place of John on the other road. In May, 1766, John was appointed Overseer of a road in place of William Laughlin. On November 12, 1765, John sold his 202 acres of land to William
Jones. No record of his having purchased other land are found in Orange county records. Guilford county, North Carolina, was formed in 1771 from the western part of Orange county. John and his family lived in the northern part of this new county, and this area became Rockingham county in 1785. But, by this time John and his family and many others in the area had moved south westward down the Piedmont Plateau to the 96th District of South Carolina. When this move was made has not been firmly established but it appears to have been shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War. His 1st wife died and he married Jane________. The 1st wife is probably buried at the Wolf Island Baptist Church Cemetery. The church
was formed in 1777 by his brother, Isaac, on a part of his 770 acre farm. Isaac's 1st wife died in the area and she was probably buried on the ridge where the church was built. John's wife is probably buried at the
same burial place. In the 1960s, the field markers were removed to facilitate mowing. It was estimated that there were probably one hundred unmarked graves in the cemetery. The family genealogist stated that he had seventeen sons by the 1st wife and four sons and two daughters by the 2nd wife. She admitted there was no reliable authority for a correct tabulation for the listed children of John except for the first three.
She had heard the tradition of the Cantrell with twenty-one sons and though there was available evidence that Isaac was more likely to have had the twenty-one sons, she attributed them to John and preceded to
compile a list of twenty-one. We now know that two of the listed sons were not Cantrells but Curtis. This was due to a misreading of the 1790 census. We know that at least three of the children listed were nephews, sons of brother Isaac. Two sons listed were never located on census reports or other records, but this does not mean that they did not exist, so we end up with a list of sixteen sons. Because two daughters of John were born during the years of the 1st marriage, we can assume there were at least four daughters.
Soon after John arrived in the 96th District, later Spartanburg county, South Carolina, he acquired 800 acres of land on Buck Creek, waters of the Pacolet River. Later his brother Isaac and many of his sons
and nephews also acquired land in the area. In 1790, John is listed as head of household in the census of the 96th District. He had one son under sixteen and two daughters at home. Many family names on this
census were familiar names first located in the court records of Orange county, North Carolina. We have assumed that John and his brothers were the first to use the spelling of the family name as Cantrell, but now we find his father, Joseph used this spelling in 1758 in Virginia. The history of the South Carolina Baptist Church gives statistics for the Buck Creek Baptist Church for the period 1790-1800. This
church claims to have been a constituted body since 1779. Situated near Pacolet River about twelve miles northeast of Spartanburg, it became a constituent of the Bethel Association in 1789. In 1790, the church had 78 members. When John's brother, Isaac moved south in 1795, he became the minister there from 1796 though 1798. John was a messenger to the Bethel Association from 1797 though 1799. In 1800, John is listed as the minister. The church building has been rebuilt several times in the past 200 years. At the present time, there is a new, large, red brick church building across the road from the old church location and the cemetery. It is located on a hill, about a quarter of a mile north of the mouth of Buck Creek, about 2 miles west of Mayo. Descendants of the family are still members of the church. John was not listed as the head of household in the 1800 census of South Carolina, but his was listed in the household of his son, Moses, age 36. The household listed a male and female over 45 years of age. We know that John owned three slaves and the listing for Moses had 3 slaves listed. John died February, 1803, and three sons, Abraham, Stephen, and Moses were appointed administrators of the estate. The probate was recorded in Deed book "L" page 193. His widow, Jane, received a dower settlement. In the last several years, a number of researchers have tried to locate this deed book without success. John is probably buried at
the Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The center of the cemetery has at least one hundred graves marked by fieldstones with only graves since the 1850s containing information on the stones. Jane is not listed as head of household on the 1810 census. She was probably living in the household of a married daughter.
There is a lady named Cantrell that has done extensive research and she says John the Miller was the son of Isaac the patriot, bro of this John. Note: information from Find A Grave ID
48036128∼Married first in 1743 to Hannah Marie Brittan d/o John and Elizabeth Mason Brittan. Hannah died in 1769. His second wife's name was Jane.
The late W.G. McCarron of Athens, in an article entitled "Big
Families of McMinn County", published in the Athenian on September
19, 1912 gives a brief history of the Cantrell family of this area:
"...John Cantrell, who was Heugenot orgin, was the founder in
this country of the Cantrell family, and ancestor of the Cantrells of
McMinn County, was said to have had 21 sons and two daughters--17
sons by his first wife and four sons and two daughters by his second
wife.
From tngenweb Cantrells
Find A Grave Contributor, Linda Hagedorn Finley, Contributor ID#472-----
Find a Grave contributor, Christie Trapp has made the following suggested edits.
John Cantrell (110------) Suggested edit: In the bio there is a reference to a FAG memorial. When calling up that number, this is what it says: Elizabeth Ann Kelly, Birth: unknown, Death: Jan 1968, Burial: Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA, Memorial #: 48036128
Created by: T.V.F.T.H. (464-----), Added: 12 Feb 2010, URL: ttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/480-----/elizabeth-ann-kelly
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/480-----/elizabeth-ann-kelly: accessed 06 January 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Ann Kelly (unknown–Jan 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 480-----, citing Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA; Maintained by T.V.F.T.H. (contributor 464-----).
Who is this lady referenced above and how is she related to John Cantrell? She dies in St. Louis, MO so perhaps there is no connection and the paragraph that includes this number should be deleted.
The contributor for Elizabeth Kelly's memorial page is Marjorie Brooks Vaughn 464-----. Marjorie is now deceased as of 1998 and somebody else has taken over her memorial page.
Contributor: C------e Trapp (469-----) • [email protected]
(Manager's response to the above: I think you are confusing "Contributor ID with FAG "Memorial" ID.)
