Husband: Jacob Wright [I17031] 1 2
                Born: 1775 in VA 3
             Married: 16 Apr 1799 in Botetourt Co., VA 15
                Died: 02 Aug 1867 4
              Buried: in Wright Cemetery; Lincoln Co., TN 5
              Father: 
              Mother: 
             Spouses: 
          Occupation: Farmer
                Wife: Nancy McMillen [I21033] 6 7
                Born: 03 Nov 1778 in Ireland 8 9
                Died: 1840 10 11
              Buried: in Wright Cemetery; Lincoln Co., TN 12
              Father: William McMillen
              Mother: Martha
             Spouses: 
            Children: 13
                      Had 12 children.

          Emigration: America 14
                      Came to US with her parents.
Children
01               (M): William B. Wright [I17150] 16
                Born: 1800 in TN 17 18
                Died: Jun 1849 20 21 22
             Spouses: Mary Love Williamson Marshall
02               (M): Andrew Wright [I23102] 23
                Born:
                Died:
             Spouses: 
03               (M): Jacob R. Wright [I12186]
                Born: 1804 in TN 24
                Died: 25 Apr 1886 in Boon's Hill, Lincoln, TN 25 26
             Spouses: Mary
04               (F): Nancy Wright [I11767] 27
                Born: 1806 in TN 28
                Died: Unknown
             Spouses: Plummer W. Harper
05               (F): Martha R. Wright [I23103] 29
                Born: 1808 30
                Died: 1854 31
             Spouses: William Huff
06               (F): Mary 'Polly' Wright [I23105] 32
                Born: 1810 33
                Died: 1863 34
             Spouses: E. Bennett
07               (M): James Harvey Wright [I17143] 35 36
                Born: 28 Nov 1812 in Lincoln Co., TN 37 38 39
                Died: 22 Nov 1898 in McBurg, Lincoln Co., TN 40
             Spouses: Nancy Trantham; Ann Trantham
08               (M): Isaac N. Wright [I23107] 41
                Born: 1815 42
                Died: Unknown
             Spouses: Jane Downing
09               (M): George W. Wright [I23109] 43
                Born: 1817 44
                Died: 1871 45
             Spouses: Narcissa Benson
10               (F): Adaline E. Wright [I23111] 46
                Born: 1819 47
                Died: 1858 48
             Spouses: Benjamin G. Benson
11               (M): Gilbert M. Wright [I23112] 49
                Born: 1821 50
                Died: 1840 51
             Spouses: 
12               (M): Francis M. Wright [I17026] 52 53
                Born: 1823 in TN 54
                Died: Unknown
             Spouses: Lucinda Whittington

Additional Information

Jacob Wright:

Notes:
REF: 945GH
Household #945, page 319
Not sure if related to person in HH 944 with same surname.

Nancy McMillen:

Notes:
REF: G^HW

(11) Gilbert M. Wright:

Notes:
REF: H^

Footnotes

  1. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], article 1886.
  2. Goodspeed Biography - Lincoln Co., TN [79] (Published in 1887), Of English ancestry.
  3. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN transcription [33].
  4. Goodspeed Biography - Lincoln Co., TN [79] (Published in 1887).
  5. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], article 1886.
  6. Marsh, "Abstracts of Wills Lincoln County, TN, 1810-1895" [177], page 10.
  7. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], page 1886 for first name Agnes.
  8. Goodspeed Biography - Lincoln Co., TN [79] (Published in 1887).
  9. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], article 1886.
  10. Goodspeed Biography - Lincoln Co., TN [79] (Published in 1887), Not on 1850 census. Assumed she died.
  11. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], article 1886 for year, Not on 1850 census. Assumed she died.
  12. Ibid., article 1886.
  13. Ibid., article 1886.
  14. Ibid., article 1886.
  15. Goodspeed Biography - Lincoln Co., TN [79] (Published in 1887).
  16. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], article 1887. This is a big assumption that this man is William B. Wright. Additional research needed.
  17. Ibid., article 1887.
  18. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN Mortality Index [32], page 108.
  19. Ibid., page 108.
  20. Assumption of transcriber that this person existed. No proof of this. [44].
  21. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], article 1887.
  22. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN Mortality Index [32], page 108.
  23. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], article 1887.
  24. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN transcription [33].
  25. From annotation to 1850 Lincoln Co., TN Census [65], page 272. Died age 82.
  26. Goodspeed Biography - Giles Co., TN [75].
  27. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], page 1886 for maiden name.
  28. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN transcription [33].
  29. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], article 1887.
  30. Ibid., article 1887.
  31. Ibid., article 1887.
  32. Ibid., article 1887.
  33. Ibid., article 1887.
  34. Ibid., article 1887.
  35. Goodspeed Biography - Lincoln Co., TN [79] (Published in 1887), There is a biography for a James H. Wright b. 1812, Lincoln Co., TN m. Nancy Trantam in 1839. Not sure this is he. They had 13 children.
  36. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], article 1889 for middle name.
  37. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN transcription [33].
  38. Goodspeed Biography - Lincoln Co., TN [79] (Published in 1887).
  39. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], article 1889.
  40. Ibid., article 1889.
  41. Ibid., article 1887.
  42. Ibid., article 1887.
  43. Ibid., article 1887.
  44. Ibid., article 1887.
  45. Ibid., article 1887.
  46. Ibid., article 1887.
  47. Ibid., article 1887.
  48. Ibid., article 1887.
  49. Ibid., article 1887.
  50. Ibid., article 1887.
  51. Ibid., article 1887.
  52. From annotation to 1850 Lincoln Co., TN Census [65], page 319 for first name.
  53. Heritage of Lincoln County Tennessee Book, 2005 [93], article 1887.
  54. 1850 US Federal Census Lincoln Co., TN transcription [33].

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