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- Joseph Wright came to Coshocton County, Ohio with Elizabeth and herparents, Joseph Washington McCoy Sr. and Amelia Taylor. Joseph boughtland in Ohio, see below.
UPDATE: DNA study results from Mr. Robert Grant's e-mail dated 01August 2008 would indicate that the Fauquier County, Virginia WrightFamily are a different DNA haplo group from other Wright Families inVirginia, and are not related to the Wright's of Westmoreland County,Virginia for sure. 08 August 2008, SLJuhl, Compiler
SOURCE: BOOK: HISTORY OF COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO: ITS PAST AND PRESENT 1740--1881, COMPILED BY N.N. HILL, JR., NEWARK, OHIO: A.A. GRAHAM &CO., PUBLISHERS 1881, PAGE 611, PARA. 4; CONTRIBUTED BY, JOAN SHEETSOF COSHOCTON COUNTY, OHIO THROUGH PERSONAL MAIL CORRESPONDENCE TO THISCOMPILER-SANDRA LEE ELKINS JUHL OF ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, ILLINOIS ONWEDNESDAY, JULY 30TH, 2008: "Joseph Wright and Joseph McCoy cametogether into the township, December 24, 1806. Mr. McCoy settled uponthe southwest quarter of section twenty-five--the southwest corner ofthe township--where he lived until he died. Joseph Wright was hisson-in-law, and had one child Willis, when he came to the county, whois now a resident of Coshocton. Both were from Virginia. Mr. Wrightlived with his father-in-law one year, then moved further up the creekto lot 3, where he lived during the remainder of his life. Probablyno one in the township was more prominent than he. He died April 1,1867, at the age of eighty-seven years." PARA. 5, EXCERPT-- "Josephand James (Norris) had married sisters of Joseph Wright, in Virginia.Daniel and William Jr., married daughters of Joseph McCoy. These threefamilies, the Wright's, Norrises, and McCoy's, have intermarried inthis township to a considerable extent, so as to render it impossibleto determine the various relationships to each and every other memberof the three families. The families are still numerously representedin the township. William Norris, Sr., was a soldier in therevolutionary war." [Transcribed 07 August 2008, SLJuhl, Compiler;sljuhl1234@yahoo.com]
SOURCE:http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Detail.asp?Accession=OH1580%5F%5F%2E147&Index=98&QryID=83282.28&PF=true
Accession/Serial #: OH1580__.147 BLM Serial #: OH NO S/N
Names
Patentees: JOSEPH WRIGHT,
JESSE R EVANS
Survey
State: OHIO
Acres: 91.04
Metes/Bounds: No
Title Transfer
Issue Date: 8/15/1837
Land Office: Zanesville
Cancelled: No
U.S. Reservations: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Numbers
Document Nr.: 10702
Accession/Serial Nr.: OH1580__.147
BLM Serial Nr.: OH NO S/N
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S?SE 13/ 5-N 3-W No U.S. Military Survey OH Tuscarawas
OBTAINED: 07 NOVEMBER 2007; PAGE 262
COMPILER: MICHAEL D. MCCOY II
SOURCE: ROCK ISLAND COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY 822 ? 11TH AVENUE,MOLINE, ILLINOIS 61265; BOOK: THE 1985 HISTORY OF COSHOCTON COUNTY,OHIO; COSHOCTON COUNTY HISTORY BOOK COMMITTEE, COPYRIGHT 1985, TAYLORPUBLISHING COMPANY.
EXCERPT: "Joseph Wright (1781-1866), son of William Wright andElizabeth Lloyd, born in Fauquier County, Virginia, married Elizabeth(1790-1824), daughter of Joseph and Amelia McCoy, in Virginia, 1803.Joseph Wright later married Jane Hartford, then Rebecca Jane Wickesham(We do believe this to be a mix-up, and is the wife of Joseph Jr.Wright)." [08 November 2007, SLJuhl, Compiler]
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