Person

Ambrose L. Wright (Bath County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1816-02-05 d. 1891

Bath County, Kentucky, farmer. Bourbon County, Kentucky, native. Married to Catherine Moore in Bath County, Kentucky, on July 18, 1839. Father of William Wright, Elizabeth Wright, Margaret Wright, Caroline Wright, John Wright, Benjamin J. Wright, and Mary Bell Wright. Farmer in Bath County, Kentucky, in 1850. Owned two enslaved persons in Bath County in 1850. Farmer in Bath County in 1860. Owned four enslaved persons in Bath County in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 2, p. 17B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, District 2, p. 304.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 169.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, p. 86A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Bath County, Owingsville, p. 60A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Bath County Marriages, Film 000273004.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll 994028, Bath County Births p. 18.

"Ambrose L Wright (1816-1891)," Find A Grave, Memorial 25675892, accessed September 28, 2022, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25675892.

Citation

Wright, Ambrose L.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32280611 (November 12, 2026).

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