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Benjamin Cantrell

Birth	:	10 May 1768 Rockingham County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	1846 DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA
Burial	:	Old Bildad Cemetery, Keltonburg, DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate	:	35.8757050, -85.7531710
Description	:	He was the son of Rev. Isaac & Talitha (Cloud) 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... Read More	He was the son of Rev. Isaac & Talitha (Cloud) 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.

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Benjamin Cantrell's memorial is located at: Old Bildad Cemetery, Keltonburg, DeKalb County, USA.
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Benjamin Cantrell death on 1846 in DeKalb County, Tennessee, USA
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Latitude: 35.8757050
Longitude: -85.7531710

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Charity Legat Cantrell

(1770 - 1835)

Siblings

Richard Cantrell

(1764 - unknow)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Old Bildad Cemetery
Keltonburg, DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8757050, -85.7531710

2. Keltonburg Cemetery
Keltonburg, DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8766193, -85.7475918

3. Young Cemetery
Keltonburg, DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8671300, -85.7402100

4. William Adcock Cemetery
Keltonburg, DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8896286, -85.7539778

5. Cope Cemetery
Keltonburg, DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8897610, -85.7401470

6. Javis Cantrell Cemetery
Keltonburg, DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8545170, -85.7480280

7. John Linder Cemetery
DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8964005, -85.7418976

8. James Arnold Jones Family Cemetery
Jefferson, DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8909075, -85.7231664

9. Jaco Cemetery
DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8972015, -85.7283020

10. Mason Cemetery
Keltonburg, DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.9058700, -85.7514000

11. Durham Cemetery
Keltonburg, DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.9087550, -85.7631310

12. Crook Family Cemetery
Antioch, DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8576000, -85.7163400

13. Jefferson Cemetery
DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8934323, -85.7139288

14. Robert Walker Cemetery
Antioch, DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8649960, -85.7069340

15. Allen Cemetery
DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8588982, -85.7985992

16. Pike Cemetery
Jefferson, DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8972649, -85.6935778

17. Webb Cemetery
Dibrell, Warren County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8175011, -85.7656021

18. Griffith Cemetery
DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8574982, -85.8230972

19. Peyton Griffith Cemetery
DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8574140, -85.8232960

20. New Union Cemetery
DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8465220, -85.6872550

21. Caney Fork Cemetery
Rock Island, Warren County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8239840, -85.7106110

22. Bain Cemetery
DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8731003, -85.6744003

23. Bright Hill Cemetery
DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.9350192, -85.7825489

24. Delong Cemetery
Jefferson, DeKalb County, USA
Coordinate: 35.8942800, -85.6768430