Thanks for copying this information.  Could be part of my family.
Deborah Byrd
-----Original Message-----
From: Steven Coker 
To: [email protected] 
Date: Friday, February 13, 1998 10:50 PM
Subject: Laurens Co. Old Langston Cemetary


OLD LANGSTON CEMETERY
>Recorded by EZ Langston, [email protected]
>
>I recently visited the Old Langston Cemetery in Laurens County. Accessible
for
>about 350 yards by auto on an old, rarely traveled bush road. You must walk
>about 100 - 150 yards back into the bush. Cannot be seen from Langston Road
nor
>the old bush road. The Old Langston Cemetery is built as a square,
approximately
>60 - 70 feet on each side. An old stone fence once surrounded it, however
it has
>fallen in some parts and rises only 1.5 feet to 2.5 feet high now. An
entrance
>through the stone fence is located on the east side of the cemetery. Once
you
>enter it, you are amazed at how wild and weedy and bushy it is. The
cemetery has
>not been maintained for many years. My estimate of the number of graves,
based
>on old marker stones and tombstones (most of them eroded by time and
weather are
>unreadable), is between 40 and 60. A relatively new pink and very readable
>headstone has been placed about 5 feet from the entrance and reads:
>
>"SOLOMON LANGSTON
>SOUTH CAROLINA
>LIEUTENANT SPARTAN REGT.
>REVOLUTIONARY WAR
>1732 - 1825"
>
>Other heavily eroded tombstones (x = unreadable)
>
>================
>
>"Mary Langston, Wife of John Langston, and Daughter of David & Isabelle
Mason,
>Born on December 8, 1798, and died June 4, 1842"
>
>================
>
>Sacred to the Memory of Mary Toland, Daughter of Henry & Sarah Langston,
born
>Sept 29th 1795, departed this life Sept 12th 1864, Aged 68 years 11 months
17
>days
>
>================
>
>"Hugh Toland"
>
>Hugh Toland's stone is next to Mary Toland. It has a Masonic Symbol at the
top
>of the stone.
>
>"Born in Ireland 6-10-1797 May 22, 1871"
>
>(Hugh is a nickname, Elihu is his given name)
>
>================
>
>A 4' tall, 30" wide, 3" thick stone:
>
>"Sacred to the Memory of TIRZAH MOSLEY, daughter of Thomas H Mosley, and
the
>daugher of Mary Toland, who was born March 26, 1824, and departed this life
Sept
>26, 1851, aged 27 years and 6 months"
>
>(This stone has a 4 line poem written at the bottom of the stone:)
>
>"There is a xxx for those who weep
>At rest for weary pilgrims found
>The xxx can be and sweetly sleep
>Through years of time in silent ground"
>
>================
>
>A small stone, 18" tall, 1 foot wide, 1.5" thick:
>
>"Dedicated to the memory of Margaret Emma Eudora Eliott, daugher of James
E. &
>Mahala C. Watson, born Oct 1, 1856, died Oct 5, 1857"
>
>================
>
>A simple rounded top 2' tall, 12" wide, 2" thick stone:
>
>"John Langston, Died 1862, Aged 62 years"
>
>================
>
>Next to John Langston, lies a similar sized stone, except it has a more
>pronounced arch on top:
>
>"In the xxx, Sarah Isabella Langston, daugher of John & Mary Langston, who
was
>born July 9, 1828 and died July 21, 1838, aged 10 years and 12 days."
>
>================
>
>A pointed-top stone, similar in size to John Langston's:
>
>"Sacred to the memory of Sarah Langston, Consort of the late Henry
Langston,
>dec., who was born Nov 29, 1769, died May 16th 1854, aged 84 years, 5
months, 17
>days"
>
>(This stone has a 4 line poem written at the bottom of the stone:)
>
>"Blessed are the dead
>that die in the Lord
>for they rest from their labours
>and their works do follow them."
>
>================
>
>Henry Langston
>b. 23 Jun 1769 d. 09 Oct 1844
>aged 75y 3m 14d
>
>================
>
>Mary Donnan Toland
>Feb 27, 1850, Jun 18 1897
>
>================
>
>Source: http://www.geocities.com/BourbonStreet/4492/langcem.htm
>
>
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