Capt. John Wright, Jr.

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When Capt John Wright II was born on 30 October 1728, in Prince William, Virginia, British Colonial America, his father, John Willaim Wright II, was 20 and his mother, Elizabeth Bronaugh, was 29. He married Ann Williams in 1753, in Prince William, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 18 daughters. He died on 30 October 1789, in Surry, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Hamptonville, Yadkin, North Carolina, United States.

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A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA. DAR Ancestor #: A130877

Captain John Wright of Prince William County, Virginia was born in 1731 and died in Surrry County, North Carolina on 10-30-1789. He married Ann Williams in 1753, who was born in Fauquier County Virginia and died in Surry County North Carolina. Together they had twelve daughters and five sons. Reference Tylers Quarterlies - Volume 4, page 244, 271, 273. Court record of Fauquier County, Virginia and Surry County, North Carolina. Captain John Wright served as a soldier in South's Company, 4th. North Carolina Regiment.

Boyhood acquaintance with John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States.

1763 - Commissioned Captain of the Fauquier militia, 29 Jul 1763

Episcopal in Virginia; became a Baptist in North Carolina, USA

Listed on honor roll at Valley Forge from the state of North Carolina, USA

Sued his mother in law Honor (Williams) to honor dowry provisions of his wife.

1771 and 1777- Private in 4th NC Regiment, Revolutionary War.

1771 - 17 Apr 1771 - President & Masters of William & Mary College as Surveyor of the County of Fauquier

1774 - Moved to Shoal Township via the Blue Ridge Mtn. gap.

1777 - Released as a casualty from war service.

1787 - 12 Nov 1787 - Empowered as an attorney in Surry County, along with future President Andrew Jackson

