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112. Elizabeth "Betsy" Sharp (Sharpe) (Married John Ludwick (Ludwig) Albright (111) 11 October 1787). This information in blue is confirmed by John's tombstone inscription.

 

Born: 30 August 1770 (confirmed by tombstone) in Orange County, North Carolina of Isaac Sharpe (Sharp) Jr. (193/223) & Maria Philopena Graves (194/224)

Died: 30 March 1852 in Orange County, North Carolina. She is buried at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery in Alamance County, North Carolina. This was confirmed by a visit to the cemetery by Susan Snyder (#2) and her cousins Sandra Henson and Mary Lue Finch on 30 September 2005.

[Her siblings included:

Sebastian (Boston) Bostian Sharpe (Sharp) (#97) (Married: Catharine Garrett (#98) in 1793 in Alamance County, North Carolina) Born 30 March 1768 in Orange County North Carolina (Source of blue information: Stoners Old Meeting House Graveyard Records) [Source for the gray information is research done by Michael Cavenaugh (Glass family genealogist denoted on the Guilford County Genealogy Association Website) Died: 22 October 1846 in Orange County, North Carolina,

Philipena (Philopena) Sharpe Born: 1772 in Orange County, N. C. Died: 1850 Hagerstown, Wayne County, Indiana ;

John Sharp (Married: Catherine Albright [Note: Catherine was the sister of Henry Albright (99) and Daniel Albright (109)]) Born: About 1765 Died: Unknown in N. C. ;

Peter Sharp (Married: Eve (Evelyn) Moser on 31 August 1795 in Orange County, North Carolina) Born: About 1775. Died: 13 July 1847 in North Carolina, he is buried in St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery, Alamance County, North Carolina; [Source for the gray information is research done by Michael Cavenaugh (Glass family genealogist denoted on the Guilford County Genealogy Association Website)

Christian Sharpe (Sharp) (Married: Anna Barbara Clapp of Jabob County, North Carolina) Born: 5 October 1778 in Orange County, N. C. Died: 15 April 1861 in Orange County, N. C.; he is buried with his wife at Stoners Church Cemetery in Alamance County, N. C., A picture of his tombstone was taken by Susan Snyder (#2) on 30 September 2005;

Henry Sharp (Married: Lizzie Moser) Born: ? Died: ?]

Miscellaneous:

Her brother is Sebastian (Boston) Bostian Sharpe (Sharp) (# 97.)

Elizabeth and her husband, John Ludwick, had possibly 10 children: John, George, Mary Elizabeth, Daniel, Elizabeth, Isaac, Barbara, Martha, Sarah (56), and Ludwick. (Further research is needed to confirm names in red).

 

Below: Photographs of Elizabeth's tombstone at St. Paul's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Alamance County, North Carolina. (GPS: 36° 1.396 minutes N, 79° 28.689 minutes W).

Her tombstone reads:

Elizabeth
Albright
Died in HER 82
YEAR MARCH 30 1852

 

Left: The back of Elizabeth's tombstone and a newer stone. Note the spelling of Elizabeth's middle name "Sharpe". John's tombstone spells it "Sharp."