William
Wright
Born in South Carolina, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Jane (Gruny) Wright
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 79
in Pike, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Aug 2013
This page has been accessed 354 times.
Biography
William Wright was born about 1782, in South Carolina, United States.
William, age 68, appears in the 1850 Federal census as head of household, in Pike County, Alabama. Also in the household is his wife Jane, age 64; son's, James, age 29; John, age 27; and William age 25; and daughter Caroline, age 22; and a child Catharine, age 6.
William, age 77, appears in the 1860 Federal census as head of household, in Pike County, Alabama. Also in the household is his wife Jane age 75; and son William W., age 33; and Martha C. Franklin, age 17.
William died in 1861, in Pike County, Alabama. William died intestate without a Will. William's wife Jane petitioned the court in August, 1861 for a life estate and her dower. Listed in the petition as the only heirs of William Wright were: son George W. Wright, of Butler County, Alabama; son W.W. Wright of Pike County, Alabama; son John Wright of Montgomer County, Alabama; daughter A. King, wife of Wiley King of Pike County, Alabama; daughter Caroline Dumfree, wife of C. Dumfree of Butler County, Alabama; and Alice, Ross, Thomas & John Wright minor heirs of J.H. Wright dec'd all living with their mother Eliza Wright in Pike County, Alabama.
RESEARCH NOTES: William Franklin Wright (Wright-11777) is not the son of William Wright and Jane Gruny Wright, based on the heirs listed in the intestate probate estate records of William Wright filed in Pike County, Alabama Probate Court, in 1861.
Sources
- 1850 Federal census Pike County, Alabama. National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432 Roll 13, page 156A.
- 1860 Federal census Pike County, Alabama.
- Estate records of William Wright: Probate Court, Pike County, Alabama in the following records: Inventory and Appraisement Record Vol. D, pages 227 & 228; and Probate Minutes 1856-1864 Vol. E-G, pages 568; 578; 627; 672 & 673; 698; 699 and 773; found at: "Alabama Probate Records, 1809-1985." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Michael Fontenot for creating WikiTree profile Wright-8982 through the import of Fontenot_2013-08-22.ged on Aug 22, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Michael and others.
Is William your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
contact
the profile manager, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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 William:
-
~3.12%
James (Newton) Davis
:
AncestryDNA
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Rejected matches › John William Wright (1780-abt.1850) › William Wright (1783-1880) › William Wright (1781-abt.1826) › William Wright (1781-1854) › William C Wright (-1852) › William James Wright (1784-) › William Wright (abt.1780-) › William R Wright (1780-1862) › William Wright (1781-)
Featured National Park champion connections: William is 17 degrees from Theodore Roosevelt, 23 degrees from Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger, 18 degrees from George Catlin, 18 degrees from Marjory Douglas, 25 degrees from Sueko Embrey, 19 degrees from George Grinnell, 28 degrees from Anton Kröller, 20 degrees from Stephen Mather, 25 degrees from Kara McKean, 17 degrees from John Muir, 19 degrees from Victoria Hanover and 24 degrees from Charles Young on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.