Cartwright-Moss House
Updated: Oct 8, 2024
760 Old Dickerson Pk. Goodlettsville, TN
Circa 1810. Orig. 2-story log house/ 1850 remodel
Photo by J. R. Manning
Jacob Cartwright (1767-1828) and Patience Hobdy Cartwright (1785-1837) wed in 1803. They built their home on Old Dickerson Pike.
The original structure was a 2 story log house; then in 1850, a frame addition was added. Cartwright was part of James Robertson’s original settlers in Middle Tennessee. Their son, John Hunter Cartwright (1812-1863) and his wife Catherine Connell Cartwright (1818-1897) were the next owners. They continued to reside in and farm on the property.
Their daughter, Lilly Cartwright (1854-1938), married Judge Bennett Douglas “B.D.” Bell (1849-1934) in 1882. Judge Bell became a renowned jurist and a justice on the Tennessee Supreme Court in the late 1800s. Judge Bell’s maternal great x3 grandfather was Judge Edward Douglas who held the first court in Sumner Co. Jacob and Patience’s great, great-grandson was James Cartwright Warner of Renraw.
In 1979, Mr. and Mrs. Billy Moss owned the property. NRHP 1979 See Renraw
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My name is Bruce Buckner Cartwright, Jr. I am the grandson of Mark Prince Cartwright, Sr. His uncle was John Bell Cartwright, and his father was Robert Alexander Cartwright. John Bell and Robert Alexander were brothers, and their parents were John Hunter Cartwright and Katherine "Kittie" Connell. John Bell was the oldest male child, and as tradition would have it, he would inherit the "Old Hurricane". His daughter, Kitty Cartwright, married a Taylor. Our family called her "Cousin Kitty Taylor". She was a renown historian of Mansker Creek area and the village of Goodlettsville, TN. My birth date is January 2, 1962. As a small child, my father, mother, and brother Frank along with my grandfather Mark Prince Cartwright, Sr.…