The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
The Genealogy of David L. Moody & Yvonne L. La Pointe. - Person Sheet
Deathaft 25 Jul 1839 ®3234
Burialbef 22 Jun 1844, Baldwin County, Georgia, USA ®3235
FlagsBaldwin County, Georgia, Census, Hancock County, Georgia
FatherJohn WRIGHT (1776->1837)
MotherSusanna GRASTY (1777-?)
Misc. Notes
He was from the West Indies, probably Cuba. ®99
Prior Wright did not live in Baldwin County in 1810 when William Wright is the only Wright listed as a tax payer.
Prior Wright was a member of the 4th Regiment of Booth's Georgia Militia at Fort Hawkins, Macon, Georgia in November 1814. Other members of the 4th Regiment were Gabriel Wright, Jack Wright, John Wright, John and William Wright. The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Britain between 1812 and 1815. One of the three main theaters of operation in Georgia was the Creek War of 1813-14.
In 1820 Pryor Wright lived in Milledgeville, Georgia, was between 16 and 26 years old, his wife was between 16 and 26 and they had one son under 10 (possibly John Steel). Pryor had no slaves. ®3226 At that time Milledgeville had a population of 2,069. John H. Wright and William D. Wright also lived in Baldwin County at that time.
Following General James Oglethorpe's initial settling of Europeans from England, Scotland, and the Palatine to the Georgia Colony and the dissolution of the Georgia trustees' charter, the British Crown offered substantial land grants to entice other colonists to settle and work the Georgia countryside. As early as 1752, colonists from New England, Virginia, and the Carolinas poured into Georgia, bringing with them their families, servants, and sometimes entire religious communities. By 1775, these "frontier" settlements had established extensive coastal cotton and rice plantations. After the Revolution, Patriot veterans established homesteads by taking up land grants for their war services. During the early 1800s, Georgia employed a series of land lotteries to attract even more settlers. Once the federal government had evicted Georgia's Cherokee and Creek populations during the late 1820s, the stage was set for a climactic state lottery of middle and western Georgia lands in 1832.
In the 1827 Land Lottery, Pryor Wright, who lived in Baldwin County, was awarded land in Sec. 1, Dist. 11, Lot No. 113, Capt. District Buchanon's, County of Draw, Lee . ®3236
In the 1830 United States Census for Baldwin County one of the two Wright heads of households was Prior Wright. He was 30-40, his wife was 20-30 and they had 2 sons under 5, 1 son 5-10, and 1 unknown male 20-30 lived with them. He had 13 slaves, ®3227 so may have moved to a farm since 1820.
On 15 February 1831 Pryor Wright, and 22 others, owned town lots on the town common of Milledgeville, which they were willing to lease for a number of years. ®3237
On 14 February 1833 Pryor Wright files his petition for letters of dismissal from the estate of Thomas S. Reid, late of Baldwin County. ®3237
On 13 November 1835 Pryor Wright had a Street Lottery Office in Milledgeville. At that time Milledgeville city lots had just been platted, and each lot was assigned by a lottery held among those who had requested that lot. As a result there is no address or legal description of where the Street Lottery Office was located. At the office he sold Dr. Jos. Priestly Peters’ “ Vegetable Anti-Bilious Pills”. ®3238
He was alive on 24 May 1836 when he was mentioned as a friend living in Baldwin County in the will of George W. Murray of Baldwin County. ®3239
On 17 January 1837 Pryor Wright was one of five officers of the City of Milledgeville.
On the 1837 Georgia Property Tax Digest Pryer (sic) Wright owned 490 acres in Appling County, 2024 acres in Crawford (?) County, 2024 acres in Lee County and $1500 worth of land in Milledgeville. ®3240
On 14 Mar 1837 Pryor’s first wife, Margaret S. Steel died in Milledgeville.
On 5 December 1837 a Special Appropriation of the General Assembly of Georgia awarded Pryor Wright $550 “for lumber furnished for building government House”.
