General Notes

Ludwig was a wheelwright whose occupation was to make or re
pair wheels and wheeled vehicles.
Lodawick and Jacob Albright moved from Berks County, Pennsy
lvania to Orange County, North Carolina about 1763 in the a
rea near the confluence of the Alamance and Stinking Quarte
rs Creek. Later John Foust and wife, Barbara Albright, als
o moved to Orange County (Alamance and Guilford Counties we
re later formed from this section of Orange County).
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BRICK CHURCH RECORDS,
GERMAN REFORMED CHURCH, GUILFORD COUNTY, N.C.
"The title page of the original record book, as translate
d into English, was "Church Book of the Reformed." Further
, "Congregation on Beaver Creek in Orange County and Guilfo
rd County, North Carolina, and is the beginning, at the tim
e, Anno Dom 1772 and Samuel Suther a preacher of the Reform
ed Church by the Grace of God in Christ Jesus Our Lord. Til
' December 16, 1781." "The Church on Beaver Creek" was th
e first name given the Church. "The Klapp Church" was the s
econd name given the Church. "The Brick Church" was the thi
rd and last name given the Church. (Offman's note: "Guilfor
d County was enlarged and taken in the Church during this t
ime is why both counties are mentioned.") (Editor's note: G
uilford County was formed 1771 from parts of Rowan and Oran
ge Counties. The eastern third of present-day Guilford Coun
ty was part of Orange County from 1752 until 1771; present-
day Almance County was formed in 1849 from Orange County, a
nd from 1752 until 1849 was a part of Orange County. Bric
k Church is located in Guilford County, just west of the Gu
ilford-Almance Counties line, in the fork formed by highway
s 61 and 62, about 5 or 6 miles south of the town of Whitse
tt - or, about 3 miles west of Alamance Battleground. Thus
, members of Brick Church resided in Orange County up unti
l 1771, then in Guilford and Orange Counties from 1771 unti
l 1849, and in Guilford and Alamance Counties beginning i
n 1849.)"
"Brick Church was reformed, followers of John Calvin. In 19
34, Brick Church became Evangelical Reformed, and in 1957 t
hey joined the Congregational Christian Church to form th
e United Church of Christ."
Throughout this collection of family line, the Brick Churc
h and reference to the specific Counties of North Carolin
a will be mentioned. The above information was taken fro
m a "contribution by Calvin Hinshaw, Julian, North Carolina
, 27283. Mr. Hinsahw descends from several German familie
s of the Alamance-Guilford-Orange-Randolph Counties area, i
ncluding Albright, Amick, Coble, Foust, Greeson, Ingold, Mo
ser, and Wolfe. The material above is from a typed copy mad
e by Calvin Hinshaw from a carbon copy of Rev. D.I. Offman'
s translation of the original German records, and proof-rea
d by said Hinshaw and David Holt, in 1859."
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Ludwig and Anna Marie were members of a German Reformed Chu
rch founded about 1740 known as "Church on Beaver Creek", t
hen "Klapp Church" and finally as "Brick Church" so named b
ecause about 1813 the members built their Church building o
f bricks hand made from local clay. It is said to be the fi
rst brick church building in North Carolina and was used un
til 1967 when a modern building was erected next door. Ludw
ig and Anna Marie and several of their descendents are buri
ed in the cemetery adjacent to the old Brick Church.
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Lodawick Albright's purchase of 325 acres of land in Orang
e County, North Carolina, from Henry McCullough was mad
e a matter of record at the August, 1763, session of Court
. Jacob's purchase of 200 acr