Elijah Arnold – b. 1685 Virginia; d. 1759 Virginia.

1. Nicholas ARNOLD – b. Abt. 1730/1734 Culpeper Co., VA; d. 1808 Bourbon Co., KY

2. Thomas ARNOLD – b. Abt. 1727 Virginia; d. February 8, 1785 Surry Co., NC. Married Abigail WYCHE (BREWER). Thomas Arnold served as Captain in the Revolutionary War, and was retired and assigned to the "Regiment of Invalids" composed entirely of officers under the command of Colonel Lewis Nicolas until 1783. He was given half pay, commissioned and bounty lands, by Act of Congress Aug. 14, 1776. Abigail Wyche may have been the daughter of Henry Wyche of Brunswick Co., VA (eary 1700’s) and her marriage to Thomas Arnold may have been her second marriage. I find a Henry Wyche who left his will in Brunswick Co., VA naming his daugher "Abigail Brewer", wife of George Brewer, in 1740 very near where the Lunenburg Arnolds lived. Henry Wyche names his sons Henry, William, daughters Abigail Brewer, Rebecca and Elizabeth Wyche, and wife Frances. The Wyche family and Brewer familiy lived on the Beaverpond Creek in Brunswick Co., VA in 1741.

Thomas Arnold and his son Samuel are mentioned prominently in the Family Bible of James and Nannie Francis Arnold. Their fundamental information is corroborated by an LDS file for William "Wid" Arnold. The Family Bible information included anecdotal stories and few dates except for James Arnold's immediate family and was not connected with William "Wid" Arnold until the LDS file was found. The bible states that Captain Thomas Arnold served in the "Regiment of Invalids" under the command of Colonel Lewis Nicolas until 1783. This assertion has not yet been independently confirmed. Although the bible is not exactly clear, it appears that neither source mentions any children other than Samuel. The bible seems to mention that Elizabeth Wyche came from a family of eighteen children.

1. Samuel ARNOLD – b. 1749-1749 Spotyslvania Co., VA; d. Before March 17, 1829 Surry Co., NC (src. AMERICANS OF ARMORIAL ANCESTRY, pg. 408) Married Elizabeth WRIGHT September 5, 1771 in Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia (src. Marr. Lics. bond dated Sept. 5, 1771, recorded at county clerk’s office in Warrenton) and leaves the area for Surry Co., NC with his father-in-laws’ family. Elizabeth Wright, b. 1754 Prince William Co., VA, was the daughter of John Wright (b. 1728) and Ann Williams (b. 1735) (src. AMERICANS OF ARMORIAL ANCESTRY, pg. 408). Was a Private in the Revolutionary War (src. AFAS VOL. 1, NO. 1, pg. 15).

(Dobson; Surry Co., NC Will Book 1, pg. 152) Joseph Masters of Surry County in his will dated 14 June 1781 appoints "my friends John Wright and Samuel Arnold executors". (src. Office of the Secretary of State, Raleigh, N.C. file #461.)

Surry Co., N.C. John Wright. Warrant for survey dated 1 Dec. 1778, 300 acres on both sides of Miller’s Creek adj. Samuel Arnold’s line and the line of Lewis Elliott ..."

Elizabeth Wright, Samuel Arnold area:1T184,185: "The removal of Capt. John Wright, Junr, Gent., from Fauquier Co. To Buck Shoal & Twnsp, Surry (now Yadkin) NC, is proven by various indications among which:

1. He disappears completely from Fauquier records (except in his father’s will) immediately after the sale to Peter Grant of the last of his property in Fauquier Co., Sept. 21, 1774

2. He first appears of record in Surry Co., N.C. in Feb. 1775, as defendant in an action at law brought by Joseph Crouch, in which John Wright’s son-in-law, Samuel Arnold, became one of the ‘sureties’ named on the defendant’s bond (Surry Co., N.C. filed court paper for Feb. Term 1775; also in ‘A Civil Docket for the County of Surry’ Book 1 (unpaged) "New Actions in Feb. Term 1775.")

3. In his will (recorded in office of the Clerk of the Court at Dobson, N.C.) proved at the May term of the court, 1790 of Surry Co., N.C. ... "I was born in Faquier Co., State of Virginia on the 18th day of Feby 1758’ and filed with this affidavit now in the U.S. Pension office is the original leaf of his family Bible bearing records of births, marriages, and deaths, among which is the entry, ‘Father Departed this Life Oct. 30, 1789’ (See Pension papers file #11,899 at U.S. Pension Office).

4. In his said will John Wright, Gent., and surveyor, directs that his ‘surveyor Instrument be sold to buy a horse’ also he names therein ‘my loving wife Ann’ Williams and their sons ‘Williams’ Wright and William Wright and daughter ‘Lezebeth Arnold’ and her husband ‘Saml Arnold’ who were married in Fauquier Co., Va. Sept. 5, 1771, before her parents removed to N.C. (See record of their marriage license bond in County Clerk’s Office, Warrenton, Va.) This Elizabeth was the eldest daughter and probably named for her grandmother, Elizabeth Wright."