John Cantrell b1724 had no middle name.
He owned a mill thus was a miller. Since "John Cantrell" was a common name in the area, locals referred to him as "Miller John" to differentiate him from others with the same name. Through the decades, the "Miller John" has morphed into Miller as a middle name.
Husband of Miss Brittian and Jane. 1st Spouse: Hannah Brittian (1725-1769)
"John Cantrell, Sr., was a miller and Baptist Minester. He helped establish the Buck Creek Baptist Chruch in Buck Creek, Sportanburg Co., South Carolina. He served as Pastor from 1800 to 1803. John is burried in Cantrell Family Cemetery. John had a brother by the name of Isaac Cantrell who was also a Baptist preacher at Buck Creek Baptist Church. The Cantrell Cemetery is near the the Buck Creek Baptist Chruch: Information from: Earnest H. Cantrell, Route 1, Box 50, Beaverton, Al. 35544, (1989)'".
John was in Rockingham Co NC before the Revolution. He later moved to Spartanburg Co SC, where he owned over 800 acres on Buck Creek in the 96th District. One of the first members of the Buck Creek Baptist Church, son Isaac was a messenger there. Sons Abraham, Stephen and Moses administered
his estate. His first 17 sons were by his first wife, four sons and two daughters by his second. There were supposedly a number of twins in the family, and for the sake of his first wife, let us fervently hope so.
According to the Cantrell family file folder in the Georgia Archives, "Aaron, Simon and Peter were captured during the Revolution and were condemned to be shot. Tradition says Peter was shot, and Aaron & Peter [sic] escaped." The three were also supposedly scouts in Gen. Marion's
army.
Children of John Cantrell and ?? Brittain are:
i. ABRAHAM4 CANTRELL, b. ca 1744, New Castle.
4. ii. ISAAC CANTRELL, b. 1745, New Castle, DE; d. ca 1808,
Spartanburg
Co, SC.
iii. JACOB CANTRELL, b. New Castle.
iv. JOSEPH CANTRELL, b. New Castle.
v. STEPHEN CANTRELL, b. ca 1749, New Castle.
vi. JOHN CANTRELL, b. ca 1751, New Castle.
vii. CHARLES CANTRELL, m. SARAH MURRAY, 1772, Greensboro, NC.
viii. JOSHUA CANTRELL.
ix. AARON CANTRELL.
x. SIMON CANTRELL.
xi. PETER CANTRELL.
xii. THOMAS CANTRELL, b. 1761; d. 1830; m. ELIZABETH NORRIS.
xiii. REUBEN CANTRELL.
xiv. EDWARD CANTRELL.
xv. BENJAMIN CANTRELL.
xvi. BRITTAIN CANTRELL.
xvii. JAMES CANTRELL.
Children of John Cantrell and Jane are:
xviii. WILLIAM4 CANTRELL.
xix. MOSES CANTRELL.
xx. DANIEL CANTRELL.
xxi. GABRIEL CANTRELL.
xxii. DAUGHTER CANTRELL.
xxiii. DAUGHTER CANTRELL.
*************************
Incidentally, I'm told there is no name John Miller Cantrell. Rather,
"Old" John Cantrell who m. Miss Brittain had a son who was known as
"Miller" John Cantrell because he owned a mill in SC. That's the John who
m. Elizabeth Cantrell. Since my husband apparently doesn't have that
line, I'm not getting excited about it but it is a point of interest and
clarification if true.
The Cantrell name orginated in France, and was spelled CHANTELLE. The first Cantrell to be recorded in England was during the rain of King John 1199, AD. He was William Cantrell. The first Cantrell to be married in America was also a William Cantrell, the nineth in line fron the first William Cantrell. William Cantrell arrived on the Ship Phenix, at Jamestown, Vergnine 1608. This William Cantrell is known as the Progenitor of most of the Cantrell's in America.
From the area of Philadelphia, Pa., the Cantrell's Migroated as "Mishionaries of the Mother Baptist Church" south to North and South Carolines. John Centrell Sr. after service in the Rev. War from N. C. settled in a place called Bucks Creek.
The Bucks Creek Baptist Church is still standing. The Cantrell family Cemetery is a stort destance away. John Cantrell Sr. is beruied in this cemetery.
John CANTRELL Sr. was a miller and Baptist Minester. He helped establish the Bucks Creek Baptist Church in Buck Creek, [Sportanburg Co.] S. C. Served as Pastor from 1800 to 1803. John is burried in Cantrell Family Cemetery. John had a brother by the name of Isaac Cantrell. Isaac also was pastor of the Bucks Creek Baptist Church. The Cantrell Cemetery is near the Bucks Creek Baptist Church.
