Corporal Jarrett Wright

Name[1][2]

Jarret Wright

Gender

Male

Birth[1][2]

29 MAR 1758

, , Lunenburg, VA, US

Marriage

AUG 1781

, , , VA, USto Elizabeth Griffin

Alt Marriage

01 AUG 1781

, , Lunenburg, VA, USto Elizabeth Griffin

Death[1][2]

20 DEC 1835

, , Allen, KY, US

Reference Number?

65

Burial[3]

Smith Cemetery, , Allen, KY, US

1810 Warren Cnty., KY Census. 1815 Allen Cnty., KY tax list. Jarrett Wright lived with his father, Joseph, until he enlisted in theRevolutionary War in 1777. He served for 3 years, 5 months, and 2 weeks.He first served as a drummer boy but attained the rank of corporal. Hefought in the Battles of Monmouth, Stony Point, and Fowlershood. He spentthe winter of 1777-78 in Valley Forge under the command of General GeorgeWashington. I have also found indications that Jarrett Wright may have had brothers;John, Joseph, and James. Jarrett and Elizabeth (Griffin) Wright lived in Lunenburg Cnty., VA, thenHalifax Cnty., VA for 7 years, then Caswell Cnty., NC, and then WarrenCnty., KY. Jarrett was given 200 acres of land in what is now the state of KY forhis services as a Virginian Patriot. His land was located on TrammelCreek in Warren Cnty., KY, which became Allen Cnty., KY in 1815.

DAR Applications proved to Jarret Wright include: 1. 0763693 (A762), Sheryl Woodsides Stowers 2. 453122 3. 657649 4. 657650 5. 745595

▼References

1.↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Starlene Oary, Mrs. Kenneth Hall, Doris Elam, Sheryl Stowers, et al. Extracted research from numerous Wright-Isley researchers, Recipient: Greg Lamberson, Address: ., Author E-mai. (1995-present).  2.↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 LDS, Compiler: Lutheran Church of Sweden. Familysearch.org Transcribed Swedish Vital Records Database, Location: www.familysearch.org. (Aug 1999), Ancestral File Number: 1ZRR-SP.  3.↑ Compiler: Sheryl Stowers. WRIGHT GEDCOM From Sheryl Stowers. (20 May 1997).  4.  Sheryl Coranna Woodsides Stowers. DAR Application of Sheryl Woodsides Stowers, Recipient: National Society of the Daughters of the American Revo. (9 June, 1995). 

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