◦John, surveyor and Captain, in the VA Militia, doubtless was born upon hisford County around that time (1721/1731). This was while his grandfather, who had come to Leesylvania about eight or nine years before from the "great house" in Westmoreland County, was living thereon with all of his family. John's Uncle Frances inherited and sold Leesylvania. After that time, John must have lived upon his father's new estate called "Pine View", near Liberty, (Lirty) from 1741, when he was a boy until after he m. in 1741. John completed the sale of his all of his estate 24 October 1774 in Fauquier County, VA and soon after departed therefrom with his family, through the gap in the Blue Ridge, for the long Indian trail between the ridge and the Cumberland mountains, which, by the treaty of Lancaster, had become the best and chief highway overland to the south from northern Virginia, MD and PA. He settled in Surry County, Province of NC. John became of record in Surry County, NC, in the following February. His farm adjoined those of Ellsberry and Riley. See DAR. Most of his children were Baptists. John Wright enlisted in the 4th North Carolina Regiment under Captain Smith's Company in 1771 and served until September 1777 when he was released as a casualty. Also served under Captain Reese. He was active in defending his country and mustering men to serve. Several of his sons served. He also furnished supplies. He is listed on the honor roll at Valley Forge from the state of NC. His will was proved May 1790, 22 days before his death. See Washington Ancestry by Hoppin and McClain. His family Bible contained genealogy of his family. Thomas used it when proving his Revolutionary War service for pension. Also see, "A Study of the Wright Families", Kansas City DAR, 1975. John's burial stone has been located on his farm in Surry County NC, now called Yadkin.5 1981: John Wright III was born Oct. 30, 1728, in Prince William ( now Fauquier) County, Virginia. He as the eldest son of John Wright II and Elizabeth (Bronough) Darnall. She was the daughter of Jeremiah Bronough and the widow of Waugh Darnall. John Wright III lived with his parents at "Pine View", Prince William County, until his marriage to the co-heiress, Ann Williams, daughter of Jonas Williams and Honour-----?. The parents of John and Ann had adjoining estates. Honour Williams was a widow at the time of her daughter's marriage and John III moved to her estate as manager. John's siblings were William, James, Elizabeth, Rosamond and Mary. John Wright was probably educated in the practice of law. It does not appear that he practiced this profession. He was commissioned as Official Surveyor of Fauquier County, VA on the 23rd of April 1771. This is recorded in Deed Book No. 4, page 165, Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. He was about 43 years of age when he passed tests at William and Mary College. The titile of Captain is often used in reference to John Wright and it refers to his being commissioned as a Field Officer in the Commonwealth of Virginia shortly before May 29, 1762. He was a private in the American Revolution, serving in the 4th North Carolina Regiment under Capt. Smith. There is only one record of his service in the National Archives and it states that he enlisted in 1771 and was "omit't" in Sept. 1777" as a casualty. The ROSTER OF NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIERS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, pg. 77, No. 2060, lists Private John Wright's claim for 84 months of service under Capt. Reese. John Wright died on Oct. 30, 1789, on his birthday. He is buried either on his land or in the churchyard of Flat Rock Creek Baptist Chapel (Flat Rock Baptist Church) which is a little more than a mile east of his estate. Perhaps he was buried in the yard of a much closer Elsberry Chapel. John Wright was one of the organizers of the Flat Rock Chapel and was ordained a Deacon there on the 10th of June 1783. The record of John's death appears on the page from a Bible belonging to his sons, Thomas Wright whose heirs, when applying for arrears due Thomas for his service in the War of 1812, tore it from the Bible and sent it to the U.S. Pension Office to show proof of their legitimate births and the marriage of Thomas to Mary Clanton. The Bible page is preserved in the National Archives File No. 11899. The entry reads "Father departed this life Oct. 30, 1789". John's will is dated Oct. 8, 1789, Will Book 3, page 160, Surry County , North Carolina. John Wright and Ann went to Surry County (now Yadkin) in the autumn of 1774.ent from court in 1773 when he was sued for $100 by Thomasngwilled, and bent on having his own way. There is nothing to show that he was over-zealous about religion until his last year in Fauquier County when he was converted to the Baptist faith and was the first of his family to leave the Episcopal Church. This may have contributed to his moving his family to Surry County (now Yadkin). On Oct. 30, his birthday, the family departed through the Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The lon trail led southward to the Yadkin River, then to the "Bigg Branch of the North Fork of Hunting Creek" , (The Northern Fork is now called Flat Rock Creek) to Buck Shoal at Deep Creek. John claimed 1900 acres by "Settlers Rights" and reported the fact to the Entry Taker. He applied for a survey grant at a later date. By 1779 he had five separate tracts in Surry County (now Yadkin). John Wright settled near good neighbors, the Elsberrys and the Husbands who had come to the area about the same time. Two of his daughters and their families came with John and Ann to the new home North Carolina.s [b. 1735/1736; d. Oct., 1825). By 1771 he was capt. of the Fauquier County militia and on April 23 of that same year was commissioned the official surveyor of that county. He sold the last of his property in Fauquier County, Va., on 9/21/1774, and soon led his family through the Blue Ridge Mountains Gap to the long Indian trail that led southward to the Yadkin River in N.C. He thence headed to the southwestern part of Surry County [now Yadkin County, N.C.), where he settled by Feb.,1775 at the township of Buck Shoals on Deep Creek. Initially laying claim to 1900 acres by "Settlers Rights", he owned fiveunty, 4th N.C. regt.; he was soon listed as "omitted," however, in a roster dated 9/1777. He has been identified [wrongly, no doubt] by Ritchie [in CASSTEVENS, p. 678] with the John Wright listing a claim for 84 months service under Capt. Reese in the Roster off N.C. Soldiers in the American Rev. [p. 77, #2060]. This identification is ignored and tacitly contradicted by Hoppin's meticulous research on the family. In any event, "our" John Wright was an organizer of "Petty's Meeting House," where he was ordained a deacon June 10, 1783. This church, which subsequently became the Flat Rock Baptist Church, still holds services in Hamptonville, Yadkin County, N.C. Its old "Minute Book," containing much genealogical information on this large Wright family, has survived and a copy is kept in the Wake Forest U. Library inurt on 11/12/1787 to be sworn in and empowered to practice ~s attorney-at-law. Among the fourteen other fledgling lawyers to appear with him that day was 21 year-~~~:cy [Riley) Clark recorded in her 1849 diary that "while serving in the war he took a violent cold that settled on his lungs and eventually caused his death." He d. Oct. 30, 1789, and Nancy Riley Clark left this account of his passing:n his death bed he suffered much, but bore it all with Christian patience and was perfectly resigned to the will of God. When dying, and gone to all appearance, had ceased to breathe, his wife screamed out of anguish of her heart. She could not give him up. He opened his eyes.

