Samuel Albritton was the son of James Albritton (2 July 1761–1797/1798), believed to have been the man by this name who served as a Patriot soldier during the Revolutionary War. Samuel's grandfather, Peter Albritton Sr., and great-grandfather, James Albritton Sr., established extensive plantations on Cow and Cross Swamps on the south side of the Tar River near modern Grimesland between 1756 and 1798. However, by 1784, Samuel's father, James, left the south side of the River and settled near his uncle, James Albritton Jr., on Grindle Creek and Hunting Run, in the community known as Pactolus during the nineteenth century. The younger James bought a 250-acre tract of land on the south side of Grindle Creek on 18 April 1784, and upon his death about 1797, Samuel inherited his father's plantation.
Samuel Albritton joined the Great Swamp Baptist Church on 25 June 1803 at the age of twenty, with his baptism held at "Mr. Clark's mill." Several months later, on 1 September 1803, Samuel married Tabitha Bell, with their marriage ceremony apparently held at the Red Banks Baptist Church. On 27 July 1805, the Great Swamp Baptist Church charged Samuel Albritton "for drinking and racing," and at the same church conference, they charged William Barrow with "drinking and fighting." After a trial that same day, the Great Swamp Church excommunicated both men.
Perhaps because his father died when he was only fifteen years old, Samuel Albritton began engaging in various business and civic affairs at an unusually young age. He first witnessed a legal transaction at the mere age of eighteen years. In late 1805, at the age of twenty-two, Samuel signed a petition to annex the northern portion of Pitt County to Martin County, along with forty-three men living north of the Tar River. In January 1812, Samuel signed another petition to the North Carolina General Assembly, along with his three uncles, Adam, Joel, and Luke Albritton, and one hundred three other Pitt County residents. They protested the planned bridge across the Tar River at Washington in Beaufort County, some twenty miles downstream from their plantations. The Pitt County residents feared that the traffic and commotion from the bridge would frighten off the fish that annually swam up the river from the Pamlico Sound to spawn, damaging their ability to catch fish on the Tar. Despite their objections, the General Assembly approved a bill to incorporate the company to build the bridge.
Even though a married man with children, Samuel Albritton served in Cobb's Regiment, Pitt County Militia during the War of 1812, originally enlisting the rank of ensign. However, when the Pitt County Militia elected officers in November–December 1814, the men elected Samuel as the regiment's 2nd Major. He continued to serve as an officer in the Pitt County Militia even after the end of hostilities with Great Britain, holding the rank of Major for the next decade. He resigned his commission as Major of the Pitt County Militia in November/December 1824.
Samuel Albritton spent his life on the plantation his father purchased in 1784 on Grindle Creek north of the Tar River near Pactolus. His farm adjoined or lay near those of his uncles, Adam, Jonathan, Joel, and Luke Albritton, and he maintained a close relationship with them throughout his life.
Samuel Albritton died on 27 August 1831 at the age of forty-eight, an even shorter lifespan than usual for the generally short-lived male Albrittons of his family. Like his father, Samuel apparently had some notice of his impending, premature demise, for he left a will that named his youngest uncle, State Senator Luke Albritton, a mere five years his senior, as his executor. In his will, Samuel left Tabitha a lifetime estate in his lands and after her death he left his land to his two sons, James B. and Benjamin B. Albritton, and divided his other property among his children.
