Wilkinson COUNTY GA Bios Langford family File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by don_langford@email.msn.com Don Langford http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/wilkins/bios/langford.txt LANGFORD FAMILY MORRIS ISHMAEL LANGFORD, BORN APRIL 23, 1912, WILKINSON CO., NEAR MCINTYRE, GA. THE SON OF ADAM LEWIS AND NANCY ELIZABETH EAST LANGFORD. DIED DEC. 15, 1956, SAVANNAH, CHATHAM CO., GA. MEDICALLY RETIRED U.S. ARMY NCO. MARRIED MARGARET ELIZABETH COOK ON FEB. 7, 1937, IN RIDGELAND, S.C. MARRIAGE LICENSE ISSUED BY HON. L.S.MCCORMICK, JUDGE OF PROBATE, JASPER COUNTY, RIDGELAND, SOUTH CAROLINA. DTD 4FEB1937. SAME PERFORMED THE MARRIAGE ON THE SAME DATE, ETC. MARGARET ELIZABETH COOK LANGFORD WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1913, GOUGH, BURKE COUNTY, GEORGIA. THE DAU OF CECIL HILL AND EULA MAE UTLEY COOK. HOUSEWIFE AND MOTHER; EDU CHATHAM ACADEMY, SAV'H., GA.; MARRIED 2ND JOHN ALBERT SPIVEY OF MIAMI, DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, MARCH 17, 1961, DADE COUNTY NEAR HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA. DIED DECEMBER 15, 1995, MARATHON, MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA. BURIED BONAVENTURE CEMETERY, SAVANNAH, GA. ADAM LEWIS LANGFORD, FATHER OF MORRIS I. LANGFORD, BORN JUNE 21, 1890, WILKINSON COUNTY NEAR MCINTYRE, GA. THE SON OF JOHN AND MARTHA "MATTIE" JENKINS LANGFORD. HE MARRIED NANCY ELIZABETH EAST, THE DAUGHTER OF CHARLES E.AND MISSOURI BENTLEY EAST OF SAVANNAH, GA. MR. EAST WAS A CARPENTER FOR THE CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILROAD FOR FORTY YEARS. ADAM LANGFORD RETIRED AS STATIONARY ENGINEER, SOUTHERN COTTON OIL, CORP., SAVANNAH, GA. DIED FEB. 6, 1958, SAVANNAH, CHATHAM CO., GA. BURIED IN HILLCREST ABBEY CEMETERY, SAVANNAH. MISSOURI BENTLEY EAST WAS THE DAUGHTER OF AMOS AND NANCY ETHERIDGE BENTLEY OF WILKINSON CO. OTHER CHILDREN OF ADAM AND NANCY EAST LANGFORD WERE DELMAS ELDRIDGE LANGFORD, BORN JAN. 14 1911, WILKINSON CO., NEAR MCINTYRE, GA. ELLEN DORIS LANGFORD, BORN MAR. 3, 1916, POOLER, CHATHAM CO., GA. LEONA ELIZABETH LANGFORD, BORN JAN. 22, 1914, POOLER, CHATHAM CO., GA. ADAM ELMO LANGFORD, BORN DEC. 1, 1917, POOLER, CHATHAM CO., GA. ELSIE LOUEL LANGFORD, BORN JAN. 16, 1921, POOLER, CHATHAM CO., GA. JOHN LANGFORD WAS BORN IN 1856, WILKINSON CO., NEAR MCINTYRE, GA. THE SON OF JAMES AND MARTHA PIERCE LANGFORD OF WILKINSON CO., GA.HE MARRIED MARTHA "MATTIE" JENKINS, THE DAUGHTER OF NICHOLAS AND MARY SANDERS JENKINS OF WILKINSON CO., GA. JOHN LANGFORD WAS A FARMER.HE DIED CIRCA 1899, WILKINSON CO.,GA. HIS CHILDREN WERE FLORRIE LANGFORD, WILKINSON CO., GA., WHO MARRIED WILEY DIXON; EVA LANGFORD; ELIZABETH "BESSIE" LANGFORD; JOHNNIE LANGFORD; DANIEL LANGFORD. JAMES LANGFORD WAS BORN CIRCA 1818. HE MARRIED MARTHA PIERCE, THE DAUGHTER OF DANIEL S. AND MILLY ANN PIERCE OF WILKINSON CO., GA., ON NOV. 1, 1840, WILKINSON CO. JAMES AND MARTHA LANGFORD ARE SHOWN AS MEMBERS OF THE LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH, MCINTYRE, GA. JAMES WAS A FARMER. HIS CHILDREN WERE: JAMES E.; JOSIAH; MARY; WILLIAM; MISSOURI;MONTICELLO; MALONA; WIN(G)FIELD SCOTT. Documentation: JAMES AND MARTHA PIERCE LANGFORD WERE MARRIED ON NOV. 1, 1840, WILKINSON CO., GA., BY WILEY HOLLAND, J.P., WILKINSON CO., GA. FROM HISTORY OF WILKINSON COUNTY, DAVIDSON. FROM A COPY OF THE PERSONAL NOTES OF JOSEPH MADDOX LISTING MARRIAGES FROM THE WILKINSON CO., GA., COURTHOUSE, IRWINTON, GA. FROM EARLY MARRIAGES IN GEORGIA - WILKINSON CO. BY MADDOX JAMES AND MARTHA LANGFORD LISTED IN THE 1850 FED CENSUS FOR WILKINSON CO., GA., DWELLING/VISITATION 404, 23RD SUBDIVISION, 11SEPT1850. SHOWN WITH THEM ARE THEIR CHILDREN: JAMES E., AGE 6; JOSIAH, AGE 4; MARY J., AGE 2; WILLIAM, AGE 9 MONTHS. JAMES IS RECORDED AS A FARMER. JAMES AND MARTHA LANGFORD LISTED IN THE 1860 FED CENSUS FOR WILKINSON CO., GA. DWELLING/VISITATION 96/98, BLOODWORTH DISTRICT, 8JUN1860. SHOWN WITH THEM ARE THEIR CHILDREN: JAMES E., AGE 15; JOSIAH, AGE 14; MARY J., AGE 12; WILLIAM, AGE 11; MISSOURI, AGE 7; JOHN, AGE 4; MALONA, AGE 2; WINFIELD S., AGE 3MONTHS. JAMES IS RECORDED AS A FARMER. THEIR NEIGHBORS ARE THE RAMAGES, THE KIRKPATRICKS, AND THE MCCOOKS. FROM THE "INDEX TO GEORGIA'S 1867-1868 RETURNS OF QUALIFIED VOTERS AND REGISTRATION OATH BOOKS (WHITE), COMPLIED BY JOHN DAVID BRANDENBURG AND RITA BINKLY WORTHY, 1995: LANGFORD, JAMES, 70:16 129:195 WILKINSON COUNTY RETURNS.....................VOLUME 70:297/19 OATHS, BOOK 1...............VOLUME 129:296/46 JUST A NOTE TO SAY THAT RESEARCH CREDIT IS DUE MS. JENNY DISQUE FOR THE WORK ON JOHN LANGFORD AND HIS FAMILY OUT OF SOUTH CAROLINA. (southmeadowfarm@yahoo.com) SHE ALSO PASSED THE FOLLOWING: THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM AND SARAH JORDAN LANGFORD WERE: WILLIAM, AMY, AND MARY. AMY MARRIED A MAN NAMED JOHN EDWARDS LESTER. THESE TWO SETTLED IN JONES COUNTY, GA. MARY MARRIED A MAN NAMED DANIEL MORGAN. THEY SETTLED IN COWETA CO., GA. THE FOLLOWING BIO IS FOR ONE WILLIAM LANGFORD BORN IN NEWBERRY COUNTY, S.C., CIRCA 1798/1800. HE WAS THE GRANDSON OFJOHN AND WINNIFRED LANGFORD OF NEWBERRY CO.,S.C. AND THE SON OF WILLIAM AND SARAH JORDAN LANGFORD OF NEWBERRY CO.,S.C. HIS FIRST MARRIAGE ENDED WITH THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE; NAME UNKNOWN. HE HAD THREE CHILDREN WITH HIS FIRST WIFE. THEY WERE JOHN LANGFORD, ELIZABETH LANGFORD, AND ETHELRED