Tabitha Bell Albritton was the daughter of Benjamin Bell, who died in Pitt County in the early 1790s. On 1 August 1803, Tabitha joined Red Banks Church, together with Elizabeth Albritton Moye, daughter of Peter Albritton Sr. and wife of Gardner Moye. Tabitha Bell and Elizabeth Moye were baptized later that day, after services held at the Red Banks Meeting House. One months later, on September 1st, Tabitha married Elizabeth Moye's nephew, Samuel Albritton, with their marriage ceremony apparently held at the Red Banks Church.
Several years after her marriage, on 18 December 1806, the Red Banks Church conference ordered that
"Sisters Elizabeth Adams & Tabitha Albritton to be Cited to Conference to Give Satisfaction for their Non attendance by Br. Smith.
Neither Tabitha Albritton nor Elizabeth Adams attended any of the church conferences in the early months of 1807, with the church repeatedly appointing Br. Smith to "cite them" to attend the next church conference. Finally, at the conference held on 9 May 1807, the clerk recorded that
"Elizabeth Adams & Tabitha Albriton not present They were both Excluded for non attendance & Neglecting to hear the Church."
A few years later, when the missionary movement led to the division between the anti- and pro-mission factions of the Baptists, Red Banks Church became affiliated with the Primitive Baptists. Since Tabitha's youngest son, Benjamin Bell Albritton, served as a Free Will Baptist minister for his entire adult life, it seems likely that Tabitha and Samuel began attending another Baptist church during this period, one that suscribed to the doctrine that evolved into the Free Will Baptists later.
Tabitha and Samuel Albritton lived on his father's old plantation on the south side of Grindle Creek and near Pactolus for the duration of their married life. Tabitha Bell Albritton appears to have maintained a close relationship with her brother, James Bell, who remained in Pitt County until the latter 1810s. In his September 1817 will, James wrote,
"I give to my Sister Tabitha Albritton twenty dollars to her and her heirs forever."
He also made a very substantial bequest for the education of Tabitha’s eldest daughter. Tabitha was probably her parents’ youngest child, and by the time of Samuel’s death in 1831, most of her own relatives had either died or moved away. Thus, after being widowed at the age of only forty-four, her husband’s uncles and her own elder children helped her continue raising her younger children and managing her husband’s plantation for the next three decades.
By 1840, Tabitha Albritton’s children had all married, and she lived alone in her house on her plantation with seven slaves, a couple and their five young daughters, with her married daughters living nearby. In 1850, Tabitha lived on her plantation with her widowed daughter, Hannah Moye, and Hannah’s three children. Tabitha’s other surviving children all lived nearby. Sometime during the 1850s, Tabitha ceased to maintain her own household and by 1860, she had moved in with her daughter, Tabitha Albritton Harrington. Tabitha Albritton wrote her will on 8 April 1857, at that time
"...being of sound mind but weak in body and mindful of the uncertainty of human life."
She left bequests to her “dearly beloved” married daughters Lydia Short, Tabitha Harrington, and Elizabeth Moore, and to her “dearly beloved” and “trusty son,” Benjamin B. Albritton, but she did not mention her adult children who predeceased her or their children. She left her lands to her granddaughter, the daughter of Benjamin B. Albritton, giving him and his wife a lifetime estate in the lands, undoubtedly a reflection of the financial problems he experienced in the 1840s. Some eight years after she wrote her will, the family Bible of Benjamin B. Albritton recorded that
“Tabitha Albritton Departed this Life August the 24 1865”
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)
Several years after her marriage, on 18 December 1806, the Red Banks Church conference ordered that
"Sisters Elizabeth Adams & Tabitha Albritton to be Cited to Conference to Give Satisfaction for their Non attendance by Br. Smith.
Neither Tabitha Albritton nor Elizabeth Adams attended any of the church conferences in the early months of 1807, with the church repeatedly appointing Br. Smith to "cite them" to attend the next church conference. Finally, at the conference held on 9 May 1807, the clerk recorded that
"Elizabeth Adams & Tabitha Albriton not present They were both Excluded for non attendance & Neglecting to hear the Church."
