Will of Daniel Albright

Daniel Albright provided for his wife, daughter Sarah, son-in-law William Montgomery, and unnamed grandchildren and directed his wife to choose an executor.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Daniel Albright (printed DANIEL ALBRIGHT)

Dated

5 August 1826

Proved

May 1843 court

Family named

Sarah (daughter); William Montgomery (son-in-law)

Witnesses

Elias Albright; John Clapp

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 F, page 176.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 201.
• 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).