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Abt 1827 - Yes, date unknown
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
2. | Wright Coley was born about 1793 in North Carolina; and died. Notes:
Will Johnson shows him as born in 1788 in Columbus County, NC.
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wjhonson&id=I63568
A Wright Coley was in Major Lillington's Detachment, North Carolina Militia, serving as a Private during the War of 1812 (Roll Box 43, M602). Direct Data Capture, comp. U.S., War of 1812 Service Records, 1812-1815 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999.
Original data: National Archives and Records Administration. Index to the Compiled Military Service Records for the Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the War of 1812. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M602, 234 rolls.
There are also Alabama land records for a Wright Coley, as follows
Name Wright Coley
Land Office SPARTA
Document Number 54
Total Acres 78.08
Signature Yes
Canceled Document No
Issue Date 2 Jul 1826
Mineral Rights Reserved No
Metes and Bounds No
Statutory Reference: 3 Stat. 566
Multiple Warantee Names No
Act or Treaty April 24, 1820
Multiple Patentee Names No
Entry Classification: Sale-Cash Entries
Land Description 1, E?SW, ST STEPHENS, No 1N, 10E, 12
The age and location are a good fit, but it is not certain the records above are for the Wright Coley who moved to Texas ca 1835. Further research should be done.
Ancestry.com also lists numerous Texas Land Title Abstracts relating to Wright Coley, though based on the dates they were likely related to his son, or some other Wright Coley.
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Census Listings:
1850 Census
Texas, Roberston County, Pr. 1
Enumerated 4 Nov 1850
116-116
Wright Coley 63 M Farmer $--- NC
Rebecca Coley 49 F NC
William R. Coley 26 M Farmer Ala
John G. Coley 24 M Ala
Mary A Coley 21 F Ala
Nancy Coley 18 F Ala
Wright P Coley 15 M Tx
Rebecca Coley 11 F Tx
Elizabeth Coley 9 F Tx
Wright + Rebecca ???. Rebecca was born about 1801 in North Carolina; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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3. | Rebecca ??? was born about 1801 in North Carolina; and died.
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