LANGFORD. ALL BORN IN NEWBERRY COUNTY. WILLIAM LANGFORD MOVED FROM SOUTH CAROLINA, WITH HIS CHILDREN, AND SETTLED IN BIBB COUNTY, GEORGIA. HE MET AND MARRIED MARY PERDUE OF BIBB COUNTY. THEY ARE RECORDED AS HAVING MARRIED ON 30DEC1832 IN BIBB COUNTY. IN THE 1850 FED CENSUS FOR BIBB COUNTY, GA., THERE IS LISTED A JOHN LANGFORD, AGE 32, AND EIZABETH LANGFORD, AGE 22. THESE ARE POSSIBLY THE CHILDREN OF WILLIAM LANGFORD. IN THE "EARLY MARRIAGE OF GEORGIA - BIBB COUNTY" BY JOSEPH MADDOX, ETHELRED LANGFORD AND ELIZABETH RAY ARE MARRIED ON 5JAN1846. THIS IS POSSIBLY THE SON OF WILLIAM LANGFORD. IN THE 1850 FED CENSUS FOR BIBB CO., GA., DWELLING/VISITATION 111, IS ONE WILLIAM LANGFORD, AGE 50,(SC), MARY LANGFORD, AGE ?27?, JAMES, AGE 13, ANGELINE, AGE 8, WILLIAM, AGE 6, AND TIMOTHY AND FRANKLIN, AGE 4. IN THE 1860 FED CENSUS FOR WILKINSON CO., GA., DWELLING/VISITATION 246/248, MARY LANGFORD IS NOW A WIDOW. SHE SHOWS AGE 50. LISTED WITH HER ARE SONS WILLIAM, AGE 17, AND SONS TIMOTHY AND FRANKLIN, AGE 14. WILLIAM AND MARY PERUE LANGFORD HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN: JAMES M.1837, FRANCES ANGELINE 1841, WILLIAM, 1843, TIMOTHY AND FRANKLIN 1846. THE CHILDREN SPENT MOST OF THEIR LIVES IN WILKINSON COUNTY. JAMES M. LANGFORD MARRIED SUSAN D. CARR, DAU OF STANMORE BUTLER AND MARY ELIZABETH MANDERSON CARR. FRANCES ANGELINE LANGFORD MARRIED ROBERT ISSAC CARR, SON OF STANMORE AND MARY MANDERSON. WILLIAM LANGFORD NEVER MARRIED. HE WAS KILLED DURING THE CIVIL WAR ON NOV. 14, 1862, RICHMOND, VA., HOSP. #16, DUE TO THE COMPLICATIONS OF TYPHOID FEVER. JAMES M. LANGFORD, SON OF WILLIAM AND MARY LANGFORD, IS RECORDED IN BOTH MADDOX AND DAVIDSON'S BOOKS AS: FARMER, COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR, SCHOOL TEACHER, AND ORDAINED BAPTIST MINISTER. HE ALSO SERVED IN THE RAMAH GUARDS, CO. B, 14TH GEORGIA INFANTRY REGM'T, A.O.N.V., C.S.A. JAMES M. LANGFORD IS RECORDED AS BEING A PENSIONER DUE HIS SERVICE WITH THE CONFERDERATE ARMY. HE RECEIVED A PENSION OF $100.00 PER ANNUM. ON HIS DEATH IN 1920, HIS WIDOW, SUSAN D. CARR LANGFORD APPLIED TO BE PUT ON THE ROLLS IN HER OWN RIGHT. HER WIDOW'S AFFIDAVITT IS RECORDED, AND SIGNED, BY HON. J.S. DAVIS, JUDGE OF ORDINARY, WILKINSON COUNTY, GA. ON 20OCT1920. THE AFFIDAVITT IS WITNESSED BY T. T. CARR, SUSAN'S BROTHER. PRIVATE WILLIAM LANGFORD, SON OF WILLIAM AND MARY LANGFORD, SERVED WITH CO. B., 14TH REGM'T., GEORGIA INFANTRY, THE RAMAH GUARDS, A.O.N.V.,C.S.A. ARMY. ON HIS DEATH HIS MOTHER, MARY LANGFORD, REQUESTED HIS PERSONAL EFFECTS. SAME WAS SENT TO HER VIA MCINTYRE STATION #16, CRR, GEORGIA. A COPY OF HER OATH VERIFYING THAT SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF WILLIAM LANGFORD WAS FILED