REF: JOHN CARDWELL OF OGLETHORPE CO., GA.-HE WAS MY GR.GR.GR.GRANDFATHER
B.1800 IN GA. (PROBABLY OGLETHORPE CO.). HE HAD TWO AND POSSIBLY THREE
BROTHERS, JAMES, WILLIAM, AND POSSIBLY ANSEL. IN 1816, HE MARRIED
PHERABY(PHOEBE) GOSDIN AND HAD SIX CHILDREN:
1.MARY B.1820
2.BENJAMIN B.22NOV1822, D.16AUG1910
3.JOHN FRANKLIN B.1823, D. 1863(CONFEDERATE VETERAN)
4.WILLIAM LUMPKIN B.1827
5. SUSANNAH B.1829
6.FERRIBY(FURTHER CORRUPTION OF PHOEBE) B. 11AUG1834 D.18NOV1911
HE SERVED IN THE WAR OF 1812 AT AGE 14 AND IN THE FIRST SEMINOLE INDIAN
UPRISING IN 1818- HIS SONS BENJAMIN AND WILLIAM LUMPKIN BOTH SERVED IN THE
MEXICAN WAR 1846-47. WILLIAM WENT TO CALIFORNIA IN THE GOLD RUSH AND WAS NEVER
HEARD FROM AGAIN. JOHN SERVED IN CAPT JEFFERSON MANLY FALKNER'S EIGHTH
CONFEDERATE CAVALRY.
I HAVE THIS WHOLE LINE PRINTED IN PAMPHLET WITH ALL SIBLINGS AND WHAT PERSONAL
STORIES I WAS ABLE TO COLLECT OVER SEVEN YEAR PERIOD-I WILL GLADLY SHARE IT
WITH ANYONE INTERESTED, ALONG WITH THE FAMILY GROUP SHEETS FOR EACH
GENERATION. I AM HOPING SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE HAS INFO THAT SHOWS JOHN'S PARENTS
AND ANCESTORS--I'VE HIT A BRICK WALL THERE-I FEEL SURE THEY CAME FROM THE
BUNCH IN VIRGINIA, BUT CAN'T PROVE IT---HELP, ANYBODY---
AS FAR AS THE BROTHERS JAMES AND WILLIAM, THERE IS A LADY IN HOUSTON, TX
AREA WHO HAS SPENT MANY YEARS RESEARCHING CARDWELL. HER NAME IS:
LELA SARTOR
3314 COUNTRY MEADOWS CT
PEARLAND TX 77584
HOPE THIS HELPS SOMEONE-IF YOU WANT MORE DETAILED INFO, PLEASE SEND ME A
MAILING ADDRESS TO:DON CARDWELL, 704 CIELO, GEORGETOWN, TX 78628 OR EMAIL
DLCARDWELL(a)AOL.COM
THANKS VERY MUCH