The 1860 US census record has him born in Virginia, but all other census records say North Carolina.
Sources
Census Records:
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJT-P9K : 19 December 2020), Zebedee Weight, Deer Creek Township, Miami, Indiana, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDLP-HYC : 19 February 2021), Zebedee Wright, Seymour, Wayne, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 246, sheet 401C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,369.
"Iowa State Census, 1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HDTW-L3Z : 2 March 2021), Zebedee Wright in household of Millard Ammons, Walnut, Wayne, Iowa; citing p. 14, 1885, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,700.
"Iowa State Census, 1895," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT3N-L3C : 20 February 2021), Zebedee Wright in household of William H Wright, Appanoose, Iowa, United States; citing p. 477, 1895, State Historical Society, Des Moines; FHL microfilm 1,021,709.
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9LY-DQW : accessed 25 August 2021), Zebedee Wright in household of An* Green, Walnut Township Seymour town, Wayne, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 155, sheet 1A, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,464.
"Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K624-LHR : 8 April 2021), Zebedee Wright and Eliza Ann Dukes, 15 Feb 1841; citing Putnam, Indiana, United States, Marriage License, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis; FHL microfilm 005014421.
Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 25 August 2021), memorial page for Zebedee W Wright (9 Nov 1819–19 Dec 1903), Find A Grave: Memorial #184939115, citing Jerome Cemetery, Jerome, Appanoose County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Laurie Daugherty (contributor 47676505) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Zebedee by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Zebedee: