These Wrights are actually not mine, although at one time I thought they were - they were definitely here in NC - I wanted to let you know however that the area that is now Davidson Co. and became Davidson Co. in 1823 WAS Rowan Co. NC before that - so they did not move - the county changed and they stayed in the same place. Susan Avery On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 09:53:20 -0000 "gc-gateway@rootsweb.com" <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> writes: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: gragg021 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/8086.2.1.1.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Donna - hello. I get the Wright messages now that I'm on the > mailing list. Do you know of a Richard Wright,Sr. (and Jr.) of > Rowan County, NC? Jr. later moved to Davidson Co., NC > > Through a land sale deed, I recently became aware of my Wright > heritage, being the Great-granddaughter of Mary Ann Wright (Varker) > AND her 23 siblings, Richard, Jr.'s children by his second wife, > Cary Kittrell (believed to be of Davidson Co., although it seems the > Kittrell family is more to the eastern side of NC). > > Richard married 1:Mary (or Jane) Morgan in 1780; d. abt 1798. Had > 12 children (includes 1 set of twins): > Sarah > Amos > Delilah > Jane Caroline > Cory > Gizzeal > Reuben > Isaiah > Elijah > Nancy > Isom > Susannah > > Married 2: Cary (M. 1798). Children are: > Clayton > Ruth (married Jesse Gallimore, Esq.) > Celia (m. Snider) > Nelson > Silas > Burges(s) > Mary Ann (my GGM) > Micajah > Miles > Ailsy > > It is known from an article about Ruth Wright Gallimore that her > mother, Cary, had 12 children; however, I can only account for 10. > > Some information on this Wright family was obtained from "Genealogy > of the Wright Family" by Lillie White, Mar 1943), but I've found > through my own research, that some of the book is in error. > > Any additional information would be greatly appreciated. > > Shirley > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If > you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board > URL link above and respond on the board. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WRIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >