Person:Martin Cartmill (1)

Early Land Acquisition in Orange County, VA

Acquisition of Land from Orange County, Virginia Records:

• Pages 69-73. [Page 68 blank]. 13-14 Jan. 1741/42. Thomas Branson of Orange County, farmer to Martin Cartmell of same; turner. Lease and release; for £30 current money. 650 acres, part of 850 acres in pattent 12 Nov. 1735 at the head of the south branch of Opeckon... at Nathaniell Thomas' corner... crossing a branch of Cacapor River... (signed) Thomas (X) Branson. Wit: David Vance, Jost Hite, Jon. Hite, Abrahsm Hollingsworth, George Robinson. 26 Aug. 1742. From John Branson and Isabelle his wife to Martin Cartmell [sic]. Proved by Jost Hite and George Robinson and affirmation of Abraham Hollingsworth. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 8, Dorman, pg. 71].

Information on Martin Cartmill

From Cartmill Family DNA site: http://www.cartmill-genealogy.com/dna.html

1. Martin Cartmell - born 1685 in Chester County, PA or at sea on the way to the Colonies. Died 1749 in Frederick County, VA. He married Esther about 1710, probably in Delaware or Maryland. Sold his property in Cecil County, Maryland in 1738 and moved with his mother to Frederick County, VA about 1740. Martin left a will when he died in 1749. Many of today's Ca'families with origins in VA descend from this family. In the late 1700s and early 1800s many of Martin's descendants moved westward from VA into KY, TN, OH and IN. A large group moved to the area just west of Columbus, OH area around 1812. Others moved to the Louisville, KY area (Bullitt & Nelson Counties), the Nashville, TN area (Wilson & Davidson Counties) and western Tennessee (Madison County) in the early 1800s.