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exempt from paying any future public tax or levy.
Occupation: Surveyor, Deputy, Attorney, Justice of Westmoreland Co.
Records: Many records have been missing since the battle of Manassas in the Civel War, Federals
raided the courthouse.
More About John Wright and Dorothy Aubrey:
Marriage: 1707, Cople parish in Westmoreland Co. VA.
Children of John Wright and Dorothy Aubrey are:
+ 211 i. John 11 Wright II, born Bef. October 1700 in York Co. VA.; died February 27, 1792 in Prince William
Co. VA..
+ 212 ii. Joseph Wright, born Abt. 1705 in VA.; died Unknown.
+ 213 iii. Francis Wright, born 1710 in Westmoreland Co. VA.; died March 29, 1742 in Prince William Co. VA..
214 iv. Amelia Wright, born Abt. 1713; died Unknown. She married Husband Martain; died Unknown.
215 v. Daniel Wright, born Abt. 1714; died Unknown.
216 vi. Thomas Blundell Wright, born 1714; died Unknown.
217 vii. James Wright, born Abt. 1716; died Unknown.
218 viii. Lucretia Wright, born Abt. 1718; died Unknown. She married Husband Petty; died Unknown.
219 ix. Nancy Wright, born Abt. 1719; died Unknown. She married Husband Elliott; died Unknown.
220 x. Patsy Wright, born Abt. 1720; died Unknown.
221 xi. Peggey Wright, born Abt. 1721; died Unknown.
222 xii. Polly Wright, born Abt. 1722; died Unknown.
223 xiii. Rosey Wright, born Abt. 1723; died Unknown.
224 xiv. Sally Wright, born Abt. 1724; died Unknown.
225 xv. Sukky Wright, born Abt. 1725; died Unknown.
+ 226 xvi. Agatha Wright, born Abt. 1727 in Fauquier Co, VA.; died 1821 in Xenia, OH..
+ 227 xvii. Hester Wright, born Abt. 1728; died Unknown.
228 xviii. Williams Wright, born Abt. 1728; died Unknown.
+ 229 xix. Susanna Wright, born Abt. 1729; died Unknown.
191. Nancy Jane "Nannie" 10 Canaday (Martha "Biddy" 9 Wright, Joshua 8 , Edward 7 , Edward 6 ,
Edward 5 , Christopher"Kit" 4 , Robert 3 , John 2 , Henery 1 Wrighte) was born December 08, 1808 in VA 18 ,
and died May 06, 1892 in Warren Co., Tenn. She married Anderson Lafayette Taylor January 12,
1832, son of David Taylor and Nancy Penn. He was born January 01, 1805 in Virginia, and died
January 07, 1892 in Warren Co., TN.
Notes for Anderson Lafayette Taylor:
Few areas in the United States symbolize the American pioneer spirit more than Cumberland Gap.
Crossing the gap meant encountering America's first western frontier and symbolically severing
European ties. Between 1760 and 1850 more than 300,000 people walked, rode, or were carried over the
Appalachian Mountains through Cumberland Gap.
Formed by a stream and enlarged by wind and weather, the Cumberland Gap, named by surveyor
Thomas Walker for his English patron, the Duke of Cumberland, son of George II of England, is fifteen
hundred feet above sea level. Various types of sediments including shells, shale, limestone, and gravel
surround the area and attest to the great earth disturbances that formed the gap.
Settlers followed a trail over the gap initially used by Native Americans, who had enlarged it from an
animal trace. They were entering a prized hunting ground, coveted by the Shawnees to the north and
Cherokees to the south. The French and Indian War, followed by the American Revolution, briefly
halted white settlement. But with the restoration of peace, the flow of hunters, settlers, and land
speculators through Cumberland Gap was resumed. Perhaps the most famous traveler was Daniel
Boone, who agreed to take settlers north into Kentucky after first making several hunting trips through
the gap.
By 1800 the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia claimed the area through the Cumberland
Gap. After 1840 a weekly stage carried freight, mail, and passengers and gave the area a prosperous
commercial appearance. During the Civil War, the gap changed hands four times as the North and
South fought for control of this strategic gateway. Initially considered part of Kentucky, and therefore
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