Following Jacob's death (circa 1847), his land was divided among his six surviving children: Elizabeth Eflin, Rebecca Albright, Sarah P. Albright (#28), Daniel Albright, George Albright and William Albright. Below is a portion of the legal document describing in detail how tracts of land were to be divided. Scanned copies of pages posted on ancestry.com did not appear to be in order. Additionally, there were alternative versions of some pages. The webmaster attempted to arrange the more legible pages in chronological order below. Below each image of an original document page is a transcription written by the webmaster in October 2016. [Note: There seem to be several differences in the descriptions of the properties and in the amounts required to be paid by some of the heirs to others to balance the value of their inheritance on the various pages. ]

Page 1: Division of the Lands of Jacob Albright, dec’d.

 

[Note: The top of this page shows descriptive maps of lots No 1 and 6. Bordering the maps are the names of people presumed to be neighbors, dimensions of each lot, and the location of landmarks like trees. Many details cannot be read.] [Note: Line spaces not in the original document were added in this transcription to separate Lot No descriptions.] Lot No. 1 247 acres valued at $1400 allotted to Daniel Albright. Lot No. 6 260 acres valued at $1500 allotted to Elizabeth Eflin. State of North Carolina Guilford County To the Worship the Justices of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions November Term 1847 We the undersigned Commissioners appointed by the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions of said County having been duly sworn attended by [?] Wheeler [during ] [?] [proceded] on the 27th day of September 1847 to divide and make [?] between and among Elizabeth Eflin Sarah Albright Rebecca Albright Daniel Albright Georg. Albright & William Albright tenants in common of the lands descended to them as heirs at law of Jacob Albright deceased. Whereupon we have made and do hereby make the following appropriations among the respective claimants in severalty that is to say Lot No. 1 adjoining the lands of John McKnight and others Beginning at the Hickory on the west bank of North Buffalo below the Bridge running west 118 poles to pile of rocks therece north 120 1/2 poles to a pile of rocks thence west 123 pols to a stone [?] [?] corner thence north with Caldwells [?] 73 poles to a slow [?] east 240 [poles to a poplar [thence] south forty four poles to a gum tree east 30 ‘ poles to a Spanish oak [? ] [?] 22 pols to a hickory

 

thence S 72º E 17 poles to a sweet gum thence south 80 poles to a black oak thence N 75 [?] 3 1/2 poles to the bank of the McKnight’s corner thence up the Creek to the beginning containing two hundred and forty seven acres more or less valued at fourteen hundred dollars and allotted to Daniel Albright Lot No 2 Adjoining the lands of John Pearson and others Beginning at a hickory on the north bank of the Reedy Fork running north 83 poles to a White oak Pearson’s corner thence west 140 poles to a leaning black oak thence south 210 poles to a rock thence east 120 poles to a rock thence south 140 poles to a white oak thence east 120 poles to a poplar thence north 117 poles to a white oak and gum thence N 27º E 20 poles thence N 212 E 30 poles thence N 11º [?] 18 poles thence N [?] º E [?] poles thence N 21 E 20 poles to a large White oak on the east bank of [?] thence [down] the Creek to its junction with Reedy Fork thence up Reedy Fork to the beginning containing three hundred and seven acres more or less valued at fourteen hundred dollars and allotted George Albright Lot No 3 Beginning at a hickory tree beginning corner No 2 running north 123 poles to a red oak or black oak thence east 192 poles to a stake. Jas. Fellowhead corner thence S 16º E with the ditch and Moreheads line 122 poles to the bank of Reedy Fork thence with the various courses of stream to the first station containing one hundred and eighty two acres valued at eleven hundred dollars also one lot in Greensboro adjoining Wm Cumins valued at seventy five dollars both allotted to Rebecca Albright Lot 4 adjoining the lands of Jas Fellowhead and others beginning [?] on the south side of Reedy

 