On 28 May 1839 “one Negro man...levied on as the property of Pryor Wright, to satisfy executions or if fas in favor of Eli Levy; Samuel Harris, James Young and Thomas C. Butts, security; ®3241
On 25 July 1839 Pryor Wright married his second wife, Elizabeth Youngblood, in Baldwin County. ®3234 ®3242
On 26 November 1839, in Hancock County, Georgia, James Youngblood applied for letters of administration on the estate of Pryor Wright, late of said county, deceased. ®3241
On 25 August 1840, in Hancock County, Georgia, George L. Deming applied for letters of administration on the estate of Pryor Wright, late of said county, deceased; ®3241
On 29 September 1840, in Hancock County, John S. Wright applied for letters of administration on the estate of Pryor Wright, late of said county, deceased; ®3241
Pryor Wright may not have left a will as when John S. Wright was appointed on 7 November 1840 to administer the estate of Pryor Wright by the Inferior Court of Hancock County it was noted that the appointment would be void if such a will were found. ®3243 The inventory, certified on 6 June 1841, contained $222.12 of household goods, $9089.12 in notes and attorney’s receipts, and accounts of $6313.37 for a total estate value of $15,624.61. No real estate is mentioned. (Hancock County, Georgia Will Book P, p. 529, 570 & Court of Ordinary Minutes 1838-1853 p. 72)
He left a wife and children as “I also request the said William Dover Jenkins to pay to the heirs of Pryor Wright late of Baldwin County State of Georgia the sum of Two Thousand dollars which is to be equally divided between the children of the said Pryor Wright the same to be paid in four Installments on the first day of March annually after my decease. Glynn County GA Archives Wills.....Dover, Thomas June 22, 1844.
That John S. Wright was the son of Pryor Wright is further demonstrated by the Tuesday, May 3, 1842 issue of the Southern Recorder which notes “Georgia, Hancock County: Sheriff Sales--On the first Tuesday in July next, will be sold at the courthouse in the town of Sparta, Hancock County, within the usual hours of sale, the following property, to wit: One tract of land lately occupied by Prior Wright, formerly owned by Samuel H. Harris, levied on as the property of John S. Wright, to satisfy executions ir fi fas in favor of R. J. Nichols and G. L. Deming (Signed) L. S. Stewart, Sheriff. ®1880 ®1881
Prior Wright did not live in Baldwin County in 1810 when William Wright is the only Wright listed as a tax payer.
Prior Wright was a member of the 4th Regiment of Booth's Georgia Militia at Fort Hawkins, Macon, Georgia in November 1814. Other members of the 4th Regiment were Gabriel Wright, Jack Wright, John Wright, John and William Wright. The War of 1812 was fought between the United States and Britain between 1812 and 1815. One of the three main theaters of operation in Georgia was the Creek War of 1813-14.
In 1820 Pryor Wright lived in Milledgeville, Georgia, was between 16 and 26 years old, his wife was between 16 and 26 and they had one son under 10 (possibly John Steel). Pryor had no slaves. ®3226 At that time Milledgeville had a population of 2,069. John H. Wright and William D. Wright also lived in Baldwin County at that time.
Following General James Oglethorpe's initial settling of Europeans from England, Scotland, and the Palatine to the Georgia Colony and the dissolution of the Georgia trustees' charter, the British Crown offered substantial land grants to entice other colonists to settle and work the Georgia countryside. As early as 1752, colonists from New England, Virginia, and the Carolinas poured into Georgia, bringing with them their families, servants, and sometimes entire religious communities. By 1775, these "frontier" settlements had established extensive coastal cotton and rice plantations. After the Revolution, Patriot veterans established homesteads by taking up land grants for their war services. During the early 1800s, Georgia employed a series of land lotteries to attract even more settlers. Once the federal government had evicted Georgia's Cherokee and Creek populations during the late 1820s, the stage was set for a climactic state lottery of middle and western Georgia lands in 1832.
