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Nicholas II WRIGHT

Nicholas II was born in 1830. Nicholas II's father was Nicholas WRIGHT and his mother was Barbary JONES. His paternal grandparents were John WRIGHT and FNU LNU; his maternal grandparents were Dixon JONES and Margaret LNU. He had two brothers and six sisters, named James, Wesley, Rebecca, Martha, Mary, Elizabeth, Catherine and Ann. He was the fourth oldest of the nine children.

General Notes
- 1850 US Census (27 Nov), residing in Div 2 E of the Mil Rd, Lauderdale, AL, dw/fam 783/783, head of h/hold is Nicholas Jun RIGHT [sic] 20 AL laborer, Lydia 25 AL, Carrol 8/12 AL, next door at dw/fam 782/782, head of h/hold is [father] farmer Nicholas RIGHT 56 NC, Barbary 51 NC, Mary 18 AL, Marthat 16 AL, Rebecca 14 AL, m Wesly (Nesly?) 12 AL, James 9 AL. Nearby is (widowed aunt) Bethany Beavers 54 NC and (cousin) William Right [sic] 17 AL at 781/781.
  
  Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Division 2 East of The Military Road, Lauderdale, Alabama; Roll: M432_7; Page: 357; Image: 710.
  
  Wright land entries for Lauderdale, AL (BLM):
  WRIGHT, JOHN AL Lauderdale 3/1/1858 Huntsville 18817 AL3770__.260
  WRIGHT, MOSES AL Lauderdale 6/1/1848 Huntsville 12883 AL3630__.223
  WRIGHT, NICHOLAS AL Lauderdale 8/10/1850 Huntsville 14793 AL3670__.123
  WRIGHT, NICHOLAS AL Lauderdale 4/1/1852 Huntsville 15440 AL3680__.284
  WRIGHT, NICHOLAS AL Lauderdale 10/16/1835 Huntsville 6663 AL1290__.357
  WRIGHT, PHILIP AL Lauderdale 3/1/1858 Huntsville 18818 AL3770__.261
  WRIGHT, PHILIP AL Lauderdale 10/16/1835 Huntsville 6818 AL1300__.012
  WRIGHT, WESLEY AL Lauderdale 4/1/1852 Huntsville 15772 AL3690__.188
  
  Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969
  Name: Nicholas Wright
  Spouse: Lydia Ann McMurtrey
  Marriage Date: Oct 1848
  County: Lauderdale
  State: Alabama
  Source information: Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- John WRIGHT
  - b.  1755 in Scotland d.  1835 in Alabama, Lauderdale County
  
  Nicholas WRIGHT
  - b.15 May 1793 in Moore County (?), North Carolina d.30 Apr 1854
  
  FNU LNU
  - b.  1755 in Scotland d.  1835 in Alabama, Lauderdale County
  
  Nicholas II WRIGHT
  - b.  1830
  
  Dixon JONES
  
  Barbary JONES
  - b.12 Mar 1802 in North Carolina d.02 Sep 1852 in Lauderdale County, Alabama
  
  Margaret LNU

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