Thomas B. Wright (abt. 1770)

Born about 1770 in Virginia

Husband of Mary (Bullock) Wright — married 12 Aug 1815 in Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Thomas B. Wright was born in Virginia. He appears to have first been married to a woman named Nancy, with whom he had three known children - Margaret Wright - born in 1798, Mary Wright - born in 1802 and Permelia Wright - born in 1805. These three each married in Harrison County, Kentucky between 1819 and 1825, with Thomas Wright signing the marriage bonds for each of the three.

Thomas married Mary Bullock in Fayette County, Kentucky on August 12, 1815. Thomas and Mary appear to have had two daughters, Nancy Wright, born in Kentucky in 1817 and Eliza Wright, born in Kentucky close to 1821. There is another possible candidate for a son of Thomas and Mary, William G.S. Wright, who was born in Kentucky in 1823.

Evidence and Inferences on Thomas Wright

Shari Woster, a descendant of Isaac Routledge and Margaret Wright, first located the marriage bond posted in Harrison County, Kentucky on November 15, 1819 by Isaac Rutledge and Thomas Wright and observed that Thomas Wright would have been born prior to 1770.

There are four Kentucky marriage records from 1815 to 1825 that appear to have been signed by the same "Thomas Wright." My current working hypothesis is that Thomas Wright and Nancy had three daughters, Margaret (Wright) Rutledge - born 1798, Mary (Wright) Barnes - born 1802 and Permelia (Wright) Foster - born 1805. In 1815, Thomas Wright remarried to Mary Bullock.

There is an 1878 entry in the death record ledger for Harrison County for Polly Barns, which lists that her parents were Thos. and Nancy Wright of Virginia.

Sources

• In 2012, an Ancestry.com user named khuskey1960 posted an image of a modern typewritten statement "From a handwritten paper found in a family bible...Mary Bullock was born in the State of Kentucky and married Thomas Wright, a native of Virginia. Nancy Wright, daughter of Thomas and Mary Wright, was born in Kentucky on June 5th, 1817 and was married to Stephen Walton May 17th 1832."

• Entry on Wright, Bullock and Walton. The East Kentuckian: 1970-75, volumes 6-11, page148. Available on Google Books. "WRIGHT - BULLOCK - WALTON . . . Thomas Wright of Virginia md. Mary Bullock of Ky. Daughter, Nancy Wright, md. Stephen Clark Walton, 5/17/1832. Nancy Wright was b. 6/5/1817. Their fourth child, Permelia, born 8/31/1839 Cincinnati, O. Need information about these people. Have much later information. Will share. Edwin R. Emery, 337 E. Chestnut Street, Blairsville, PA - 15717."

• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X88H-BQ5 : 8 December 2014), Nancy Walton, 26 Jun 1910; citing Lebanon, Meigs, Ohio, reference fn 33672; FHL microfilm 1,952,395. Nancy Walton died in Lebanon, Meigs County, Ohio on June 26, 1910. Her son Edward Walton is the informant on the death record and listed Nancy's father as Thomas Wright and her mother's maiden name as Benjamin.

• Name: Polly Barns [Polly Wright] Gender: Female, Race: White, Death Age: 76, Birth Date: abt 1802, Residence Place: Harrison, Death Date: 24 September 1878, Death Place: Harrison, Kentucky, USA, Father: Thos Wright, Born: VA, Mother: Nancy Wright, Born: VA. Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910). Microfilm rolls #994027-994058. Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. This record is available in the following online database - Ancestry.com. Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1964 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.

• John J. Coates - List of Heirs in His Estate Record - 1867. Harrison, Dennis vs. Eliza J. Coats, et. al., Meigs County Probate, Final Records, 1863-1872, volume 3, page 45. On May 2, 1867, Judge W.H. Lasley of the Meigs County Probate Court appointed Dennis Harrison as the administrator of the estate of John J. Coats as it was "...appearing to the Court that John J. Coates, decd, died leaving no heirs of legal age residing within our said County, and that Eliza J. Coats, the widow of said decedent declines to administer upon the estate of her deceased husband." The written statement suggests that Dennis Harrison might simply have served as a court-appointed administrator with no connection to the family of Eliza (Wright) Coates. Conversely, the possible family proximity to Eliza J. (Wright) Coates suggests that he might have taken on the administrator role to help his wife's aunt.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V5ZD-MBX : accessed 1 May 2018), Delany Barnes and Mary Tate, 15 Apr 1828; citing Harrison, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 216,893.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V5ZZ-THF : accessed 13 March 2017), Augustin E Foster and Permelia Wright, 01 Mar 1825; citing Harrison, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 216,882. Thomas Wright gave permission on March 1, 1825 in Harrison County, Kentucky for his daughter, Permelia Wright, to marry Augustine E. Foster.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V5Z6-NFT : accessed 13 March 2017), Abner Tate and Polly Wright, 30 Jul 1821; citing Harrison, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 216,881. Thomas B. Wright gave permission on July 31, 1821 in Harrison County, Kentucky for his daughter, Polly Wright, to marry Abner Tate.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V5ZZ-22X : accessed 12 March 2017), Isaac Rutledge and Margaret Wright, 15 Nov 1819; citing Harrison, Kentucky, United States, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond; FHL microfilm 216,880. Isaac Rutledge and Thomas Wright posted a bond in Harrison County, Kentucky on November 15, 1819 for the marriage of Isaac Rutledge and Margaret Wright.

• Thomas B. Wright - 1819 Tax List - Harrison County, Kentucky. Wright Thomas B. 33 acres in Harrison County on the Ravens Creek water course. He is the one white male on the property above 21 and he had 3 horses and mares on the property. Harrison County Kentucky Tax Books, 1794-1875. Harrison County Tax Assessor, Tax Book 1809-1819, 1821-1828, Familysearch Film #: 7834451 - Image #513 of 1165.

• Thomas B. Wright bought 30 acres of land in Harrison County in 1819 from a man named Enoch Kendall. Thomas B. Wright purchased 30 acres of land in Ravens Creek on February 8, 1819. Volume 6 - page 105 of the Harrison County Deeds - it is accessible on familysearch.com in the Harrison County Deeds, v. 5-6, 1816-1820 - which is image # 333 of 549 on film #216851

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG16-9ND3 : 29 November 2018), J Tho Wright and Polly Bullock, 12 Aug 1815; citing Marriage, Fayette, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 9,000. Thomas Wright and Nathaniel Bullock signed the marriage bond.