Husband: James Bright [I20211]
                Born: in Gouchland Co., VA
             Married:
                Died:
              Father: 
              Mother: 
             Spouses: 
                Wife: Margaret Smyth [I20212] 1
                Born:
                Died:
              Father: 
              Mother: 
             Spouses:
Children
01               (M): James Bright [I764] 2 3
                Born: 16 Jul 1782 in Bedford Co., VA 4 5 6
                Died: 24 Feb 1871 in Fayetteville (1 mile from), Lincoln Co., TN (at home) 7
             Spouses: Nancy Morgan
02               (F): Elizabeth Bright [I21663] 8 9 10
                Born:
                Died: after 1870 11
             Spouses: George McCown

Additional Information

James Bright:

Notes:
REF: P^
Lincoln Co., TN Pioneers Vol. 1, No. 2 page 32.
1794 moved to near Harrodsburg, KY. Then Lancaster, Garrand CO.
His father was of English and Welsh ancestry.

Margaret Smyth:

Notes:
REF: HP^
Lincoln Co., TN Pioneers Vol. 1, No. 2 page 32.
Was of the Smyth family of VA.
Her parents were of English and Scotch ancestry.

Footnotes

  1. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], page 454 for first name.
  2. From annotation to 1850 Lincoln Co., TN Census [65], page 27.
  3. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], article 1. Related to WIlliam P. Anderson, Surveyor General of TN.
  4. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN transcription [33].
  5. Lincoln Co., TN Pioneers Vol. I, No. 2 [102], page 32.
  6. Lincoln Co., TN Pioneers Vol. XVII, No. 1 [157], page 14. States born in the New River country, Botetourt county, State of Virginia. Not sure where this is. Date: 06/16/1782.
  7. Ibid., page 14.
  8. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], 1608 gives first name as Nancy.
  9. Ibid., article 1218.
  10. Ibid., page 454.
  11. Ibid., article 1218. On 1870 Tippah Co., MS census in household of son Lindsay.

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