Langford Walker (abt. 1749 - 1817)

Born about 1749 in Lunenburg, Virginia

Ancestors

Died 1817 at about age 68 in Georgia, United States

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Biography

He is the son of Tandy Walker and Judah Langford. ^[1]

Langford Walker was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia in 1749. His parents died while he was still a toddler. He served as a private in the Revolutionary War from February 1776 to January 1778. After the war he moved to South Carolina where he married Miss Polly Harper in Abbeville County, South Carolina. He died 1817 in Georgia.

Sources

Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 Wills, estates & guardian records Record information. Name Langford Walker Death 1817 Georgia, USA https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Langford_Walker&event=_abbeville-south+carolina-usa_101&birth=1749_virginia-usa_49&death=1817_abbeville-south+carolina-usa_101&gender=m&priority=usa&race=White

South Carolina, U.S., Compiled Marriage Index, 1641-1965 Marriage & divorce Record information. Name Langford Walker Spouse Polly Harper Marriage mm year Abbeville, South Carolina https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Langford_Walker&event=_abbeville-south+carolina-usa_101&birth=1749_virginia-usa_49&death=1817_abbeville-south+carolina-usa_101&gender=m&priority=usa&race=White

United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Event Type: Military Service Name: Langford Walker Event Date: 01 Jan 1778 Event Place: Virginia, United States Military Rank: Private https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-XKC2

Langford Walker United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 Event Type: Military Service Name: Langford Walker Event Date: 03 Feb 1776 Event Place: Virginia, United States https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL6Y-NQ8V

The will of Judith "Juday" (Langford) Walker - 29 Feb 1752 - Lunenburg, Colony of Virginia - Will Book 1, p.61, Lunenburg County Virgina.

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN, I Juday Walker, widow of Tandy Walker, deceased of the Parish of New Kent & James City County in the County of Lunenburg in the Colony of Virginia, being sick and weak of body, but in perfect sense and memory thanks be to the almighty for the same, but calling to mind the certainty of death and the uncertainty of life, knowing 'tis appointed for all mortals once to die. I recommend my soul into the hands of the Almighty and my body to the earth to be decently buried at the direction of my hereafter named Executors and for what worldly goods and estate it has pleased the almighty to endow me with, after all my just debts and funeral charges are paid, I give and dispose of in manner and form following. IMPRMUS: It is my will and pleasure that my whole and real and personal estate that I am now possest of or may hereafter be possest with be sold at public venue on my decease and the money arising from the sale to be equally divided among my seven sons and daughters, VIZ: Silvannus, Tandy, William, Joel, Langford - sons, and Ann and Elizabeth - daughters. Now my intent and desire is that at the age of twenty-one each of my sons, and daughters at the age of eighteen (or on the day of marriage), receive one seventh part of the amount of my estate with their part of the interest that shall arise from the time the bonds are due, til the time they come to the age above mentioned. A years deed to be given to the purchasers of my estate or as long a time is my Executors shall judge convenient. Lastly I do constitute and appoint my good friends Ludwell Bacon, Silvannus Walker and Thomas Dupree all of the County of Lunenburg joint Executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking all wills and heretofore made. In testimony hereof I here unto set my hand and seal the twenty ninth day of February in the year of our Lord God one thousand seven hundred and fifty two. Juday (her X mark) Walker

1. ↑ Entered by Terry Drake, Jan 18, 2012

• Terry Drake, firsthand knowledge. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Terry and others.
• https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_History_of_the_Walker_Family_and_the/PXEnDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Joel+Walker+and+Sarah+Bowen&pg=PT116&printsec=frontcover