Jennie (Crittenden) Wright (abt. 1772 - 1830)

Born about 1772 in Eastern Cherokee Nation

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 1830 at about age 58 in Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States

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Jennie (Crittenden) Wright was a member of the Cherokee Wolf Clan.

Biography

Jennie was Cherokee.

Jennie Crittenden was born about 1772 in the Cherokee Nation IEast) to Nannie Downing, a Cherokee and a white man named Crittenden. ^[1] Although James Hicks suggests she was a member of the Wolf Clan there is no documentation to support that claim. Jennie married Jack Wright, a white man who was reportedly adopted by the Wright family. He was born about 1760. According to legend, they found him after a storm on the beach in South Carolina leashed to a spar. The only audible word they could make out was "Jack". He then became jack Wright.^[2] Jennie and Jack lived at HIghtower (now Georgia) and were the parents of ten children, Sallie, Lydia, Mary CLarissa, William, Melvina, Rebecca, Eli, Delilah, and Cornelius. ^[3] John and Jennie emigrated to Indian Territory as "Old Settlers" about 1831, travelling in the B.F. Curry detachment; the listing shows a man and a woman both over 50 and one male 25-49. ^[4] Jennie's death date is unknown but she is believed to have died about 1832. She does not appear on the 1851 Old Settler roll.

Children of JENNIE CRITTENDEN and JACK WRIGHT are:
38. i. SALLIE WRIGHT, b. 1793, North Carolina; d. June 18, 1830, Flint Dist, CNW.
39. ii. LYDIA WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1794.
40. iii. MARY WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1796; d. Bet. 1880 - 1895.
41. iv. DELILAH WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1800; d. Aft. 1851.
42. v. CLARISSA WRIGHT, b. October 25, 1803.
43. vi. MELVINA WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1806.
vii. WILLIAM WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1808.
44. viii. REBECCA WRIGHT, b. January 01, 1814; d. April 05, 1882.
45. ix. ELI WRIGHT, b. 1815; d. December 06, 1892.
46. x. CORNELIUS WRIGHT, b. Abt. 1820; d. Bef. 1896.^[5]

Research Notes

Lela Bess Kite Patterson provided the following list of her matrilineal ancestors (beginning with herself). The locations listed in the third column represent birthplaces.
Lela Bess Kite Patterson 1935 - Dallas, Texas
Bessie Clem Oliver Kite 1912 - Choteau, Oklahoma
Lela Clem Hayden Oliver 1888 - 1965 Chouteau, Indian Territory
Rebecca Caroline Bryan 1850 - 1917 Hayden Chouteau, Oklahoma (Husband on Dawes Rolls)
Rebecca Wright Bryan 1814 - 1882 Indian Territory East, Georgia (Husband was Principal Chief of Cherokee Nation)
Jennie Crittenden Wright 1776 - ? Indian Territory East – Old Settlers Roll 1817
Nanie Downing Crittenden 1744 - 1815 Indian Territory East
Annie Beehunter Downing 1692 - 1793 Indian Territory East (Full Blood Cherokee Woman of the Wolf Clan)^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Emmett Starr, History of the Cherokee Indians
2. ↑ Starr, History of the Cherokee Indians
3. ↑ Starr, Emmet. History of the Cherokee Indians. Oklahoma Yesterday Publications edition, Tulsa, OK. 1979. p. 338 Digitized edition at Starr
4. ↑ Baker, Jack D. transcriber. Cherokee Emigration Rolls 1817-1835. Baker Publishing Co., Oklahoma City, OK. 1977. Original Records: National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 75: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 1793-1999. p. 41
5. ↑ The Genealogy of Major John Downing and his Cherokee Descendants; Title: Cherokee Lineages: Register Report of Major John Downing; Author: James R. Hicks; Publisher: Genealogy.com. Cherokee Lineages]
6. ↑ Source: Marjorie L. Kopacsi, 2013 PHD dissertation, How Native American Women Perceive Their Unique Lived Experiences: Three Women Tell Their Story. Louisiana State University. Includes an interview with Lela Bess Kite Patterson, a descendant of Annie Beehunter. Lela Bess has in her possession the family bible passed down through Jennie Crittenden Wright and Rebecca Wright Bryan, granddaughter and great-granddaughter of Annie Beehunter. This is about as close to an original source as is possible for this period in Cherokee genealogy.

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