A few years later, when the missionary movement led to the division between the anti- and pro-mission factions of the Baptists, Red Banks Church became affiliated with the Primitive Baptists. Since Tabitha's youngest son, Benjamin Bell Albritton, served as a Free Will Baptist minister for his entire adult life, it seems likely that Tabitha and Samuel began attending another Baptist church during this period, one that suscribed to the doctrine that evolved into the Free Will Baptists later.
Tabitha and Samuel Albritton lived on his father's old plantation on the south side of Grindle Creek and near Pactolus for the duration of their married life. Tabitha Bell Albritton appears to have maintained a close relationship with her brother, James Bell, who remained in Pitt County until the latter 1810s. In his September 1817 will, James wrote,
"I give to my Sister Tabitha Albritton twenty dollars to her and her heirs forever."
He also made a very substantial bequest for the education of Tabitha’s eldest daughter. Tabitha was probably her parents’ youngest child, and by the time of Samuel’s death in 1831, most of her own relatives had either died or moved away. Thus, after being widowed at the age of only forty-four, her husband’s uncles and her own elder children helped her continue raising her younger children and managing her husband’s plantation for the next three decades.
By 1840, Tabitha Albritton’s children had all married, and she lived alone in her house on her plantation with seven slaves, a couple and their five young daughters, with her married daughters living nearby. In 1850, Tabitha lived on her plantation with her widowed daughter, Hannah Moye, and Hannah’s three children. Tabitha’s other surviving children all lived nearby. Sometime during the 1850s, Tabitha ceased to maintain her own household and by 1860, she had moved in with her daughter, Tabitha Albritton Harrington. Tabitha Albritton wrote her will on 8 April 1857, at that time
"...being of sound mind but weak in body and mindful of the uncertainty of human life."
She left bequests to her “dearly beloved” married daughters Lydia Short, Tabitha Harrington, and Elizabeth Moore, and to her “dearly beloved” and “trusty son,” Benjamin B. Albritton, but she did not mention her adult children who predeceased her or their children. She left her lands to her granddaughter, the daughter of Benjamin B. Albritton, giving him and his wife a lifetime estate in the lands, undoubtedly a reflection of the financial problems he experienced in the 1840s. Some eight years after she wrote her will, the family Bible of Benjamin B. Albritton recorded that
“Tabitha Albritton Departed this Life August the 24 1865”
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)
Tabitha Bell Albritton was the daughter of Benjamin Bell, who died in Pitt County in the early 1790s. On 1 August 1803, Tabitha joined Red Banks Church, together with Elizabeth Albritton Moye, daughter of Peter Albritton Sr. and wife of Gardner Moye. Tabitha Bell and Elizabeth Moye were baptized later that day, after services held at the Red Banks Meeting House. One months later, on September 1st, Tabitha married Elizabeth Moye's nephew, Samuel Albritton, with their marriage ceremony apparently held at the Red Banks Church.
Several years after her marriage, on 18 December 1806, the Red Banks Church conference ordered that
"Sisters Elizabeth Adams & Tabitha Albritton to be Cited to Conference to Give Satisfaction for their Non attendance by Br. Smith.
Neither Tabitha Albritton nor Elizabeth Adams attended any of the church conferences in the early months of 1807, with the church repeatedly appointing Br. Smith to "cite them" to attend the next church conference. Finally, at the conference held on 9 May 1807, the clerk recorded that
"Elizabeth Adams & Tabitha Albriton not present They were both Excluded for non attendance & Neglecting to hear the Church."
A few years later, when the missionary movement led to the division between the anti- and pro-mission factions of the Baptists, Red Banks Church became affiliated with the Primitive Baptists. Since Tabitha's youngest son, Benjamin Bell Albritton, served as a Free Will Baptist minister for his entire adult life, it seems likely that Tabitha and Samuel began attending another Baptist church during this period, one that suscribed to the doctrine that evolved into the Free Will Baptists later.
Tabitha and Samuel Albritton lived on his father's old plantation on the south side of Grindle Creek and near Pactolus for the duration of their married life. Tabitha Bell Albritton appears to have maintained a close relationship with her brother, James Bell, who remained in Pitt County until the latter 1810s. In his September 1817 will, James wrote,
"I give to my Sister Tabitha Albritton twenty dollars to her and her heirs forever."
He also made a very substantial bequest for the education of Tabitha’s eldest daughter. Tabitha was probably her parents’ youngest child, and by the time of Samuel’s death in 1831, most of her own relatives had either died or moved away. Thus, after being widowed at the age of only forty-four, her husband’s uncles and her own elder children helped her continue raising her younger children and managing her husband’s plantation for the next three decades.
