Isaac Pickney Langston

Wife: Elizabeth Anne "Betty" (Evans) Langston

Married: 09/02/1841 in TX

Parents: Isaac Newton Langston & Sarah Pattib/Patton

Excerpt taken from "Langston Genealogy" by David Taylor of Costa Mesa, California

Referring to Isaac: Issac Pinkney Langston was the 10th child of Isaac Newton and Sarah Patton Langston. Isaac came to Texas at the age of 15, before 9/20/1837 to Red River County. He received a land grant 8/3/1838 issued by the Republic of Texas for 140 acres. In 1840 he received another grant of 140 acres in Pecan Bayou. After Lamar County was formed out of Red River County in 1841 Isaac was granted 320 acres in 8/1841 under a class three grant in the south central part of the county, the survey being named after him, and settled in Jacksonville, Texas.

He would have been 19 by the time he established himself in Red River County. Very young to be a property owner.

When the Civil War engulfed Texas in 1861, Isaac's blacksmith shop was commandeered by the Confederate Army and he was assigned to operate it for them. He served in this capacity until relieved of duty on 5/18/1865 at Camp Martin in Rusk, Cherokee County.

After the war, Isaac gave each of his former slaves 40 acres and a mule as it was the law of the land. Then in disgust of the political corruption which blanketed the more typically southern part of Texas, he sold his remaining property and moved to the west central part of the state, settling in the Bosque River and establishing a mill which was called Langston's Crossing."

Shared by Susan Reedy

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Aug 6 2018, 13:49:25 UTC