JOHN WRIGHT (III) was born 30 Oct 1728 in Prince William Co., VA; died 30 Oct 1789 in Deep Creek, Surry Co., VA. There are several excellent sources for information about John, including "The Washington Ancestry, and Records of the McClain, Johnson, and Forty Other American Families," and "Washington-Wright Connection" by Charles Arthur Hoppin, 1923.

CAPTAIN JOHN WRIGHT of FAUQUIER AND NORTH CAROLINA. John Wright (John, John, Francis, Richard), surveyor and captain, doubtless was born upon his grandfather's thousand-acre estate of Leesylvania between Powell's Run and Neapsco Creek, near the Potomac River in Price William County, about the time (1731) that county was formed from Stafford County. This was very soon after his paternal grandfather, who had come with his family to Leesylvania about eight years before from the "great house" in Westmoreland County, had died there. As John's grandmother (Dorothy (Awbrey) Wright, died but a few years after his birth, it may be true that he did not well remember her, and he never saw his grandfather, John Wright, who died in 1729 or 1730. That he was educated to follow the practice of law and to maintain the position of the family in public office is likely; but neither he nor his brothers, William and James, became the administrators of law from the bench, however often they figured in the courts in other capacities. John Wright, after his uncle Francis Wright, had sold Leesylvania in 1741, must have lived upon his father's new estate called, "Pine View," near Liberty, from 1741 when he was aged about ten years, until after he married in 1753; son after that date he appears as residing upon and managing the estate of his mother-in-law, Honour Williams, which adjoined the Wright estate. The Leesylvania estate became but a very faint memory to him. Before April 25, 1764, however, we find him again upon his father's estate; on the day before that date he received from his father "by virtue of an Indenture, the gift of 116 acres. He changed his mind overnight, however, and desired the gift of a sum of money instead; thereupon he reconveyed the land to his father, took the money, and proceeded to follow his own notions, perhaps to the displeasure of the parent. The first three official records of John Wright begin with his service as a grand juror when his father was sheriff, the separate identity of father and son being clear in each record because the father was the sheriff. (portions of court records not quoted).

John Wright (III) gentleman, surveyor and captain. He “was a man of independent spirit, not inclined to follow the conservative path of his judicially-minded and self-restrained forebears. He was adventurous; he was bold; he was outspoken--disinclined mentally at that period to judicial functions. That he was strong headed, bent upon having his own way, and quite fearless of others and of consequences is apparent." "He was a strong man, in his way; his individuality and virility carried him far from the scenes of his childhood. Hard were the propositions to which he put his hand and his mind, but he held his own. He went back to the conditions in which his first American direct ancestor began, i.e. the wilderness. [...he created] in a few years a new estate and bequeathed it, together with the magnificent gift of eighteen adult children and many grandchildren to the progress and development of his country. Far flung upon this wide continent and many, therefore, have been his descendants since."

There is no question that John Wright was a Patriot. He was aged about 49 at the outbreak of the war. As his family consisted of not less than 12, if not 14, children, his enlistment into the Continental army was not the fanciful contemplation of a young man having no responsibilities. The proofs that he did so enlist and serve are absolute, including a copy of the War Department, Adjutant General's office, Washington, DC, August 27, 1917, sent to Mr. Hoppin that says... "John Wright served as a soldier in Smith's Co., 4th N. C., Regiment in service in that War [the Revolution]. His name appears only on a book copied from the rolls which shows date of enlistment - 1777."

”While serving in the war he took a violent cold that settled on his lungs and eventually caused his death." Aged about sixty years, Capt. John Wright died and was buried, if not on his own land, in the churchyard of either the Flat Rock Creek Baptist chapel, more than a mile easterly of the Wright estate, or in the yard of the much closer Elsberry Chapel founded by his neighbor and his daughter Agatha's father-in-law, John Elsberry. The record of his death appears on a page of the family Bible of his son, Thomas Wright, whose heirs applied for arrears due on Thomas's pension in 1853, tore out that page and sent it to the pension office. To quote.. "Father departed this life OCTOBER 30, 1789," on his birthday. The will of John Wright was dated October 8, 1789.

