John was born about 1788 in North Carolina. He was the son of John Allbright and served in the Georgia Militia during the War of 1812.
He was an Ensign in 207 Dist. Co., Franklin Co., Ga. Commissioned 27 August, 1810 Captain and resigned in 1812. In May 1818, Christian was a Captain in 262 Dist. Company, Franklin County, Ga. (McCain “Ancestry of Albright and Holt Families of Clay County Missouri”, pp 209).
John Christian and his family moved from Georgia to southeastern Missouri where they settled near the White River close to Patton Missouri (McCain, pp 209).
He passed away about 1850 in Missouri.
Move to Missouri
There is some disagreement among researchers as to the date that John Christian, his family and his father moved to Missouri. Shannon Dowdy Albright tells us that at least one son (John Christian) accompanied John Allbright to Missouri in 1813. However, John Christian’s son Benjamin was born in Madison County, Georgia in 1817 and John Christian appears to have been a Captain in the Georgia Militia until 1818. The 1818 date may be a transposition error by McCain as she also tells us John Christian resigned in 1812.
There is a Christian Albright that appears in the 1830 Census for Missouri three lines below Benjamin Albright. The Census contains the following information on these two entries:
Name | Males of 5 and under 10 | Males of 15 and under 20 | Males of 20 and under 30 | Females under 5 years of age | Females of 10 and under 15 | Females of 15 and under 20 | Females of 60 and under 70 | |
Benjamin Albright | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |0| | |
Christian Albright | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |1| |
1850 US Federal Census | |
Dwelling | Family | Name | Age | Sex | Birthplace | Occupation |
1642 | 1658 | Christian Allbright | 62 | M | North Carolina | |
1642 | 1658 | Martha Allbright | 57 | F | Virginia | |
1642 | 1658 | Lutetia Allbright | 26 | F | Missouri | |
1642 | 1658 | Sarah | 21 | F | Missouri | |
1642 | 1658 | Annetta Allbright | 17 | M | Missouri | |
1642 | 1658 | Henrietta Allbright | 14 | F | Missouri | |
1642 | 1658 | Virginia Allbright | 17 | M | Missouri | |
1642 | 1658 | Jacob R. Allbright | 4 | M | Missouri |
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Census
"United States Census, 1830", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHPS-571 : Thu Jul 20 14:06:42 UTC 2023), Entry for Christian Albright, 1830.
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