Polly Cartwright

1787 - 1838  (50 years)

• Name	Polly Cartwright
  Birth	Sep 1787	Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA
  Gender	Female
  Death	1838
  Person ID	I4572	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Peter Cartwright, Sr.,   b. 1748, Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA d. 1808, Princeton, Caldwell, Kentucky, USA (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Christiana Garvin,   b. 1748, Amherst County, Virginia, USA d. 23 Dec 1838, Caldwell County, Kentucky, USA (Age 90 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	27 Feb 1787	Amherst County, Virginia, USA   [1, 2, 3]
  Family ID	F11255	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - Sep 1787 - Amherst, Amherst, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S6764] Smith, Lawrence C, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Mayes): GARVIN Christiana Cartwright, (Name: SmithLC.com;), GARVIN Christiana/Christiaan Cartwright 1748-1838. Mother of famous pioneer preacher, Rev. Peter Cartwright. She had two illegitimate children with Dr. Edmund Wilcox, a wealthy plantation owner. She married Peter Cartwright, Sr., a Revolutionary soldier, February 27, 1787, at Amherst County, Virginia. One of the Wilcox sons became a minister, and the other son was hung for murder, (many say he was framed). Married, Peter Cartwright, Sr., and then moved to Kentucky. Had three children by Peter Cartwright. She died at the home of her daughter-in-law, Sophia White Wilcox, wife of the son who was hung for murder. Rev. Peter was the only child to survive his mother. Both his sisters had died before Christiaan. Not much is known about Christiaan. Rev. Peter wrote in his biography, saying his mother was an orphan and never mentions anything about her for the rest of his life. We do know that she was his mother as they are listed together in the court records for Peter Sr.'s will. Also, Rev. Peter Cartwright was born after she married his father, which Rev. Peter never mentioned proving he was the son of Christiaan Garvin and Peter Cartwright, Sr. Court documents prove she was a servant in Dr. Edmund Wilcox's home. She may have been black or mulatto. Dr. Wilcox left money in his will for the care of her and both boys. He finally married and died shortly after the birth of a child. His new and only wife contested the will, and poor Christiaan lost the court case and received nothing, along with two others who also lost their cases. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8553372/christiana%2Fchristian-cartwright [S11426] Ancestry.com, North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2016;). North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Book Title: Lineage Book : NSDAR : Volume 090 : 1911 [S3836] FamilySearch.org, Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR77-36P : 29 January 2020), Peter Cartwright, 1787. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR77-36P