Cartwright, Peter

1785 - Born on the 1st of September in Amherst County, Va., U.S.

1790 - His father, a veteran of the Revolutionary War, took his family to Kentucky.

1801 - He was converted during the Great Western Revival.

1802 - He was commissioned to form a new circuit of preaching points in an unchurched wilderness around the mouth of the Cumberland River.

1806-1808 - He was ordained deacon.

1824 - Cartwright hated slavery; to be on free soil he moved to Sangamon county.1856 - Cartwright recounted his colourful life in his Autobiography, which became a leading source for material on the life of the western circuit rider.

1872 - Died on the 25th of September, near Pleasant Plains.