Judge Solomon Wright as the first of that name who lived at Blakeford. He was a member of the Maryland Revolutionary conventions, a signer of the Declaration of the Association of Maryland Freemen, a special judge to try treason cases on the Eastern Shore of Maryland during the Revolution and a judge of the first court of Appeals of Maryland from its inception till his death in 1972. Judge Wrigth was the son of Mary De Courey and County Judge Solomon Wrigth. The said Mary De Courey was a granddaughter of Colonel Henry De Courcy of My Lord's Gift and a grand niece of Major William De Courcy who was the first patentee of Coursey's Neck, which cane to be the major part of Blakeford. However, Judge Solomon Wrights occupancy of Blakeford was through lease.
Judge Solomon Wright as the first of that name who lived at Blakeford. He was a member of the Maryland Revolutionary conventions, a signer of the Declaration of the Association of Maryland Freemen, a special judge to try treason cases on the Eastern Shore of Maryland during the Revolution and a judge of the first court of Appeals of Maryland from its inception till his death in 1972. Judge Wrigth was the son of Mary De Courey and County Judge Solomon Wrigth. The said Mary De Courey was a granddaughter of Colonel Henry De Courcy of My Lord's Gift and a grand niece of Major William De Courcy who was the first patentee of Coursey's Neck, which cane to be the major part of Blakeford. However, Judge Solomon Wrights occupancy of Blakeford was through lease.
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