By 1840, Tabitha Albritton’s children had all married, and she lived alone in her house on her plantation with seven slaves, a couple and their five young daughters, with her married daughters living nearby. In 1850, Tabitha lived on her plantation with her widowed daughter, Hannah Moye, and Hannah’s three children. Tabitha’s other surviving children all lived nearby. Sometime during the 1850s, Tabitha ceased to maintain her own household and by 1860, she had moved in with her daughter, Tabitha Albritton Harrington. Tabitha Albritton wrote her will on 8 April 1857, at that time
"...being of sound mind but weak in body and mindful of the uncertainty of human life."
She left bequests to her “dearly beloved” married daughters Lydia Short, Tabitha Harrington, and Elizabeth Moore, and to her “dearly beloved” and “trusty son,” Benjamin B. Albritton, but she did not mention her adult children who predeceased her or their children. She left her lands to her granddaughter, the daughter of Benjamin B. Albritton, giving him and his wife a lifetime estate in the lands, undoubtedly a reflection of the financial problems he experienced in the 1840s. Some eight years after she wrote her will, the family Bible of Benjamin B. Albritton recorded that
“Tabitha Albritton Departed this Life August the 24 1865”
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)
Several years after her marriage, on 18 December 1806, the Red Banks Church conference ordered that
"Sisters Elizabeth Adams & Tabitha Albritton to be Cited to Conference to Give Satisfaction for their Non attendance by Br. Smith.
Neither Tabitha Albritton nor Elizabeth Adams attended any of the church conferences in the early months of 1807, with the church repeatedly appointing Br. Smith to "cite them" to attend the next church conference. Finally, at the conference held on 9 May 1807, the clerk recorded that
"Elizabeth Adams & Tabitha Albriton not present They were both Excluded for non attendance & Neglecting to hear the Church."
A few years later, when the missionary movement led to the division between the anti- and pro-mission factions of the Baptists, Red Banks Church became affiliated with the Primitive Baptists. Since Tabitha's youngest son, Benjamin Bell Albritton, served as a Free Will Baptist minister for his entire adult life, it seems likely that Tabitha and Samuel began attending another Baptist church during this period, one that suscribed to the doctrine that evolved into the Free Will Baptists later.
Tabitha and Samuel Albritton lived on his father's old plantation on the south side of Grindle Creek and near Pactolus for the duration of their married life. Tabitha Bell Albritton appears to have maintained a close relationship with her brother, James Bell, who remained in Pitt County until the latter 1810s. In his September 1817 will, James wrote,
"I give to my Sister Tabitha Albritton twenty dollars to her and her heirs forever."
He also made a very substantial bequest for the education of Tabitha’s eldest daughter. Tabitha was probably her parents’ youngest child, and by the time of Samuel’s death in 1831, most of her own relatives had either died or moved away. Thus, after being widowed at the age of only forty-four, her husband’s uncles and her own elder children helped her continue raising her younger children and managing her husband’s plantation for the next three decades.
By 1840, Tabitha Albritton’s children had all married, and she lived alone in her house on her plantation with seven slaves, a couple and their five young daughters, with her married daughters living nearby. In 1850, Tabitha lived on her plantation with her widowed daughter, Hannah Moye, and Hannah’s three children. Tabitha’s other surviving children all lived nearby. Sometime during the 1850s, Tabitha ceased to maintain her own household and by 1860, she had moved in with her daughter, Tabitha Albritton Harrington. Tabitha Albritton wrote her will on 8 April 1857, at that time
"...being of sound mind but weak in body and mindful of the uncertainty of human life."
She left bequests to her “dearly beloved” married daughters Lydia Short, Tabitha Harrington, and Elizabeth Moore, and to her “dearly beloved” and “trusty son,” Benjamin B. Albritton, but she did not mention her adult children who predeceased her or their children. She left her lands to her granddaughter, the daughter of Benjamin B. Albritton, giving him and his wife a lifetime estate in the lands, undoubtedly a reflection of the financial problems he experienced in the 1840s. Some eight years after she wrote her will, the family Bible of Benjamin B. Albritton recorded that
“Tabitha Albritton Departed this Life August the 24 1865”
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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