When Moses Levi Cantrell was born in 1809, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, his father, William Cantrell Sr, was 41 and his mother, Mary Alexander, was 0. He married Mary Alexander about 1829, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Pickens, South Carolina, United States in 1860 and White Water Township, Oconee, South Carolina, United States in 1870. He died on 4 May 1880, in North Carolina, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Cherokee, South Carolina, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
"On June 16, 1822, Denmark Vesey a free and self-educated African American leads a slave rebellion called ""the rising."" The interesting thing about this rebellion is that it does not really happen. The only thing the judges have to go on is the testimony of people that witness it."
In 1829 Fort Sumter is constructed in the Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. Fort Sumter is most known for being the site of the first shots of the Civil War. It is barely ready when the American Civil War starts.
English (of Norman origin): from Old French canterelle, chanterelle, a diminutive of c(h)anteor ‘singer’. Compare Cantor . It was used as an alternative name for Chantecler the cock in medieval French versions of the folk story of Reynard the Fox (Le Roman de Renard).
English: sometimes a variant of Quintrell .
English: occasionally, perhaps a habitational name from Cantrell in Devon, early recorded as Canterhulle, named from an unexplained first element + Old English hyll ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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