It will be greatly appreciated if someone out there has any information concerning the Wright's listed below. I am trying to identify the parents of William Wright and the parents of his wife Sarah. Any information brothers and sisters, anything that may have a lead. Thank You. Sincerely, Charles. William Wright b: March, 1826, SC d: after 1900 in Lancaster County, SC Burial location of William and his wife Sarah is in Lancaster but actual place is not known. William Wright was a Laborer and and farmer in Lancaster Co. William Wright married abt 1844 to Sarah last name unknown b: abt 1830 d: bef 1900. William and Sarah Lived in Lancaster County, SC per the 1860 census Pleasant Hill Dist. page # 208 and in the 1870 census Taxahaw Dist. page # 364. William was a laborer, He nor Sarah could read and write which was not uncommon to Southern farmers of 19th century America. William was living as a boarder with many other people including a sister, sister-in-law or cousin named Rebecca Wright b: Jan-1820 of Lancaster at the Caskeys boarding home per the 1900 Lancaster Co., census, Gills Creek Twp., ED # 60, sheet # 16, line # 66. Rebecca may have been the wife of Eli Wright. William Wright enlisted in the Confederate Army at Lancaster, SC on April 16, 1864. He served as a private in Lt. Col. Brown�s 5th Battalion, Co. E, South Carolina Reserves. The Confederate Reserve Unit he served was ordered into service on September 15, 1864 and stationed at the Military Prison in Florence, SC. The Confederate stockade at Florence was the facility to house Union Soldiers which has not received the same notoriety as Andersonville but some historians state by many accounts Florence was worse. Note: 1-There is a William Wright per The Confederate Records of Lancaster District, SC, compiled by C.W. Author Frances Reeves Jeffcoat that list William Wright on the pension rolls in 1902. (page 193) 2-Another William Wright from Lancaster County, SC was also married to a Sarah, but this William Wright was killed in action at Gettysburg in July 1863. (page 39 of Jeffcoat's Records). Source: William Wright C. W. Military Service: Compiled Service Records, NARS Microcopy # 267, Roll CW737. Lancaster no township listed 1850 page 171A family # 592 Initials might stand for: Initials only recorded. W. Wright 30 M labor William S. Wright 26 F Sarah M. Wright 8 F Martha M. Wright 6 F Mellisa T. Wright 3 M Finis ? S.A. Wright 8/12 F Ceilia A./Sillie A. Lancaster, Pleasant Hill 1860 page 208/209 family# 1073 William Wright 38 M Farm Laborer Sarah Wright 38 F Martha Wright 14 F Finis M. Wright 13 M Ceilia Wright 11 F Milton Wright 8 M Samuel Wright 5 M George Wright 2 M Lancaster, Flat Creek 1870 page 364 family # 413 William Wright 54 M Farmer Sarah Wright 50 F keep House Celia Wright 21 F Work on Farm Milton Wright 16 M " Samual Wright 14 M " George Wright 12 M " Lafayett Wright 9 M " Albert Wright M 7 At Home Celia Wright 2 F At Home Note: The age differences between the census years which was not uncommon during the 19th century. William Wright is not in the 1880 census. It may be unreadable or never recorded. Lancaster Gills Creek 1900 page 16, ED# 60 William Wright 74 M Living at the Caskey home with others as a boarder. William was noted as being born in S.C., Mar-1826 Also listed as a boarder is Rebecca Wright age 80 born in S.C., 1820. She may be the wife of Eli Wright