Peter Cartwright (revivalist)
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American Methodist, revivalist, preacher, Peter Cartwright
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Peter Cartwright, Jr. September 1, 1785 Amherst County, Virginia, present-day Nelson County, Virginia |
| Died | September 25, 1872 (aged 87) Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County, Illinois |
| Resting place | Pleasant Plains Cemetery, Pleasant Plains, Sangamon County, Illinois |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Uncle Peter, Backwoods Preacher, Lord's Plowman, Lord's Breaking-Plow, The Kentucky Boy |
| Occupation | preacher, revivalist, military chaplain, author |
| Known for | For being a revivalist missionary, who helped start America's Second Great Awakening, personally baptizing twelve thousand converts and the author of Autobiography of Peter Cartwright: The Backwoods Preacher |
| Spouse(s) | Frances Gaines |
| Parent(s) | Peter Cartwright, Sr. |
Born Peter Cartwright, Jr. or better known as Peter Cartwright and also, known as "Uncle Peter", "Backwoods Preacher", "Lord's Plowman", "Lord's Breaking-Plow", and "The Kentucky Boy", (September 1, 1785 – September 25, 1872) was an American Methodist, revivalist, preacher, in the Midwest, as well as twice an elected legislator in Illinois. Cartwright, a Methodist missionary, helped start America's Second Great Awakening, personally baptizing twelve thousand converts. Opposed to slavery, Cartwright moved from Kentucky to Illinois, and was elected to the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly in 1828 and 1832. In 1846 Abraham Lincoln defeated Cartwright for a seat in the United States Congress. As a Methodist circuit rider, Cartwright rode circuits in Kentucky and Illinois, as well as Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio. His Autobiography (1856) made him nationally prominent.
Peter Cartwright, Jr., the son of Peter Cartwright, Sr., was born in Amherst County, Virginia, present-day Nelson County, Virginia, between Findlay Mountain and Purgatory Swamp, into the Soon after his birth, Cartwright's family moved to what was then Kentucky County, now Logan County, Kentucky.
In 1801, at the age of 15, Peter Cartwright was converted, at a camp meeting, associated with the Revival of 1800. a series of sacrament meetings conducted by Presbyterian, James McGready and other Presbyterian and Methodist ministers. He subsequently joined the Methodist Episcopal Church. He became a preacher in 1802 and was ordained in 1806 by Francis Asbury and William McKendree. In 1812, Cartwright was appointed a presiding elder (now District Superintendent), and he served in that office for the next thirty-five years.
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