Notes from Carl D. Cantrell:
He was married twice. He had seventeen sons by his first wife _______ Brittian and four sons and two daughters by his second wife Jane ______. We have heard from several that there were a number of twins in this large family. He died in 1803 and his sons Abraham, Stephen and Moses administered upon his estate. There are may traditions in the family regarding John Cantrell and his family and their moving to the Carolinas, but the exact date of his leaving New Castle county is not known. It is known, however, that he was living in Rockingham county, or what is now that county, North Carolina, before the Revolutionary War, and shortly after the war he moved to Ninety Six District, now Spartanburg county, SC, where he owned over eight hundred acres of land on Buck creek, waters of the Pacolet river. John Cantrell and his family were devoted and active members in the Buck creek Baptist church and some of his descendants still attend this old church. There is not reliable authority for a correct tabulation for any but the first three of the children of John Cantrell and we have endeavored to make the list correct from records, rather than from lists furnished from memory by his descendants. His father moved to the big valley of Virginia before John reached his teens. In 1738, his father was living in Orange county, Virginia. He spent all of his life as a farmer. We don't know what education he had but he probably received what ever was available to frontier lads. The family genealogist stated that he married two times and, from the ages of
the children, this is probably true. She stated that his 1st wife was a Miss Brittain. She was probably a sister of Joseph Brittain, who lived near John in North Carolina and who is mentioned in the records of his
brother, Joseph, in 1759, in Rowan county. The marriage was probably somewhere in the valley of Virginia. In the 18th century, families from Pennsylvania filtered down through the Great Valley of Virginia to the Piedmont Plateau of the Carolinas. The family had become associated with the Baptist Church and Isaac, John's brother, was ordained a minister. The family settled in the "Land of Eden," Granville county, North Carolina, which became Orange county in September, 1752. John is first
located on a tax list submitted by the Sheriff in 1754. The list was for two white polls. His brother Isaac received a land grant for 202 acres of land in Orange county, November 13, 1756. He sold this land to John on March 13, 1759. The deed was witnessed by James Watson. The land was on a ridge between the waters of County Line Creek and Jordons Creek. The land was about seven miles north of the Upper Branch of the Haw River, on the waters of Wolf Island Creek which was a branch of the Dan River to
the north. It is about two miles north of the present town of Reidsville, Rockingham county, North Carolina. After the tax list of 1754, the next time we find John is in the Minutes of the Orange County Records, when he is sued by James Cary Jr. on a debt in the December court of 1758. In the
Court of September, 1759, he and his brother Joseph were on a road jury to lay out a road from Hogna's Creek to the county courthouse. He and William Savage were appointed Overseers of the road. In August, 1760, they were appointed to another road jury to lay out a road from Daniel McGullon's plantation to Taylors road leading to the court house. He was appointed overseer to the lower section. In August, 1763, Henry Cobb was appointed to replace John on the Lower town road, and in May, 1765, John Morrow was appointed Overseer in place of John on the other road. In May, 1766, John was appointed Overseer of a road in place of William Laughlin. On November 12, 1765, John sold his 202 acres of land to William
Jones. No record of his having purchased other land are found in Orange county records. Guilford county, North Carolina, was formed in 1771 from the western part of Orange county. John and his family lived in the northern part of this new county, and this area became Rockingham county in 1785. But, by this time John and his family and many others in the area had moved south westward down the Piedmont Plateau to the 96th District of South Carolina. When this move was made has not been firmly established but it appears to have been shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War. His 1st wife died and he married Jane________. The 1st wife is probably buried at the Wolf Island Baptist Church Cemetery. The church
was formed in 1777 by his brother, Isaac, on a part of his 770 acre farm. Isaac's 1st wife died in the area and she was probably buried on the ridge where the church was built. John's wife is probably buried at the
same burial place. In the 1960s, the field markers were removed to facilitate mowing. It was estimated that there were probably one hundred unmarked graves in the cemetery. The family genealogist stated that he had seventeen sons by the 1st wife and four sons and two daughters by the 2nd wife. She admitted there was no reliable authority for a correct tabulation for the listed children of John except for the first three.
She had heard the tradition of the Cantrell with twenty-one sons and though there was available evidence that Isaac was more likely to have had the twenty-one sons, she attributed them to John and preceded to
compile a list of twenty-one. We now know that two of the listed sons were not Cantrells but Curtis. This was due to a misreading of the 1790 census. We know that at least three of the children listed were nephews, sons of brother Isaac. Two sons listed were never located on census reports or other records, but this does not mean that they did not exist, so we end up with a list of sixteen sons. Because two daughters of John were born during the years of the 1st marriage, we can assume there were at least four daughters.
Soon after John arrived in the 96th District, later Spartanburg county, South Carolina, he acquired 800 acres of land on Buck Creek, waters of the Pacolet River. Later his brother Isaac and many of his sons
and nephews also acquired land in the area. In 1790, John is listed as head of household in the census of the 96th District. He had one son under sixteen and two daughters at home. Many family names on this
census were familiar names first located in the court records of Orange county, North Carolina. We have assumed that John and his brothers were the first to use the spelling of the family name as Cantrell, but now we find his father, Joseph used this spelling in 1758 in Virginia. The history of the South Carolina Baptist Church gives statistics for the Buck Creek Baptist Church for the period 1790-1800. This
church claims to have been a constituted body since 1779. Situated near Pacolet River about twelve miles northeast of Spartanburg, it became a constituent of the Bethel Association in 1789. In 1790, the church had 78 members. When John's brother, Isaac moved south in 1795, he became the minister there from 1796 though 1798. John was a messenger to the Bethel Association from 1797 though 1799. In 1800, John is listed as the minister. The church building has been rebuilt several times in the past 200 years. At the present time, there is a new, large, red brick church building across the road from the old church location and the cemetery. It is located on a hill, about a quarter of a mile north of the mouth of Buck Creek, about 2 miles west of Mayo. Descendants of the family are still members of the church. John was not listed as the head of household in the 1800 census of South Carolina, but his was listed in the household of his son, Moses, age 36. The household listed a male and female over 45 years of age. We know that John owned three slaves and the listing for Moses had 3 slaves listed. John died February, 1803, and three sons, Abraham, Stephen, and Moses were appointed administrators of the estate. The probate was recorded in Deed book "L" page 193. His widow, Jane, received a dower settlement. In the last several years, a number of researchers have tried to locate this deed book without success. John is probably buried at
the Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The center of the cemetery has at least one hundred graves marked by fieldstones with only graves since the 1850s containing information on the stones. Jane is not listed as head of household on the 1810 census. She was probably living in the household of a married daughter.
