James Wright (1785 - 1850)

Born 13 Feb 1785 in Duplin, North Carolina, USA

Husband of Martha (Stigall) Wright — married 1818 in North Carolina, United States

Died 1850 at about age 64 in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA

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Biography

James Wright Birth:

13 Feb 1785

Duplin, North Carolina, USA

James married Martha Patsey Stigall in 1818.

1830 census shows James and family in Madison, Tennessee, USA.^[1]

Son Claiborne Wright, Alamo Defender was killed in the Battle of the Alamo, March 6, 1836.^[2]

1840 census reflects the family living in Madison, Tennessee, USA with several slaves, total 9 in family.^[3]

1850 census reflects the family in Madison, Tennessee, USA with 5 children grown, but living at home. ^[4]

James passed away after 1850.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1830," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5W-3KD : accessed 14 May 2015), James Wright, Not Stated, Madison, Tennessee; citing p. 107, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 179; FHL microfilm 24,537.
2. ↑ http://www.thealamo.org/history/the-1836-battle/the-defenders/defenders/wright.html
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1840 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDP-LGT : accessed 14 May 2015), James Wright, Madison county, Madison, Tennessee, United States; citing family 43, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• http://www.thealamo.org/history/the-1836-battle/the-defenders/defenders/wright.html

• Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, 6 volumes, edited by William S. Powell. Copyright ©1979-1996 by the University of North Carolina Press.