Jacob Wright1

Male, #9711, (12 Jul 1840 - 10 Sep 1910)

Birth*12 Jul 1840 Jacob was born at North Carolina on 12 Jul 1840.2 
Marriage*9 Aug 1860 He married Sarah Malinda Culpepper at Clarke Co., Alabama, on 9 Aug 1860.3,4,5 
Marriage23 Aug 1865 He married Missouri Alabama Smith at Clarke Co., Alabama, on 23 Aug 1865. 
Death*10 Sep 1910 He died at Chance, Clarke Co., Alabama, on 10 Sep 1910.2 
Burial* His body was interred at Wright Cemetery, Chance, Clarke Co., Alabama. 
Biography* Jacob Wright enlisted as a Private in Company "K", 23rd Regiment, Alabama Volunteers, August 1861, at Lower Peachtree, Alabama. Jacob, along with the rest of the 23rd Regiment, was captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Wounded, shot in the left elbow during battle of Missionary Ridge, Tennessee, November 23, 1863. Spent June through August 1864 at Marshall Hospital, Columbus, Ga.
Jacob Wright was denied a pension due to the fact he owned too much land -- listed in one application as being 1200 acres, mostly woodlands. g.  

Family

Sarah Malinda Culpepper (circa 1840 - before 1865)

Last Edited 4 Jul 2000

Citations

  1. Dave J. Barnes, compiler, Dave J. Barnes, web site,, July 2000.
  2. E-mail from Dave Barnes, 12/28/1998.
  3. Family Adventures, compiler, Early Alabama Marriages (36 vols.), Shreveport, Louisiana: J & W Ent., 1991, Repository: LDS Family History Library - Salt Lake City, Call No. US/CAN 976.1 V2e.
    Sarah M. Culpepper married Jacob Wright on 9 Aug 1860 in Clarke Co., Alabama.
  4. Jordan R. Dodd, compiler, Alabama Marriages, 1809-1920, Online database at Ancestry.com, 1999.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4192
    Sarah M. Culpepper married Jacob Wright on 6 Aug 1860 in Clarke Co., Alabama.
  5. Inc., Provo, UT MyFamily.com, compiler, Alabama Marriage Collection, 1800-1969, Online database at Ancestry.com, 2006.
    http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7838&enc=1&offerid=0%3a7858%3a0
    Sarah Culpepper married Jacob Wright on 6 Aug 1860 in Clarke Co., Alabama.