There is a lady named Cantrell that has done extensive research and she says John the Miller was the son of Isaac the patriot, bro of this John. Note: information from Find A Grave ID
48036128∼Married first in 1743 to Hannah Marie Brittan d/o John and Elizabeth Mason Brittan. Hannah died in 1769. His second wife's name was Jane.
The late W.G. McCarron of Athens, in an article entitled "Big
Families of McMinn County", published in the Athenian on September
19, 1912 gives a brief history of the Cantrell family of this area:
"...John Cantrell, who was Heugenot orgin, was the founder in
this country of the Cantrell family, and ancestor of the Cantrells of
McMinn County, was said to have had 21 sons and two daughters--17
sons by his first wife and four sons and two daughters by his second
wife.
From tngenweb Cantrells
Find A Grave Contributor, Linda Hagedorn Finley, Contributor ID#472-----
Find a Grave contributor, Christie Trapp has made the following suggested edits.
John Cantrell (110------) Suggested edit: In the bio there is a reference to a FAG memorial. When calling up that number, this is what it says: Elizabeth Ann Kelly, Birth: unknown, Death: Jan 1968, Burial: Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA, Memorial #: 48036128
Created by: T.V.F.T.H. (464-----), Added: 12 Feb 2010, URL: ttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/480-----/elizabeth-ann-kelly
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/480-----/elizabeth-ann-kelly: accessed 06 January 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Ann Kelly (unknown–Jan 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 480-----, citing Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA; Maintained by T.V.F.T.H. (contributor 464-----).
Who is this lady referenced above and how is she related to John Cantrell? She dies in St. Louis, MO so perhaps there is no connection and the paragraph that includes this number should be deleted.
The contributor for Elizabeth Kelly's memorial page is Marjorie Brooks Vaughn 464-----. Marjorie is now deceased as of 1998 and somebody else has taken over her memorial page.
Contributor: C------e Trapp (469-----) • [email protected]
(Manager's response to the above: I think you are confusing "Contributor ID with FAG "Memorial" ID.)
Suggested edit:
John Cantrell b1724 had no middle name.
He owned a mill thus was a miller. Since "John Cantrell" was a common name in the area, locals referred to him as "Miller John" to differentiate him from others with the same name. Through the decades, the "Miller John" has morphed into Miller as a middle name.
Husband of Miss Brittian and Jane. 1st Spouse: Hannah Brittian (1725-1769)
"John Cantrell, Sr., was a miller and Baptist Minester. He helped establish the Buck Creek Baptist Chruch in Buck Creek, Sportanburg Co., South Carolina. He served as Pastor from 1800 to 1803. John is burried in Cantrell Family Cemetery. John had a brother by the name of Isaac Cantrell who was also a Baptist preacher at Buck Creek Baptist Church. The Cantrell Cemetery is near the the Buck Creek Baptist Chruch: Information from: Earnest H. Cantrell, Route 1, Box 50, Beaverton, Al. 35544, (1989)'".
John was in Rockingham Co NC before the Revolution. He later moved to Spartanburg Co SC, where he owned over 800 acres on Buck Creek in the 96th District. One of the first members of the Buck Creek Baptist Church, son Isaac was a messenger there. Sons Abraham, Stephen and Moses administered
his estate. His first 17 sons were by his first wife, four sons and two daughters by his second. There were supposedly a number of twins in the family, and for the sake of his first wife, let us fervently hope so.
According to the Cantrell family file folder in the Georgia Archives, "Aaron, Simon and Peter were captured during the Revolution and were condemned to be shot. Tradition says Peter was shot, and Aaron & Peter [sic] escaped." The three were also supposedly scouts in Gen. Marion's
army.
Children of John Cantrell and ?? Brittain are:
i. ABRAHAM4 CANTRELL, b. ca 1744, New Castle.
4. ii. ISAAC CANTRELL, b. 1745, New Castle, DE; d. ca 1808,
Spartanburg
Co, SC.
iii. JACOB CANTRELL, b. New Castle.
iv. JOSEPH CANTRELL, b. New Castle.
v. STEPHEN CANTRELL, b. ca 1749, New Castle.
vi. JOHN CANTRELL, b. ca 1751, New Castle.
vii. CHARLES CANTRELL, m. SARAH MURRAY, 1772, Greensboro, NC.
viii. JOSHUA CANTRELL.
ix. AARON CANTRELL.
x. SIMON CANTRELL.
xi. PETER CANTRELL.
xii. THOMAS CANTRELL, b. 1761; d. 1830; m. ELIZABETH NORRIS.
xiii. REUBEN CANTRELL.
xiv. EDWARD CANTRELL.
xv. BENJAMIN CANTRELL.
xvi. BRITTAIN CANTRELL.
xvii. JAMES CANTRELL.
Children of John Cantrell and Jane are:
xviii. WILLIAM4 CANTRELL.
xix. MOSES CANTRELL.
xx. DANIEL CANTRELL.
xxi. GABRIEL CANTRELL.
xxii. DAUGHTER CANTRELL.
xxiii. DAUGHTER CANTRELL.
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Incidentally, I'm told there is no name John Miller Cantrell. Rather,
"Old" John Cantrell who m. Miss Brittain had a son who was known as
"Miller" John Cantrell because he owned a mill in SC. That's the John who
m. Elizabeth Cantrell. Since my husband apparently doesn't have that
line, I'm not getting excited about it but it is a point of interest and
clarification if true.
The Cantrell name orginated in France, and was spelled CHANTELLE. The first Cantrell to be recorded in England was during the rain of King John 1199, AD. He was William Cantrell. The first Cantrell to be married in America was also a William Cantrell, the nineth in line fron the first William Cantrell. William Cantrell arrived on the Ship Phenix, at Jamestown, Vergnine 1608. This William Cantrell is known as the Progenitor of most of the Cantrell's in America.
