This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rngrant Surnames: WRIGHT Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.wright/15313.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: David, My records list your Ambrose Ransom Wright as 1872 (date of death) Ambrose Ransom Wright of Augusta, Georgia (place of death) the: 1. son of 1850 Ambrose Wright of Jefferson County, Georgia, and Sarah (Hammond) Wright, 2. grandson of 1795 Henry Wright of Camden County, Georgia, and Mary (_____) Wright, 3. great grandson of 1774 George Wright of Cumberland County, Virginia, and Sarah (Purkins) Wright, and 4. great great grandson of 1769 George Wright of Essex County, Virginia, and Elizabeth (______) Wright. Attached below are my write ups on on 1850 Ambrose Wright and his son 1872 Ambrose Ransom Wright: "b. 1850 Ambrose Wright Of Jefferson County, Georgia, His Wife Sarah (Hammond) Wright, And His Descendants 1850 Ambrose Wright of Jefferson County, Georgia, was a son of 1795 Henry Wright of Camden County, Georgia, and Mary (_____) Wright. (1769 George1, 1774 George2, 1795 Henry3) In her letter dated August 25, 1991, Sue Wright stated that on August 5, 1815, at Jefferson County, Georgia, D.B. K/18 Elizabeth Gregory Wright, daughter and heir of Henry Wright, late of Camden County, executed a bill of sale to her brother Ambrose Wright of Jefferson County, Georgia, and that the document was witnessed by Elizabeth's sister Mary Wright. In her letter dated August 25, 1991, Sue Wright stated that the 1850 Census Mortality Table for Jefferson County, Georgia, listed the death of Ambrose Wright in June 1850 at Jefferson County, Georgia. Finally, in her letter dated August 25, 1991, Sue Wright enclosed family group sheets which stated that Ambrose Wright was a son of 1795 Henry Wright and Mary (_____) Wright, was born about 1770, married Sarah Hammond at Baldwin County, Georgia, and died in 1850 at Jefferson County, Georgia, that Sarah (Hammond) Wright was born about 1801 and died on April 23, 1838, at Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, and that Ambrose Wright and Sarah (Hammond) Wright had the following children: 1) Sarah Wright, 2) Ambrose Ransom Wright, born on April 26, 1826, at Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, 3) Henry Gregory Wright, born about 1829 at Jefferson County, Georgia. The sources for this information were listed as follows: A Standard History of Georgia and Georgians, by Lucian Lamar Knight, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1917, Obituary of Mrs. Sarah Wright in "The Southern Christian Advocate", May 18, 1838, Marriages and Obituaries from Early Georgia Newspapers, abstracted by Judge Folks Huxford, Southern Historical Press, Easley, South Carolina, 1989, Will of Martha Wright dated May 3, 1852, and probated on October 2, 1854, at Jefferson County, Georgia, W.B. A/346, from Some Georgia County Records, Biographical information on William Ambrose Wright, submitted by him to the Georgia Department of Archives and History, Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War, edited by Patricia L. Faust, and History of Jefferson County, by Mrs. Z. V. Thomas, The Reprint Company, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1978. . . . . . . ii. 1872 Ambrose Ransom "Rans" Wright Of Augusta, Georgia, His Wife Mary Hubble (Savage) Wright, And His Descendants 1872 Ambrose Ransom "Rans" Wright of Augusta, Georgia, was a son of 1850 Ambrose Wright of Jefferson County, Georgia, and Sarah (Hammond) Wright. (1769 George1, 1774 George2, 1795 Henry3, 1850 Ambrose4) Generals in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Commanders included the following biography of Ambrose Ransom Wright: "Ambrose Ransom "Rans" Wright was born on April 26, 1826, at Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia. He read law under the tutelage of Governor and Senator Herschel V. Johnson - who later became his brother-in-law - and was admitted to the bar. He became quite prominent politically, though he ran unsuccessfully for the Georgia legislature and for Congress. He was a Fillmore Elector in 1856. A supporter of Bell and Everett in 1860, and Georgia commissioner to Maryland in 1861, he was commissioned colonel of the 3rd Georgia Infantry on May 18, 1861, and served in North Carolina and Georgia until the summer of 1862. He was promoted brigadier on June 3, 1862, and sent to Virginia. Wright's Georgians made a distinguished record in the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days battles to the siege of Petersburg, and Wright was badly wounded at Sharpsburg. As of November 26, 1864 Wright was named major general and ordered to Georgia, where he exercised command until the e! nd of the war. In 1863 he had been elected to the Georgia state senate and president of that body in absentia. Resuming his law practice after the termination of hostilities, he purchased the Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel in 1866, and in 1871 was defeated for the Democratic nomination to the U.S. Senate. The following year General Wright was a delegate to both the state and national Democratic Conventions and was elected to the House of Representatives, but died at Augusta, Georgia, December 21, 1872, before taking his seat. At a special election to fill the vacancy Alexander