West Virginia Pioneers

Daniel Wright

Male - Bef 1827


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  • Name Daniel Wright 
    Gender Male 
    Died Bef 15 Nov 1827  [1
    Person ID I4262  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 24 May 2005 

    Father Benjamin Wright, Sr,   b. 1755, Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1829, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Sarah Elizabeth Casto,   b. 10 Mar 1769, Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia), USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt Apr 1851, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 27 Jul 1784  Greene County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • 1840 Jackson, VA - is she the woman 60-70, living with Ruhanna & Ephraim Evans

      1850 Jackson, VA , she is living with son Benjamin

      "Jackson County in the Wars"
      Revolutionary Soldiers
      Wright, Benjamin Sr. He and his wife living in Mason county in 1820 census, both aged 45 and up, with 5 boys and 2 girls in family. Erected the first grist and sawmill at present Cottageville, long known as Wright's mill for Benjamin. He was a son of Jonathan and Sarah (Yard) Wright, of Pennsylvania. An article by Mrs Corinne Staats Fisher in the Jackson Herald states that he was a soldier of the Revolution, as, indeed, were most young men his age living on the Pennsylvania frontier at the time of the war. His son, Benjamin Wright, Jr, age 46 in 1850 census of Jackson county, was the first County Clerk of the new county in 1831. Benjamin Wright, Sr (heirs) owned 1015 1/2 acres of land in the county on Washington's and Fall Runs and Mill Creek in 1832, reference JC Land Book for 182.

      This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section "Lower Mill Creek"
      Wright Family

      Benjamin Wright, who built the mill at what is now Cottageville, came from Greene County, Pennsylvania, about 1800. He married Sarah Casto, as his first wife, and later married a Flowers. Of his children, if the river story is to be credited, he had three daughters who married respectively, a White, Black and Brown. Of others, I find:

      A daughter who married Squire Evans, for whom the town was named.

      Benjamin Wright, Jr, who was the first Clerk of the County Court of Jackson County. Benjamin Jr had children: Ruenna who married Hart Rader, Dr. "Bib" Wright, of Ripley and a daughter who married Ed Butcher.

      Another daughter of Benjamin Wright, Sr, married Joe Bibbee. To this, another historian adds a daughter who married Robert Shively.
    Family ID F574  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Polly Woodruff,   d. Bef 1833 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Wright,   b. 21 Mar 1822, Mason, Mason County, West Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F1463  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Blatchley,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 18 Jan 1825  [1
    Family ID F2083  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S75] Casto manuscript.