From the area of Philadelphia, Pa., the Cantrell's Migroated as "Mishionaries of the Mother Baptist Church" south to North and South Carolines. John Centrell Sr. after service in the Rev. War from N. C. settled in a place called Bucks Creek.
The Bucks Creek Baptist Church is still standing. The Cantrell family Cemetery is a stort destance away. John Cantrell Sr. is beruied in this cemetery.
John CANTRELL Sr. was a miller and Baptist Minester. He helped establish the Bucks Creek Baptist Church in Buck Creek, [Sportanburg Co.] S. C. Served as Pastor from 1800 to 1803. John is burried in Cantrell Family Cemetery. John had a brother by the name of Isaac Cantrell. Isaac also was pastor of the Bucks Creek Baptist Church. The Cantrell Cemetery is near the Bucks Creek Baptist Church.
Notes from Carl D. Cantrell:
He was married twice. He had seventeen sons by his first wife _______ Brittian and four sons and two daughters by his second wife Jane ______. We have heard from several that there were a number of twins in this large family. He died in 1803 and his sons Abraham, Stephen and Moses administered upon his estate. There are may traditions in the family regarding John Cantrell and his family and their moving to the Carolinas, but the exact date of his leaving New Castle county is not known. It is known, however, that he was living in Rockingham county, or what is now that county, North Carolina, before the Revolutionary War, and shortly after the war he moved to Ninety Six District, now Spartanburg county, SC, where he owned over eight hundred acres of land on Buck creek, waters of the Pacolet river. John Cantrell and his family were devoted and active members in the Buck creek Baptist church and some of his descendants still attend this old church. There is not reliable authority for a correct tabulation for any but the first three of the children of John Cantrell and we have endeavored to make the list correct from records, rather than from lists furnished from memory by his descendants. His father moved to the big valley of Virginia before John reached his teens. In 1738, his father was living in Orange county, Virginia. He spent all of his life as a farmer. We don't know what education he had but he probably received what ever was available to frontier lads. The family genealogist stated that he married two times and, from the ages of
the children, this is probably true. She stated that his 1st wife was a Miss Brittain. She was probably a sister of Joseph Brittain, who lived near John in North Carolina and who is mentioned in the records of his
brother, Joseph, in 1759, in Rowan county. The marriage was probably somewhere in the valley of Virginia. In the 18th century, families from Pennsylvania filtered down through the Great Valley of Virginia to the Piedmont Plateau of the Carolinas. The family had become associated with the Baptist Church and Isaac, John's brother, was ordained a minister. The family settled in the "Land of Eden," Granville county, North Carolina, which became Orange county in September, 1752. John is first
located on a tax list submitted by the Sheriff in 1754. The list was for two white polls. His brother Isaac received a land grant for 202 acres of land in Orange county, November 13, 1756. He sold this land to John on March 13, 1759. The deed was witnessed by James Watson. The land was on a ridge between the waters of County Line Creek and Jordons Creek. The land was about seven miles north of the Upper Branch of the Haw River, on the waters of Wolf Island Creek which was a branch of the Dan River to
the north. It is about two miles north of the present town of Reidsville, Rockingham county, North Carolina. After the tax list of 1754, the next time we find John is in the Minutes of the Orange County Records, when he is sued by James Cary Jr. on a debt in the December court of 1758. In the
Court of September, 1759, he and his brother Joseph were on a road jury to lay out a road from Hogna's Creek to the county courthouse. He and William Savage were appointed Overseers of the road. In August, 1760, they were appointed to another road jury to lay out a road from Daniel McGullon's plantation to Taylors road leading to the court house. He was appointed overseer to the lower section. In August, 1763, Henry Cobb was appointed to replace John on the Lower town road, and in May, 1765, John Morrow was appointed Overseer in place of John on the other road. In May, 1766, John was appointed Overseer of a road in place of William Laughlin. On November 12, 1765, John sold his 202 acres of land to William
Jones. No record of his having purchased other land are found in Orange county records. Guilford county, North Carolina, was formed in 1771 from the western part of Orange county. John and his family lived in the northern part of this new county, and this area became Rockingham county in 1785. But, by this time John and his family and many others in the area had moved south westward down the Piedmont Plateau to the 96th District of South Carolina. When this move was made has not been firmly established but it appears to have been shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War. His 1st wife died and he married Jane________. The 1st wife is probably buried at the Wolf Island Baptist Church Cemetery. The church
was formed in 1777 by his brother, Isaac, on a part of his 770 acre farm. Isaac's 1st wife died in the area and she was probably buried on the ridge where the church was built. John's wife is probably buried at the
same burial place. In the 1960s, the field markers were removed to facilitate mowing. It was estimated that there were probably one hundred unmarked graves in the cemetery. The family genealogist stated that he had seventeen sons by the 1st wife and four sons and two daughters by the 2nd wife. She admitted there was no reliable authority for a correct tabulation for the listed children of John except for the first three.
She had heard the tradition of the Cantrell with twenty-one sons and though there was available evidence that Isaac was more likely to have had the twenty-one sons, she attributed them to John and preceded to
compile a list of twenty-one. We now know that two of the listed sons were not Cantrells but Curtis. This was due to a misreading of the 1790 census. We know that at least three of the children listed were nephews, sons of brother Isaac. Two sons listed were never located on census reports or other records, but this does not mean that they did not exist, so we end up with a list of sixteen sons. Because two daughters of John were born during the years of the 1st marriage, we can assume there were at least four daughters.
