Tabitha Evans (Smith) Wright (abt. 1795 - 1852)

Born about 1795 in Darlington County, South Carolina

Wife of Levin Asberry Wright — married 1811 in Darlington, South Carolina, USA

Descendants

Died 1852 at about age 57 in Henry, Alabama, United States

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Tabitha was born about 1795. She passed away in 1852.

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Birth: dd mm 1795 - Darlington County (Darlington), USA

Marriage: date - city, South Carolina, USA

Death: date - Henry, Alabama, USA

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Name: Tebetha Wright Event Type: Census Event Year: 1850 Event Place: Henry county, Henry, Alabama, United States Gender: Female Age: 50 Race: White Race: Birth Year (Estimated): 1800 Birthplace: North Carolina Household ID: 17 House Number: 17 Line Number: 23 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: M432 Affiliate Film Number: 6 GS Film Number: 2348 Digital Folder Number: 004187296 Image Number: 00268

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Leven Wright M 55 South Carolina Tebetha Wright F 50 North Carolina Soloman Wright M 17 Alabama George Wright M 14 Alabama

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5M-DGN : 12 April 2016), George Wright in household of Leven Wright, Henry county, Henry, Alabama, United States; citing family 17, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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Lawsuit regarding slave given to Tabitha Smith by her father, John Smith Sr. "In 1822, John Smith of Sumter District, South Carolina, bequeathed his daughter Tabitha the slave Siney to hold during her life and "immediately after her decease, the value of the Said Slave to be Equally divided among the Children of said Tabitha, the issue of her body lawfully begotten forever, Subject to a proviso by which the Shares of his wife and children Should be Equalized." Following her first husband's death, Tabitha married Levin Wright, who became trustee over Siney; the couple then moved to Henry County, Alabama. When Wright died in 1854, Tabitha's trust estate included six slaves, including Siney and her five children, Peggy about thirty-two, Tom about twenty-one years, Jake about sixteen, Maria about eight, and John about five. With Tabitha's permission, Wright's son, Levin A. Wright (the deceased had a number of children from two marriages), sold the slaves for distribution among various heirs, promising shares to John Reynolds of Henry County, Alabama, and Sarah Peobles, of Polk County, Texas, Tabitha's children by her first marriage. Neither Reynolds nor Peobles received their share, however. Now, fearing that Levin A. Wright and others "are preparing & intend to leave the jurisdiction of this Court & carry with them" the profits from the sale of the slaves, they file suit."^[1]

Will of John Smith Sr, father of Tabitha Smith Wright (image of Will uploaded0 People in this record: Wright, Levin Also: Bottoms, John; Campbell, Peter; Clark, James; Goff, Gates; Goff, Levina; Jerry (Slave); Mackensie, John George; Mathis, Samuel; Mims, Mary; Mixon, Ichabod; Phillis (Slave); Potts, William; Rogers, Shadrack; Shiver, Samuel; Siney (Slave); Smith, Elizabeth; Smith, John; Smith, Sarah; Watson, Thomas; Wright, Tabitha

Places in this record: Mcgirts Branch; Sumter County; Sumter District

Topics in this record: Slaves, Named

Record details: Date: 3/15/1823 Series: South Carolina Will Transcripts (Microcopy No 9) (S108093) Document type: Will (Typescript) Images: Online

Identifiers: Archives ID: Series: S108093 Reel: 0026 Frame: 00026 Item: 000 ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ :Lawsuit regarding slave given to Tabitha Smith by her father, John Smith Sr.

   https://library.uncg.edu/slavery/petitions/details.aspx?pid=3458

2. ↑ http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/

   images of will attached

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH5M-DGX : 9 November 2014), Tebetha Wright in household of Leven Wright, Henry county, Henry, Alabama, United States; citing family 17, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Acknowledgements

First-hand information as remembered by Jon Wade, Friday, January 24, 2014.