Hello Merle, Thank you so much for your post. Sorry for the late response. I am catching up on my e-mail. I am slowly researching the Wright family. I am also researching the Summers, Mullenix, Sumpter families of Wayne Co., KY. If I understand it correctly some of the Wright's came to Wayne Co., KY from Rowan Co., North Carolina. I am researching Evans (?C) Wright. (1762-1846) Evans Wright went to Randolph Co., Missouri by 1830. He is in the 1830 Randolph Co., MO census. Evans Wright died in 1846 in Macon Co., Missouri. He possibly married a Rebecca Summers in 1793 in Wayne Co., KY. She is a possible daughter to Thomas Summers who died about 1805 in Wayne Co., KY. Evans Wright is a possible son of Richard Wright. Richard Wright died in 1784 in Rowan Co., North Carolina, wife Ann. If you would like more information I am willing. Thanks again, Debbie Freeman

Thanks for bringing this to my attention - No, I was unaware of the Beaver Creek Meeting house - so I did a study of information on the Wrights, available on WorldConnect - It seems that 4 or 5 of the sons of Richard Wright (w: Elizabeth Ann Morgan) moved from the Uwharrie River, Rowan Co NC (Brethren Church there) - to Wayne Co KY (just west of the Cumberland Gap on the Cumberland River headwaters). From what I remember of that area of Kentucky, it could have been a good farming area. The youngest 2 sons: Amos and Philbert Wright moved on to Washington Co IN (Amos' first wife, Elizabeth Lowe, died in Wayne Co KY, 1806). Some of the children of others of the family also moved to Washington Co IN, and the eldest son, Benjamin ended up at Indianapolis IN (one daughter married and stayed in Washington Co). Your Evan went on to Missouri - did he stop in Indiana on the way, or did he move directly from Wayne Co KY to Macon Co MO? There is a possibility that this was a Brethren Family (especially since Amos' son, John Wright, is listed as Dunker/Brethren -in Washington Co IN), and that the Beaver Creek Meetinghouse (Christian Church) was originally a Baptist Brethren. I'm going to have to investigate more of the early families in Wayne Co. Can you tell me closer where this is located? Be aware that Amos, Philbert and their families were leaders in the Christian Church movement in Southern Indiana -and were involved in the movement of all the Brethren Churches there into the Disciples of Christ, Christian, Church. I'm not surprised to have Beaver Creek named as a Christian Church - in later times, and would not be surprised to find that it was originally one of the Brethren Churches. We Brethren had a habit of naming our churches after nearby Rivers and Streams, while few others churches did. This is one of the leads I use to locate these early Brethren Churches of Kentucky (especially if it is a Baptist or Primitive Baptist Church). Just a question - since the Wright Brothers lived over here in Henry Co IN, before moving to Dayton - and the airplane - do they fit in this expose? - possibly Benjamin's line? Merle C Rummel > > I am researching Evans (?C) Wright. (1762-1846) > > Evans Wright went to Randolph Co., Missouri by 1830. He is in the 1830 > Randolph Co., MO census. > > Evans Wright died in 1846 in Macon Co., Missouri. > > He possibly married a Rebecca Summers in 1793 in Wayne Co., KY. > > She is a possible daughter to Thomas Summers who died about 1805 in Wayne > Co., KY. > > Evans Wright is a possible son of Richard Wright. > > Richard Wright died in 1784 in Rowan Co., North Carolina, wife Ann. > > > >