The documented children of Tabitha and Samuel Albritton include:
1) Drusilla Albritton (5 Jan 1805–1805/1810)
2) Lydia Albritton (12 Aug 1806–14 Nov 1857) married Luke Short (c1795–c1859)
3) Tabitha B. Albritton (12 Dec 1809–18 Dec 1886) married Henry Harrington Jr. (1804/1806–4 Jan 1870)
4) Hannah Albritton (c1812–1850/1857) married Calvin Moye (1790/1800–1845/1850)
5) James B. Albritton (20 Nov 1814–16 Apr 1840) married Penelope Moore [Penny] (1811/1813–1880/1884)
6) Benjamin Bell Albritton (4 Dec 1816–20 Sept 1899) married Catherine Hatton (29 May 1818–11 Feb 1888)
7) Elizabeth Eleanor Albritton (28 Nov 1819–14 July 1862) married Enoch Moore (c1814–Sept 1875)
Samuel Albritton joined the Great Swamp Baptist Church on 25 June 1803 at the age of twenty, with his baptism held at "Mr. Clark's mill." Several months later, on 1 September 1803, Samuel married Tabitha Bell, with their marriage ceremony apparently held at the Red Banks Baptist Church. On 27 July 1805, the Great Swamp Baptist Church charged Samuel Albritton "for drinking and racing," and at the same church conference, they charged William Barrow with "drinking and fighting." After a trial that same day, the Great Swamp Church excommunicated both men.
Perhaps because his father died when he was only fifteen years old, Samuel Albritton began engaging in various business and civic affairs at an unusually young age. He first witnessed a legal transaction at the mere age of eighteen years. In late 1805, at the age of twenty-two, Samuel signed a petition to annex the northern portion of Pitt County to Martin County, along with forty-three men living north of the Tar River. In January 1812, Samuel signed another petition to the North Carolina General Assembly, along with his three uncles, Adam, Joel, and Luke Albritton, and one hundred three other Pitt County residents. They protested the planned bridge across the Tar River at Washington in Beaufort County, some twenty miles downstream from their plantations. The Pitt County residents feared that the traffic and commotion from the bridge would frighten off the fish that annually swam up the river from the Pamlico Sound to spawn, damaging their ability to catch fish on the Tar. Despite their objections, the General Assembly approved a bill to incorporate the company to build the bridge.
Even though a married man with children, Samuel Albritton served in Cobb's Regiment, Pitt County Militia during the War of 1812, originally enlisting the rank of ensign. However, when the Pitt County Militia elected officers in November–December 1814, the men elected Samuel as the regiment's 2nd Major. He continued to serve as an officer in the Pitt County Militia even after the end of hostilities with Great Britain, holding the rank of Major for the next decade. He resigned his commission as Major of the Pitt County Militia in November/December 1824.
Samuel Albritton spent his life on the plantation his father purchased in 1784 on Grindle Creek north of the Tar River near Pactolus. His farm adjoined or lay near those of his uncles, Adam, Jonathan, Joel, and Luke Albritton, and he maintained a close relationship with them throughout his life.
Samuel Albritton died on 27 August 1831 at the age of forty-eight, an even shorter lifespan than usual for the generally short-lived male Albrittons of his family. Like his father, Samuel apparently had some notice of his impending, premature demise, for he left a will that named his youngest uncle, State Senator Luke Albritton, a mere five years his senior, as his executor. In his will, Samuel left Tabitha a lifetime estate in his lands and after her death he left his land to his two sons, James B. and Benjamin B. Albritton, and divided his other property among his children.
The documented children of Tabitha and Samuel Albritton include:
1) Drusilla Albritton (5 Jan 1805–1805/1810)
2) Lydia Albritton (12 Aug 1806–14 Nov 1857) married Luke Short (c1795–c1859)
3) Tabitha B. Albritton (12 Dec 1809–18 Dec 1886) married Henry Harrington Jr. (1804/1806–4 Jan 1870)
4) Hannah Albritton (c1812–1850/1857) married Calvin Moye (1790/1800–1845/1850)
5) James B. Albritton (20 Nov 1814–16 Apr 1840) married Penelope Moore [Penny] (1811/1813–1880/1884)
6) Benjamin Bell Albritton (4 Dec 1816–20 Sept 1899) married Catherine Hatton (29 May 1818–11 Feb 1888)
7) Elizabeth Eleanor Albritton (28 Nov 1819–14 July 1862) married Enoch Moore (c1814–Sept 1875)
Samuel Albritton was the son of James Albritton (2 July 1761–1797/1798), believed to have been the man by this name who served as a Patriot soldier during the Revolutionary War. Samuel's grandfather, Peter Albritton Sr., and great-grandfather, James Albritton Sr., established extensive plantations on Cow and Cross Swamps on the south side of the Tar River near modern Grimesland between 1756 and 1798. However, by 1784, Samuel's father, James, left the south side of the River and settled near his uncle, James Albritton Jr., on Grindle Creek and Hunting Run, in the community known as Pactolus during the nineteenth century. The younger James bought a 250-acre tract of land on the south side of Grindle Creek on 18 April 1784, and upon his death about 1797, Samuel inherited his father's plantation.
