Thomas
Wright
Born about in Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Francis Wright
and Mary Elizabeth (Hawkins) Wright
Brother of
Anna (Wright) Waters, Isaac Wright Sr., Mary (Wright) Shelton, Benjamin Moses Wright, Moses Wright, John Wright and Elizabeth (Wright) Oldacres
[spouse(s) unknown]
Father of
Mary (Wright) Waters and William Wright
Died
at about age 58
in Union District, South Carolina
Profile last modified
| Created 28 May 2011
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Biography
Thomas Wright was born in VA to Francis Wright Mary Hawkins. He married Cordelia "Dilley" in VA around 1763. He had nine children.
He was found on the 1790 Census for Union County, SC. He wrote his Will in 1787 and it was entered into Probate on 1 Sep 1794.
Note
There was another Thomas Wright on the 1800 Census for Union County, however ages of children do not match. This man was listed as over 45 years.
E. 1793 Thomas Wright of Union District, South Carolina, His Wife Cordelia "Dilley" ( ) Wright, And His Descendants pg . 2521 [1]
Sources
- ↑ Grant, Robert N. "Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia; Part VII: 1767 Francis Wright of Amherst County, His Wife Mary (Hawkins) Wright, and his Descendants"; Volume 1 or 7: Text. Revised 25 Dec 2008. https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE98987; accessed 6/1/2018
- Listed in his father's will.
- 1790 United States Federal Census - Union County, SC
The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; First Census of the United States, 1790.; Year: 1790; Census Place: Union, South Carolina; Series: M637; Roll: 11; Page: 46; Family History Library Film: 0568151Name Thomas Wright Home in 1790 (City, County, State) Union, South Carolina Free White Persons - Males - 16 and over 3 Free White Persons - Females 5 Number of Slaves 5 Number of Household Members 13
- Probate 1 Sep 1794, Union County, South Carolina
[1] please note that this Will is mislabeled as the Will of Abner Wright. It actually follows Abner's Will This is the link to the beginning of the file for Thomas.
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Categories: Union County, South Carolina
the 1810 census is for Green county. There are 2 Thomas Wrights resident, one is clearly Thomas Green Wright (https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wright-54890) whereas the other is not known, but over 45 years of age. Over the next few years 2 marriages took place which this unknown Thomas Wright was a bondsman for (Elizabeth and Jenny Wright to Richard and William Hazel). By 1820, Josiah Wright is resident in the very same neighborhood (ie same page of census). He is fairly confidently a son to Moses Wright, brother to this profile. The Richard Hazel family and several Wright families moved to Sangamon Illinois all around the same (1830).
Elizabeth, Jenny and also a Richard Wright (married Margaret Brewer) are all likely children of this unknown Thomas Wright, and these three seem to have very close ties to the children of Moses Wright. It looks circumstantially like they are all cousins, but they could be a generation apart (though still same age). It looks to me as though there are several Thomas Wrights that are all confused with each other on all the public databases. Hoping to get an idea to the confidence level of this profile for its accuracy.
edited by Jared Stiffler
I have just added the Will of Thomas Wright-2595. His Will was written in 1787 and entered into Probate in Union South Carolina on 1 Sep 1794. He noted he had nine children, with the youngest two being Elizabeth and Joanna Morris. Listed in order in the Will were William, Mary, Matilda, Nancy, Dillie, Abner, Salley, Elizabeth and Joanna Morris. Executors were his wife Delia and son William.
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