Griffin R Wright
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This page writen and copyright 2008 by Will Johnson, professional genealogist. This page is locked, if you'd like to comment on it, you may email me at [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com]. | This page writen and copyright 2008 by Will Johnson, professional genealogist. This page is locked, if you'd like to comment on it, you may email me at [mailto:wjhonson@aol.com wjhonson@aol.com]. | ||
| + | ==Early life== | ||
Griffin R Wright born about 1813 in South Carolina, possibly to Solomon Wright and his wife Annie who may have been a MOORE. Griffin Wright married Malinda Ballentine Chapman TUCKER. She had been born Jul 1815 in Stokes County, North Carolina to James Tucker and his wife Edith Chapman White. | Griffin R Wright born about 1813 in South Carolina, possibly to Solomon Wright and his wife Annie who may have been a MOORE. Griffin Wright married Malinda Ballentine Chapman TUCKER. She had been born Jul 1815 in Stokes County, North Carolina to James Tucker and his wife Edith Chapman White. | ||
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So this would tell us that they were somewhere in Tennessee by the end of 1823. The first time I can pin them in Lincoln County specifically is from [http://www.azcaseys.com/lookups/lct_mt_hebron/members.htm this website] by Julia Molitz, showing the members of the Mt. Hebron Church at Norris Creek (now Belleville, Lincoln County, Tennessee): "Edith Tucker joined on 3 Jul 1836 joined by "Recommended", dismissed by "Death". | So this would tell us that they were somewhere in Tennessee by the end of 1823. The first time I can pin them in Lincoln County specifically is from [http://www.azcaseys.com/lookups/lct_mt_hebron/members.htm this website] by Julia Molitz, showing the members of the Mt. Hebron Church at Norris Creek (now Belleville, Lincoln County, Tennessee): "Edith Tucker joined on 3 Jul 1836 joined by "Recommended", dismissed by "Death". | ||
| − | James and Edith's sons William and John were married in Lincoln County in 1838 and 1839 so it's likely the whole family is there by then. | + | James and Edith's sons William and John were married in Lincoln County in 1838 and 1839 so it's likely the whole family is there by then. Several of Malinda's siblings and her parents were members of the Cumberland Presyterian Church at Norris Creek in Lincoln County, Tennessee. In 1853, several of these got a letter of dismissal, so they could rejoin the same church in the area to which they were going. |
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Griffin and Malinda had the following children, all born in Tennessee, apparently all in Lincoln County, Tennessee: | Griffin and Malinda had the following children, all born in Tennessee, apparently all in Lincoln County, Tennessee: | ||
#Edith Chapman Wright 1838 married first to Thomas Washington Duncan on 3 Oct 1854 either in Arkansas or in the Indian Territory; and secondly married William C Martin in California; | #Edith Chapman Wright 1838 married first to Thomas Washington Duncan on 3 Oct 1854 either in Arkansas or in the Indian Territory; and secondly married William C Martin in California; | ||
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#Elizabeth Randall Wright ~1850 married Elkanah Archibald "Kana" Richards. | #Elizabeth Randall Wright ~1850 married Elkanah Archibald "Kana" Richards. | ||
| − | + | Sometime between 1850 and 1854 the entire family left Lincoln County and moved to the Arkansas/Texas/Indian Territory area, where Griffin likely died, possibly in Benton County, Arkansas where he last appears in 1862. There was a C.P. church in Benton County [http://www.cumberland.org/hfcpc/churches/Arkansas.htm here]. | |
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| + | Griffin and Malinda's eldest child, Edith, married on 3 Oct 1854 and went with her husband to California. | ||
For some time the family apparently lived in Benton County, Arkansas — Griffin R Wright's name appearing on a few land deeds there, on land next to John Tucker who was certainly his brother-in-law. On 7 Mar 1859, Griffin R Wright, for $110 bought from Thomas Denton of Benton County, the land at SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of S22 and the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of S27 in T21N-R34W. These two parcels touch and form a rectangle. Meanwhile [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Image.asp?Accession=AR0990%5F%5F%2E291&Format=SmallGIF this BLM entry] shows John Tucker in 1854 had purchased land just two sections away. | For some time the family apparently lived in Benton County, Arkansas — Griffin R Wright's name appearing on a few land deeds there, on land next to John Tucker who was certainly his brother-in-law. On 7 Mar 1859, Griffin R Wright, for $110 bought from Thomas Denton of Benton County, the land at SW 1/4 of SE 1/4 of S22 and the NW 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of S27 in T21N-R34W. These two parcels touch and form a rectangle. Meanwhile [http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Image.asp?Accession=AR0990%5F%5F%2E291&Format=SmallGIF this BLM entry] shows John Tucker in 1854 had purchased land just two sections away. | ||
| − | Griffin may have died in Benton County, Arkansas and appears to have died between 1862 and 1870 when Malinda appears on | + | Griffin may have died in Benton County, Arkansas and appears to have died between 1862 and 1870 when Malinda appears on the census that year, in Benton County, Arkansas without him. By 1880 Malinda has relocated, with some more of her family, near her daughter Edith in Paskenta, Tahama County, California. Malinda died 18 Jan 1898 in Red Bluff, Tehama County, California, where her probate names all of her children. |
[[Category:Arkansas]] | [[Category:Arkansas]] | ||