Samuel Albritton joined the Great Swamp Baptist Church on 25 June 1803 at the age of twenty, with his baptism held at "Mr. Clark's mill." Several months later, on 1 September 1803, Samuel married Tabitha Bell, with their marriage ceremony apparently held at the Red Banks Baptist Church. On 27 July 1805, the Great Swamp Baptist Church charged Samuel Albritton "for drinking and racing," and at the same church conference, they charged William Barrow with "drinking and fighting." After a trial that same day, the Great Swamp Church excommunicated both men.
Perhaps because his father died when he was only fifteen years old, Samuel Albritton began engaging in various business and civic affairs at an unusually young age. He first witnessed a legal transaction at the mere age of eighteen years. In late 1805, at the age of twenty-two, Samuel signed a petition to annex the northern portion of Pitt County to Martin County, along with forty-three men living north of the Tar River. In January 1812, Samuel signed another petition to the North Carolina General Assembly, along with his three uncles, Adam, Joel, and Luke Albritton, and one hundred three other Pitt County residents. They protested the planned bridge across the Tar River at Washington in Beaufort County, some twenty miles downstream from their plantations. The Pitt County residents feared that the traffic and commotion from the bridge would frighten off the fish that annually swam up the river from the Pamlico Sound to spawn, damaging their ability to catch fish on the Tar. Despite their objections, the General Assembly approved a bill to incorporate the company to build the bridge.
Even though a married man with children, Samuel Albritton served in Cobb's Regiment, Pitt County Militia during the War of 1812, originally enlisting the rank of ensign. However, when the Pitt County Militia elected officers in November–December 1814, the men elected Samuel as the regiment's 2nd Major. He continued to serve as an officer in the Pitt County Militia even after the end of hostilities with Great Britain, holding the rank of Major for the next decade. He resigned his commission as Major of the Pitt County Militia in November/December 1824.
Samuel Albritton spent his life on the plantation his father purchased in 1784 on Grindle Creek north of the Tar River near Pactolus. His farm adjoined or lay near those of his uncles, Adam, Jonathan, Joel, and Luke Albritton, and he maintained a close relationship with them throughout his life.
Samuel Albritton died on 27 August 1831 at the age of forty-eight, an even shorter lifespan than usual for the generally short-lived male Albrittons of his family. Like his father, Samuel apparently had some notice of his impending, premature demise, for he left a will that named his youngest uncle, State Senator Luke Albritton, a mere five years his senior, as his executor. In his will, Samuel left Tabitha a lifetime estate in his lands and after her death he left his land to his two sons, James B. and Benjamin B. Albritton, and divided his other property among his children.
The documented children of Tabitha and Samuel Albritton include:
1) Drusilla Albritton (5 Jan 1805–1805/1810)
2) Lydia Albritton (12 Aug 1806–14 Nov 1857) married Luke Short (c1795–c1859)
3) Tabitha B. Albritton (12 Dec 1809–18 Dec 1886) married Henry Harrington Jr. (1804/1806–4 Jan 1870)
4) Hannah Albritton (c1812–1850/1857) married Calvin Moye (1790/1800–1845/1850)
5) James B. Albritton (20 Nov 1814–16 Apr 1840) married Penelope Moore [Penny] (1811/1813–1880/1884)
6) Benjamin Bell Albritton (4 Dec 1816–20 Sept 1899) married Catherine Hatton (29 May 1818–11 Feb 1888)
7) Elizabeth Eleanor Albritton (28 Nov 1819–14 July 1862) married Enoch Moore (c1814–Sept 1875)
Samuel Albritton joined the Great Swamp Baptist Church on 25 June 1803 at the age of twenty, with his baptism held at "Mr. Clark's mill." Several months later, on 1 September 1803, Samuel married Tabitha Bell, with their marriage ceremony apparently held at the Red Banks Baptist Church. On 27 July 1805, the Great Swamp Baptist Church charged Samuel Albritton "for drinking and racing," and at the same church conference, they charged William Barrow with "drinking and fighting." After a trial that same day, the Great Swamp Church excommunicated both men.
