DC: I think we have several lines in common. I am a descendant of the Wrights of Adair Co. KY. The Gilkey name figures into the Sparks line, as Josiah Sparks Jr. married Anna Gilkey in 1827 in Adair Co. The given name Powell was used several times in my Wright families. I have never known the connection to the Powells. My Wright gg grandparents are Thomas Ownsby Wright and Jane Phillips Sparks of Adair Co. KY and Sangamon Co. IL. What is your Wright connection? Were the Powells and Wrights related, or just neighbors? Nancy Sicotte