John Wright, III married Ann Williams (15 Oct 1738-Fauquier Co., VA; Oct 1825 in Surry Co., NC). They were married in 1753 in Fauquier County, VA, and had 18 children. Ann was an executor of her husband's will. Upon his death, she was left with nine children living with her, and nine more that were married. "Though the original Wright house has been replaced by a different structure, the general aspect of the estate remains nearly as it was a century ago save for the enlargement of the rich cultivated area on which tobacco, maize, and some cotton were produced. Ann (Williams) Wright, the widow and mother of Captain John Wrights eighteen children (alive at his death), is last and only of further record as is stated on pages 333-334 (Vol. II) of the Williams chapter, the exact date of her death in her ninetieth year in 1825 is unknown. Interment, however, is judged to have been beside that of her patriotic husband in a spot in the cemetery now indeterminable."

I have not made a concerted effort to determine descendants of their many children, and would welcome hearing from others. I would also welcome any information on Ann Williams’ family. I believe her father was Jonah Williams, mother “Honour.” Our descent is through John and Ann’s son, Daniel.

1. JOHN (III) WRIGHT * Capt. of Militia (b.30 Oct 1728-Prince William Co.,VA d.30 Oct 1789-Deep Creek,Surry Co.,VA)

sp: ANN WILLIAMS * (b.15 Oct 1738-Fauquier Co.,VA m.1753 d.Oct 1825-Surry County,NC)

|-2. Elizabeth WRIGHT (m. Samuel Arnold) (b.Abt 1754-Prince William County,Virginia d.(probably Surry County,NC))

| sp: Samuel ARNOLD (b.1750 m.5 Sep 1771 d.1831)

|  +-3. Sarah ARNOLD (b.1789-Surry (now Yadkin County),NC)

|-2. Nancy Ann WRIGHT (m. Lewis Elliott)

|-2. Capt. DANIEL WRIGHT * (b.27 Sep 1759-Fauquier Co.,VA d.24 May 1838-Madison Co,AL)

| sp: * NANCY (Ann/Anna) YOUNG (b.7 Jul 1762 m.24 Jan 1782 d.23 Jun 1833-Madison Co,AL)

|  |-3. Gen. Thomas WRIGHT (b.15 Dec 1782-Surry County,VA d.14 Feb 1844-Lauren County,SC)

|  | sp: Nancy SIMPSON (b.23 Dec 1794)

|  |  |-4. Oliver Perry WRIGHT

|  |  |-4. Thomas WRIGHT (Jr.) (died young) (b.14 Mar 1820 d.19 Nov 1846)

|  |-3. Nancy WRIGHT

|  |-3. Amelia WRIGHT (b.1785 d.23 Mar 1806)

|  |-3. William WRIGHT

|  |-3. John WRIGHT (b.19 Sep 1790-Surry (now Yadkin County),NC)

|  | sp: Mary Yarwell WOOD

|  |  +-4. John (Jr.) WRIGHT

|  |-3. ELIZABETH (Betsy) * WRIGHT (b.12 Apr 1793 d.10 May 1821-Madison Co,AL)

|  | sp: Maj. THOMAS * MCCRARY (b.17 Jan 1789-South Carolina m.23 Sep 1812 d.31 Aug 1865-Madison Co,AL)

|  |  |-4. MARY ELIZABETH MCCRARY * (b.23 Jan 1817-Madison Co,AL d.20 Dec 1870)

|  |  | sp: JOSIAH DAVIS BATTLE (b.18 Sep 1811-North Carolina m.20 Dec 1837 d.2 Jan 1864-Madison Co,AL)

|  |  |-4. James Alfred MCCRARY (died a child) (b.4 Jul 1813 d.13 Aug 1820-(7 yrs 1 mo))

|  |  |-4. Nancy Evelina A. MCCRARY (b.28 Mar 1815)

|  |  | sp: Orville EASTLAND (m.8 Apr 1835)

|  |  +-4. Lucinda MCCRARY (b.21 Jul 1819)

|  |    sp: James B. CLOYD (m.22 Apr 1840)

|  |-3. Daniel W. WRIGHT (b.Abt 1796)

|  |-3. James WRIGHT

|  +-3. Lucinda WRIGHT (b.30 Jan 1803)

|-2. William WRIGHT

|-2. Sarah (Sally) WRIGHT (b.20 Mar 1764)

