WRIGHT, John ^{2 3 4 5 6}

  General Notes:

John purchased 300 acres in Berkley Co., SC on a small branch of the Saludy River called Beaverdam Creek on dated Sept. 1766. He was likely the John who purchased one hundred acres of land on Bush Creek in Berkley Co., SC on Oct. 16, 1770 adjoining William and Joseph Wright's land (brothers). John was disowned by the Bush River MM in South Carolina on 1772,8,29 and on 1773,7,3 at the Cane Creek MM, NC for unknown reasons. John obtained 200 more acres of land on the waters of Little River, one of the north branches of the Saludy River. He sold this land to James Douglas in March of 1774. John sold 200 acres of his original land grant on Oct. 1, 1785 to Joseph Thomson. (Joseph Thompson, Jr. lived near Big John in the 1790 census). He is the John Wright who sold land to William Coates on Nov. 2, 1785 in Newberry Co., South Carolina. (C-904, 908) There are a couple different death dates listed for him. The other is 1790, based on information in "The Annals of Newberry Co., SC," that says he died before his father (who died abt. June of 1790). Whereas his father is not in the census records, John appears to be still living near James Brooks on pg. 77. He is one of two, a John with 4 males above age 16, 5 under and 4 females; or there was one male over, 2 under 16 and 3 females. The census record took a period of time to gather, so it is still entirely possible that the census taker got his information down shortly before he and his father both died, missing his father entirely.

This John might have served as private in the Revolutionary War under Colonel William Thompson's Rangers defending Charleston Harbor on June 28, 1776. It was known as the "Battle of Sullivan's Island." (C-588) DAR records indicate that a John Sr. was a Private in the Revolutionary War. John, however, was a Quaker when he married Jemimah Haworth in Bush River Quaker records in 1768 meaning that it's not probable that he is the Revolutionary War soldier. Persons in this family who attended the wedding were his parents, John and Rachel Wright, Joseph Wright, Isaac Cook, William Wright and John Coate (I am assuming the later is Big John Coate, his brother-in-law.) (C-866)

John married Jemimah HAWORTH on Oct 10, 1768 in Bush River M.M., Newberry, SC, USA.¹ (Jemimah HAWORTH was born in 1748.)