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Orange County Indexed

Will of Ludwick Albright

Will Book D, pages 491–493 · dated 19 April 1816 · proved August 1816

Ludwick Albright named Elizabeth and children and assigned lands; brother Daniel Albright and son John were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Ludwick Albright (printed LUDWICK ALBRIGHT)
Dated
19 April 1816
Proved
August 1816 court
In the court minutes
Family named
Elizabeth (wife); John Albright (son); George (son); Daniel (son); Isaac (son; unmarried, under 25); Ludwick (son; unmarried, under 25); John (my son); Barbara (daughters not married; not married); Martha (daughters not married; not married); Sarah (daughters not married; not married); Daniel Albright (my brother)
Executors
Daniel Albright (my brother); John (my son)
Witnesses
Mich’l Holt; Elias Albright; S. Harris
Land
tract of land he now lives on; land whereon he now lives; land on S.Side of the Allemance
Places
Allemance

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, pages 491–493.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 73.
  • 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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