I have a William Wright I have no age he married Ali. she was half Cherokee and half Chinese. They lived in or around Collinwood Tenn. His first child was born 1870 so he could have been around in 1850. Let me know if this helps.candi

Edmund I. BEAN md 1828 Eliza WHITFORD (a twin), d/o Martin WHITFORD and Polly CLARK. Edmund I. BEAN, born ca 1801, son of George BEAN and 2nd, Prudence WINDHAM, sister of Reuben WINDHAM of M.T. Four ch born to Edmund I. and Eliza BEAN:
Musadora Melvina BEAN b May 1829 Tuscumbia, ALA (we think)
William Hatch BEAN b 1831
Orlando WHITFORD BEAN b 1834
Sarah Elizabeth BEAN b 1837, two months before death of her mother, Eliza.

Musadora M. BEAN md. 14 Jany 1848, Franklin Co, TENN, to
William M. WRIGHT, b ca 1821, Lincoln Co, TENN.

Have found William M. WRIGHT in 1850 Census, Lincoln Co TENN Found William M. WRIGHT and "Musor", ages right, and children, some names and ages right; some names/ages not right, in 1860 Census, Madison Co, ALA, Hayes Store Postoffice.
Son George Orlando WRIGHT was born October 1859, "Jackson Co, ALA." Moved to Tarrant Co TEX and then to Childress Co TEX, where he died 1907.
Would like to correspond with other WRIGHTs of Madison and Jackson Counties, ALA, and Erath Co, TEX. Mine moved to Erath County, TEX probably early 1870s - but no records found until 1900.
Glad to hear from you. Norma Gorman WRIGHT

I descend from some Wrights of Jackson county, Alabama. I just got back from a research trip to Jackson county. There, I met a Dot Bean, who works in the Jackson county historical society (called the Scottsboro Jackson Heritage Center). email scottsborojacks@centurytel.net. I believe her family is from that area so she might be able to help you.

Some of my Wrights moved out of Jackson county into Arkansas and then later to Texas. Dot Bean said that during that time period (mid-1800's), the government was offering cheap land in Texas so that is why so many emigrated out of Jackson county.

Thanks very much for your reply re the WRIGHTs of Jackson & Madison Counties. Which WRIGHTs of those counties are you descended from; and where in Arkansas and Texas did they migrate to? Our family told of a daughter of William M. Wright (he was b1820 TENN) who "married a Fraser and moved
to Alpine Arkansas". I think I have a portrait of this Jennie (Wright) Fraser with her husband and two sons, but the identification is not positive.
Yes, there was cheap land, much of it railroad land or school land offered for sale, and the railroad made traveling easier. I would like to hear more about your
WRIGHT family, if you don't mind.
Sincerely, Norma (Gorman) Wright