Elihu Harrison WRIGHT / Nancy Lou LOGAN


Husband: Elihu Harrison WRIGHT (Descendant Chart)
Born: 2 MAR 1859 in: Burke County, NC Married: 9 JAN 1884 in: Township No. 11, Cleveland County, NC Died: 14 APR 1902 in: Cleveland County, NC Buried: New Home Methodist Church, Cleveland County, NC Father: Mother:
Wife: Nancy Lou LOGAN (Ancestor Chart, Descendant Chart)
Born: ABT 1862 in: Cleveland County, NC Died: 14 SEP 1902 in: Cleveland County, NC Buried: New Home Methodist Church, Cleveland County, NC Father: Philip LOGAN Mother: Sarah Sally EAKER
Children:
1 Name: Francis Cleo WRIGHT F Born: 8 JUN 1887 in: Cleveland County, NC Died: in:
2 Name: Charlie C. WRIGHT M Born: 6 JUN 1889 in: Cleveland County, NC Died: in:
3 Name: William Coskey WRIGHT M Born: 16 JUL 1891 in: Cleveland County, NC Died: in:
4 Name: Emory Everette WRIGHT M Born: 26 SEP 1893 in: Cleveland County, NC Died: in:
5 Name: Novella WRIGHT F Born: 26 APR 1896 in: Cleveland County, NC Died: in:
6 Name: Junie Georgiana WRIGHT F Born: 26 APR 1899 in: Cleveland County, NC Died: in:

The Moses Wright Family

The book The Moses Wright Family by Orval Lee Wright and Sylvia Wright Reding9 contains extensive information on the family of Elihu Harrison Wright. Some key points from the book are as follows:


Will

Cleveland County, NC Will:
N. L. Wright, 14 September 1902, no probate date. Children Cleo, Charlie, Cassie, Emmery, Novella, Georgiana; J. W. Self to be guardian to my children. WIT. P. A. White, E. S. Epley, R. E. Towery.
(Source: Turner & Philbeck, Cleveland County, North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1841-1910, no. 785)6


Census

1900 Census

Township,
County,
State
Dwelling
Number
Family
Number
Name Relation Color Sex Birth
Month
Birth
Year
Age Marital
Status
Years
Married
Mother of
how many
Children
Children
still
living
Place
of
Birth
Father's
Place of
Birth
Mother's
Place of
Birth
Occupation
Township 11, Cleveland, NC 70 70 Wright Elihu Head W M Mar 1860 40 M 18     N.C. N.C. N.C. Farmer
---- Nancy L Wife W F June 1863 36 M 18 6 6 N.C. N.C. N.C.  
---- Francis C D W F June 1887 12 S       N.C. N.C. N.C.  
---- Charlie C S W M June 1889 10 S       N.C. N.C. N.C.  
---- William C S W M July 1891 8 S       N.C. N.C. N.C.  
---- Emory E S W M Sept 1893 6 S       N.C. N.C. N.C.  
---- Sada N D W F Apr 1896 4 S       N.C. N.C. N.C.  
---- Junie J D W F Apr 1899 1 S       N.C. N.C. N.C.  
Logan Sallie M-inlaw W F Dec 1826 73 W   6 2 N.C. N.C. N.C.  


Notes

  1. The original will of Nancy Lou Wright is filed under the records of Cleveland County in the North Carolina Department of Archives and History (C.R.026.801.12).
  2. There is conflicting information on the birth date of Nancy Lou Logan:
  3. The names of the children of Eli Hugh and Nancy Wright vary somewhat in different documents:
  4. Some additional information on William Coskey Wright:
  5. Some additional information on Emory Everett Wright:
  6. Some additional information on Novella Wright:

Sources:

  1. Delayed Birth Certificates of Cleveland County, NC, Volumes 1-9. Broad River Genealogical Society, Shelby, NC, 2003. [ p.106: Delayed birth certificate of William Coskie Wright. ]
  2. [Estate Papers of E.H. Wright (1902)]. Cleveland County loose estate papers, file C.R.026.508.59, North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, 11p. (Scanned copy of original made 1 Sep 2006 (5.9 Mbytes)).
  3. [Free Trader Agreement for Nancy L. Wright (1901)]. Cleveland County loose miscellaneous records, file C.R.026.928.5, North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, 2p. (Scanned copy of original made 14 Dec 2007 (1.0 Mbytes)).
  4. Logan, Sophia. History of the Logans. Distributed at the Andy Logan Family Reunion, Lincolnton, NC, c. 1980.
  5. [Sarah S. Logan, E. H. Wright, and Nancy L. Logan tombstone]. New Home Methodist Church Cemetery, Moriah School Road, near Casar, NC, photographed by Joe Logan c. 1980. ((Photograph) (299.2 Kbytes)).
  6. Turner, Grace and Miles S. Philbeck, Jr. Cleveland County, NC, Will Abstracts, 1841-1910. 1981. [ no. 785: Abstract of will of N. L. Wright. ]
  7. United States Federal Census, 1790-1930. Online database. Ancestry.com. http://www.ancestry.com.
  8. [Will of N. L. Wright (1902)]. Cleveland County loose wills, file C.R.026.801.12, North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, 2 p. (Photographs of original made 20 Nov 2009 (4.2 Mbytes)).
  9. Wright, Orval Lee and Sylvia Wright Reding. The Moses Wright Family. Gonzales, TX, June, 1999. [ Contains information on the family of Elihu Wright. ]


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