Langston Family Papers (#5015) 1823-1956

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Langston Family Papers (#5015) 1823-1956

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Langston family members were active as lawyers and landowners in Wayne County, N.C., and Johnston County, N.C., since at least the 1820s. Uriah Langston owned land in both counties and was a member of the North Carolina State Militia. He may also have been a lawyer. Ira Langston practiced law in Bentonville, N.C., and served on the school commission and as an elections official. He was a member of the Democratic Party and also of a Freemason lodge. Langston family papers, 1823-1956 and undated, primarily consist of receipts from state and county tax payments, as well as receipts for the settling of other unspecified transactions. Also included are several deeds relating to land sales among members of the Langston family in Johnston County, N.C., and Wayne County, N.C.; 1840s materials relating to the North Carolina militia, including a certificate of commission designating Uriah Langston an officer in the militia, two manifests of equipment issued to the 28th Regiment of the North Carolina Militia, and what appears to be a muster role for the unit; and a few letters relating to Ira Langston's activities in the Democratic Party, in a Freemasons lodge, and as an elections official and school commissioner in Johnston County, N.C.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Members of the Langston family lived in Johnston County and Wayne County, N.C. Isaac Langston, Sr., seems to have died in 1850. There is record of a Francis Langston, who may have owned land in Johnston County. There is some evidence that Uriah Langston was a lawyer. He seems to have lived in Johnston County, N.C., where he owned land, but later tax receipts show him residing in Grantham Township, Wayne County, N.C. Various other members of the Langston family appear in documents relating to sal...

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