John Cardwell (1748 - 1825)

Born 1748 in Goochland, Virginia

Ancestors

Son of John Cardwell and Keziah Lowe

Husband of Cellar Rice — married 1791 in Cumberland, Virginia

Descendants

Died 1825 at about age 77 in Mercer, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Private John Cardwell served with 7th Virginia Regiment (1776), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

John Cardwell served in the Revolutionary War. A Memorial for John's Rev War Service was placed at Hebron Cemetery on May 18, 2013 during a Commemorative Ceremony honoring him.

Cellar Rice, 1750 Virginia - 1820 Mercer, Kentucky is the wife of John Cardwell Jr.

Biography of John Cardwell Jr 1748 - 1825 From "Pioneers & Patriots of Anderson County, Kentucky Revolutionary War thru WW1" ^[1]

John Cardwell Jr., son of John Cardwell and Keziah Lowe, was born 1748 in the British colony of Virginia probably Goodland County. John married Cellar Rice and together they were parents of eleven children: John R., Elizabeth Ann, Mary, Wiltshire,Thomas, Martha "Patsy" William, Anne, Ester Rice, James Rice and Perrin. John was one of three brothers, all of whom were patriots, and they moved as a clan to the Mercer and Franklin Counties of Kentucky. John Cardwell Jr . served during the American Revolution as a pvt. in Captain Thomas Hill's company 7th regiment of Virginia Continentals. On Feb. 6, 1784 John Cardwell was awarded a land grant of 100 acres of Kentucky land as payment for his war service. (From Old Kentucky Entries and Deeds by Willard Rouse Jillson, page 321 - "John Cardwell with land grant warrant #2421 for a tract of land consisting of 100 acres, dated February 6th, 1784). This land grant as a reward for his three years service in the Virginia Line during the Revolutionary War). John did not immediately locate his new land. In 1795 he moved with his large family to the Salt River area of Mercer County, where he first lived as a tenant farmer on the land of Robert B. McAfee (future husband of John's granddaughter). John was not content to remain working another man's land, and as he was himself entitled to land grants based on his service in the Revolution, he moved north of Salvisa and established himself on Hickory Nut Creek about 1 mile from it's mouth on the Salt River in present day Anderson County. The actual location of Cardwell's homestead is not known, but most likely near to where highway 749 crosses Hickory Nut Creek on left side of the road, and where J. W. Sale, a modern day descendant, owned a hereditary farm. John died 1825 in Mercer County. The location of his Burial Site is not known

Sources

1. ↑ Davenport, Luther. Pioneers & Patriots of Anderson County, Kentucky Revolutionary War thru WW1.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #102728266 accessed 25 October 2020, memorial page for John Cardwell Jr. (1748–1825), Find a Grave Memorial no. 102728266, citing Hebron Cemetery, Lawrenceburg, Anderson County, Kentucky, USA;

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