Fork Morehead’s corner running south 149 poles to a stake thence east 157 poles to a stone thence north dividing the spring 67 poles to a hickory thence east 36 poles to a stone thence north to the old Run of Reedy Fork thence with [?] run to the mouth of the large ditch thence with [?] ditch to the upper and thence with the various courses of the Stream to the first Station containing two hundred and ten acres valued at one thousand and fifty dollars also one other tract lying on the waters of the Alamance Beginning at two gum sap line on [?] line running north 187 poles to a dead post oak thence west with [?] Woodburn’s line 96 poles to a hickory thence south 187 poles to a stake on Powales line thence east to the first station containing one hundred and twelve acres valued at three hundred dollars and both tracts allotted to Sarah Albright Lot No 5 Beginning at a beech on Sumer’s Millpond thence up said pond at tide water mark to head of the pond with the various courses of the Reedy Fork to the mouth the big ditch thence with line of No 4 to a sugar tree on the bank of the old run thence south to a stone thence west 36 poles to a hickory thence south with the line of [?] No 4 67 poles to a stone thence east 68 poles to a Black oak thence south 24 poles to a post oak thence east 127 poles to a sassafras thence north 236 poles to the beginnings containing two hundred and twenty acres valued at eleven hundred dollars also one other tract lying on the waters of Buffalo Beginning at a [?] [?] [?] [?] running east 36 poles to a pine thence south [?] poles to a black oak thence west 36 poles to a pine thence north 90 poles to the beginning containing twenty

 

acres valued at two hundred dollars and both tracts allotted to William Albright Lot No 6 Lying on the waters of South Buffalo Beginning at stake Isaac Wetherly’s corner running north sixty eight poles to a red oak thence west one hundred and sixty poles to a hickory Mebane’s corner thence south on hundred and fifty two poles to a white oak. Mchane’s corner thence east [?] poles to a papau Ozmact’s corner thence S 54º E seventy eight poles to a hickory thence south three poles to a black oak Houston’s corner thence east one hundred and ten poles to a [?] thence north [?] poles to a stake thence N 68º E 60 poles to a stake in the road thence north 168 poles to a white oak Weatherby’s corner thence to the beginning containing two hundred and sixty acres valued at fifteen hundred dollars. and allotted to Elizabeth Eflin To Equalize the value we adjudge that No 1 pay to No 3 $4.17 No 1 pay to No 4 4.66 No 2 pay to No 4 12.50 No 2 pay to No 5 53.33 No 6 pay to No 5 145.83 [Note: The bottom of this page shows descriptive maps of lots No 2 -5. Bordering the maps are the names of people presumed to be neighbors, dimensions of each lot, and the location of landmarks like trees. Many details cannot be read.] No 2 307 acres valued at $1400 allotted to George Albright No. 3 182 acres valued at $1100 allotted to Sarah Rebecca Albright [Note: The webmaster does not know why both Sarah and Rebecca are listed for this piece of land here. In the description earlier, Only Rebecca is listed for tract No. 3. According to a preceeding description, Rebecca also received a lot in Greensboro valued at $75]. No. 4 112 acres valued at $ 300 allotted to Sarah another No 4 tract 210 acres valued at $1050 allotted to Sarah No 5 valued at 67.00 allotted to William, another No 5 tract 220 acres valued at $1100 allotted to William Albright

No 5 Beginning at a [?] marked D it being Vanbachlens corner then north 94 poles to a stone near the publick rode then with said rode south 35º west 47 poles to a Hickory on edge of rocks then south 44 1/2 poles to a [Redwood] then north 76º west 188 poles to a [?] stump then south 63 poles to a small gum corner of No 6 then west line of No 6 east 43 pole to a Hickory turn south 12 poles to a stone then east 122 1/2 poles to a stone in [?] then south 4º East 74 poles to a stone on [?] line then with his line east 110 poles to the begining containing 82 acres valued at $900.00 and assigned to Wm M. Albright No 6 - Beginning at a stone Thomas [?] corner mark & then east 101 1/2 poles to a stone corner of No 5 then with line of No 5 North 9) [west] 74 poles to a stone corner of No 5 then still with said line west 122 1/2 poles to a stone then north 12 poles to a Hickory then south 60 poles to a [?] gum on Ephlens line then south 60 poles to a stone Daniel Albrights corner formerly a gum then East 30 poles to a stone then south north 75º East 17 poles to a white oak then north 87º East 38 poles to an ash then south 37 1/2 east 27 poles to [?] willow then south 11º West 76 poles to begining containing seventy six acres valued at $875.00 and allotted to C. Albright

 

 

We, the undersigned Commissioners appointed to divide the Allbright tract of land into six shares, have divided the same according [D] the boundrys as given on preceeding pages The shares were valued at the prices [?] to each and in order to make the valuations the same the following amounts must be paid by share No. 6: to wit - [?] share No 2 $49.25 to Share No. 1. $49.25 and to the owner of share No. 3, 4 & 5 $7.50. Commissioners B. Balsley Thomas Buchanan Albert Rankin State of North Carolina Guilford Court at Chambers ordered by the court that the foregoing report be [confirmed] in all things and it be Registered in the office of the Registerer of Deeds November 14th 1847 [Abra???] Clapp [?] State of North Carolina

 

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