I have just made an update adding 1,618 persons, 1,318 direct descendants.
This web site encompasses 47,228 individuals out of a total database of
67,464 relatives. Direct descendants of Richard Wright, Sr. include
29,546. The rest are closely related.
Major Surnames include Allen, Cauble Colglazier, Cooley, Gilstrap, Goss,
Hazel, Hill, Hinds, Johnson, Marshall, Martin, Monical, Morgan, Moss,
Mullenix, Naugle, Parrish, Purlee, Ratts, Trueblood, Voyles, Wingler,
Wright and Zink.
Most of these families emigrated to Edgar County, Illinois; Putnam &
Washington Counties, Indiana; Greene County, Iowa; Kansas and Macon and
Putnam Counties, Missouri.
Other updates include adding descendants of the following among others:
1. Noah Fouts/Jane Wright
2. Jesse Mullinix/Elizabeth Wright
3. Jesse Crayne/Mary Gilstrap
4. James Wright/Mary Ann Wilson
5. David York/Rebecca Gilstrap
6. Mordica Inman/Matilda Crum
7. Joseph Jones/Elizabeth Wright
8. Jemima Wright/James Vestal
9. John Morrow/Callista Vestal
10. James Rains/Elizabeth Wright
11. Elias Rogers/Elizabeth Fox
12. John Lambert Smith/Katherine Wright
13. Abner Vickery/Nancy Wright
14. Lemuel Warford/Sarah Clark
15. David Watts/Samantha Marshall
16. Henry Wells/Rebecca Hill
17. Fleming Williams/Sarah Hinds
Corrected Frederick Goss lineage
Added NC resources
More info from 1880 census on over 1,000 descendants
I would appreciate any comments, additions and corrections.
Herb Arkin
40,000 Descendants and relatives of Richard Wright, Sr. of Rowan County,
North Carolina who emigrated to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and
Missouri. Web page:
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~herbarkin