Orange County NcArchives Wills.....Albright, Henry August 28, 1837 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ben Franklin ben.franklin.ffru@gmail.com May 2024 Source: Loose Will, NC Archives CR 073.801, Will Book Volume F, pages 59-60 Written: August 28, 1837 Recorded: Aug 1840 Testator: Henry Albright In the name of God Amen I Henry Albright of the County of Orange & State of North Carolina in bodily health & perfect mind & memory, calling to mind the Mortality of my Body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die I do make & ordain this my last will & Testament; and principally & first of all I give my Soul to God who gave it, & my Body to the dust to be Buried in a Christian manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named, & my worldly property wherewith it has pleased God to bless me, I give demise & dispose of the sam[e] in the following manner & form Viz- first I give & bequeath to my son Joseph Albright after my Decease the plantation whereon I now live = I give & bequeath to my Daughter Cather- ine & the Heirs of her Body Lawfully begotten One Negroe girl by the name of Nelly & Fifty Dollars - I give & bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth & the Heirs of her body Lawfully Begotten one Negroe girl by the name of Jane & Fifty Dollars = I give & bequeath to my Daughter Polly ["one Ne-" x-out] ["groe girl by the name of" x-out] & The Heirs of her Body Lawfully Begot- ten one Negroe girl by the name of Julia & One Hundred & Fifty Dollars - My will & desire is that my two oldest Negroes Alen & Aga be kept together & my other Negroes not heretofore disposed of, be Divided among all my ["other" x-out] Children also my other property of every description to be equally divided among all my Children - And I do Constitute my Sons Nicholas & Joseph Jointly Executors of this my last will & Testament In witness whereof I have set my hand & seal 28th August 1837 ~~~~ his Signed & Sealed in } Henry (X) Albright (seal) presence of } mark Levin Wood Daniel Coble Jurat NB: Interlined before signed ~~~~ Exr qualfd It was proved in open Ct that he died 2nd of June 1840 [Will Book Volume F, page 59] In the name of God Amen I Henry Albright of the County of Orange & State of North Carolina in bodily health & perfect mind & memory calling to mind the mortality of my body & knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die I do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament and principally & first of all I give my Soul to God who gave it & my Body to the dust to be Buried in a Christian manner at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named & my Worldly Property wherewith it has pleased God to bless me I give demise & dispose of the sam[e] in the following manner & form (Viz) first I give & bequeath to my Son Joseph Albright after my Decease the plantation whereon I now live I give & bequeath to my Daughter Catharine & the Heirs of her Body Lawfully begotten One Negro girl by the name of Nelly & Fifty Dollars ~~ I give & bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth & the Heirs of her body Lawfully Begotten one Negro Girl by the name of Jane [&] Fifty Dollars I give and bequeath to my Daughter Polly & The Heirs of her body Lawfully begotten one Negro Girl by the name of [Will Book Volume F, page 60] Julia & one Hundred and Fifty Dollars My will and desire is that my two Oldest Negroes Allen & Aga be [kept] together & my three [orig: other] Negroes not heretofore disposed of be Divided among all my Children also my other property of every description to be Equally divided among all my Children And I do Constitute my Sons Nicholas & Joseph Jointly Executors of this my last Will & Testament In Witness whereof I have set my hand & seal 28th August 1837 Signed sealed in } his presence of } Levi Wood Henry (X) Albright (seal) Daniel Coble Jurat mark Orange County August Term 1840 The Execution of the foregoing Last Will and Testament of Henry Albright deced. was duly proved in Open Court by the Oath of Daniel Coble one of the subscribing Witnesses thereto and Ordered to be recorded at the same time Nicholas Albright & Joseph Albright the Executors therein named appear and qualified accordingly Test Additional Comments: Will Book Volume F, pages 59-60 Recorded Aug 1840 NB = Nota Bene Estate Papers comprise 16 pages and are found in a folder labeled "Albright, Henry (1839)". Some transcribed below. [Estate Papers - Inventory and Sale 16 Jun 1840] June 16th 1840 Sale of perishable property of Henry Albright Decd. [omitted nine pages of sundry articles] Hired for 3 Month[s] William Sharp 1 Negro man Allen 17.00 1 Do woman Agga 4 children no bid for taking care of the above woman & Children William Sharp to receive $9.90 George Clendenin 1 Black girl Tamar 6.26 John Stockard 1 Do . Do Letty .26 Do Do 1 Do Boy Jackson .25 [Last page of inventory] Names Negro Slaves Julia - bequeathed to Polly Clendenin Nelly - willed to Catherine Stockard Jane - willed to Elizabeth Sharp Allen, Aggy, Tamar, Letty, Jackson, Emsley [Emily?] Jacob, Eliza, Calvin these last will to be divided Nicholas Albright } Joseph Albright } Executors