Hi Margaret, I found very little. The Will of a Hiram A. Wright is on file in Caswell County (1881). I have the marriages of Hiram Wright X 3 in Cumberland County. I have the marriage of Edward R. Newell in Cumberland County. I don't have any Cumberland deed books and Cumberland Wills (in NC Wills) stops short of this time period. Without deeds, bibles, cemeteries or Wills for Cumberland I'm "dead in the water". The fathers would have died too late to have been in Bladen (Cumberland was formed from Bladen in 1754) although I did check the Bladen Heritage Book. There was a mention of "a" John Wright as a possible relative of Isaac Wright of Pitt County (ca1755-1808) because Isaac Wright witnessed the Will of John Wright in 1798. Dee For details on sources used, refer to this link: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncbladen/lookups.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: margaret Sessions To: d7777@worldnet.att.net Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 2:34 PM Subject: Bladen_County_lookup Hi, I am searching for information on Wright and Newell families that later were in cumberland County which was part of Bladen County I understand. Could you do a lookup for me for the above names, mostly John Wright to see if he had any children and their names. I am trying to find the name of Hiram Wright's parents and believe it to be John Wright, but which John wright I am not sure since there are several. as for the Newell side of my family, all I have is my gggrandfather, Edward R Newell who lived in Cumberland County in 1861 when he joined up for the CW. Where he came from or whom his parents were I am not sure at all. Any little bit of help or direction would be appreciated. margaret sessions