Joseph Cartledge Junior of Columbia County, Georgia, 1748 - 1795

JOSEPH JR.2 CARTLEDGE (EDMUND 1), son of EDMUND CARTLEDGE and ELIZABETH KEBLEA was born October 27, 1748 in Richmond County, North Carolina, and died Abt. January 1795 in Columbia County, Georgia. He married DELILA "D ILLY" LANDERS Abt. 1792 in Columbia County, Georgia, daughter of LUKE LANDERS and RACHEL PARRISH. She was born July 31, 1769 in Granville County, North Carolina, and died October 30, 1849 in Benton (Calhoun) County, Alabama.

More About JOSEPH JR. CARTLEDGE:

Military service: Bet. June 05, 1781 - January 29, 1782, Revolutionary Soldier, Rank, Major

Religion: Baptist

More About DELILA "D ILLY" LANDERS: Burial: (Walnut Springs) Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Jacksonville, Calhoun County, Alabama

More About JOSEPH CARTLEDGE and DELILA LANDERS: Marriage: Abt. 1792, Columbia County, Georgia

Children of JOSEPH CARTLEDGE and DELILA LANDERS are:

i. NANCY M.3 CARTLEDGE, b. 1792, Columbia, Georgia; d. February 1879, Willow Springs, Dallas County, Texas.

ii. SAMUEL CARTLEDGE, b. March 28, 1795, Columbia County, Georgia; d. January 16, 1846.

Joseph Cartledge, Jr.

"Joseph Cartledge, Jr., brother of James Edmund and Samuel, was my grandfather. He was a brave soldier of the Revolution as were all his male kindred who were able to bear arms. He knew no fear. He live unmarried until he was forty-seven, then he married Dilly Landers Page, a widow, the daughter of Luke Landers."

"My father, Samuel Cartledge, son of Joseph Cartledge Jr. and Dilly Landers Page, was born in Columbia County, Georgia March 28, 1795. He never saw his father on earth, he having died two or three months before.

(Untrue statement, see committ from Great Great Grandson, Samuel J. Cartledge)

"Sourc e: Historical Sketches, Presbyterian Churches and Early Settlers in N.E. Georgia by Reverend Groves Harrison Cartledge (grandson to Joseph Cartledge) Compiled by Jessie Julia Mize and Virginia Louise Newton.

COMMITT

" Great Grandfather, Groves Harrison Cartledge's autobiography cannot be taken as gospel." - Samuel J. Cartledge Untrue statement, that Joseph Cartledge died prior to his son, Samuel's birth, in 1795. (Joseph Cartledge died between Sep 1899 and Aug 1800, probably death year, 1800) "Joseph was still alive four and a half years after son Samuel's birth." - Samuel J. Cartledge (Great grandson of Groves H Cartledge)

MILITARY SERVICE

REVOLUTIONARY WAR

Joseph Cartledge received a land grant of 150 acres on the Savannah River at Black Swamp in Granville County, St. Peter’s Parish, SC. It seems he was married and had one child, but no later record. He became a Baptist after the Revolution: an associational messenger. Served 239 days in the militia of South Carolina from 5 Jun 1781 to 29 Jan 1782.

Lucian Lamar Knight, Georgia’s Roster of the Revolution (Atlanta, 1930), p. 405. The "“Harvey List" of Georgia Revolutionary Soldiers, of all ranks and names, including Continentals, Militia, Provincials, Minute Men, Rangers, Partisans, Mariners, Sons of Liberty, Independents, etc., includes (p. 410) "Cartledge, Joseph, Major."

Bobby Gilmer Moss, Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution (Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1985) p. 155. Joseph Cartledge served in the militia from 5 Jun 1781 and 29 Jun 1782. (Columbia State, 4 Jan 1904 - Feb 1905; Audited Accts. 1115 {in SC Archives}; R-400).

Notes from Leon Hollingsworth’s personal papers (on microfilm in GA Archives, Atlanta). Joseph Cartledge was a landowner adjacent to tract in S. Carolina land grant to Elias Roberts (1773). Jamie Revell, Original Index Book Showing Revolutionary Claims in South Carolina between 1783 and 1786 (Columbia, SC, 1941), p. 54. Claims listed for Joseph, John and Edmund Cartledge.

MAR RIAGE

Abt. 1792; Joseph Cartledge married Delila "Dilly" Landers (most probably at) Kiokee Baptist Church, Appling, Columbia County, Georgia. The oldest Baptist Church in the State of Georgia still stands.

1792, Birth of daughter, Nancy M. Cartledge

1795, 28 Mar; Birth of son, Samuel Carledge

Land Deeds:

1796, 16 Sep;

Columbia Co. GA, Deed Book I (1798-1801), pp. 260-62. An indenture, made 16 Sep 1796 (recorded 1799) between Joseph Cartledge and Dilly his wife of the first part, and John Roberson of the second part. Both are of Columbia Co. GA. The land is an estimated 100 acres lying between the branches of Little River, adjoining the property of Luke Landers, James Landers, Stephen Sullivan and _ Kennedy. This document was signed in the presence of witnesses 20 Mar 1798. [Copy of document supplied by S.D. Cartledge.]

1798, 1 Dec;

Columbia Co. GA, Deed Book M (1803-1818), pp. 216-17. An indenture, made 1 Dec 1798 (recorded 24 Jul 1804), between Edmund Cartledge and Sarah his wife of the first part, and Joseph Cartledge of the second part. Both are of Columbia Co. GA. In consideration of $171.50, five hundred acres on Keg Creek including fifty acres originally granted to George Golphen. Witnesses: Thomas Willingham and John Fleming. [Copy of document supplied by S. D. Cartledge.]

DEATH DATE OF JOSEPH CARTLEDGE

Joseph died sometime between 5 Sep 1799 and 18 Aug 1800. Sources for that statement:

PRIOR TO DEATH

1799, 5 Sep;(a) Columbia Co. GA Minutes of the Superior Court (1797-1803), pg. 183, dated 5 Sep 1799 -- "On the petition of George G. Tankersley, setting forth that he is the Executor of the estate of William Jackson, deceased, and is threatened to be sued in an action of Ejectment by the heirs of Kilgore, and that Joseph Cartledge who is a material witness for the petitioner as Executor afore said is old and infirm and in all probability cannot survive the next term, & praying that a commission may issue to examine the said Joseph Cartledge …"

b) Loose documents relating to Columbia Co. estate settlements (in GA Archives, Atlanta).

AFTER DEATH

1800, 18 Aug 1800; James Landers petitions the Inferior Court of Columbia County to administer the estate of Joseph Cartledge.

1801, 23 Dec; Shadrach Roberts swears to administer estate of Joseph Cartledge, and to make a true and perfect inventory.

1801, 23 Dec; Shadrach Roberts appointed to administer estate of Joseph Cartledge, and John Willingham, John Roberts and Isaac Willingham appointed to make the inventory. (Recorded in Columbia Co. Letters of Administration 1799-1813.)

06 Mar 1802. Inventory of the estate of Joseph Cartledge returned. Evaluated at $99.18¾.

17 Jul 1807. Jonathan Swan and Delilah Swan appointed guardians of the persons and property of Nancy and Samuel Cartledge, the minor orphan children of Joseph Cartledge. Jonathan Swan signs with his mark; Delilah signs her name "Dilley swan".