Soon after John arrived in the 96th District, later Spartanburg county, South Carolina, he acquired 800 acres of land on Buck Creek, waters of the Pacolet River. Later his brother Isaac and many of his sons
and nephews also acquired land in the area. In 1790, John is listed as head of household in the census of the 96th District. He had one son under sixteen and two daughters at home. Many family names on this
census were familiar names first located in the court records of Orange county, North Carolina. We have assumed that John and his brothers were the first to use the spelling of the family name as Cantrell, but now we find his father, Joseph used this spelling in 1758 in Virginia. The history of the South Carolina Baptist Church gives statistics for the Buck Creek Baptist Church for the period 1790-1800. This
church claims to have been a constituted body since 1779. Situated near Pacolet River about twelve miles northeast of Spartanburg, it became a constituent of the Bethel Association in 1789. In 1790, the church had 78 members. When John's brother, Isaac moved south in 1795, he became the minister there from 1796 though 1798. John was a messenger to the Bethel Association from 1797 though 1799. In 1800, John is listed as the minister. The church building has been rebuilt several times in the past 200 years. At the present time, there is a new, large, red brick church building across the road from the old church location and the cemetery. It is located on a hill, about a quarter of a mile north of the mouth of Buck Creek, about 2 miles west of Mayo. Descendants of the family are still members of the church. John was not listed as the head of household in the 1800 census of South Carolina, but his was listed in the household of his son, Moses, age 36. The household listed a male and female over 45 years of age. We know that John owned three slaves and the listing for Moses had 3 slaves listed. John died February, 1803, and three sons, Abraham, Stephen, and Moses were appointed administrators of the estate. The probate was recorded in Deed book "L" page 193. His widow, Jane, received a dower settlement. In the last several years, a number of researchers have tried to locate this deed book without success. John is probably buried at
the Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The center of the cemetery has at least one hundred graves marked by fieldstones with only graves since the 1850s containing information on the stones. Jane is not listed as head of household on the 1810 census. She was probably living in the household of a married daughter.
There is a lady named Cantrell that has done extensive research and she says John the Miller was the son of Isaac the patriot, bro of this John. Note: information from Find A Grave ID
48036128∼Married first in 1743 to Hannah Marie Brittan d/o John and Elizabeth Mason Brittan. Hannah died in 1769. His second wife's name was Jane.
The late W.G. McCarron of Athens, in an article entitled "Big
Families of McMinn County", published in the Athenian on September
19, 1912 gives a brief history of the Cantrell family of this area:
"...John Cantrell, who was Heugenot orgin, was the founder in
this country of the Cantrell family, and ancestor of the Cantrells of
McMinn County, was said to have had 21 sons and two daughters--17
sons by his first wife and four sons and two daughters by his second
wife.
From tngenweb Cantrells
Find A Grave Contributor, Linda Hagedorn Finley, Contributor ID#472-----
Find a Grave contributor, Christie Trapp has made the following suggested edits.
John Cantrell (110------) Suggested edit: In the bio there is a reference to a FAG memorial. When calling up that number, this is what it says: Elizabeth Ann Kelly, Birth: unknown, Death: Jan 1968, Burial: Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA, Memorial #: 48036128
Created by: T.V.F.T.H. (464-----), Added: 12 Feb 2010, URL: ttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/480-----/elizabeth-ann-kelly
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/480-----/elizabeth-ann-kelly: accessed 06 January 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Ann Kelly (unknown–Jan 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 480-----, citing Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA; Maintained by T.V.F.T.H. (contributor 464-----).
Who is this lady referenced above and how is she related to John Cantrell? She dies in St. Louis, MO so perhaps there is no connection and the paragraph that includes this number should be deleted.
The contributor for Elizabeth Kelly's memorial page is Marjorie Brooks Vaughn 464-----. Marjorie is now deceased as of 1998 and somebody else has taken over her memorial page.
Contributor: C------e Trapp (469-----) • [email protected]
(Manager's response to the above: I think you are confusing "Contributor ID with FAG "Memorial" ID.)
John Cantrell b1724 had no middle name.
He owned a mill thus was a miller. Since "John Cantrell" was a common name in the area, locals referred to him as "Miller John" to differentiate him from others with the same name. Through the decades, the "Miller John" has morphed into Miller as a middle name.
Husband of Miss Brittian and Jane. 1st Spouse: Hannah Brittian (1725-1769)
"John Cantrell, Sr., was a miller and Baptist Minester. He helped establish the Buck Creek Baptist Chruch in Buck Creek, Sportanburg Co., South Carolina. He served as Pastor from 1800 to 1803. John is burried in Cantrell Family Cemetery. John had a brother by the name of Isaac Cantrell who was also a Baptist preacher at Buck Creek Baptist Church. The Cantrell Cemetery is near the the Buck Creek Baptist Chruch: Information from: Earnest H. Cantrell, Route 1, Box 50, Beaverton, Al. 35544, (1989)'".
John was in Rockingham Co NC before the Revolution. He later moved to Spartanburg Co SC, where he owned over 800 acres on Buck Creek in the 96th District. One of the first members of the Buck Creek Baptist Church, son Isaac was a messenger there. Sons Abraham, Stephen and Moses administered
his estate. His first 17 sons were by his first wife, four sons and two daughters by his second. There were supposedly a number of twins in the family, and for the sake of his first wife, let us fervently hope so.
According to the Cantrell family file folder in the Georgia Archives, "Aaron, Simon and Peter were captured during the Revolution and were condemned to be shot. Tradition says Peter was shot, and Aaron & Peter [sic] escaped." The three were also supposedly scouts in Gen. Marion's
army.
Children of John Cantrell and ?? Brittain are:
i. ABRAHAM4 CANTRELL, b. ca 1744, New Castle.
