Joshua F. Wright, Sr.

Joshua Wright came with his family from Virginia and settled at Clarkrange, in the southern part of the county. He was probably the first settler in that region. He blazed out a way for the road from two miles south of Jamestown to the Bledsoe stand. He was a farmer and stockraiser.

He entered several large tracts of land in Overton and in Fentress counties. He is said to have controlled at one time over one hundred thousand acres of land.

He had two sons--Illich and Wilson L. Wright. The Wrights in Fentress County are generally the descendants of Wilson L. Wright, Mitcell's descendants having left the county.

This page was last updated on 10/04/98.