George Wright

Birth Date

1818-06-23

Death Date

1884-11-09

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Warren County, Kentucky, farmer and merchant. Kentucky native. Married to Martha Wright. Father of Mary Wright, Luther Wright, William Wright, George Wright, Parmelia Wright, Martha Wright, John Wright, and Rob Wright. Farmer and merchant in Warren County in 1860. Owned thirteen enslaved persons in 1860.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2, p. 106. Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 2. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 163. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, District 1, p. 43. Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Warren County, Elk Springs, p. 26. Find A Grave, “George W Wright (June 23, 1818-November 9, 1884)” Memorial #83392973, http://findagrave.com/memorial/83392973 (accessed on February 9, 1994).

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