4. ii. ISAAC CANTRELL, b. 1745, New Castle, DE; d. ca 1808,
Spartanburg
Co, SC.
iii. JACOB CANTRELL, b. New Castle.
iv. JOSEPH CANTRELL, b. New Castle.
v. STEPHEN CANTRELL, b. ca 1749, New Castle.
vi. JOHN CANTRELL, b. ca 1751, New Castle.
vii. CHARLES CANTRELL, m. SARAH MURRAY, 1772, Greensboro, NC.
viii. JOSHUA CANTRELL.
ix. AARON CANTRELL.
x. SIMON CANTRELL.
xi. PETER CANTRELL.
xii. THOMAS CANTRELL, b. 1761; d. 1830; m. ELIZABETH NORRIS.
xiii. REUBEN CANTRELL.
xiv. EDWARD CANTRELL.
xv. BENJAMIN CANTRELL.
xvi. BRITTAIN CANTRELL.
xvii. JAMES CANTRELL.
Children of John Cantrell and Jane are:
xviii. WILLIAM4 CANTRELL.
xix. MOSES CANTRELL.
xx. DANIEL CANTRELL.
xxi. GABRIEL CANTRELL.
xxii. DAUGHTER CANTRELL.
xxiii. DAUGHTER CANTRELL.
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Incidentally, I'm told there is no name John Miller Cantrell. Rather,
"Old" John Cantrell who m. Miss Brittain had a son who was known as
"Miller" John Cantrell because he owned a mill in SC. That's the John who
m. Elizabeth Cantrell. Since my husband apparently doesn't have that
line, I'm not getting excited about it but it is a point of interest and
clarification if true.
The Cantrell name orginated in France, and was spelled CHANTELLE. The first Cantrell to be recorded in England was during the rain of King John 1199, AD. He was William Cantrell. The first Cantrell to be married in America was also a William Cantrell, the nineth in line fron the first William Cantrell. William Cantrell arrived on the Ship Phenix, at Jamestown, Vergnine 1608. This William Cantrell is known as the Progenitor of most of the Cantrell's in America.
From the area of Philadelphia, Pa., the Cantrell's Migroated as "Mishionaries of the Mother Baptist Church" south to North and South Carolines. John Centrell Sr. after service in the Rev. War from N. C. settled in a place called Bucks Creek.
The Bucks Creek Baptist Church is still standing. The Cantrell family Cemetery is a stort destance away. John Cantrell Sr. is beruied in this cemetery.
John CANTRELL Sr. was a miller and Baptist Minester. He helped establish the Bucks Creek Baptist Church in Buck Creek, [Sportanburg Co.] S. C. Served as Pastor from 1800 to 1803. John is burried in Cantrell Family Cemetery. John had a brother by the name of Isaac Cantrell. Isaac also was pastor of the Bucks Creek Baptist Church. The Cantrell Cemetery is near the Bucks Creek Baptist Church.
Notes from Carl D. Cantrell:
He was married twice. He had seventeen sons by his first wife _______ Brittian and four sons and two daughters by his second wife Jane ______. We have heard from several that there were a number of twins in this large family. He died in 1803 and his sons Abraham, Stephen and Moses administered upon his estate. There are may traditions in the family regarding John Cantrell and his family and their moving to the Carolinas, but the exact date of his leaving New Castle county is not known. It is known, however, that he was living in Rockingham county, or what is now that county, North Carolina, before the Revolutionary War, and shortly after the war he moved to Ninety Six District, now Spartanburg county, SC, where he owned over eight hundred acres of land on Buck creek, waters of the Pacolet river. John Cantrell and his family were devoted and active members in the Buck creek Baptist church and some of his descendants still attend this old church. There is not reliable authority for a correct tabulation for any but the first three of the children of John Cantrell and we have endeavored to make the list correct from records, rather than from lists furnished from memory by his descendants. His father moved to the big valley of Virginia before John reached his teens. In 1738, his father was living in Orange county, Virginia. He spent all of his life as a farmer. We don't know what education he had but he probably received what ever was available to frontier lads. The family genealogist stated that he married two times and, from the ages of
the children, this is probably true. She stated that his 1st wife was a Miss Brittain. She was probably a sister of Joseph Brittain, who lived near John in North Carolina and who is mentioned in the records of his
brother, Joseph, in 1759, in Rowan county. The marriage was probably somewhere in the valley of Virginia. In the 18th century, families from Pennsylvania filtered down through the Great Valley of Virginia to the Piedmont Plateau of the Carolinas. The family had become associated with the Baptist Church and Isaac, John's brother, was ordained a minister. The family settled in the "Land of Eden," Granville county, North Carolina, which became Orange county in September, 1752. John is first
located on a tax list submitted by the Sheriff in 1754. The list was for two white polls. His brother Isaac received a land grant for 202 acres of land in Orange county, November 13, 1756. He sold this land to John on March 13, 1759. The deed was witnessed by James Watson. The land was on a ridge between the waters of County Line Creek and Jordons Creek. The land was about seven miles north of the Upper Branch of the Haw River, on the waters of Wolf Island Creek which was a branch of the Dan River to
the north. It is about two miles north of the present town of Reidsville, Rockingham county, North Carolina. After the tax list of 1754, the next time we find John is in the Minutes of the Orange County Records, when he is sued by James Cary Jr. on a debt in the December court of 1758. In the
Court of September, 1759, he and his brother Joseph were on a road jury to lay out a road from Hogna's Creek to the county courthouse. He and William Savage were appointed Overseers of the road. In August, 1760, they were appointed to another road jury to lay out a road from Daniel McGullon's plantation to Taylors road leading to the court house. He was appointed overseer to the lower section. In August, 1763, Henry Cobb was appointed to replace John on the Lower town road, and in May, 1765, John Morrow was appointed Overseer in place of John on the other road. In May, 1766, John was appointed Overseer of a road in place of William Laughlin. On November 12, 1765, John sold his 202 acres of land to William
Jones. No record of his having purchased other land are found in Orange county records. Guilford county, North Carolina, was formed in 1771 from the western part of Orange county. John and his family lived in the northern part of this new county, and this area became Rockingham county in 1785. But, by this time John and his family and many others in the area had moved south westward down the Piedmont Plateau to the 96th District of South Carolina. When this move was made has not been firmly established but it appears to have been shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War. His 1st wife died and he married Jane________. The 1st wife is probably buried at the Wolf Island Baptist Church Cemetery. The church
was formed in 1777 by his brother, Isaac, on a part of his 770 acre farm. Isaac's 1st wife died in the area and she was probably buried on the ridge where the church was built. John's wife is probably buried at the
same burial place. In the 1960s, the field markers were removed to facilitate mowing. It was estimated that there were probably one hundred unmarked graves in the cemetery. The family genealogist stated that he had seventeen sons by the 1st wife and four sons and two daughters by the 2nd wife. She admitted there was no reliable authority for a correct tabulation for the listed children of John except for the first three.
