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Orange County Indexed

Will of Ludwick Albright

Will Book D, page 280 · dated 3 March 1810 · proved February 1811

Ludwick Albright named two married daughters and six sons, gave sons cash, and appointed Ludwick and Daniel Albright executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Ludwick Albright (printed LUDWICK ALBRIGHT)
Dated
3 March 1810
Proved
February 1811 court
Family named
John (son); Philip (son); Jacob (son); Ludwick (son); George (son); Daniel (son); Daniel Albright (son); Caty Holt (daughter); Barbara Powel (daughter); Jeremiah Holt (husband of daughter); Elias Powel (husband of daughter)
Executors
Ludwick (son); Daniel Albright (son)
Witnesses
Michael Holt; Rachel Holt
Money and goods
$10 each

Names and places are given as the abstract writes them, spelling and all. This record has not been checked against the will book.

Where to find it

  • Orange County Will Book D, page 280.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 43.
  • Also listed in Mark Chilton, “Wills Recorded in Orange County, NC 1756–1893” (Wandering through the NC Piedmont, 2019), an index of the will books with references to the court minutes.
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 80002, “Record of Wills, 1794–1822, Vols. C, D” (State Archives film).
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