Cardwell Family Research

CARDWELL FAMILY BOOKS

by Rand Cardwell

After over twenty years of research into the Cardwell family in America, I decided to start compiling the information that I had learned and to make it available to ALL researchers. That effort has produced three books on various lines in the Cardwell family. I will continue to publish additional books on the family as my understanding continues to grow and new research comes to light,

REV. PERRIN CARDWELL (1764-1854) - Rev. Perrin Cardwell (1764-1854) was the focus of a considerable amount of my initial research on the family. Perrin was the son of George Cardwell and Leticia (Last Name Unknown) and the grandson of Thomas Cardwell and Martha Perrin. Recent research indicates that Perrin's mother, Leticia, might have been from the famous Lee family of Virginia, but this is yet unproven. His given name, Perrin, comes from the practice of naming children after the maiden name of the mother or grandmother and is common in the Thomas Cardwell/Martha Perrin lines. Perrin left us a fairly good record of information concerning his service during the Revolutionary War in his Pension Application and supporting documentation. The book contains the complete pension records along with additional information concerning various land transactions, court procedings and other legal documents. Perrin married Elizabeth Worsham and raised a substanial family that spread throughout the United States. The children of this union are examined in detail and a chapter is devoted to each of them. Additional information is added on the various downlines. Perrin became a Methodist Minister and was very well known in East Tennessee. He did own slaves and a chapter is devoted to the information that is known concerning them. There are several African-American Cardwell families in East Tennessee that appear to stem from former slaves that were owned by this man. The book is fifty-three pages and contains information on over one hundred pre-1900 Cardwell family members. There has been numerous bad research that has been published on this branch of the Cardwell family. This book provides the modern researcher with solid documentation and paints a much clearer picture of the family. This is the second edition of the book and it will continue to be updated as new research is validated. INDEX

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JOHN CARDWELL (1715-1795) - John Cardwell was the son of Thomas Cardwell and Martha Perrin of Virginia. He was born around 1715 and married Keziah Lowe. (Lowe has not been proven as the maiden name of Keziah as of yet, but has been reported as such since the 1870s by numerous Cardwell researchers.) This union produced many children that went on to establish families for themselves. The majority of John and Keziah's children braved the froniter and moved heavily into North Carolina and Kentucky by the late 1700s. He has been the focus of a great deal of research from numerous Cardwell genealogist and a great deal of new research has surfaced during work on this book. This book was my second on the Cardwell family and contains the research of not only myself, but also of several excellent Cardwell researchers that have passed away in recent years. There are a number of interesting conclusion, discoveries if you will, that concern various parts of this line. The book is 128 pages, fully indexed and is the most comprehensive record of this line in print. There are over 1,000 pre-1900 Cardwell family ancestors that are outlined in the book and details concerning many of the Allied families that married into this Cardwell line. Some of the more interesting information is concerning the Crockett family, which intermarried with this Cardwell line. Several of the Allied families are covered in detail and represent an excellent picture of these lines. This book provides the best record of this line of the Cardwell family to date and will be a valuable research source for years to come. INDEX

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RICHARD CARDWELL (1719-1780) - Richard Cardwell was the son of Thomas Cardwell and Martha Perrin of Virginia. He was born around 1719 and married Susannah LeGrand. This union produced many children that went on to establish families for themselves. The majority of Richard and Susannah's children braved the froniter and migrated heavily into North Carolina and Kentucky by the late 1700s. He has been the focus of a great deal of research from numerous Cardwell genealogist and a great deal of that research has been proven incorrect by recent discoveries. Foremost, the late Allen Pendergraft, an early Cardwell family researcher, wrote a book that linked his ancestor, Thomas Cardwell, as being the son of Richard Cardwell and Susannah LeGrand. This error has been proven from both my own research and that of other noted Cardwell family researchers. Unfortunately, Mr. Pendergraft's work has made its way into numerous genealogy databases and many people base their research on his. I appreciate the efforts of Mr. Pendergraft, but the truth is the truth and those that are researching their family should be able to do so with well documented information. This book was my third on the Cardwell family and I feel that it contains the best research, much of which has been personally conducted, of the series. The task of presenting the truth concerning Mr. Pendergraft's work was a major focus of the book and reflect the hours of research that went into the effort. Additionally, there is a number of interesting conclusion, discoveries if you will, that concern various parts of this line. The book is 170 pages, fully indexed and is the most complete record of this line. There are over 1,000 pre-1900 Cardwell family ancestors that are outlined in the book and details concerning many of the Allied families that married into this Cardwell line. INDEX

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