George Albright (1761 - 1838)

Born 5 Apr 1761 in Berks, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine (Holt) Albright — married 1790 in North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1838 at age 77 in Orange, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

George Albert Albright was the son of Jacob and Sophia Catherine (Welder). He was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania around 1761. In 1763 George's father moved his family to Orange County, North Carolina and it was there around 1790 that George married Catherine (Caty) Holt. Caty was born around 1770. In the 1800 US Census, George was in Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina listed with

• 2 males (under 10)
• 1 male (26-45)
• 3 females (under 10)
• 1 female (16-25)
• 1 female (45-up) possibly George's mother, Sophia. ^[1]

George Albert and Catherine had at least ten children:

• 1 - William Albright-2691, born 1 October 1791, North Carolina
• 2 - Mary (Polly), corn circa 1793, North Carolina
• 3 - Hannah, born circa 1795, North Carolina
• 4 - Alexander, born 16 August 1798, North Carolina
• 5 - Lettie Albright-832, born circa 1799, North Carolina
• 6 - Eleanor (Nellie) Albright-482, born 20 June, 1803, North Carolina
• 7 - Tamar (f) born circa 1805, North Carolina
• 8 - Alvis Albright-2818, born circa 1808 , North Carolina
• 9 - Michael, born circa 1815, North Carolina
• 10 - Sarah (Sally) Albright-653, born 14 May, 1817, North Carolina

George was mentioned on a memorial in Mount Hermon Memorial Cemetery, Graham, Alamance County, North Carolina, United States with a death date of 1838.^[2]

George Albert acquired large tracts of land in the Alamance Creek basin and he gave the tract of land for Mount Harmon Cemetery in Alamance County. George died in 1838 and Caty in 1829. Both are buried in the Mount Harman Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ 1800 Census: "1800 United States Federal Census"
   Year: 1800; Census Place: Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina; Series: M32; Roll: 34; Page: 498; Image: 145; Family History Library Film: 337910
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7590 #362855 (accessed 1 December 2022)
   George Albright in Hillsborough, Orange, North Carolina.
2. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #107975679 (accessed 1 December 2022)
   Memorial page for George Albert Albright (1761-1838), citing Mount Hermon Memorial Cemetery, Graham, Alamance County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by Richard Hornsby (contributor 47775749).

• Stockard, Sallie Walker, The History of Alamance, 1900, pg106-107 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nc01.ark%3A%2F13960%2Ft81j9sb3p&seq=7

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 18 April 2022, 06:16), entry for George Albert Albright (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LZVD-MP7 ); contributed by various users.