Will of Nicholas Albright

Nicholas Albright left tracts to James and John, named wife Ann and sons Henry and William, and appointed Ann and William Rogers executors.

Kind of paper

Will

Testator

Nicholas Albright (printed NICHOLAS ALBRIGHT)

Dated

8 May 1844

Proved

May 1844 court

Family named

Ann (wife); James P. Albright (eldest son); John G. (son); Henry Albright (son); William P. Albright (son; under 21)

Executors

Ann (wife); William M. Rogers

Witnesses

Calvin C. Graves; Mich'l M. Holt

Land

tract on which he now lives; tract on which he now lives on Haw River

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, pages 204–206.
• Abstract: Ruth Herndon Shields, Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800–1850 (1958), page 205.
• 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).