1779 - 1865 (86 years) Has no ancestors but 64 descendants in this family tree.
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| Name |
James Bright |
| Birth |
1778/1779 |
VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
5216898DD2DAD4118AC44445535400008D0D |
| Death |
1865 |
McDowell Co, NC |
| Person ID |
I12857 |
Marty and Karla Grant |
| Last Modified |
11 Dec 2023 |
Family  |
Dinah Johnson, b. 1774/1775, VA d. Aft 1860, McDowell Co, NC (Age > 86 years) |
| Marriage |
27 Dec 1797 |
Culpeper Co, VA |
| _UID |
F83681C106103D4A849424D6CFD4F4944ADF |
| Children |
| | 1. William Bright, b. 1798/1799, Culpeper Co, VA d. Aft 1870, McDowell Co, NC (Age > 72 years) |
| | 2. John Bright, b. 1806/1807, Burke Co, NC (now McDowell Co, NC) d. Aft 1869, McDowell Co, NC (Age > 63 years) |
| | 3. Aaron Bright, b. 5 Sep 1813, Burke Co, NC d. 10 Dec 1866, McDowell Co, NC (Age 53 years) |
| | 4. Cynthia Bright, b. 8 Sep 1817, Burke Co, NC (now McDowell Co, NC) d. 13 Sep 1892, Pickens Co, GA (Age 75 years) |
| | 5. James Bright d. Bef 1850, Butler Co, MO |
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| Family ID |
F3218 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
21 Aug 2026 |
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| Notes |
- !NOTES:I (Marty Grant) am not related to this person as far as I know. They are the ancestors or relatives of one or more of my Grant relatives, so I have researched them to a small extent.
!REFERENCE:
http://www.martygrant.com/
http://www.martygrant.com/genealogy/grant
!CENSUS:1790 x
* Lost for VA;
!TAXLIST:1798 Culpeper Co., VA
John Bright 1002
James Bright 1000
* Side by side, 19 Mar.
!CENSUS:1800 x
* Lost for VA;
!CENSUS:1810 Burke Co., NC p. 32/331
James Bright age 26-44 (1765/1784)
51010-00010-0-0;
!CENSUS:1820 Burke Co., NC p. 19
James Bright age 26-44 (1775/1794)
131110-10001-0-0;
!CENSUS:1830 Burke Co., NC p. 176
James Bright age 40-49 (1780/1790)
0001101000000-0001000001000;
!CENSUS:1840 Burke Co., NC p. 345
Jas Bright age 60-69 (1770/1780)
0010010010000-0000000010000;
!CENSUS:1850 McDowell Co., NC PHF 257b-43-43
James Bright 71 M Farmer $1000 VA
Dinah 75 F VA
John Bright Jr 43 M Trader NC
Adaline 21 F [“Tamper Insane”]
Isaac A. Hicks 50 M Laborer
!CENSUS:1860 McDowell Co., NC Marion PO # 702/702
James Bright 82 Farmer $1500/1000 NC
Dinah 82 NC
John 54 $-/3440 NC;
A record in the estate file of James Bright, deceased, dated 1869 names his heirs, including Aaron. The document is a petition to have his land divided into five equal shares:
1. John Bright
2. Cynthia Burgess [husband William of GA]
3. William Bright of McDowell
4. John, James and David Bright jointly of MO. [heirs of James Bright who died within lifetime of his father James Bright]
5. Amanda, Craton, Mira, Sidney, Alney, Mary, Lafayet, James and William Bright, heirs of Aaron Bright.
Another document expounds on the above, showing Joseph Burgess was husband of Cynthia and that they resided in GA and that the heirs of James Bright (Jr) resided in MO;
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