The first permanent settlement at Wrightsboro was made in the 1760s by a colony of Quakers.[2] The community was named after James Wright, 7th Governor of Carolina and Georgia.[3] In 1773 William Bartram recorded a brief visit to the town while on a large expedition through South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Wrightsboro as a town in 1799.[4]
A post office called Wrightsborough was established in 1892, and remained in operation until 1905.[5]
In 1998, the area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Wrightsboro Historic District.[6]
Notable personedit
Augustus Romaldus Wright, a politician, lawyer, and Confederate war officer was born at Wrightsboro in 1813.[7]
Referencesedit
^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wrightsboro
^"History". McDuffie County. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^"Wrightsborough". New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^"What ever happened to Wrightsboro?". McDuffie Progress. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^"Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^"McDuffie County". nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
^"Augustus Romaldus Wright". Litchfield Historical Society. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
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