The history and family lineage of 2nd Lieutenant Wright Wall of South Carolina in the American Revolution has been an enigma to his descendants and genealogists. After more than eight years of research, the author addresses a number of questions about the lieutenant: - Who exactly was 2nd Lieutenant Wright Wall? - When was Lieutenant Wright Wall born? - Did Lieutenant Wright Wall have a father also named Wright? (In other words, was Lieutenant Wright Wall "Junior"?) - Whom did the American Revolutionary Lieutenant Wright Wall marry? - What were the relations between the South Carolina and Alabama Wright Walls? - Did Lieutenant Wright Wall, after going to the Mississippi Territory in 1810, remain in Mississippi or Alabama or did he return home to South Carolina, for burial next to his wife? The most serious question concerns the loyalty of Lieutenant Wright Wall to the American cause: Did Lieutenant Wright Wall serve as a captain in Colonel Robert Gray's Loyalist South Carolina regiment, Lower Pee Dee River Region, during parts of 1781 and 1782?.
Second Lieutenant Wright Wall : American Revolutionary Patriot or Loyalist?