In the 1827 Land Lottery, Pryor Wright, who lived in Baldwin County, was awarded land in Sec. 1, Dist. 11, Lot No. 113, Capt. District Buchanon's, County of Draw, Lee . ®3236
In the 1830 United States Census for Baldwin County one of the two Wright heads of households was Prior Wright. He was 30-40, his wife was 20-30 and they had 2 sons under 5, 1 son 5-10, and 1 unknown male 20-30 lived with them. He had 13 slaves, ®3227 so may have moved to a farm since 1820.
On 15 February 1831 Pryor Wright, and 22 others, owned town lots on the town common of Milledgeville, which they were willing to lease for a number of years. ®3237
On 14 February 1833 Pryor Wright files his petition for letters of dismissal from the estate of Thomas S. Reid, late of Baldwin County. ®3237
On 13 November 1835 Pryor Wright had a Street Lottery Office in Milledgeville. At that time Milledgeville city lots had just been platted, and each lot was assigned by a lottery held among those who had requested that lot. As a result there is no address or legal description of where the Street Lottery Office was located. At the office he sold Dr. Jos. Priestly Peters’ “ Vegetable Anti-Bilious Pills”. ®3238
He was alive on 24 May 1836 when he was mentioned as a friend living in Baldwin County in the will of George W. Murray of Baldwin County. ®3239
On 17 January 1837 Pryor Wright was one of five officers of the City of Milledgeville.
On the 1837 Georgia Property Tax Digest Pryer (sic) Wright owned 490 acres in Appling County, 2024 acres in Crawford (?) County, 2024 acres in Lee County and $1500 worth of land in Milledgeville. ®3240
On 14 Mar 1837 Pryor’s first wife, Margaret S. Steel died in Milledgeville.
On 5 December 1837 a Special Appropriation of the General Assembly of Georgia awarded Pryor Wright $550 “for lumber furnished for building government House”.
On 28 May 1839 “one Negro man...levied on as the property of Pryor Wright, to satisfy executions or if fas in favor of Eli Levy; Samuel Harris, James Young and Thomas C. Butts, security; ®3241
On 25 July 1839 Pryor Wright married his second wife, Elizabeth Youngblood, in Baldwin County. ®3234 ®3242
On 26 November 1839, in Hancock County, Georgia, James Youngblood applied for letters of administration on the estate of Pryor Wright, late of said county, deceased. ®3241
On 25 August 1840, in Hancock County, Georgia, George L. Deming applied for letters of administration on the estate of Pryor Wright, late of said county, deceased; ®3241
On 29 September 1840, in Hancock County, John S. Wright applied for letters of administration on the estate of Pryor Wright, late of said county, deceased; ®3241
Pryor Wright may not have left a will as when John S. Wright was appointed on 7 November 1840 to administer the estate of Pryor Wright by the Inferior Court of Hancock County it was noted that the appointment would be void if such a will were found. ®3243 The inventory, certified on 6 June 1841, contained $222.12 of household goods, $9089.12 in notes and attorney’s receipts, and accounts of $6313.37 for a total estate value of $15,624.61. No real estate is mentioned. (Hancock County, Georgia Will Book P, p. 529, 570 & Court of Ordinary Minutes 1838-1853 p. 72)
He left a wife and children as “I also request the said William Dover Jenkins to pay to the heirs of Pryor Wright late of Baldwin County State of Georgia the sum of Two Thousand dollars which is to be equally divided between the children of the said Pryor Wright the same to be paid in four Installments on the first day of March annually after my decease. Glynn County GA Archives Wills.....Dover, Thomas June 22, 1844.
That John S. Wright was the son of Pryor Wright is further demonstrated by the Tuesday, May 3, 1842 issue of the Southern Recorder which notes “Georgia, Hancock County: Sheriff Sales--On the first Tuesday in July next, will be sold at the courthouse in the town of Sparta, Hancock County, within the usual hours of sale, the following property, to wit: One tract of land lately occupied by Prior Wright, formerly owned by Samuel H. Harris, levied on as the property of John S. Wright, to satisfy executions ir fi fas in favor of R. J. Nichols and G. L. Deming (Signed) L. S. Stewart, Sheriff. ®1880 ®1881
Research
No Pryor or Prior Wright can be found in the United States on the 1790 or 1800 US Census.
