Person

David Wright (Hopkins Co. farmer)

b. 1801? d. 1870-03

Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Eleanor Wright. Father of Virginia Wright, Doctor P. Wright, Benjamin F. Wright, Excelline Wright, Nancy Wright, Susan Wright, David Crockett Wright, and Mary C. Wright. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1860.

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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 100A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, District 1, p. 700.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 744.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, p. 216A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Mortality Schedules, Kentucky, Hopkins County, Charleston, Precinct 5, p. 657.

Citation

Wright, David. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32213617 (November 12, 2026).

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