Henry Albright
Provided by Tim Mitchell of Wellington, New Zealand

Copy of will at NC Archives, Raleigh, NC

In the name of God Amen

                        I Henry Albright of the County of Orange & State of North Carolinain bodily health & perfect mind & memory, calling to minf 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 wordly property wherewith it has pleased God to bless me, I give demise & dispose of the same 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 & beqeath to my Daughter Catherin or 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 June, & Fifty Dollars = I give & bequeath to my Daugther Polly & the heirs of her Body Lawfully Begotten one Negro 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 heretofores dispos’d 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

                                                                                          His
Signed & Sealed in                                                 Henry    X       Albright
presence of -                                                                     mark
                                Levin Wood (?)
                                Daniel Webb  jurat

N.B. Intestin’d before sign’d
                                            Exm qualifd

It was proved in open Ct that he died 2nd June 1840


 

 Added June 17, 2002
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