On the 1810 US Census the only two Pryor Wrights, Senior and Junior, live side by side in Prince Edward County, Virginia. M252 R70 P591. Pryor, Sr., had 1 male 16-26, 1 male 26-45 1 male and 1 female over 45 and 8 slaves. Pryor had 1 male 26-45 and no females or slaves. There is no Prior Wright in the US in 1810.
Samuel H. Harris, age and family lived in Hancock County in 1830 M19 R18 P156 4 males under 10, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 20-30.
Saml Harris Sr lived in Capt. Clayton’s District, Hancock County in 1820 M33 R7 P93 1 15-20 male, 1 40-50 male, 1 60-70 male, 4 5-10 females, 3 20-30 females 2 40-50 females 2 80-90 females.
Saml Harris lived in Capt. Mason’s District of Hancock County in 1820 M33 R7 P97 unreadable.
No Samuel Harris in Georgia in 1840, 1810, 1800, 1790.
Where is his will and who inherited his estate?
The inventory of Pryor’s estate mentions “schedule of notes and attorney’s receipts”. Was he an attorney? Where is his will-need to check Hancock County Court House.
Greene & Harrington; “American Population before the Federal Census of 1790” Peter Smith, Gloucester, Mass. 1966 contains no helpful information...only numbers.
Hendrix & Lindsay; “The Jury Lists of South Carolina 1778-1779” DAR 1975 F 268 H53
Wright, Abraham: Petit Juror, Little River between Broad & Saludy, Ninty-Six District
Wright, Alexander: Petit Juror, Parish of St. George Dorchester, District of Charles Town
Wright, George: Petit Juror, East Side of Wateree, Camden District
Wright, Henry: Petit Juror, New Acquisition, Camden District
Wright, Jacob: Petit Juror, Little River between Broad & Saludy, Ninty-Six District
Wright, James: Petit Juror, Parish of St. Philip and St. Michael, District of Charles Town
Wright, James (a baker): Petit Juror, Parish of St. Philip and St. Michael, District of Charles Town
Wright, James: Special Juror, Parish of St. Philip and St. Michael, District of Charles Town
Wright, James (a baker): Special Juror, Parish of St. Philip and St. Michael, District of Charles Town
Wright, John: Grand Juror, Parish of St. James Goose Creek, Charles Town District
Wright, John: Petit Juror, Parish of St. James Goose Creek, District of Charles Town
Wright, John: Grand Juror, Part of the Lower District between Broad and Saluda Rivers, Ninety-Six District
Wright, John: Petit Juror, The Lower Part of Nintey-Six District in the Fork of the Broad and Saluda Rivers
Wright, Samuel: Petit Juror, Parish of St. Bartholomew, District of Charles Town
Wright, Samuel: Petit Juror, Between Broad and Catawba Rivers, Camden District
Wright, Thomas: Petit Juror, East Side of Wateree, Camden District
Wright, William: Petit Juror, To The Eastward of The Wateree, Camden District
Wright, William: Petit Juror, The Lower Part of Nintey-Six District in the Fork of the Broad and Saluda Rivers
Right, Richard: Immediately below William Wright (above) Petit Juror, The Lower Part of Nintey-Six District in the Fork of the Broad and Saluda Rivers
Wright, William: Spartan District
"Hancock County, Georgia early newspaper abstracts: "Farmer's Gazette" 1803-1804, 1806-1807" by Faye Stone Poss
"The land between: A history of Hancock County, Georgia to 1940" by Forrest Shivers
These books are not available by Interlibrary Loan and they are not available on any Internet book sites like Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com.
On the 1810 US Census the only two Pryor Wrights, Senior and Junior, live side by side in Prince Edward County, Virginia. M252 R70 P591. Pryor, Sr., had 1 male 16-26, 1 male 26-45 1 male and 1 female over 45 and 8 slaves. Pryor had 1 male 26-45 and no females or slaves. There is no Prior Wright in the US in 1810.