H. Stephens was elected his successor. General Wright is buried in City Cemetery, Augusta." In her letter dated March 7, 1992, Mrs. Dorothy G. Hankins enclosed a copy of the Pardon of Ambrose R. Wright dated October 20, 1867: "Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America, To all to whom these present shall come, Greeting: Whereas, A. R. Wright, of Georgia, by taking part in the late rebellion against the Government of the United States, has made himself liable to heavy pains and penalties; And whereas, the circumstances of his case render him a proper object of Executive clemency; Now, therefore, be it known, that I, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America, in consideration of the premises, divers other good and sufficient reasons me thereunto moving, do hereby grant to the said A. R. Wright a full pardon and amnesty for all offences by him committed, arising from participation, direct or implied, in the said rebellion conditioned as follows: 1st. This pardon to be of no effect until the said A. R. Wright shall take the oath prescribed in the Proclamation of the President, dated May 29th, 1865. 2d. To be void and of no effect if the said A. R. Wright shall hereafter, at any time, acquire any property whatever in slaves, or make use of slave labor. 3d. That the said A. R. Wright first pay all costs which may have accrued in any proceedings instituted or pending against his person or property, before the date of the acceptance of this warrant. 4th. That the said A. R. Wright shall not, by virtue of this warrant, claim any property or the proceeds of any property that has been sold by the order, judgment, or decree of a court under the confiscation laws of the United States. 5th. That the said A. R. Wright shall notify the Secretary of State, in writing, that he has received and accepted the foregoing pardon. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this Thirty first day of August A.D. 1867, and of the Independence of the United States the Ninety second. Andrew Johnson By the President: Willie H Lewis Secretary of State." In her letter dated March 7, 1992, Mrs. Dorothy G. Hankins enclosed a copy of the commission of Ambrose R. Wright dated November 26, 1872, upon his election to the United States House of Representatives for the Eighth Congressional District: "State of Georgia By his Excellency James M. Smith Governor of said State. To the Hon. Ambrose R. Wright Greeting: Whereas, By the Second Section of the First Article of the Constitution of the United States of America, it is ordained and established that the House of Representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second yar by the people of the several States. And Whereas, by the returns, made agreeably to laws of the election held on the Fifth day of November A.D. 1872, for nine Members to represent this State in the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, for two years from and after the third day of March, 1873, You the said Ambrose R Wright were duly elected one of the Representatives in and by the Eighth Congressional District of said State. These are, therefore, To commission You the said Ambrose R Wright to take session in the House of Representatives of the United States for two years from and after the third day of March, 1873, as aforesaid, and to use and exercise all and every the privileges and powers which of right you may or can do, in and by virtue of said Constitution, in behalf of this State. Given under my hand, and the Great Seal of the State, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, this 26th day of November in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy-two and of the Independence of the United States of America the Ninety-seventh By the Governor: David G. Gotting Secretary of State." In her letter dated August 25, 1991, Sue Wright enclosed family group sheets which stated that Ambrose Ransom Wright was a son of 1850 Ambrose Wright of Jefferson County, Georgia, and Sarah (Hammond) Wright, was born on April 26, 1826, at Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, married Mary Hubble Savage, and died on December 21, 1872, at Augusta, Georgia, that Mary Hubble (Savage) Wright was born about 1826 at Louisville, Jefferson County, Georgia, and that Ambrose Ransom Wright and Mary Hubble (Savage) Wright had the following children: 1) William Ambrose Wright, born about 1844 at Lousiville, Jefferson County, Georgia, 2) Sarah A. Wright, born about 1846 at Jefferson County, Georgia, 3) Ellinor Wright, born about 1848 at Jefferson County, Georgia. The sources for this information were listed as follows: Obituary of Mrs. Sarah Wright in "The Southern Christian Advocate", May 18, 1838, Marriages and Obituaries from Early Georgia Newspapers, abstracted by Judge Folks Huxford, Southern Historical Press, Easley, South Carolina, 1989, Biographical information on William Ambrose Wright, submitted by him to the Georgia Department of Archives and History, and Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War, edited by Patricia L. Faust." I would be happy to exchange information on this Wright line with you and other interested researchers. Robert N. Grant 15 Campo Bello Court Menlo Park, CA 94025 RNGrant@grantandgordon.com 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.