BETSEYS PARENTS WERE JAMES WRIGHT (BORN VIRGINIA 1760; DIED 1816 EITHER NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE OR VAN WERT COUNTY, OHIO, OR SOMEWHERE IMBETWEEN) AND MARTHA "PATSY" RIDLEY (BORN 1770 VIRGINIA OR IN AREA OF FORT WATAUGA (NOLICHUCKY OR FORT LEE EARLY SETTLEMENTS WEST OF THE HOLSTON RIVER IN WHAT IS NOW TENNESSEE); DIED 1864 EITHER NASHVILLE OR ON WAY TO VAN WERT, POSSIBLY IN LOST PANCAKE CEMETERY WITH HER HUSBAND JAMES). BETSEYS GRANDPARENTS ON HER MOTHERS SIDE WERE CAPTAIN GEORGE THOMAS RIDLEY (BORN VIRGINIA COLONY JANUARY 11, 1737) WHO WAS AN EARLY FOUNDER OF NASHVILLE WHO FLATBOATED TO THE AREA BUILDING AN EARLY STOCKADE (AND HAS A MARKER STANDING THERE (DIED NOVEMBER 29, 1835) AT MILL CREEK BAPTIST CEMETERY); AND ELIZABETH WEATHERFORD (BORN JAMES CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA SEPTEMBER 20, 1740) WHO DIED IN THE FORT WATAUGA (CASWELL) AREA SHORTLY AFTER THE MID-JULY 1776 CHEROKEE SEIGE AND BATTLE OF ISLAND FLATS INSTIGATED BY THE BRITISH AND LED BY DRAGGING CANOE, RAVEN, AND OLD ABRAM OF CHILHOWEE. (ELIZABETH DIED NOVEMBER 24, 1776.) ((PICTURE OF DAMAGED GRAVESTONE FROM DEFUNCT PANCAKE CEMETERY COURTESY OF MARCIA DRAKE.*))
BETSEYS PARENTS WERE JAMES WRIGHT (BORN VIRGINIA 1760; DIED 1816 EITHER NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE OR VAN WERT COUNTY, OHIO, OR SOMEWHERE IMBETWEEN) AND MARTHA "PATSY" RIDLEY (BORN 1770 VIRGINIA OR IN AREA OF FORT WATAUGA (NOLICHUCKY OR FORT LEE EARLY SETTLEMENTS WEST OF THE HOLSTON RIVER IN WHAT IS NOW TENNESSEE); DIED 1864 EITHER NASHVILLE OR ON WAY TO VAN WERT, POSSIBLY IN LOST PANCAKE CEMETERY WITH HER HUSBAND JAMES). BETSEYS GRANDPARENTS ON HER MOTHERS SIDE WERE CAPTAIN GEORGE THOMAS RIDLEY (BORN VIRGINIA COLONY JANUARY 11, 1737) WHO WAS AN EARLY FOUNDER OF NASHVILLE WHO FLATBOATED TO THE AREA BUILDING AN EARLY STOCKADE (AND HAS A MARKER STANDING THERE (DIED NOVEMBER 29, 1835) AT MILL CREEK BAPTIST CEMETERY); AND ELIZABETH WEATHERFORD (BORN JAMES CITY COUNTY, VIRGINIA SEPTEMBER 20, 1740) WHO DIED IN THE FORT WATAUGA (CASWELL) AREA SHORTLY AFTER THE MID-JULY 1776 CHEROKEE SEIGE AND BATTLE OF ISLAND FLATS INSTIGATED BY THE BRITISH AND LED BY DRAGGING CANOE, RAVEN, AND OLD ABRAM OF CHILHOWEE. (ELIZABETH DIED NOVEMBER 24, 1776.) ((PICTURE OF DAMAGED GRAVESTONE FROM DEFUNCT PANCAKE CEMETERY COURTESY OF MARCIA DRAKE.*))
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