LANGFORD & LANKFORD FAMILIES in SOUTH CAROLINA
A resource page of the LANGFORD-L Rootsweb list
Families structured from information found online, family documents, and submissions. For now I do not know if or how these families are connected -- unless I state so. Hopefully that will come. If however, you have information to add to these lines, pleases and it to me, the listowner
Note: as far as I know these are not my own family lines
One small snippet--"LANGFORD, Annie Lee 1893-1975" is among the names of those buried Greenlawn Cem. in Spartanburg, SC.This information posted to SCSparta -L by Nancie O'Sullivan
Benjamin LANGFORD and Martha "Patsy" PACE
This family information gleaned from post to Langford -L from J. Blaney and other online records
Husband: Benjamin Langford
LifeNotes: Benjamin Langford bought 218 acres in Mush Creek, a fork of the South Tygar River in Greenville District on Oct. 19, 1805.
On March 12, 1807, Benjamin Langford bought 15 acres adjoining his and brother-in-law Stephen Pace's property.
1810 census for Greenvile SC shows Benjamin & Patsy Langford with 3 daughters, living next door to Matthew & Peggy Langford.
The family moved to Jackson Co., AL before 1819. On August 4, 1820, Ben Langford commissioned as Justice of the Peace in Jackson Co., AL. On March 3, 1823, Ben recommissioned as JP in Jackson Co., AL.
The family went to Pope Co., AR in 1830. Two sons-in-law John Price and John Ridge were paying taxes in Crawford Co., Territory of Arkansas in 1829. On Nov. 5, 1831, Ben was commissioned as a Magistrate of Pope Co., AR and recommissioned on Nov. 12, 1833 aand on Oct. 27, 1835.
On Sept. 12, 1835 Ben Langford and others sign petition to Congress for postal route. Ben Langford was county judge of Pope Co., AR from 1836- 1838.
In the 1830s, Ben Langford bought a farm from an Indian on the Illinois Bayou, north of where Scottsville is.
In 1836 , after Arkansas became a state, Ben Langford was commissioned to be one the agents to make plans to build a town and make it a permanent seat of justice in Pope Co. This town was Dover that thrived until the Civil War.
On Aug. 8, 1840, Ben Langford made application to be appointed admistrator of John Ridge estate. Ben Langford still performing marriages in Pope Co., AR in 1842.
Born: VA or SC
Married: 1805, Greenville Co., SC
Died: On July 31, 1844, executors of Ben's estate executed his will. They
were son--in-law Robert S. Bewley, John P. Langford and Robert
B. Langford. On August 10, 1844 - Ben's will was probated.
Parents:
Wife: Martha "Patsy" Pace
LifeNotes: She had brother Stephen Pace; he was to Cotaco, Morgan Co., AL in 1819.
Patsy's father John Pace died in Greenville Co., SC in 1825.
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Married: 1805, Greenville Co., SC
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Built with information in the will of John Langford found in the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Volume XII, Number 2, Spring, 1984
Husband: John Langford
LifeNotes: Was of Newberry County, SC. In his will, in addition to mention of his children, there is mention of grandson Asa Langford.
Born: Married: Died: about 1796
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Wife: Winnefred ?
LifeNotes: She was co-executor of her husband's will.
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Built with information in the will of Asa Langford found in the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Volume XII, Number 1, Winter, 1984
Husband: Asa Langford
LifeNotes: Was of Lexington District, SC
Was probably grandson of John Langford and Winnefred ?
Born: Married: Died: ca 1845-- see the abstract of the will
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Wife:
LifeNotes: She had been married before and had son named Julius Smith
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Robert LANKFORD or LANGFORD and Lucinda RANDOLPH
Information from Ruth Ann Logan
Husband: Robert Lankford or Langford
LifeNotes: census record show Robert living with his daughter Mary and husband John Bugge Gee, Jr. at the age of 73 in Monroe County Ky, then a little ways down it shows his other daughter Emily with her husband John Green and family.
Born: 1797 SC; Married: 1827 TN; Died: 1888, Monroe
County KY
Parents:
Wife: Lucinda Randolph
LifeNotes:
Born: 1804 in TN; Married: 1827; Died
Parents: Peyton Randolph and Mary Payne
Their children were:
Husband: John J. Langford
LifeNotes: member of the Baptist Church in Lexington, SC.
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Wife: Sarah ?
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