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George Adam Bright, Jr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Spottswood, Augusta County, Virginia, United States
Death: 1835 (64-65)
Green County, Kentucky, United States
Place of Burial: Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky, United States of America
Immediate Family:

Son of George Adam Bright, Sr. and Maria Catharina Brecht
Husband of Catherine Gochenour Bright
Father of Artemetia Johnson-Bright; George Adam Bright, III; Allen Bright; Richard Bright; Susan Bright and 13 others
Brother of John "Johannes" Bright; Johann Windel Bright; Catharine Potter; Mary Bright; Barbara Bright and 4 others

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About George Adam Bright, Jr.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91155194

Birth: 1770 Spottswood Augusta County Virginia, USA Death: 1835 Green County Kentucky, USA

Son of George Adam Bright, born 1729 in Berk Co. PA and died in 1804 in Agusta Co. VA and Maria Catherina Kaufelt born 1734 in PA and died 1798 in VA.

Family links:

Spouse:
 Catherine Goucgenour Campbell Bright (1772 - 1858)*

Children:

 George Adam Bright (1796 - 1846)*
 William Torrence Bright (1818 - 1882)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Bright Cemetery Campbellsville Taylor County Kentucky, USA

Name: George Adam Bright Date: 14 Apr 1804 Location: Augusta Co., VA Notes: This probate record was originally published in "Chronicles of the Scotch-Irish Settlement in Virginia, 1745-1800. Extracted from the Original Court Records of Augusta County" by Lyman Chalkley. Remarks: George Adam Brights will-To sons, John and George Bright, land adjoining Steele, Tate, Hufman, and Shultz; to five daughters, daughter Rebecka, son Windle, son David. Executors, sons John and George. Proved. Executors qualify. Description: Decedent Book date: WB9-371 Prove date: 25 Jun 1804


GEDCOM Note

When George Adam Bright was born in 1770 in Spottswood, Virginia, his father, George, was 40 and his mother, Maria, was 36. He married Catherine Gochenour Campbell and they had one son together. He also had 13 sons and six daughters with Catherine Campbell. He then married George Adam Bright in Virginia. He died on September 15, 1836, in Green, Kentucky, at the age of 66, and was buried in Campbellsville, Kentucky.

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George Adam Bright, Jr.'s Timeline

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Spottswood, Augusta County, Virginia, United States
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VA, United States
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of Virginia, USA
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VA, United States
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Green County, KY, United States
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November 12, 1804
Augusta, Virginia, USA
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VA, United States
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Augusta, Virginia, USA