Rev Peter Cartwright, Jr

1785 - 1872  (87 years)

• Name	Rev Peter Cartwright  [1, 2]
  Suffix	Jr
  Birth	1 Sep 1785	James River, Buckingham, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Religion	Pioneer Methodist Preacher. Altogether he recruited over 10,000 members for the church, baptized 8,000 children and 4,000 adults. Brought religion to most all southern states and across to Ohio and Illinois. He did it all by horseback.
  		Historical Marker-CARTWRIGHT Rev Peter
  _ELEC	Cartwright jumped into politics as a Democrat. Twice a member of the Illinois legislature, he ran for the United States Congress in 1846, but was defeated by the Springfield Whig, Abraham Lincoln.
  		Bio-CARTWRIGHT Peter Jr
  _MILT	1812
  	American Army - War of 1812
  Death	25 Sep 1872	Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Burial	Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, USA   [1]
  	Frances Gaines and Rev Peter Cartwright, buried together
  		Grave-CARTWRIGHT Frances and Peter
  Person ID	I19194	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Peter Cartwright, Sr,   b. 1748, Virginia, USA d. 1808, Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, USA (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Christian Garvin,   b. 1748, Amherst County, Virginia, USA d. 23 Dec 1838, Caldwell County, Kentucky, USA (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F11048	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Gaines,   b. 16 Aug 1789, Charlotte County, Virginia, USA d. 7 Feb 1876, Cartwright, Sangamon, Illinois, USA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	18 Aug 1808	Barren County, Kentucky, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F7013	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 18 Aug 1808 - Barren County, Kentucky, USA Death - 25 Sep 1872 - Pleasant Plains, Sangamon, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Places

  Historical Marker-CARTWRIGHT Rev Peter

  
  

• Sources

  [S34] Ancestry.com, Find a Grave, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Rev Peter Cartwright. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7950974/peter-cartwright [S1348] Ancestry.com, Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1997;).