| sp: Ninian (Jr.) RILEY

|  |-3. Benjamin Wright RILEY (b.2 Sep 1793-Surry Co.,North Carolina)

|  +-3. Nancy RILEY (Mrs.Clark)

|-2. John WRIGHT

| sp: Sallie MITCHELL

|-2. Agatha WRIGHT (Mrs. Elsberry)

|-2. James WRIGHT (b.Abt 1766)

|-2. Thomas B WRIGHT (represented Surrey Co in the legislature)

|-2. Lucretia WRIGHT (m. William Pettey)

| sp: William PETTEY

|-2. Amelia WRIGHT (m. Dr. Robert Martin)

| sp: Dr. Robert MARTIN

|-2. Frances WRIGHT (m. Gerard Riley) (b.14 Feb 1769-Fauquier Co.,VA d.Nov 1835)

| sp: Gerard RILEY

|  |-3. Zachariah RILEY

|  +-3. Nancy RILEY

|-2. Susannah (Sukey) WRIGHT

|-2. Margaret (Peggy) WRIGHT

|-2. Mary (Polly) WRIGHT

|-2. Rosanna (Rosey) WRIGHT

|-2. Patsy WRIGHT

+-2. Williams WRIGHT (b.5 Apr 1779-Surry County,NC d.19 Jul 1825-Madison Co,AL)

  sp: Sarah "Sally" MITCHELL (b.6 May 1784 d.1 Aug 1835-Madison Co,AL)

   |-3. John WRIGHT (b.12 Nov 1807-North Carolina d.11 Jan 1867-Madison Co,AL)

   | sp: Mollie STEGER

   |-3. Sally WRIGHT (b.2 Aug 1807 d.15 Oct 1874-Bryan,Texas)

   | sp: Col.  ECHOLS

   |  +-4. Annie ECHOLS

   |    sp: Mr.  DAVIS

   |-3. Cynthia WRIGHT (b.28 Jun 1813)

   | sp: Oswald KING

   |-3. Matilda WRIGHT (b.17 Nov 1815 d.Nov 1863-Bryan,Texas)

   | sp: Reuben WILKERSON (m.17 Oct 1837)

   |  +-4. Sarah Mildred WILKERSON (b.13 Jan 1848-Huntsville,AL d.21 Nov 1921-Chattanooga,TN)

   |    sp: Robert Durham COMPTON (b.7 Mar 1836-Perryville,KY. m.28 Apr 1869 d.21 May 1892-Franklin,TN)

   |-3. Lucinda WRIGHT (b.21 Sep 1817)

   | sp: Dr. John KING

   |  |-4. Miles KING

   |  |-4. John KING

   |  | sp: Mrs. Fannie SMITH GAMBLE

   |  |-4. Katie Vail KING

   |  +-4. Cynthia KING

   |-3. Judy Eliza WRIGHT (b.29 Aug 1819 d.28 May 1895)

   | sp: Col. John Townes ABERNATHY (b.8 Dec 1799-Leighton,AL m.5 Nov 1856 d.27 Jul 1869)

   |  |-4. Harriet Wright ABERNATHY (b.18 Aug 1848 d.Feb 1926)

   |  | sp: James Council WOOTEN (b.18 Jul 1832-Columbia,TN m.17 Feb 1869 d.26 Feb 1920)

   |  |-4. 2 Sons, Willie & Emmett ABERNATHY (died young)

   |  +-4. Sallie ABERNATHY (b.16 Mar 1851-Lawrence County,AL d.7 Jun 1892-Monteagle,TN)

   |    sp: Francis Henderson PEEBLES (b.7 Dec 1843-Mooresville,AL d.30 Mar 1912-Weatherford,TX)

   |-3. Williams (II) WRIGHT (b.11 Feb 1823-Madison Co,AL d.Covington,KY.)

   | sp: Katie VAIL

   |  |-4. Williams (III) WRIGHT

   | sp: Lucy MOORE (b.Covington,KY.)

