Avarilla Albritton

Avarilla married Robert Flint Sibley, Sr. on 25 Jan 1816 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. Robert (son of Isaac Sibley and Anne Flint) was born on 14 May 1789 in South Carolina; died in Jun 1879 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
They were the parents of 12 known children. (Casagranda, 1850 Census, 108).

1. Ann Sibley was born on 1 Dec 1817 in Louisiana.
2. Isaac Flint Sibley was born on 7 Oct 1819 in Louisiana; died in Jan 1861 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Koran Cemetery, Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
3. Richard Albritton Sibley was born on 5 Mar 1820 in Louisiana; died on 17 Nov 1870.
4. John Thornton Sibley was born on 10 Sep 1822.
5. Mary Jane Sibley was born on 19 Feb 1824 in Louisiana; and died.
6. Louisa Ann Sibley was born on 6 Nov 1825 in Hancock County, Mississippi; died on 28 Jun 1900 in Sabine Parish, Louisiana; was buried in Many Cemetery, Sabine Parish, Louisiana.
7. William Lansford Sibley was born on 25 Oct 1827 in Louisiana; died on 26 Feb 1903.
8. Robert Kirkland Sibley was born on 23 Jul 1829 in Louisiana; died on 8 Apr 1864.
9. Capt. Reddick Pitt Sibley, C. S. A. was born on 7 Apr 1831 in Louisiana; died about 1883 in Sabine County, Texas.
10. Elizabeth Letitia Sibley was born on 2 Feb 1833 in Louisiana; and died.
11. Mary Elnora Sibley was born about 1835 in Washington, District Of Columbia; and died.
12. Samuel James Sibley was born on 5 Jul 1838 in Louisiana; and died.

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Said to be the son of James ALBRITTON and Amy PETIT.

Richard married ??? ??? about 1776 in Pitt County, North Carolina. ??? was born before 1758; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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His wife has been shown variously as ANN, Mary HART, and Mary LANIER.

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Married:
DAR Records- Albritton's (Mizell) & Joyner,
St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Edie McKinney Talley
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Source: MS Daughters & Their Ancestors, Rev. 1979 Page. 199:


Albritton (Albrighton), Richard, Patroller, Committee of Safety, NC, b. NC abt. 1745 or 46, d. St. Helena Parish, LA, 1816 or 1817, w. Ann; ch. Nancy, m. John Richardson 1778; Mary (Polley) m. Reddick Sibley 1780 in GA; James, b. 1780, m. Delaney Kent in 1801 in GA; Elizabeth (Betsey), b. 1784, m. Laban Kent; Sarah (Sally) by. 1786, m. David Mizelle 27 Dec. 1808; Richard Jr. b. 1788, m. Nancy Richardson 14 Dec. 1809; John, b. 16 Dec. 1789, m. Mary Glover 13 June 1816; Avarilla, b. 28 June 1794, m. Robert Sibley 25 Jan 1816.


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Laurel Shannon Gorman Family Research Notes
) Ver 2006-07-21

She cites the following sources:


1. Title: Albritton's of the Second Millennuim by Bobbie G Albritton pp. 44-46
Text: Richard was a member of the North Carolina Militia in the Revolutionary War in 1771 and was member of the Safety Committee of Pitt County serving in Captain William Barney's Company.
2. Title: Albritton's of the Second Millennuim by Bobbie G Albritton pp. 44-46
Text: There is a reference to Richard Sr. being thrown out of the Skull Creel Baptist Church in GA. The following is from the minutes of the Ebenezer Baptist Church of Amite County, MS May 4, 1811: Met in conference. We, the Church at Ebenezer,
agree to write a letter to Skull Creek Church, in the State of
Georgia, Bullock County, requesting to be authorized to hear a
consistence of Richard Albritton, Excommunicated from said
Church.
3. Title: Daughters of American Revolution records
Text: Docments available include: Richards will, certification of marriage of Avarilla Albritton to Robert Lansford Sibley; article on Nancy Albritton Richardson,; picture of James Richardson's tombstone, and copy of Rufus Sibley's Bible records.
4. Title: Pike County Library, Doris Varnado Collection
Text: Will dated 20 March 1816
Probated 13 Sept. 1817, Mt. Pelier, St. Helena Louisiana