Summerhill, William Jr.
(Brickmason & Blacksmith)

&

Cardwell, Lethe/Letha

William Jr. & Family Migrate

When William Jr. was born, the family lived in Island Creek District,
Granville Co.  His mother, Martha, died when he was a child and his father,
  left a widower with five children soon remarried to
Elizabeth "Betsy"Bryant Walker, a widow.  
At about seventeen years, in the summer of 1820, William Jr. married
Lethe/Letha Cardwell.   In November 1825, he purchased 100 acres
of land on Long Creek and sold it in August 1828 to Thomas N. Pulliam.
 Selling the land, in all probability, meant he was migrating.

Late 1828 or early 1829, he and family migrated to Wilson Co. TN where he
shows up in Wilson Co. Minutes in Sept. 1829.  I would think the migration
transpired that spring.  In February 1834, he purchased 133 acres on
Barton's Creek. September 1840, he was designated overseer on the
building of Coles Ferry Road.  During my trip to Lebanon and Wilson
Co. TN, I drove down the Coles Ferry Road and along Barton's Creek.
 I envisaged the rugged men with their wagons and teams of mules,
clearing trees, brush and weeds; forging a road, joining communities.

 I believe my great-great-grandfather, a man in his late 30's, was
responsible and determined to see the job finished.  How many times
had he traversed this same road?
 I know his footprints are there, albeit wind
and time have masked their traces.

Built First Brick House In Wilson Co. TN

"During this period William Jr. built the first brick house in Wilson Co.
 It stood on the Lebanon square where the bank now stands."
                                          ~Lillian Jones Crews Research

William Jr.'s Obituary  

"William Summerhill, Murfreesboro, Tenn., (died) July 16, ae.
about 54.  He was a native of North Carolina, but removed to
Wilson Co., Tenn. in early life.  Eight or ten years since he
settled in Murfreesboro, Tenn.  He was a man of remarkable
energy of character.  He was noted for his generousity.  The
voice of distress never appealed to him in vain.  His loss is
mourned by a large circle of relatives and friends."
                                 ~"Annual Obituary Notices of Eminent Persons
                                              Who Have Died In The United States for 1857"

Lethe/Letha Dies

Died 1871 Sumner Co. TN.  At the time of her death she was living
with daughter Eliza Myrick (husband Francis Myrick) and family.