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Tobias Bright was the eldest child of Albertus and Patience (Hopkins) Bright. Neither the date nor place of his birth is known, but he was probably born in Virginia, for Albertus was there between the years 1755 and 1777, and as Tobias received a grant of land from Governor Moultrie of South Carolina in 1785 (a month earlier than his father) he was evidently of age then, so must have been born in the early 1760's. He married Jane Ford, who it seems certain was the daughter of John Ford, Sr. The record of their marriage has not been found but their eldest child was born in 1787. Tobias and Jane (Ford) Bright moved from South Carolina to Kentucky sometime betweenm August 1789 and 1791, the birth date of their son John W. Ford. They first lived in Fayette and Montgomery counties, later settling in Shelby County on a farm west and nearly opposite that of Albertus Bright.
Tobias died 13 September 1801, and Jane 17 March, 1817. They were buried in the grove on the home farm, but when the Eminence Cemetery was opened, they were moved to the family lot there.
Source: "Kentucky Brights and Their Kin"
Data Collected by: Georgie Hopkins Ford
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