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Orange County Indexed

Will of Jacob Albright

Will Book E, page 73 · dated 4 July 1822 · proved February 1825

Jacob Albright provided for his wife and sons and directed equal division among unnamed daughters; Solomon and John Albright were executors.

Kind of paper
Will
Testator
Jacob Albright (printed JACOB ALBRIGHT)
Dated
4 July 1822
Proved
February 1825 court
Family named
John (son); Solomon (son); William (son); John Albright (son-in-law)
Executors
Solomon (son); John Albright (son-in-law)
Witnesses
Andrew Albright; Henry Garrott

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 73.
  • Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 112.
  • 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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