   |  +-4. Lucy WRIGHT (b.6 Jun 1856)

   |    sp: Julius F. GEDGE

   |-3. Harriet Atwood WRIGHT (b.21 May 1821-Madison Co,AL d.28 Jul 1883)

   | sp: James William WOODROOF (b.28 Nov 1813-Greenvesville Co.,VA d.23 Apr 1897-Mooresville,AL)

   |  |-4. William Walton WOODROOF (b.11 Dec 1854 d.Apr 1894)

   |  |-4. Sallie Bettie WOODROOF (b.26 Nov 1856)

   |  | sp: James Abram HILL (b.8 Feb 1856-Grenada,MS d.28 Jan 1922-Mooresville,AL)

   |  |-4. Nancy McCrary WOODROOF (b.2 Jun 1859-Mooresville,AL)

   |  | sp: Oliver B. WARWICK

   |  |-4. James Wright WOODROOF (b.30 Apr 1863 d.30 Apr 1920-Ashville,NC)

   |  | sp: Sallie SANDERS

   |  |-4. Thomas Sanders WOODROOF

   |  |-4. Charles (twin) WOODROOF

   |  +-4. Walton (twin) WOODROOF

   +-3. Nancy WRIGHT (b.26 Dec 1805-North Carolina d.16 Oct 1895-Madison Co,AL)

     sp: Maj. THOMAS * MCCRARY (b.17 Jan 1789-South Carolina m.22 Nov 1823 d.31 Aug 1865-Madison Co,AL)

      +-4. Williams Wright MCCRARY (b.17 Oct 1827)

        sp: Alice B. HEWLETT (b.26 Apr 1841)

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DAR Ancestor # A130877
NORTH CAROLINA, CIVIL SERVICE, PATRIOTIC SERVICE

Some records show 1728 approximate birth date. He may have been born in Leesylvania, Prince or Fauquier County, Virginia. He may have died in Surry County, but been buried in Yadkin County. His wife was Ann (Williams) Wright. They were married in 1753 in Fauquier County, Virginia.

I believe he founded or was first to preach at Flat Rock Baptist Church.

Citations

• https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ronreid&id=I10714 cites
• Title: Tyler's History & Genealogy Magazine Page: 244-274
• Title: Tyler's History & Genealogy Magazine Page: 183-185
• Title: John J. Wright Genealogy by J. Calvin Wright, 1943 Page: 25, 49, 50
• Title: Yadkin County Heritage Book, Anne Reed Ritchie
• Title: Deed Book No. 4, page 165, Warrenton, Fauquier Co., VA
• Title: Descendants of Richard Wright, Gentleman, of London, England & Northumberland Co., VA. , Charles Arthur Hoppin
• Title: Nancy (Riley) Clark's 1849 Diary - granddaughter
• Title: Glenn, Dr. Justin M., Compiling a genealogical history of the descendants of Col. John Washington
• Title: Family Bible page in National Archives File No. 11899
• Title: The Heritage of Yadkin Co., pub. by Yadkin Co., Historical Society, Yadkinville, NC, 1981

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It would appear that perhaps this John Wright, Jr. is NOT buried here. Before I remove him completely, I want to look into the idea that I was thinking of William Petty (or Pettey). When I find out something that rules this John Wright in or out definitely, then I will remove him from this cemetery record. Posted before the row of asterisks on June 20, 2009

• ******************************************* Some records show 1728 approximate birth date. He may have been born in Leesylvania, Prince or Fauquier County, Virginia. He may have died in Surry County, but been buried in Yadkin County. His wife was Ann (Williams) Wright. They were married in 1753 in Fauquier County, Virginia.

I believe he founded or was first to preach at Flat Rock Baptist Church.

• ******************************************************* Between the row of asterisks is information contributed on March 11, 2014 from http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=mr&MRid=48277816

Please add notes: John Wright III, is listed in the records of the Sons of the American Revolution, as CAPT John Wright. He was also a Reverend or Preacher and it is said that he did indeed assist in the begging of the Flat Rock church previously mentioned.

I took the liberty of correcting the spelling of Reverend and of changing the word begging to beginning.

