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Husband: John Sr. WRIGHT

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: ABT. 1750 at: Scotland

Married: at:

  Died:                  at: Greenhill, Lauderdale Co.; AL  

Father:

Mother:

       Other Spouses: 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wife:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Born: at:

  Died:                  at:   

Father:

Mother:

       Other Spouses: 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------CHILDREN

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Catherine "Katie" WRIGHT

  Born:                  at: Scotland  

Married: at:

  Died:                  at:   

Spouses: James Duncan STEWART

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Philip WRIGHT

  Born:                  at: Scotland  

Married: at:

  Died:                  at:   

Spouses:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Polly WRIGHT

  Born:                  at: Scotland  

Married: at:

  Died:                  at:   

Spouses:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: John Jr. WRIGHT

  Born: ABT. 1787        at: Scotland  

Married: 14 NOV 1817 at: Cumberland Co.; NC

  Died: 17 AUG 1832      at: Greenhill, Lauderdale Co.; AL  

Spouses: Bethany JONES

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Nicholas WRIGHT

  Born: 15 MAY 1793      at: Moore Co.; NC  

Married: at:

  Died: 30 APR 1857      at: Lauderdale Co., AL  

Spouses: Barbara JONES

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John was born in 1755 in Scotland. He died at the age of 80 in 1835 in Alabama, Lauderdale County.

General Notes

b. Scotland (?) 1750-1760 (per 1830 census)

son Nicholas b. NC about 1793

present in Cumberland Cty, NC on 14 Nov 1817 (bondsman for son John Jr on marriage)

residing in Capt MacPhails Dist, Cumberland, NC in Jun 1820 (census)

residing in Lauderdale, AL in Jun 1830 (census)

1830 US Census (Jun), Lauderdale, AL, 6 lines from top, head of h/hold is John RIGHT [sic] Sen 0000010001-0000100001, thus:

1m age 70-80 (b 1750-1760) (John Sr)

1f age 70-80 (b 1750-1760) (spouse)

1m age 30-40 (b 1790-1800) (Philip 1788?)

1f age 20-30 (b 1800-1810) (Catherine?)

(next pg) 1m slave age 24-36 indicated, 5 persons total. Near nbrs incl (sons) Nicholas WRIGHT [sic] and John Jr WRIGHT [sic].

Source Citation: Year: 1830; Census Place: Not Stated, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: 1; Page: 198.

1820: Cumberland Cty, NC: 3 John WRIGHTs:

1) 000030-00211-0102

3m 26-45 (1775-1794; dtr Catherine 1818 not here)

Source Citation: Year: 1820; Census Place: Capt Cowiets District, Cumberland, North Carolina; Roll: M33_83; Page: 154; Image: 109.

2) 110001-00101-0400000001

1m 45+ (< 1775) (a little too old, dtr Catherine 1818 not here; I think this may be John Sr, who moved with the family NC > AL and was still alive in Lauderdale in 1830)

Source Citation: Year: 1820; Census Place: Capt MacPhails District, Cumberland, North Carolina; Roll: M33_83; Page: 159; Image: 114.

3) 000010-10100-01

1m 26-45 (1775-1794) (John Jr 1777)

1f 16-26 (1794-1804) (wife Bethany 1796)

1f 0-10 (1810-1820) (dtr Catherine 1818)

Source Citation: Year: 1820; Census Place: Capt MacPhails District, Cumberland, North Carolina; Roll: M33_83; Page: 161; Image: 116.

(middle initials make these unlikely matches:)

Jno W Wright Fayetteville,Cumberland,NC 1820

1810 for Capt McDugalds [sic] District, Cumberland, NC (1st pg has heading "No. 5 Alex'r McDugald") has:

John Wright 01201-1000100

1m 45+ (<1765, perhaps John Sr, who was bondsman for John [Jr.'s] marriage in 1817)

2m 16-26 (1784-1794) (Philip 1788, Nicholas 1793?)

1m 10-16 (1794-1800) (?)

1f 45+

1f 0-10 (1800-1810) (?)

(dtrs Catherine 1778 and Polly 1781 may have married by 1810)

Source Citation: Year: 1810; Census Place: Capt Mac Dugalds District, Cumberland, North Carolina; Roll: 39; Page: 576; Image: 462.00.

also Duncan Wright 00001-0000000

thus 1m 45+ (<1765)

Source Citation: Year: 1810; Census Place: Capt Mac Dugalds District, Cumberland, North Carolina; Roll: 39; Page: 579; Image: 465.00.

1800 for Cumberland, Cumberland, NC (margin reads McLain's Company) has:

John Wright 20101-1100100

1m 45+ (<1755) (John Sr 1750-1760 per 1830 census)

1m 16-26 (1774-1784) (John Jr 1777)

2m 0-10 (1790-1800) (Philip 1788, Nicholas 1793?)

1f 45+ (<1755)

1f 10-16 (1784-1790) (?)

1f 0-10 (1790-1800) (?)

(dtrs Catherine 1778 and Polly 1781 may have married by this time)

Source Citation: Year: 1800; Census Place: Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina; .Roll: 31; Page: 377; Image: 332.

1820 for half of Alabama counties not extant.

1817 present in Cumberland Cty, NC as bondsman for marriage between son John Jr. and Bethany JONES

uncertain match: 1810 US Census (Jun), Capt Mac Dugalds District, Cumberland, NC, head of h/hold is John WRIGHT 01201-10001-00

1m >45 (b < 1765)

1f >45 (b < 1765)

2m 16-26 (b 1784-1794)

1m 10-16 (b 1794-1800)

1f 0-10 (b 1800-1810)

no other free persons, slaves indicated

Source Citation: Year: 1810; Census Place: Capt Mac Dugalds District, Cumberland, North Carolina; Roll: 39; Page: 576; Image: 462.00.

also in this district in 1810 is Duncan WRIGHT 00001-00000-00

Source Citation: Year: 1810; Census Place: Capt Mac Dugalds District, Cumberland, North Carolina; Roll: 39; Page: 579; Image: 465.00.

1800 US Census (Jun) for Fayetteville, Sampson, NC has John WRIGHT 10010-40011-7 total

1m 26-45 (1755-1774)

1m 0-10 (1790-1800) (there should be 3 sons though)

1f 45+ (<1755)

1f 26-45 (1755-1774)

4f 0-10 (1790-1800))

Source Citation: Year: 1800; Census Place: Fayetteville, Sampson, North Carolina; .Roll: 32; Page: 520; Image: 490.

1800 US Census (Jun) Cumberland, NC has John WRIGHT 20101-11001-00

1m >45 (b <1755)

1f >45 (b <1755)

1m 16-26 (b 1774-1784)

1f 10-16 (b 1784-1790)

2m, 1f 0-10 (b 1790-1800) (Branson 1795, plus 1m)

Source Citation: Year: 1800; Census Place: Cumberland, Cumberland, North Carolina; .Roll: 31; Page: 377; Image: 332.

1790 census for Cumberland, NC has:

Duncan Wright

Katy Wright

(in Fayette, which briefly broke off from eastern Cumberland in 1784 but was then restored)

John

John Jr

Josias

Stephen

1790 NC Census 1790-1890 has:

John Wright Duplin County (near Cumberland) early tax list

Mary Wright Duplin County early tax list