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Mary "Polly" Grimmer Cartwright

Female 1814 - 1846  (32 years)


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  • Name Mary "Polly" Grimmer Cartwright  [1, 2, 3
    Nickname Polly 
    Born 1 May 1814  Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Gender Female 
    Died 30 Sep 1846  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Notes 
    • Polly became sick in July of 1846, and she died on September 30, after nearly thirteen years of marriage. She left two daughters, and was buried in the family cemetery only a short distance northeast of the Garrett home. (Noble).
    Person ID I14161  Strong Family Tree
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2014 

    Father John Cartwright,   b. 10 Mar 1787, Pitt County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jul 1841, San Augustine, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years) 
    Mother Mary E. "Polly" Crutchfield,   b. 26 Oct 1787, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1848, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 21 Jan 1807  Wilson County, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Family ID F1140  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Garrett,   b. Abt 1808, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1884, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married 20 Oct 1833  San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8, 9
    • Mary's eldest brother, Matthew Cartwright, wrote his uncle about the impending marriage of his sister, Mary "Polly," now nineteen, to 'a Respectable citizen.' (Henson and Parmelee, p. 62)

      John Cartwright gave his daughter two slaves as a wedding present, just as his father had done for John's sisters. (ibid, p. 62).
    Children 
     1. John Garrett,   b. Abt 1834, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1846, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 11 years)
     2. Clementine "Mintie" Garrett,   b. Abt 1836, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Dec 1862, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 26 years)
     3. Mary Garrett,   b. 6 Dec 1837, San Augustine County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1883  (Age 46 years)
    Last Modified 5 Jan 2013 
    Family ID F5595  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 May 1814 - Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Oct 1833 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 30 Sep 1846 - San Augustine County, Texas Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999), p 88 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S233] Noble, Harry P. Jr TEXAS TRAILBLAZERS: SAN AUGUSTINE PIONEERS (Best of East Texas: 1999), 71 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), Appendix, Chart II: John Cartwright's Children and Grandchildren (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S232] Noble, Harry Jr. "William Garrett Shared Burdens of Kin" SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE, 20 April 1995, page 6.

    5. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 149 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 9 (Reliability: 3).

    7. [S231] Noble, Harry Jr. "William Garrett Plantation Was Near Town" SAN AUGUSTINE TRIBUNE 6 April 1995, pg 6.

    8. [S667] RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project, (The WorldConnect Project is a set of tools, which allow users to upload, modify, link, and display their family trees as a means to share their genealogy with other researchers. The program used to day has a genealogy of its own. RootsWeb announced the launch of the World Connect Project on November 10, 1999 after staff members and users submitted 5.5 million records during a four-week beta-testing period. The WorldConnect Project continues to grow, and as of January 2004 had more than 312 million records. GEDCOM is an acronym for GEnealogical Data COMmunications. It is a file format developed by the Family History Department of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). It provides a flexible and uniform format for exchanging computerized genealogical data, and allows you to share files with other researchers who may not use the same genealogy program.), Garrett, James (jgarrett1@centurytel.net) "Garrett & Kin" ( http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=REG&db=g arrettvirginia&id=I05370) Ver. 2007-08-11 (Reliability: 3).

    9. [S1426] Henson, Margaret Swett and Parmelee, Deolece "The Cartwrights of San Augustine" (Texas State Historical Association, Austin, 1993), p. 62 (Reliability: 3).