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50. Elizabeth ("Lizzie")Albright (Married William Sharp (51), 5 November 1817 in Orange County, North Carolina)

Born: 12 October 1792 (Source: Stoners Old Meeting House Graveyard tombstone) in Orange County, North Carolina of Henry Albright (99) & Mary "Polly" Gibbs (100).

Died: 20 November 1823 in Orange County, North Carolina according to one set of records from Old Stoner's (Steiner's) Church Cemetery, another set of records from the cemetery shows 20 May 1773; but her tombstone shows ? 20 1873. She is buried at Old Stoner’s Cemetery, Rufus Dale’s farm, Alamance County.

[Her siblings included:

Jacob Albright (Married Sarah “Sallie” Nease on 29 July 1807 in Orange County, North Carolina) Born: 4 January 1784 (Circa 1785/87) in Orange County, N.C. Died: 25 January 1845 in Flat Creek area, Bedford County, Tennessee;

Catherine (“Katy”) Katie Albright (Married John Stockard, Col. in 1810) Born: 30 November 1786 (Circa 1790-95) in Orange County, N.C. Died: 10 October 1842 in Orange County, N.C.;

Joseph Albright (Married Nancy Whitsell (Whitsette) (Whitsett) on 5 May 1818) Born: 1794 in Orange County, N.C. Died: 9 November 1876 in Randolph County, N.C.;

Mary “Polly” Albright (Married George Clendenen (Clendenin)) Born: 1798 (Circa 1806) in Orange County, N.C Died: ? ,

Nicholas Albright (Married: Ann (Anne) (Annie) Rogers on December 1812 in Orange County, N.C.) Born: 1789 (1788-92) in Orange County, N.C. Died: 14 May 1844 in Orange County, N.C., buried in Mt. Herman Cemetery, Alamance County, North Carolina ] (The source of the green is e-mail from Maria Bruce 2005 (mBruce9681@aol.com) (The source of the blue information describing Elizabeth's siblings is Nicholas Gibbs and his descendants, 1733-1977 by Nicholas Gibbs Historical Society, 1977, Ohio Historical Society Library)[Source for the gray information is research done by Michael Cavenaugh (Glass family genealogist denoted on the Guilford County Genealogy Association Website; Nicholas' wife Anne and William M. Rogers were Executors of his will dated 8 May 1844).]

Miscellaneous:

In the 1830 North Carolina Federal Census Index for Orange County, p. 291, there is a William Sharp listed as the head of his family. The census shows one male under five years of age, two males of five and under ten, one male of ten and under fifteen, one male of thirty and under forty, two females under five years of age, and one female of thirty and under forty. According to church records, in 1830, Elizabeth would have been 38 and her husband, William, 36.

Elizabeth and William had 8 children: Henry Albright (25), Jerry Mars (Jeremiah), Edwin (Edward), Mary Catherine, Eli, Elizabeth A., William Graves, and John.

In early years, the area that is now Alamance County was a part of Orange County. In 1850, it was made a separate county. William Sharp is listed in the 1850 North Carolina Federal Census Index for Alamance County, p. 23, South District, ID # NCS5a1535581. In this census, Willliam is 55, his wife Elizabeth is 57, and his children include Elizabeth 21 and William 19. William is a farmer. The value of William's real estate is $1600.

The 1860 North Carolina Federal Census for Alamance County on 11 July, 1860 shows that William is 65, Elizabeth is 67, and John is 21. There is a J.A. Sharp (female and 21 years of age) listed. She is probably Julia Ann Steele Sharp, John's wife. William is a farmer. The value of his real estate is $2000 and the value of his personal estate is $1000.

In all, Lizzie and her husband, William, had six children: Henry Albright, Edward, Jeremiah, Eli, Mary Catherine, and William Graves.

On April 26, 2006 Norman Sharpe (Great Great Grandson), Helen Leach (#4) (Great Great Granddaughter) and Sandra Henson, Mary Lue Finch, and Susan Snyder (#2)... all Great Great Great Granddaughters.... visited Stoners Church Cemetery located in a pasture on Rufus J. Dale's farm in Alamance County on Bellemont-Kimesville Rd. near the village of Belmont (near Graham) just off highway 49. Found buried in the dirt was Elizabeth's tombstone. The stone was broken in half.

 

 

 

Her tombstone reads;

"Elizabeth

Sharp.

Born

Oct. 12. 1792

DIED

? 20, 1873."