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    1. Harry WRIGHT and John WRIGHT, SR. wills
    2. >>Hi, Listers! >>Does anyone have a copy of William L. Hopkins book, Court Records of >>Caroline >>Co? I can't find a copy anywhere and am hoping to find the genealogical >>data >>of the following wills or administrations said to be mentioned therein: >>Harry Wright 1822 >>John Wright, Sr. 1785 >>Robert Wright 1807 >>Samuel Wright 1805''''' >****************************** > >Hi Carol, > Here's some of what I found: > >"Harry Wright..1 Dec 1822/10 Mar 1823..He states that he is one of the >executors of the estate of John Bell, decd. and Robert Wright, Sr. is >another. Wife to keep the estate together until the youngest son, James >Wright, comes of age. Son William Wright has some negroes in his >possession and they are to be divided among the children viz Robert Wright >when he comes of age, Catherine Wright when she marries and the 3 youngest >children who are Henry Wright, John Wright and James Wright. Requests that >his brother Benj. Wright, continue to live with the family and to be >provided for. Exors: Robert Wright, Sr., Austin Smith and sons Robert >Wright and William Wright, Jr. Wit: Archibald Bransum, Samule J. Murray >and Robert Woolfolk. Margaret Wright is the widow and son Robert Wright is >underage at the time of probate." > > > >"Will of John Wright, Sr., not dated..all my estate to my wife during her >widowhood. To the children of my son, John Wright, decd. To the children >of my daughter, Keziah Carnall. Daughter Rachel Harris. Grandson John >Wright, son of William Wright. Grandson Willis Wright. > John Wright's esate settled in Court in Nov 1785. > Moses Carnall and John Harris give a bond to William Wright, ex. >of John Wright, decd. on 30 Jun 1785" >

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