Samuel H. Harris, age and family lived in Hancock County in 1830 M19 R18 P156 4 males under 10, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 20-30.
Saml Harris Sr lived in Capt. Clayton’s District, Hancock County in 1820 M33 R7 P93 1 15-20 male, 1 40-50 male, 1 60-70 male, 4 5-10 females, 3 20-30 females 2 40-50 females 2 80-90 females.
Saml Harris lived in Capt. Mason’s District of Hancock County in 1820 M33 R7 P97 unreadable.
No Samuel Harris in Georgia in 1840, 1810, 1800, 1790.
Where is his will and who inherited his estate?
The inventory of Pryor’s estate mentions “schedule of notes and attorney’s receipts”. Was he an attorney? Where is his will-need to check Hancock County Court House.
Greene & Harrington; “American Population before the Federal Census of 1790” Peter Smith, Gloucester, Mass. 1966 contains no helpful information...only numbers.
Hendrix & Lindsay; “The Jury Lists of South Carolina 1778-1779” DAR 1975 F 268 H53
Wright, Abraham: Petit Juror, Little River between Broad & Saludy, Ninty-Six District
Wright, Alexander: Petit Juror, Parish of St. George Dorchester, District of Charles Town
Wright, George: Petit Juror, East Side of Wateree, Camden District
Wright, Henry: Petit Juror, New Acquisition, Camden District
Wright, Jacob: Petit Juror, Little River between Broad & Saludy, Ninty-Six District
Wright, James: Petit Juror, Parish of St. Philip and St. Michael, District of Charles Town
Wright, James (a baker): Petit Juror, Parish of St. Philip and St. Michael, District of Charles Town
Wright, James: Special Juror, Parish of St. Philip and St. Michael, District of Charles Town
Wright, James (a baker): Special Juror, Parish of St. Philip and St. Michael, District of Charles Town
Wright, John: Grand Juror, Parish of St. James Goose Creek, Charles Town District
Wright, John: Petit Juror, Parish of St. James Goose Creek, District of Charles Town
Wright, John: Grand Juror, Part of the Lower District between Broad and Saluda Rivers, Ninety-Six District
Wright, John: Petit Juror, The Lower Part of Nintey-Six District in the Fork of the Broad and Saluda Rivers
Wright, Samuel: Petit Juror, Parish of St. Bartholomew, District of Charles Town
Wright, Samuel: Petit Juror, Between Broad and Catawba Rivers, Camden District
Wright, Thomas: Petit Juror, East Side of Wateree, Camden District
Wright, William: Petit Juror, To The Eastward of The Wateree, Camden District
Wright, William: Petit Juror, The Lower Part of Nintey-Six District in the Fork of the Broad and Saluda Rivers
Right, Richard: Immediately below William Wright (above) Petit Juror, The Lower Part of Nintey-Six District in the Fork of the Broad and Saluda Rivers
Wright, William: Spartan District
"Hancock County, Georgia early newspaper abstracts: "Farmer's Gazette" 1803-1804, 1806-1807" by Faye Stone Poss
"The land between: A history of Hancock County, Georgia to 1940" by Forrest Shivers
These books are not available by Interlibrary Loan and they are not available on any Internet book sites like Amazon.com or BarnesandNoble.com.
Spouses
Misc. Notes
Margaret was Pryor’s first wife. “Died in Milledgeville on the morning of the 14th inst., Mrs. Margaret S. Wright consort of Mr. Pryor Wright of this place, in the 35th year of her age.” ®3252 “3-21-1837 Georgia Journal & Federal Union. Mrs. W. had been suffering from a slight attack of pleurisy but was sufficiently recovered to be enabled to sit up in bed on the morning on which she died - when, she was suddenly seized with spasm, and expired in a few minutes - in the midst of life, and at a period when her general health was such as to give promise of great “length of days.” ®3251
Research
Was her maiden name Steele? Probably Steel as that is how her son John Steel Wright’s name is on his grave stone. Where were they married married?
