Absolom Langston (abt. 1732 - 1783)

Born about 1732 in Isle of Wight County, Colony of Virginia

Ancestors

Husband of Christian (Bennett) Fairbairn — married 1759 in South Carolina

Descendants

Died Sep 1783 at about age 51 in Abbeville, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Absolom Langston was a Virginia colonist.

Absalom's wife (Christian / Christine Bennett) was his maternal grandmother's brother's daughter, so they were cousins; Christian Bennett was also sister to his brother Solomon's wife, Sarah Bennett.

Absolom was born in 1730. He was the son of John Langston III and Mary Agnes (Mangum) Langston. ABT 1732 in Nansemond Co., Virginia, 1732, Isle of Wight Co, Virginia Colony^[1]

Military Service Event: 1754 in Granville Co., North Carolina, USA.^[2]

Property: 21 May 1772 in South Carolina Co.. Craven Co., Land grant for 450 acres^[3][4]

Absolom died on about Sept 1783.^[1][5]

Newberry Co, South Carolina

Maybe Abbeville

Research Notes

Ancestral File #: 1DQT-HJG Reference Number: 5MGGU / * Note: Date of birth may be ca 1742 - 1

Father: John Langston b: ABT 1710 in Isle of Wight Co., Virginia Mother: Ann Agnes Mangum b: ABT 1715 in Surry Co., Virginia Marriage 1 Christian Bennett b: ABT 1733 in Nansemond Co., Virginia Children:

• Nehemiah Langston b: ABT 1750 in South Carolina
• John Langston b: ABT 1753 in South Carolina
• Caleb Langston b: ABT 1754 in South Carolina
• Daniel T. Langston b: ABT 1759 in Union Dst., South Carolina
• Nathan Walton Langston b: 10 JAN 1762 in Union Dst., South Carolina
• Martha T. Langston b: ABT 1763 in South Carolina
• Mary Elizabeth Langston b: ABT 1766 in Union Dst., South Carolina
• Lettice Langston b: ABT 1769 in Union Dst., South Carolina
• Sarah Bennett Langston b: ABT 1771 in Union Dst., South Carolina

Notes: 1750 ABSALOM LANGSTON named as son of John Langston on Granville County, N.C. tax List. He was also shown on the Granville County Tax Lists of 1752,1754,1765

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Death: Author: Edmund West, comp. Title: Family Data Collection - Individual Records Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000. (accessed before 5 January 2022)
2. ↑ Event: Author: Allen, Barbara Title: Langstons in Our Family History. (accessed before 5 January 2022)
3. ↑ Property: Title: White River Valley Historical Quarterly. Citing: Page: v8, n7 (accessed before 5 January 2022)
4. ↑ Property: Title: White River Valley Historical Quarterly Call Number: v8, n7. (accessed before 5 January 2022)
5. ↑ Family Tree record for Nancy Ann Langston: Ancestry Member Family Tree,
   Record for Nancy Ann Langston.

See also:

• Title: "LDS Pedigree Resource Files" Page: Sub. #2978574-0403105203427 Note: Submitter: Patrick L Walton Text: CD #110, PIN#770109 / ***
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVR-V7NT-6
• "Absalom Langston - Facts." Absalom Langston - Facts. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Dec. 2017. <https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/1903124/person/1826785167/facts?indiv=try&h&db>
• "Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774 for." Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774 for. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Dec. 2017. <https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/49108/FLHG_ColonialSoldiersSouth-1194/20587?indiv=try&h&db>
• "South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939L-FD88-2?cc=1911928&wc=MPPJ-4W5%3A190566901%2C190597801%2C190566903%2C190560104 : 21 May 2014), Abbeville > Probate Court, Index to probate records, H-Q > 1782-1958 > No File Description Available > image 225 of 622; county courthouses, South Carolina, and South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Columbia

Abbeville Loose Records Probate

Absolom and Christine Langston

Box 55 Package 1316

From J Langston