Rhetta Cantrell (abt. 1842)

Born about 1842 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

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Biography

Rhetta was born about 1842 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina. She is the daughter of James Cantrell and Betsy Cooley.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ 1850 census

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8Q2-NB7 : 12 April 2016), Shetta Cantrell in household of Hirum Cantrell, Spartanburg county, part of, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing family 1591, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.). Note several errors in the transcription of this census record on familysearch.org. Rhetta's name is incorrectly spelled Shetta; father, James, is listed as Hirum; brother, Bloomfield, is listed as age 46 and should be 1/6 = 2/12.
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZT6-JPB : 30 December 2015), Betta Cantrell in entry for James Cantrell, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8RT-GLC : 12 April 2016), Ruthy Cantrell in household of James Cantrell, South Carolina, United States; citing p. 39, family 408, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,007.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SY-Z7V : 15 July 2017), Ritty Cantrell in household of James Cantrell, Cherokee, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 140, sheet 143C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1240; FHL microfilm 1,255,240.