I have just made an update adding 1,618 persons, 1,318 direct descendants. This web site encompasses 47,228 individuals out of a total database of 67,464 relatives. Direct descendants of Richard Wright, Sr. include 29,546. The rest are closely related. Major Surnames include Allen, Cauble Colglazier, Cooley, Gilstrap, Goss, Hazel, Hill, Hinds, Johnson, Marshall, Martin, Monical, Morgan, Moss, Mullenix, Naugle, Parrish, Purlee, Ratts, Trueblood, Voyles, Wingler, Wright and Zink. Most of these families emigrated to Edgar County, Illinois; Putnam & Washington Counties, Indiana; Greene County, Iowa; Kansas and Macon and Putnam Counties, Missouri. Other updates include adding descendants of the following among others: 1. Noah Fouts/Jane Wright 2. Jesse Mullinix/Elizabeth Wright 3. Jesse Crayne/Mary Gilstrap 4. James Wright/Mary Ann Wilson 5. David York/Rebecca Gilstrap 6. Mordica Inman/Matilda Crum 7. Joseph Jones/Elizabeth Wright 8. Jemima Wright/James Vestal 9. John Morrow/Callista Vestal 10. James Rains/Elizabeth Wright 11. Elias Rogers/Elizabeth Fox 12. John Lambert Smith/Katherine Wright 13. Abner Vickery/Nancy Wright 14. Lemuel Warford/Sarah Clark 15. David Watts/Samantha Marshall 16. Henry Wells/Rebecca Hill 17. Fleming Williams/Sarah Hinds Corrected Frederick Goss lineage Added NC resources More info from 1880 census on over 1,000 descendants I would appreciate any comments, additions and corrections. Herb Arkin 40,000 Descendants and relatives of Richard Wright, Sr. of Rowan County, North Carolina who emigrated to Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. Web page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~herbarkin