Achilles Wright (abt. 1745 - abt. 1825)

Born about 1745 in Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy (Hawkins) Wright — married 1762 in Kentucky

Descendants

Died about 1825 at about age 80 in Oldham, Kentucky

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Biography

Achilles was born in 1745. He passed away in 1825. His will lists the following children: Samuel, Nancy, Elizabeth, George, Nelson, Lucy, Milly, Patsy, Polly, James.

Sources

• Virginia, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1607-1890
• HEAD OF FAMILIES VIRGINIA, 1783 - AMHERST COUNTY
• Virginia, Select Marriages, 1785-1940
• Oldham Co. Kentucky Will Book A, dated 17 Jan 1824, page 34.
• Grant, Robert. Sorting Some of the Wrights of Southern Virginia, Part XVII
• Ancestry: There was an Augustine Wright in Amherst County, Virginia, who died in 1776.He probably was a brother of Parmenos Wright and Achilles Wright, based on circumstantial evidence, such as proximity of land owned by each and testimony given by Parmenos and Achilles in a lawsuit over Augustine's will.Achilles Wright died in 1825 in Oldham County, Kentucky, adjacent to Henry County, Kentucky, and his son Nelson Wright died in 1831 in Henry County, Kentucky.The Jesse Wright, Sr., listed above may have been connected to this family, but I have not yet found documentation to confirm this.Robert, Henry, and George were given names that appear in these families.
• Daughters of the American Revolution Ancestor #A081676

• Copied from "TUCKAHOE AND COHEE, The Settlers and Cultures of Amherst and Nelson Counties, 1607-1807": Wright, Thomas, William St., and Jr., Jacob, John Robert, Augustine, James, Francis, David, and Achilles, 366 acres and much more acquired during time Nelson was on frontier of Albemarle.