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Martha WRIGHT

Martha was born in 1834 in AL.¹ Martha's father was Nicholas WRIGHT and her mother was Barbary JONES. Her paternal grandparents were John WRIGHT and FNU LNU; her maternal grandparents were Dixon JONES and Margaret LNU. She had three brothers and five sisters, named Nicholas II, Wesley, James, Ann, Catherine, Elizabeth, Mary and Rebecca. She was the sixth oldest of the nine children.

General Notes
- Lauderdale Alabama Probate Minutes Book A 1850-1855, pg. 541: Murrell ASKEW, on the 15th of May, suggested the death of Nicholas WRIGHT and applied for Letters of Administration, the said ASKEW being one of the heirs. Aaron ASKEW and William HERMAN, securities.
  Pg. 568: Murrell ASKEW the administrator of Nicholas WRIGHT decd. filed petition to sell land; he left the following children: Ann GRAY and husband William GRAY, Catherine FIELDS and husband Alexander FIELDS, Elizabeth ASKEW the wife of the petitioner, Nicholas WRIGHT and Mary KILLEN and husband Jackson KILLEN, all of whom are of age and reside in Lauderdale County, Alabama, except Alexander FIELD and wife who reside in Mississippi; and the following minors who reside in Lauderdale County, viz. Martha wife of Henry ALLEN Jr, Rebecca WRIGHT and James Henry WRIGHT. Land in sections 26/27 T1 R9.
  Pg. 586: Sale of land of Nicholas WRIGHT decd. ordered.
  
  1850 US Census (27 Nov), residing in Div 2 E of the Mil Rd, Lauderdale, AL, dw/fam 782/782, head of h/hold is farmer Nicholas RIGHT 56 NC, Barbary 51 NC, Mary 18 AL, Martha 16 AL, Rebecca 14 AL, m Wesly (Nesly?) 12 AL, James 9 AL. Next to Nicholas RIGHT Jun[ior] 20 AL at 783/783 and (widowed sister) Bethany BEAVERS 54 NC and (nephew) 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.

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
  
  Martha WRIGHT
  - b.  1834 in AL
  
  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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¹ 1850 census