Wright Lane Earp (1806 - 1881)

Born 9 Apr 1806 in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Susan Jane (Welborn) Earp — married 17 Mar 1833 in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

Husband of Frances Montgomery (Welborn) Earp — married 25 Apr 1836 in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1881 at age 75 in Watauga Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Wright was born in 1806. He was the son of Abednego Earp and Elizabeth Wright. He passed away in 1881.^[1]

Research Notes

The following records may or may not be for the man in this profile. Nothing in these records indicate that they are for Wright Earp, son of Abednego Earp and Elizabeth Wright. Further research is needed to confirm that only one Wright Earp was living in that time and place.

Possible Marriage records for Wright Earp. Parents are not identified:

• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF9P-KJ6 : 22 December 2016), Wright Earp and Susan Wellborn, 17 Dec 1833; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 546,477.
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XF9P-KJF : 22 December 2016), Wright Earp and Fanny Wellborn, 26 Apr 1836; citing Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, p. , Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 546,477.

Possible Census records for Wright Earp;

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWDW-GWJ : 12 April 2016), Right Erp, Watauga township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 6, family 43, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,663.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCFM-FHT : 19 August 2017), Wright Earp, Watauga, Watauga, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 203, sheet 415C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0986; FHL microfilm 1,254,986.

FindAGrave memorial page states that no gravemarker has been found.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://new.findagrave.com : accessed 01 October 2017), memorial page for Wright Lane Earp (9 Apr 1806–21 Dec 1881), Find A Grave Memorial no. 122521737, citing Danner Cemetery, Watauga County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Victory (contributor 47205318). No Grave Marker Found. Find A Grave: Memorial #122521737

Name: Wright Lane Earp. Given Name: Wright Lane. Surname: Earp. A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.

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Buried ABT 23 DEC 1881. Danner Cemetery, Watauga, North Carolina, United States.

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGG-9H75 : 13 December 2015), Wright Earp, 1881; Burial, , Watauga, North Carolina, United States of America, Danner Cemetery; citing record ID 122521737, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Find A Grave Memorial - https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=122521737