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Orange County Indexed

Will of John (x) Albright Sr.

Will Book E, page 231 · dated 15 October 1830 · proved November 1830

John Albright left all land to daughter Barbara Garrat and named other daughters, Thomas Holt, and Abraham Clap.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
John (x) Albright Sr. (printed JOHN (x) ALBRIGHT SR.)
Dated
15 October 1830
Proved
November 1830 court
Family named
Barbara Garrat (daughter); Betsey Clap (daughter); Philipenia Swing (daughter)
Also left something
Sally Holt (wife of Thomas Holt); Abraham Clap
Executors
Andrew Albright; John Garrat Sr.
Witnesses
Henry (x) Thomas; William (x) Holt
Land
all the land I own with all appurtainances
Also named
Thomas Holt
In the paper’s words
“weak of body”

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 E, page 231.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 140.
  • 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 80003, “Record of Wills, 1822–1851, Vols. E, F” (State Archives film).
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