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• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Feb 25 2019, 19:42:13 UTC

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<p>[g675.ftw]</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>John, surveyor and Captain, in the VA Militia, doubtless was born upon his</p><p><p>grandfather's thousand acre estate of Leesylvania between Powell's run &</p><p><p>Neapsco Creek, near the Potomac river in Prince William County. Prince Wm Co was formed from Stafford County around that time (1721/1731). This was while his grandfather, who had come to Leesylvania about eight or nine years before from the "great house" in Westmoreland Co., was living thereon with all of his family. John's Uncle Frances inherited and sold Leesylvania. After that time, John must have lived upon his father's new estate called "Pine View", near Liberty, (Lirty) from 1741, when he was a boy until after he m. in 1741. John completed the sale of his all of his estate 24 October 1774 in Fauquier Co., VA and soon after departed therefrom with his family, through the gap in the Blue Ridge, for the long Indian trail between the ridge and the Cumberland mountains, which, by the treaty of Lancaster, had become the best and chief highway overland to the south from northern Virginia, MD and PA. He settled in Surry County, Province of NC. John became of record in Surry Co., NC, in the following February. His farm adjoined those of Ellsberry and Riley. See DAR</p><p><p>Supplemental Application for John Wright, Jr. who served in the Revolutionary War.(#637068 submitted July 13,1990.) See Tyler's Genealogical Magazine, Vol.IV, No. 3. John left the Episcopal Church in VA and joined the Baptist Church. Most of his children were Baptists. John Wright enlisted in the 4th North Carolina Regiment under Captain Smith's Company in 1771 and served until September 1777 when he was released as a casualty. Also served under Captain Reese. He was active in defending his country andmustering men to serve. Several of his sons served. He also furnished supplies. He is listed on the honor roll at Valley Forge from the state of NC. His will was proved May 1790, 22 days before his death. See Washington Ancestry by Hoppin and McClain. His family Bible contained genealogy of his family. Thomas used it when proving his Revolutionary War service for pension. Also see, "A Study of the Wright Families", Kansas City DAR, 1975. John's burial stone has been located on his farm in Surry Co. NC, now called Yadkin.</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>LDS Ancestrial file has dob as 1732, ID NO.:G1B0-JB.</p></p><p><p></p></p><p><p>REF: THE HERITAGE OF YADKIN COUNTY, published by The Yadkin County Historical Society, Yadkinville, NC 27055 1981: John Wright III was born Oct. 30, 1728, in Prince William ( now Fauquier) County, Virginia. He as the eldest son of John Wright II and Elizabeth (Bronough) Darnall. She was the daughter of Jeremiah Bronough and the widow of Waugh Darnall. John Wright III lived with his parents at "Pine View", Prince William County, until his marriage to the co-heiress, Ann Williams, daughter of Jonas Williams and Honour

