Anthony Kitchen Wright, a Confederate bushwhacker/guerrilla of Phelps County, Missouri, moved to the Siloam Springs and lived in the area around Siloam Springs for the rest of his life. Wright was quite the notorious character and had a hand in murdering a former Union militia captain in Miller county. In searching for Anthony, his father, Judge Lewis F. Wright, and four of his brothers who had served in the Confederate army, were arrested and shot to death "trying to escape" by the Union militia. Governor Fletcher put a reward on Anthony after the war so he was forced to leave. His family lived and died in the Siloam Springs area. For years, Anthony's grave site was lost. Garrett Gable of Phelps County, found the grave site a few years ago and erected a marker for him though his wife, who is buried next to him, is still unmarked at Oak Hills cemetery. I say all this to let you know that I will talk to Garrett as to how he discovered Wright's grave in the area and see if his contacts can give you a hand.

One question I have to anyone is, why Washington County, Arkansas? What was the draw for quite a few of Missouri guerrillas to go there? Wright wasn't the only one from Phelps County to go there after the war. I even had a GGGrandfather who moved there at the beginning of the war. He ended up joining with the 1st Arkansas Cavalry (Union).