James Langston

A Patriot of the American Revolution for NORTH CAROLINA with the rank of CAPTAIN. DAR Ancestor #: A208101

16 December 1774 - Granville Co., N.C., Deed Book 1, pp 126-127.

John Langston, of Orange Co., N.C., by deed-of-gift transfers to James Langston, his son, of Granvllle Co., N.C., 100 acres of land in Granville Co., N. C., being part of a tract of land on both sides of Tar River. Deed proven in May Term of Court, 1776. WITNESSES: Thomas Williams, George Thompson, Jr, and John Langston.

jrlandoriginally submitted this to Langston of SC on 2 Jan 2011

Deed taken from Greenville Co. SC website; Deed Bk D, pg33. James (ChathamNC )sold 639 A. in Greenville Co. to Solomon Langston Sr. Mentions will of John Langston (dec'd) of Greenville Co. dated 1 Mar 1782. Wit: Solomon Jr, James Jr and Asa Langston.

Lost Tribes of N.C.-Vol. II, Worth S. Ray. 1754 - Muster Roll of the Regiment in Granville County under the command of Col. William Eaton as taken at a General Muster of the said Regiment on 8 October 1754. William Person Lieut. Col., James Paine Major, Thomas Bell, Lt. Peter Green, Sgt. Captain David harris' Company: Privates: Absolum Langston #51 James Langston #54 Solomon Langston #55 Richard Bennett #59 William Mangham #64 James Mangham #65 William Mangham, Jr. #66 Samuel Mangham #74

Lost Tribes of NC-Vol. II, Worth S. Ray

The State Records Published Under the Supervision of the trustees of the public libraries, by order of the

General Assembly. Collected and Edited by, Walter Clark. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina.

Volume: XXII

Misscellaneous Records Published - 1907  Page: 168

22 May 1778

James Lanston (Langston), Esq. gave the State Oath and test for the Tar River District. He was the father of William Langston, who is listed as taking it.

On 6 May 1778, James Langston qualified as Captain, per Vol. 5, Court Minutes of Granville County, North Carolina.

As did Joseh Langston, Ensign.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Langston-118
Wikitree is in error re: info on Jane Rose Langston. She was NOT the daughter of Thomas Rose and Elizabeth Seward.

Capt. James Langston Sr.

• Born 1731 in Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight, Virginia
• Son of John Langston III and Mary Agnes (Mangum) Langston
• Brother of Absolom Langston, Solomon Langston, Lucinda (Langston) Thompson, John Langston, Jechonias Langston, Joseph Langston, Samuel Langston [half], Martha (Langston) McVay [half], Elizabeth Langston [half], Rebecca (Langston) Williams [half], Sarah (Langston) Anderson [half], Mary Langston [half], Jesse Langston [half] and Frances (Langston) McElroy [half]
• Husband of Jane (Rose) Langston — married before 1762 in Granville, North Carolina
• Husband of Johanna Jane (Davis) Langston — married 1778 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, United States
• Father of James Bennett Langston Jr., William Langston, Solomon Langston, Jesse Langston, Jane B. (Langston) Holden, Levi Langston and Asa Houston Langston Sr.
• Died Nov 1818 at about age 87 in Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina

James Langston first moved from Virginia to North Carolina, where he likely married his wife Jane. He received 150 acres on the Tarr River from his father on Dec. 25, 1760. The Granville County, North Carolina, tax list of 1768 recorded that James had one Negro slave by the name of Dina.

Around 1770, he moved to the Pendleton District. After his wife Jane passed away, James married Joannah Davis in 1778.

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