"This will of Capt. John Wright, Gent., also names 18 children, all by wife Ann (Williams) Wright

4T264 p. 153, The Washington—Wright Connection and some Descendants of Francis and Ann (Washington) Wright. "His (John) daughter Elizabeth had married Samuel Arnold in 1771 in Fauquier Co. (Marr. Lics. bond dated Sept. 5, 1771, recorded at county clerk’s office in Warrenton); and she and her husband also went to the same place in North Carolina, Samuel Arnold becoming first of record there at the same time as did his father-in-law Wright."

4T265 "The first extant record of him (Wright) in North Carolina is as defendant in a Civil suit at Feb. term 1775, brought by Joseph Crouch, for £ 15, damages in proclamation money. The defendants sons-in-law, Samuel Arnold and Lewis Elliott, signed his bond (preserved in file papers at Dobson) as sureties for his appearance at the next session of the court."

4T269 (Office of the Secretary of State, Raleigh, N.C. file #461.) Surry Co. John Wright. Warrant for survey dated 1 Dec. 1778, 300 acres on both sides of Miller’s Creek adj. Samuel Arnold’s line and the line of Lewis Elliott ..."

4T270 "‘A List of the Taxable Property Belonging to Capt. Wooldredge’s Dist. Rec’d by me John Elsbery for the year 1780"’ "Saml Arnold" (son-in—law of Capt. John Wright) "Entrys, 3; quantity of Land 940; horses, 2; cattle 7; money in land £ 45; Total £ 345."

4T273,274 John Wright’s will Surry Co. 1790 at Dobson. "I give to my Daughters Lezebeth Arnold, Nancy Elliott, Agatha Elsbury, Amelia Martain, Lucrecia Petty, and Frances Reiley all of them twenty Shillings each ..." Gives land to wife - bounded by Sam’l Arnold’s land, Dated 1789, 8 Oct.

4T272 (Dobson: Will Book 1, p. 152) Joseph Masters of Surry Co. in his will dated 14 June 1781 appts "my friends John Wright & Samuel Arnold Executors."

The Daniel Wright who is living in Laurens Co., SC in the early 1800’s is the brother of the Elizabeth Wright who married Samuel Arnold.

1. Elijah ARNOLD – b. October 6, 1795 NC; d. July 29, 1869 in Bedford Co., TN. Married Sarah SMITH (b. 1795 NC) in North Carolina but moved to Tennessee by 1850. Buried in the Arnold Cemetery, 1/2 mile north of Horse Mountain, Bedford Co., TN (src. JOHN SMITH ARNOLD FAMILY BIBLE). Is in Civil District #4, Shelbyville, Bedford Co., TN in 1850 and is listed as "Farmer". (src. BEDFORD CO., TN 1850 CENSUS RECORDS, pg. 154). Sarah Smith was the daughter of Samuel Smith, b. Abt. 1770 Guliford Co., NC, and Sarah Powell.

1. John Smith ARNOLD – b. June 21, 1821 Bedford Co., TN (src. JOHN SMITH ARNOLD FAMILY BIBLE); d. June 10, 1900. Married Sarah "Sallie" McGUIRE November 30, 1843. Sarah McGuire Arnold was born December 21, 1828 and died November 5, 1911 Bedford Co., TN. Both are buried in the Old Concord Cemtery, Manchester, Tennessee (src. ELIJAH ARNOLD FAMILY BIBLE CONTRIBUTED BY by Mrs. Ora Nell Taylor Norvell AFAS VOL. II, No. 4, pg. 220)

1. Sarah E. ARNOLD – b. November 26, 1844. Married James D. HARDAWAY September 9, 1866 (src. ELIJAH ARNOLD FAMILY BIBLE CONTRIBUTED BY by Mrs. Ora Nell Taylor Norvell AFAS VOL. II, No. 4, pg. 220)

2. Mary ARNOLD – Died in infancy (src. ELIJAH ARNOLD FAMILY BIBLE CONTRIBUTED BY by Mrs. Ora Nell Taylor Norvell AFAS VOL. II, No. 4, pg. 220)

3. Jarusha Grady ARNOLD – b. July 20, 1847; d. February 9, 1936. Married Thomas Jefferson HARMON on October 29, 1866 (src. ELIJAH ARNOLD FAMILY BIBLE CONTRIBUTED BY by Mrs. Ora Nell Taylor Norvell AFAS VOL. II, No. 4, pg. 220)

4. Elijah W. ARNOLD – b. August 6, 1849; d. May 1904. Married Lucy F. BROWN on December 24, 1874 (src. ELIJAH ARNOLD FAMILY BIBLE CONTRIBUTED BY by Mrs. Ora Nell Taylor Norvell AFAS VOL. II, No. 4, pg. 220)

5. Benjamin K ARNOLD – b. November 26, 1852; d. After 1930. Married Bettie WEBB December 24, 1874 (src. ELIJAH ARNOLD FAMILY BIBLE CONTRIBUTED BY by Mrs. Ora Nell Taylor Norvell AFAS VOL. II, No. 4, pg. 220)