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Thomas J. Wright (Williamson Co. TN + Jefferson Co. Ky, serg. 1st Ky Light Artillery)

b. 1841? d. 1899-05-30

Williamson County, Tennessee, and Jefferson County, Kentucky, student and soldier. Tennessee native. Son of William M. Wright and Nancy Wright. Married to Sarah "Sallie" M. Watts Wright in Jefferson County, Kentucky, on April 20, 1865. Student in Williamson County, Tennessee, in 1850. Student in Williamson County in 1860. Farmer in 1864. Served in the 1st Kentucky Light Artillery (U.S.A.) as private and sergeant from September 10, 1863.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, District 8, p. 191A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Williamson County, Eastern Subdivision, p. 184.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Jefferson County Marriages, Film #000482710, p. 144.

Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 511, 518.

Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who Served in Organizations From State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0148.

U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, NARA RG 15, Microfilm Series T288, Kentucky, Application #627469, Certificate #600349.

Historical Register of National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, NARA Series M1749, RG 15, Marion, p. 2 of 90 of microfilm (accessed via Ancestry.com).

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Wright, Thomas J.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32279794 (November 13, 2026).

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