Perhaps because his father died when he was only fifteen years old, Samuel Albritton began engaging in various business and civic affairs at an unusually young age. He first witnessed a legal transaction at the mere age of eighteen years. In late 1805, at the age of twenty-two, Samuel signed a petition to annex the northern portion of Pitt County to Martin County, along with forty-three men living north of the Tar River. In January 1812, Samuel signed another petition to the North Carolina General Assembly, along with his three uncles, Adam, Joel, and Luke Albritton, and one hundred three other Pitt County residents. They protested the planned bridge across the Tar River at Washington in Beaufort County, some twenty miles downstream from their plantations. The Pitt County residents feared that the traffic and commotion from the bridge would frighten off the fish that annually swam up the river from the Pamlico Sound to spawn, damaging their ability to catch fish on the Tar. Despite their objections, the General Assembly approved a bill to incorporate the company to build the bridge.
Even though a married man with children, Samuel Albritton served in Cobb's Regiment, Pitt County Militia during the War of 1812, originally enlisting the rank of ensign. However, when the Pitt County Militia elected officers in November–December 1814, the men elected Samuel as the regiment's 2nd Major. He continued to serve as an officer in the Pitt County Militia even after the end of hostilities with Great Britain, holding the rank of Major for the next decade. He resigned his commission as Major of the Pitt County Militia in November/December 1824.
Samuel Albritton spent his life on the plantation his father purchased in 1784 on Grindle Creek north of the Tar River near Pactolus. His farm adjoined or lay near those of his uncles, Adam, Jonathan, Joel, and Luke Albritton, and he maintained a close relationship with them throughout his life.
Samuel Albritton died on 27 August 1831 at the age of forty-eight, an even shorter lifespan than usual for the generally short-lived male Albrittons of his family. Like his father, Samuel apparently had some notice of his impending, premature demise, for he left a will that named his youngest uncle, State Senator Luke Albritton, a mere five years his senior, as his executor. In his will, Samuel left Tabitha a lifetime estate in his lands and after her death he left his land to his two sons, James B. and Benjamin B. Albritton, and divided his other property among his children.
The documented children of Tabitha and Samuel Albritton include:
1) Drusilla Albritton (5 Jan 1805–1805/1810)
2) Lydia Albritton (12 Aug 1806–14 Nov 1857) married Luke Short (c1795–c1859)
3) Tabitha B. Albritton (12 Dec 1809–18 Dec 1886) married Henry Harrington Jr. (1804/1806–4 Jan 1870)
4) Hannah Albritton (c1812–1850/1857) married Calvin Moye (1790/1800–1845/1850)
5) James B. Albritton (20 Nov 1814–16 Apr 1840) married Penelope Moore [Penny] (1811/1813–1880/1884)
6) Benjamin Bell Albritton (4 Dec 1816–20 Sept 1899) married Catherine Hatton (29 May 1818–11 Feb 1888)
7) Elizabeth Eleanor Albritton (28 Nov 1819–14 July 1862) married Enoch Moore (c1814–Sept 1875)
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Known in the mid-1900s as the "Harris-Albritton Cemetery," this is the old family graveyard on the farm bought in 1784 by James Albritton and passed down to his son, Samuel, grandson, Benjamin B., and great-granddaughter, Henrietta Louisa Harris.
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