James Albritton (2 Jul 1761–c1797) was the second son of Peter Albritton Sr. Born on his father's farm on Cow and Cross Swamp south of the Tar River in Pitt County, North Carolina, James served in the North Carolina Militia during the Revolutionary War, fighting in support of the Patriots. He married about 1782 and soon moved to the north side of the Tar River and settled near his uncle, James Albritton Jr., on Grindle Creek. On 18 April 1784, James paid £100 for a 250-acre tract of land that adjoined the lands of his uncle, James Albritton Jr., Henry Cason, and John Cason. This land remained in James' family for the next half-century.

Between 1788 and 1794, most of James Albritton's siblings joined him on Grindle Creek, and his father acquired land there in the 1790s. James Albritton lived on his Grindle Creek farm until his death about 1797 at the age of only thirty-five years.

For biographical details on James Albritton or his father, Peter Albritton Sr., click on their names above.

The destruction of the Pitt County, North Carolina probate records complicates documenting James Albritton's children. Instead, we must rely upon a series of land transactions to prove the identities of his children. Click on the links below for more details on the family of James Albritton, son of Peter Sr.:

1. Samuel Albritton
   1. Drusilla Albritton
   2. Lydia Albritton Short
   3. Tabitha Bell Albritton Harrington
      1. Sarah Ann Harrington House
      2. John A. Harrington
      3. Lydia Elizabeth Harrington Fleming
      4. Samuel Harrington
      5. William Henry Harrington
      6. Henrietta T. Harrington Daniel
   4. Hannah Albritton Moye
   5. James B. Albritton
      1. Edmond M. Albritton
      2. Josiah D. Albritton
   6. Benjamin Bell Albritton
   7. Elizabeth Eleanor Albritton Moore
2. Dorothy Albritton Moore
3. Susannah Albritton Bowers
4. Nancy Albritton Moore
5. Peter Albritton

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The expertise, advice, and encouragement offered by Annie Crenshaw in prepartion of this Albritton material is greatly appreciated.