She had heard the tradition of the Cantrell with twenty-one sons and though there was available evidence that Isaac was more likely to have had the twenty-one sons, she attributed them to John and preceded to
compile a list of twenty-one. We now know that two of the listed sons were not Cantrells but Curtis. This was due to a misreading of the 1790 census. We know that at least three of the children listed were nephews, sons of brother Isaac. Two sons listed were never located on census reports or other records, but this does not mean that they did not exist, so we end up with a list of sixteen sons. Because two daughters of John were born during the years of the 1st marriage, we can assume there were at least four daughters.
Soon after John arrived in the 96th District, later Spartanburg county, South Carolina, he acquired 800 acres of land on Buck Creek, waters of the Pacolet River. Later his brother Isaac and many of his sons
and nephews also acquired land in the area. In 1790, John is listed as head of household in the census of the 96th District. He had one son under sixteen and two daughters at home. Many family names on this
census were familiar names first located in the court records of Orange county, North Carolina. We have assumed that John and his brothers were the first to use the spelling of the family name as Cantrell, but now we find his father, Joseph used this spelling in 1758 in Virginia. The history of the South Carolina Baptist Church gives statistics for the Buck Creek Baptist Church for the period 1790-1800. This
church claims to have been a constituted body since 1779. Situated near Pacolet River about twelve miles northeast of Spartanburg, it became a constituent of the Bethel Association in 1789. In 1790, the church had 78 members. When John's brother, Isaac moved south in 1795, he became the minister there from 1796 though 1798. John was a messenger to the Bethel Association from 1797 though 1799. In 1800, John is listed as the minister. The church building has been rebuilt several times in the past 200 years. At the present time, there is a new, large, red brick church building across the road from the old church location and the cemetery. It is located on a hill, about a quarter of a mile north of the mouth of Buck Creek, about 2 miles west of Mayo. Descendants of the family are still members of the church. John was not listed as the head of household in the 1800 census of South Carolina, but his was listed in the household of his son, Moses, age 36. The household listed a male and female over 45 years of age. We know that John owned three slaves and the listing for Moses had 3 slaves listed. John died February, 1803, and three sons, Abraham, Stephen, and Moses were appointed administrators of the estate. The probate was recorded in Deed book "L" page 193. His widow, Jane, received a dower settlement. In the last several years, a number of researchers have tried to locate this deed book without success. John is probably buried at
the Buck Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The center of the cemetery has at least one hundred graves marked by fieldstones with only graves since the 1850s containing information on the stones. Jane is not listed as head of household on the 1810 census. She was probably living in the household of a married daughter.
There is a lady named Cantrell that has done extensive research and she says John the Miller was the son of Isaac the patriot, bro of this John. Note: information from Find A Grave ID
48036128∼Married first in 1743 to Hannah Marie Brittan d/o John and Elizabeth Mason Brittan. Hannah died in 1769. His second wife's name was Jane.
The late W.G. McCarron of Athens, in an article entitled "Big
Families of McMinn County", published in the Athenian on September
19, 1912 gives a brief history of the Cantrell family of this area:
"...John Cantrell, who was Heugenot orgin, was the founder in
this country of the Cantrell family, and ancestor of the Cantrells of
McMinn County, was said to have had 21 sons and two daughters--17
sons by his first wife and four sons and two daughters by his second
wife.
From tngenweb Cantrells
Find A Grave Contributor, Linda Hagedorn Finley, Contributor ID#472-----
Find a Grave contributor, Christie Trapp has made the following suggested edits.
John Cantrell (110------) Suggested edit: In the bio there is a reference to a FAG memorial. When calling up that number, this is what it says: Elizabeth Ann Kelly, Birth: unknown, Death: Jan 1968, Burial: Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA, Memorial #: 48036128
Created by: T.V.F.T.H. (464-----), Added: 12 Feb 2010, URL: ttps://www.findagrave.com/memorial/480-----/elizabeth-ann-kelly
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/480-----/elizabeth-ann-kelly: accessed 06 January 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Ann Kelly (unknown–Jan 1968), Find a Grave Memorial ID 480-----, citing Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA; Maintained by T.V.F.T.H. (contributor 464-----).
Who is this lady referenced above and how is she related to John Cantrell? She dies in St. Louis, MO so perhaps there is no connection and the paragraph that includes this number should be deleted.
The contributor for Elizabeth Kelly's memorial page is Marjorie Brooks Vaughn 464-----. Marjorie is now deceased as of 1998 and somebody else has taken over her memorial page.
Contributor: C------e Trapp (469-----) • [email protected]
(Manager's response to the above: I think you are confusing "Contributor ID with FAG "Memorial" ID.)
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