He appears for the first time in the 1850 Census of the City of Milledgeville where there are three heads of households with their families; Amie G. Wright, William F. Wright, and Charles H. Wright. Individuals are Thomas D. Wright, Emily Wright, Sarah Wright, and Lydia Wright. In Baldwin County outside Milledgeville, Bettina Wright and William A. Wright are in the State Asylum. Clinton Wright is a student at a boarding house. William F. Wright is the only Wright listed as having slaves . John S. Wright is no longer on the census in 1850. Charles H. Wright l. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19) has $1000 and is a merchant.314 In 1860 he is a widowed 43 year old merchant born in Connecticut with real estate value of $2600 and personal property value of $25,000. Living with he and his three teenage children is a 70 year old woman, Agnes Bronson, born in Connecticut. Could she be a relative taking care of the children after their mother died five years ago? 359 From at least 1871 to 1874 he is in business in Milledgeville as C. H. Wright and Son, Groceries, Liquors.

Martha is on the 1850 census.