| Home Surname List Name Index Sources Email Us | Eighth Generation258. John Ludwig ALBRIGHT was born on 2 May 1782 in Guilford Co., NC.55 He died on 19 February 1860 at the age of 77 in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., AR.55,238 Jonesboro is in Craighead Co., Arkansas. As a result of having been kicked by a horse when he was a boy, John was a cripple. Unable to do farm work, he chose to become a tailor. In 1851 John Albright, aided by his children and relatives, built a number of flatboats on the banks of the Clinch River in Campbell County for the purpose of moving to Arkansas. They shoved off on 19 Feb 1851. See page 19 of ACB book for a complete story on the trip. John Ludwig ALBRIGHT and Elizabeth SHARP were married on 4 January 1810 in Campbell Co., TN.239 They inherited a farm near Betterchance (or Oaks Chapel). About the year 1850, the John Albright family along with several of their neighbors descended the rivers in flatboats to settle near Jonesboro, Arkansas. See page 17 UCHS Pathways, March 1990. Elizabeth SHARP, daughter of Caswell Conrad SHARP and Sarah GIBBS, was born on 8 September 1797 in Campbell Co., TN.240 She died on 4 July 1851 at the age of 53 in Jonesboro, Craighead Co., AR.240,241 She died shortly after there arrival in Arkansas. John Ludwig ALBRIGHT and Elizabeth SHARP had the following children:
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