Muhlenberg County Kentucky
Cemetery Records
John Wright Cemetery
Wright Cemetery is located about one fourth mile from Carter's Creek Road, off of Highway 181. It is on the farm of Charlie Wells, who told me that it was called “the old John Wright Cemetery.” This cemetery is very small, containing only three tombstones. Perhaps there have been other graves here with sandstones as a marker, but if so they have long since disappeared.
Here are buried John Wright and his wife, Elizabeth. They are buried with the old-box-like type which covers the entire grave. Also buried here is a daughter, Lucy McCown. John Wright's stone reads “January 13, 1784 - September 10, 1864.” Elizabeth Wright, his wife, has “died December 31, 1864,” with no age given at time of her deceased. Lucy McCown, the daughter, died only seven years after her parents.
Courthouse records of Muhlenberg County reveal the following regarding their other children. This record was found in Settlement Book 1861-1868 in the County Court Clerk's Office.
The children are: (given names of daughters are from their marriage records) Charlotte Reobertson (widow of John Robertson); Alfred Johnson and wife, Winifred; P.W. Smith and wife (Jane); Isaac Bodine and wife, Elizabeth; L. McCown and wife (Lucinda or “Lucy”); J.J. Wells and wife (her first name not found).
Further research shows another, daughter, Lourana, who married John Jenkins, was deceased at the time of her parents' deaths.
The family plots where most of these daughters and their husbands [are buried], have also been found.
Hammers, Marian G. “Muhlenberg Cemeteries: Wright Cemetery.” The Leader-News [Greenville, KY], 18 Dec 1975.
Contributed by Dorann O'Neal Lam
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Updated August 6, 2016