Need Cantey Info.-----I have been researching my Cantey line for years with little luck.
Can you help? My great-great grandfather was Jasper Newton Cantey supposedly from Ga. He
was born in 1850.The first time we find him in a census is 1870 in Barnwell,SC. We have
everything down from him, but not before. We think there has to be a connection to the
Cantey's you speak of. We think his father might have been a Thomas Cantey from SC,
not sure what part of SC. We have found Thomas in Screven Co., GA., just across the SC
line married to Adelia Dell in 1850. Nothing else on Thomas until the civil war. He
apparently served with Nelson's Independent GA. calvary and died at Alton prison in
Illinois. We can find no evidence that he was the father of Jasper, though. We searched
for some church records in Barnwell, SC and finally were able to look at them. We did find
a Delia Cantey attending the same church as Jasper's first wife, so think the
connection is there. We cannot find Tho!
mas fitting in any of the Cantey lines we know of in SC. We did find him on a census in
Screven Co. GA. in 1850 and it says he was from SC. I have tried to find him through
Adelia, but no luck there. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
From: "Becky Mosely" <beckymosely(a)comcast.net>
Date: 2005/04/29 Fri AM 07:53:09 EDT
To: CANTEY-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: [CANTEY] RE: "Our Children's Ancestry"
Greetings All,
Thanks to all who have sent their Cantey line in. I'll get an outline update
posted soon. The more folks we add the easier it is for others to connect, or at least
get a direction for their research.
Virginia had queried about the book "Our Children's Ancestry" (that is
my Whitaker line). I only know of one hard copy, my Grandmother's, which is in the
hands of my Uncle and he won't let it out of his sight!! But the good news is that
its on 'HERITAGE QUEST'. A FREEBIE.... A lot of libraries subscribe to Heritage
Quest and you can access it there OR at home with your library card. (Cobb Co GA library
has this service.) Heritage Quest offers over 20,000 digitized genealogy/History books,
complete Census, PERSI Index, & Rev. War info. Completely searchable & Grand !
The book mentioned above is somehow just a wonderful publication, not completely
correct, but just outstanding. Sarah Cantey Whitaker Allen, the Author, is another
example of the Cantey heritage. She was completely BLIND and wrote the book with the aid
of her grand daughter. (Have been playing with getting it reprinted - will get back to
work on it.)
Speaking of books,
www.higginsonbooks.com has reprinted & bound, "Six
Generations of THE CANTEY FAMILY of South Carolina" by Joseph S. Ames, Ph.D. These
were a series of articles from 'The S C Historical & Genealogical Magazine"
in 1910. I'm in the process of entering his information and the results will show up
in the outline soon (I hope). Dr. Ames (John Hopkins Uni.) was an avid researcher of the
Cantey & Whitaker families among others but this is the only thing I know that was
published. His papers are located at the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore.
[note: The taglines at the bottom of these messages all come from Dr. Ames articles.]
Tommy and Mary Lyn - am working on answers, hope others are also, will get back to
you soon. As well as a couple of more questions from Marylee.
Regards,
Becky
www.bradfordgenealogy.org
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