WITH THE WILKINSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE ON 2DEC1862, HON. C.H.P. RAWLS, JJC. ITEMS OF ONE HAVERSACK AND $81.00 DOLLARS IN CASH WERE SENT VIA THE SOUTHER EXPRESS CO. NO INFORMATION SEEMS TO BE AVAILABLE ON TIMOTHY LANGFORD. FRANKLIN LANGFORD, BORN 23AUG1846, BIBB CO., GA., MARRIED EMMELINE TEMPLES IN WILKINSON CO., GA. THEIR CHILDREN WERE THOMAS IRVING LANGFORD, 1871, OSCAR SEYMOUR LANGFORD, 1885, WINNIFRED "WINNIE" AND HER SISTER SUSAN "SUSIE" DIED AS INFANTS. FRANKLIN LANGFORD DIED ON MARCH 22, 1903, WILKINSON CO., GA. HE AND HIS TWO DAUGHTERS, AS WELL AS HIS WIFE, ARE BURIED IN DAVIS-TEMPLE CEMETERY, WILKINSON CO., NEAR MCINTYRE, GA. AFTER THE DEATH OF FRANKLIN LANGFORD, HIS WIFE, EMMELINE TEMLES LANGFORD MARRIED JESSE K. ARRINGTON, JR. ON NOV. 10, 1908, WILKINSON CO., GA., THE SON OF JESSE K. AND FANNIE SMITH ARRINGTON. THOMAS IRVING LANGFORD, SON OF FRANKLIN AND EMMELINE LANGFORD, AND GRANDSON OF WILLIAM AND MARY LANGFORD, MARRIED EMMA ROZAR MOORE ON 17OCT1893, IN WILKINSON CO. THEIR CHILDREN WERE JAMES OTTO LANGFORD, WILLIAM CARLTON LANGFORD, THOMAS IRVING LANGFORD, JR., ETHEL LORENE LANGFORD. THOMAS I. LANGFORD DIED 5JUL1953, AND IS BURIED IN MT. NEBO CEMETERY, WILKINSON CO., NEAR MCINTYRE, GA. HIS WIFE EMMA MOORE LANGFORD IS BURIED WITH HER SONS JAMES OTTO AND THOMAS IRVING, JR., IN THE CEMETERY OF THE MCINTYRE BAPTIST CHURCH, MCINTYRE, GA. WILLIAM CARLTON LANGFORD WAS MARRIED THREE TIMES. HIS FIRST WIFE WAS BESSIE PEARL REYNOLDS. HIS SECOND WIFE WAS MAMIE THOMPSON. HIS THIRD WIFE WAS ELLA MAE EDWARDS. CHILDREN BY BESSIE PEARL REYNOLDS WERE ROBERT MELVIN LANGFORD, DORIS LANGFORD, AND WILLIE PEARL LANGFORD. CHILDREN BY MAMIE THOMPSON LANGFORD WERE WILLIAM CARLTON LANGFORD, JR. CHILDREN BY ELLA MAE EDWARDS WERE CHARLES EUGENE LANGFORD AND COLLEEN MAE LANGFORD. THIS FAMILY CONTINUES TODAY WITH CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN! THE FAMILIES LIVE THROUGHOUT BIBB AND WILKINSON COUNTIES, GEORGIA. A NOTE FOR YOU!: JOE MADDOX SHOWS, ON PAGE 437, OF HIS WILKINSON COUNTY HISTORY, THAT TIMOTHY LANGFORD MARRIED EMMA ROZAR MOORE; SHE MARRIED TIMOTHY'S NEPHEW. ON PAGE 438 HE SHOWS JAMES (M) LANGFORD AS THE SON OF JAMES AND MARTH PIERCE LANGFORD. HE EVEN INDICATES THAT JAMES WAS BORN IN 1836 AND NOT 1839!!! EMMA ROZAR MOORE MARRIED THOMAS IRVING LANGFORD AND JAMES M. LANGFORD'S PARENTS WERE WILLIAM AND MARY LANGFORD. SOME OF THIS RESEARCH MATERIAL CREDIT GOES TO MRS. MIRIAM BROWN OF GORDON, GA. VERIFICATION OF THE WILLIAM LANGFORD FAMILY GIVEN BY MR. ROBERT MELVIN LANGFORD, SR., AND MR. CHARLES EUGENE LANGFORD, SR. ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. 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