A Samuel L. Stele was a tax payer or slave owner in Baldwin County in 1810. ®3253
Sampson S. Steele (Capt. Irwin’s District), Samuel Steele (Capt. Holt’s District) and Sanford Steele (Capt. Holt’s District) were taxpayers in Baldwin County in 1813. ®3253
Hendrix & Lindsay; “The Jury Lists of South Carolina 1778-1779” DAR 1975 F 268 H53
Steel, Aaron: Grand Juror, Long Canes and Places Adjacent, Ninety-Six District
Steel, Aaron: Petit Juror, Long Canes and Places Adjacent, Ninety-Six District
Steel, Alexander: Petit Juror, Long Canes and Places Adjacent, Ninety-Six District
Steel, Arch’d: Petit Juror, New Acquisition, Camden District
Steel, Isaac: Petit Juror, Long Canes and Places Adjacent, Ninety-Six District
Steel, Isaac: Petit Juror, Ninety-Six District
Steel, John: Petit Juror, Between Broad and Catawba Rivers, Camden District
Steel, John: Grand Juror, Part of the Lower District Between Broad and Saluda Rivers, Ninety-Six District
Steel, John: Petit Juror, Lower Part of Ninety-Six District in the Fork of Broad and Saluda Rivers
Steel, Joseph: Petit Juror, St. Helena, Beaufort District
Steel, Samuel: Petit Juror, Lower Part of Ninety-Six District in the Fork of Broad and Saluda Rivers
Steel, Thomas: Petit Juror, Parish of Prince Frederick, George Town District
A Samuel L. Stele was a tax payer or slave owner in Baldwin County in 1810. ®3253
Sampson S. Steele (Capt. Irwin’s District), Samuel Steele (Capt. Holt’s District) and Sanford Steele (Capt. Holt’s District) were taxpayers in Baldwin County in 1813. ®3253
Hendrix & Lindsay; “The Jury Lists of South Carolina 1778-1779” DAR 1975 F 268 H53
Steel, Aaron: Grand Juror, Long Canes and Places Adjacent, Ninety-Six District
Steel, Aaron: Petit Juror, Long Canes and Places Adjacent, Ninety-Six District
Steel, Alexander: Petit Juror, Long Canes and Places Adjacent, Ninety-Six District
Steel, Arch’d: Petit Juror, New Acquisition, Camden District
Steel, Isaac: Petit Juror, Long Canes and Places Adjacent, Ninety-Six District
Steel, Isaac: Petit Juror, Ninety-Six District
Steel, John: Petit Juror, Between Broad and Catawba Rivers, Camden District
Steel, John: Grand Juror, Part of the Lower District Between Broad and Saluda Rivers, Ninety-Six District
Steel, John: Petit Juror, Lower Part of Ninety-Six District in the Fork of Broad and Saluda Rivers
Steel, Joseph: Petit Juror, St. Helena, Beaufort District
Steel, Samuel: Petit Juror, Lower Part of Ninety-Six District in the Fork of Broad and Saluda Rivers
Steel, Thomas: Petit Juror, Parish of Prince Frederick, George Town District
Family ID861
ChildrenJohn Steel (1819-1882)
Katherine Ann Dover (1821-)
William Henry Thomas (1823->1850)
Thomas Dover (Died as Child) (1825-1830)
Charles Flurndy Malone (1827-)
Thomas Dover (1831-1876)
Georgiana Virginia (Died as Infant) (1834-1834)
Misc. Notes
She was Pryor’s second wife. Pryor Wright married Elizabeth Youngblood on 25 Jul 1839 Source: Baldwin County, Georgia - Marriage Records 1806-1850. ®3234 He was mentioned as being alive and from Baldwin County in the 24 May 1836 will of George W. Murray.
Research
Was George W. Murray her first husband?
Misc. Notes
She was Pryor’s second wife.