Yes, I created the wallet on my own. Did a search for how to buy bitcoin and then looked at several wallets. Chose Electrum because it was highly rated. When I opened the download the Electrum 4.3.4 line was at the top along with the 1N8vh... no help from anyone. (I should have done a bit more reading up, it appears.)
I think I can safely say Electrum didn't create that wallet name on it's own, so (somehow) you must have done it. If you can figure out how that happened, that might give you a clue.
I am totally in the dark about private keys. I've seen where they're listed in the pull-down menu but have no idea what to do with them. It just says sweep or export. Is there some kind of connection between them and the 1N8v... label that might give me access to the coin?
You don't just go from private keys in a new (bc1q) Electrum wallet to a legacy ("1") address without manually doing something.
I'm at a loss there, LoyceV. I knew going in I knew nothing about manipulating a wallet so I just loaded and ran the program. How it appeared on the screen and where the number came from was what I got when it opened. This was over two years ago but I'm pretty sure I didn't do anything to this wallet that would generate any changes to the original download. I may have done something that buggered up the delivery of the bc but I don't recall even attempting to do so. That being said, I think it's time to drop it for now. For peace of mind and with great gratitude for your help, I'll admit I broke it somehow and paid the price.