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?. The parents of John and Ann had adjoining estates. Honour Williams was a widow at the time of her daughter's marriage and John III moved to her estate as manager. John's siblings were William, James, Elizabeth, Rosamond and Mary. John Wright was probably educated in the practice of law. It does not appear that he practiced this profession. He was commissioned as Official Surveyor of Fauquier County, VA on the 23rd of April 1771. This is recorded in Deed Book No. 4, page 165, Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. He was about 43 years of age when he passed tests at William and Mary College. The titile of Captain is often used in reference to John Wright and it refers to his being commissioned as a Field Officer in the Commonwealth of Virginia shortly before May 29, 1762. He was a private in the American Revolution, serving in the 4th North Carolina Regiment under Capt. Smith. There is only one record of his service in the National Archives and it states that he enlisted in 1771 and was "omit't" in Sept. 1777" asa casualty. The ROSTER OF NORTH CAROLINA SOLDIERS IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, pg. 77, No. 2060, lists Private John Wright's claim for 84 months of service under Capt. Reese. John Wright died on Oct. 30, 1789, on his birthday. He is buried either on his land or in the churchyard of Flat Rock Creek Baptist Chapel (Flat Rock Baptist Church) which is a little more than a mile east of his estate. Perhaps he was buried in the yard of a much closer Elsberry Chapel. John Wright was one of the organizers of the Flat Rock Chapel and was ordained a Deacon there on the 10th of June 1783. The record of John's death appears on the page from a Bible belonging to his sons, Thomas Wright whose heirs, when applying for arrears due Thomas for his service in the War of 1812, tore it from the Bible and sent it to the U.S. Pension Office to show proof of their legitimate births and the marriage of Thomas to Mary Clanton. The Bible page is preserved in the National Archives File No. 11899. The entry reads "Father departed this life Oct. 30, 1789". John's will is dated Oct. 8, 1789, Will Book 3, page 160, Surry County , North Carolina. John Wright and Ann went to Surry County (now Yadkin) in the autumn of 1774.</p><p><p>John was absent from court in 1773 when he was sued for $100 by Thomas</p></p><p><p>Marshall. It has been presumed that John was in North Carolina at the time</p><p><p>stakingout land and building a home for his very large family. John was adventurous, bold and outspoken, strongwilled, and bent on having his own way. There is nothing to show that he was over-zealous about religion until his last year in Fauquier County when he was converted to the Baptist faith and was the first of his family to leave the Episcopal Church. This may have contributed to his moving hisfamily to Surry County (now Yadkin). On Oct. 30, his birthday, the family departed through the Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The lon trail led southward to the Yadkin River, then to the "Bigg Branch of the North Fork of Hunting Creek" , (The Northern Fork is now called Flat Rock Creek) to Buck Shoal at Deep Creek. John claimed 1900 acres by "Settlers Rights" and reported the fact to the Entry Taker. He applied for a survey grant at a later date. By 1779 he had five separate tracts in Surry County (now Yadkin). John Wright settled near good neighbors, the Elsberrys and the Husbands whohad come to the area about the same time. Two of his daughters and their families came with John and Ann to the new home North Carolina.</p><p><p></p></p><p><p>REF: Dr. Justin M. Glenn, 2554 MarstonRd, Tallahassee, FL 32312 (authoring a work on the descendants of Col. John Washington): John Wright III (b. ca. 1730; m. [1753%29 Ann Williams [b. 1735/1736; d. Oct., 1825). By 1771 he was capt. ofthe Fauquier Co. militia and on April 23 of that same year was commissioned the official surveyor of that county. He sold the last of his property in Fauquier Co., Va., on 9/21/1774, and soon led hisfamily through the Blue Ridge Mountains Gap to the long Indian trail that led southward to the Yadkin River in N.C. He thence headed to the southwestern part of Surry Co. [now Yadkin Co., N.C.), where he settled by Feb.,1775 at the township of Buck Shoals on Deep Creek. Initially laying claim to 1900 acres by "Settlers Rights", he owned five</p><p><p>separate tracts of land in the Surry Co. by 1779. A patriot during the Rev. War, in 1777 he enlisted in Smith's Co., 4th N.C. regt.; he was soon listed as "omitted," however, in a roster dated 9/1777. He has been identified [wrongly, no doubt] by Ritchie [in CASSTEVENS, p. 678] with the John Wright listing a claim for 84 months service under Capt. Reese in the Roster off N.C. Soldiers in the American Rev. [p. 77, #2060]. This identification is ignored and tacitly contradicted by Hoppin's meticulous research on the family. In any event, "our" John Wright was an organizer of "Petty's Meeting House," where he was ordained a deacon June 10, 1783. This church, which subsequently became the Flat Rock Baptist Church, still holds services in Hamptonville, Yadkin Co., N.C. Its old "Minute Book," containing much genealogical information on this large Wright family, has survived and a copy is kept in the Wake Forest U. Library in</p><p><p>Winston-Salem. According to Hoppin's analysis of Surry Co. Order Bk. 2:221, "our" John Wright was one of fifteen men who appeared before the court on 11/12/1787 to be sworn in and empowered to practice ~s attorney-at-law. Among the fourteen other fledgling lawyers to appear with him that day was 21 year-~~~:</p><p><p>Andrew Jackson, future seventh president of the U.S. John's granddaughter Nancy [Riley) Clark recorded in her 1849 diary that "while serving in the war he took a violent cold that settled on his lungs and eventually caused his death." He d. Oct. 30, 1789, and Nancy Riley Clark left this account of his passing:</p><p><p>while on his death bed he suffered much, but bore it allwith Christian patience and was perfectly resigned to the will of God. When dying, and gone to all appearance, had ceased to breathe, his wife screamed out of anguish of her heart. She could not give him up. He opened his eyes and said, my dear, it</p><p><p>is you that keeps me here.' His oldest son then took his mother out of the room and begged her not to make a noise. He then closed his eyes in death ...).</p><p></p>

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GEDCOM Note

Had 18 children that reached maturity.