Singleton and Related Genealogy Pages
A history of many families.
- 1792| Name | John CANTEY [1] | |
| Prefix | Captain | |
| Birth | of Camden  |
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| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | John is often referred to in the records as “of Pinetree Hill,” because he was an early settler of this tract, which later became the town of Camden. He dies on his plantation “Live Easy,” a few miles below Camden, in 1792; letters of administration being given his sons on 11 Oct 1792. His wife was Mary McGirt, daughter of Colonel James McGirt. She was said to have been younger than he by many years. John lived after his marriage in Prince Frederich Parish, and was a commissioner for St. Mark’s Parish in 1757, and held many local offices up to nearly the time of his death. John was Justice of the Peace for several years; and in Lyttleton’s campaign of the winter of 1759-60, against the Cherokees, he was Captain in Colonel Richard Richardson’s Regiment. [2] | |
| _UID | C271CFD0007745E5B0B4736267F7AF32EB96 | |
| Death | 1792 | Died of his plantation “Live Easy” a few miles below Camden, South Carolina. [2, 3] |
| Person ID | I6143 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 2 Jul 2002 | |
| Father | William CANTEY, Jr., b. 1690/72, of Craven Parrish, Charleston, South Carolina d. Oct 1729, Charleston, South Carolina | |
| Mother | Arabella OLDYS, b. Abt 1685/75, Charles Town, South Carolina d. Abt 1749, Charles Town, South Carolina | |
| Marriage | Bef 1703 [3, 4] | |
| _UID | 50521FF961E14F0FBD7B3AAE788A6D5039A8 | |
| _UID | 50521FF961E14F0FBD7B3AAE788A6D5039A8 | |
| Family ID | F2207 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Mary McGIRT, b. of Camden | |||||||||
| Marriage | 1749 | |||||||||
| _UID | 6BBDFAB4AE6A47D6A1AA9E243A7A27EEE13D | |||||||||
| _UID | 6BBDFAB4AE6A47D6A1AA9E243A7A27EEE13D | |||||||||
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| Family ID | F2241 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |||||||||
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