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Descendants of William Wright

Generation No. 2

2. HENRY TALLEY² WRIGHT (WILLIAM¹) was born February 27, 1817 in Hanover County, VA, and died March 28, 1914 in Nelson Co., VA. He married NANCY JANE SMOOT October 17, 1842 in Amherst County, VA, daughter of JOHN SMOOT and SALLY. She was born April 01, 1820 in Amherst Co., VA, and died December 19, 1900 in Faber, Nelson County, VA.

Notes for HENRY TALLEY WRIGHT:
Born 1817 in Hanover County, VA, he relocated by 1840 to Amherst County (Conflicting notes indicate his parents died about 1830 in Hanover Co., but this seems unlikely). Apprenticed to a carpenter as a young man, and listed as "carpenter" on 1850 census. The 1850 Amherst Co. Federal Census only lists 4 children: John T., Lucy A., William H., and George W. Their ages at that time were 7, 5, 4 and 2, respectively. Benjamin, et al came later. A deed of trust dated 5/23/1855 in Amherst County (D.B. CC/506, courtesy of Robert Grant), defines 70 acres of land used by H.T. Wright to secure a debt owed to Elijah Fletcher ($384.30). H.T. Wright's property is described as: "lies on both sides of Huff Creek, and on both sides of the road leading from Pedlar Mills to Amherst Courthouse; and is about 3 1/2 miles of Amherst Court House,...." The deed of trust having been satisfied, on October 27, 1862, Henry and Nancy Wright convey (sell?) the aforementioned property to Lucy F. Smoot (mother of Nancy) and her children (her husband and Nancy's father, George W. Smoot is only referred to in this deed) (This deed information furnished by Robert Grant). By August, 1870, Henry and family are living in the Lovingston area of Nelson County (1870 Federal census, Nelson Co, VA, pg 395 [Ancestry.com image 170]). The 1880 census finds the HTW family back in Amherst Co, in the Pedlar district (all cens. images on hand). No 1890 census data is available.
He was a member of the Masons, and is listed on the rolls of the Clinton Lodge in the years 1849-1869. He served as Steward from 1849-1854. He is also listed on the rolls of Fancy Hill Lodge from 1885-1887. According to family notes, at the time of his death in 1914, he was the "oldest living Mason in Amherst County." Henry Talley Wright fought in the Civil War with "The Old Men and The Boys." He was a guard at a bridge over the James River near Lynchburg. Old family notes indicate he was wounded in the knee by a "minnie ball," and had to use crutches. Henry died at the home of his son, Thomas J. Wright, in Tye River, Nelson County, VA on 3/28/1914 (Death Cert.)
(FD note): I visited Amherst, and Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church (established 1840) on Febuary 22, 2000, and found only the grave of HTW. On his headstone was inscribed: H. T. WRIGHT 2-27-1817 3-28-1914 "IN THEE O LORD HAVE I PUT MY TRUST" (picture on file).

More About HENRY TALLEY WRIGHT:
Burial: March 30, 1914, Mt. Pleasant Meth. Church yard, Amherst, VA

Notes for NANCY JANE SMOOT:
Nancy went to Faber, Nelson County, VA, to visit her daughter, Elizabeth and son-in-law, Joe Whitten; was caught in a blizzard, contracted pheumonia, and died there. The kindred was unable to get through soon enough to the family, and she was buried there without the family's knowledge. Promise was to have the body transferred to Mt. Pleasant Church, but that was never done (source: family history notes).

More About NANCY JANE SMOOT:
Burial: Unknown, Rock Springs Church, Faber, VA

Marriage Notes for HENRY WRIGHT and NANCY SMOOT:
Marriage date obtained: International Genealogical Index/ NA (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormon Church) on-line data base. http://familysearch.org/Search/ancestorsearchresults.asp
Corrected from September to October by marriage bond issued to Henry T. Wright and John Smoot, in Amherst County, VA. (also listed in VA marriage records, on Ancestry.com but as September 17th, instead of October).

More About HENRY WRIGHT and NANCY SMOOT:
Marriage: October 17, 1842, Amherst County, VA

Children of HENRY WRIGHT and NANCY SMOOT are:

3.	i.	JOHN JAMES³ WRIGHT, b. October 08, 1842, Amherst Co., VA; d. April 16, 1922, Amherst Co., VA (at Florence's home).
4.	ii.	LUCY ANN WRIGHT, b. June 18, 1845, Amherst Co., VA; d. Unknown.
	iii.	WILLIAM H. WRIGHT, b. 1846; d. Unknown.

Notes for WILLIAM H. WRIGHT:
Source: The 1850 census.
(see pg 226, Gravestone Inscriptions in Amherst County, lists Wm. H. Wright b. 5/6/1841 d. 6/23/1914. This could be our Wm. Is the only known grave on property that was Forest Sandidge's property.

iv.

GEORGE W. WRIGHT, b. 1848; d. Unknown.

Notes for GEORGE W. WRIGHT:
Source: The 1850 census.

5.	v.	ALBERT TALLEY WRIGHT, b. 1853, Amherst Co., VA; d. Unknown.
6.	vi.	THOMAS JEFFERSON WRIGHT, b. December 24, 1858, Amherst Co., VA; d. 1940, Nelson Co., VA.
7.	vii.	BENJAMIN WASHINGTON WRIGHT, b. March 14, 1861, Amherst Co., VA; d. February 17, 1937.
	viii.	ELIZABETH WRIGHT, b. 1863, Amherst Co., VA; d. Unknown; m. JOSEPH T. WHITTEN, November 03, 1880, Amherst Co., VA at residence of Henry T. Wright; b. 1859, Amherst Co., VA; d. Unknown.

Notes for JOSEPH T. WHITTEN:
From Farber, VA---and later, Stapleton, VA ("Cornwall" neighborhood??) (this from Hester's notes). Marriage license indicates he was born, and lived in Amherst Co.

More About JOSEPH WHITTEN and ELIZABETH WRIGHT:
Marriage: November 03, 1880, Amherst Co., VA at residence of Henry T. Wright

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