James LANGLEY

Male 1762 - 1868  (105 years)


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  • Name James LANGLEY  [1
    Born 23 Mar 1762  Hampton, Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Military Abt 1776  , Orange, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Col Wm Davis, American Revolution. See the newspaper article.
    Census 1830  , Pike, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Pension 1833  , , Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1840  , Chambers, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1841  , Chambers, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 18 Nov 1850  , Chambers, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1868  , Chambers, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 1868  Stroud, Chambers, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Mount Pisgah Church Cemetery
    Chambers County
    Chambers County, Alabama 
    Person ID I6397  An Armstrong & A Heffernan
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2021 

    Family Elizabeth BANDY,   b. Abt 1786,   d. Bef 1841  (Age ~ 54 years) 
    Married 11 Nov 1806  , Baldwin, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Children 
     1. Eliza LANGLEY,   b. 1810, , , Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1859  (Age 50 years)
     2. James Riley LANGLEY,   b. 1811, , , South Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jun 1857, , Bexar, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years)
     3. William LANGLEY,   b. 1817, , , Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1870, , , Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years)
     4. Bathia LANGLEY,   b. 1821, , , Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1889, , Harrison, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
     5. Ruthie LANGLEY,   b. Abt 1822,   d. Deceased
     6. John L LANGLEY,   b. 1823, , , Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1870  (Age 46 years)
     7. Elizabeth LANGLEY,   b. 1830, , , Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1883  (Age 54 years)
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2021 
    Family ID F2285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • This probably a second marriage for James since he was over 40 when they married.

      From Hara Safford Pue:
      "Most of the info for the first two generations comes from Jim N. Langley III, PO Box 135, Pasadena, MD 21123, e-mail
      Info below is copied from letter from Jim N. Langley III.
      Mt. Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Hwy 431 Stroud, AL. Stroud, AL is a very tiny town that still has Langley kin there today. It is just over the line from GA in the central eastern border (right over from Troup Co.) not far from Opelika and Auburn, AL.
      (James Riley Langley) was born in GA, not far from the SC border. Right over the border in SC is a town named Langley, and was the site of a cotton mill and a gin mill.

      Rev. War Patriot. Pension #S31813
      Came to Elbert Co. GA from SC. While in Troup Co., James Sr. lost land in a court case and his property was sold by the sheriff in 1827. Lot 31-6th district. James Gray of Pike Co. bought the land at auction. In Sept. 1839, our Jas. Sr. bought back the same land for $470.68. In Oct. 1839, he sold the land to Horatio S. Whitfield for $1,721.25. As a boy, the family moved to Orange Co. NC (which later was split into Caswell Co.) 1780, lived in Orange Co. lived in High Hills of Santee, SC. Richmond Co., GA 1805 Land Lottery awarded land in new Baldwin Co. 1806 Baldwin Co. married Elizabeth Bandy (this was a remarriage #??.) Putnam Co. GA census lived in Troup Co. 1833 (applied for pension here) thru 1839. 1840 and 1850 census of Chambers Co. Alabama A possible brother John Langley, 1756-1850, died in Troup Co. GA. James most likely had another set of children, but who knows. When he remarried in 1806 he was 40+yrs. old. James bought land in AL Jan. 17, 1837, patent #6163-76 35/100 acres. Jr. or Sr.? Was a Revolutionary War Veteran."

      LANGLEY, JAMES, aged 80, resided in Chambers County, June 1, 1840. Census of Pensioners, 1841, p. 149.
      In 1840 James Langley stated he was 80 years of age In his pension record he stated he was under Col. William Davidson He died in 1853 Chambers County.
      Private James Langley, NC Militia, Revolutionary War. 1762-1868 (105/6 years old!?) Buried Mount Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, near Stroud, Chambers County, Alabama.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2757] 1850 Chambers AL, pg 782 (391B), d/f #116/116.
      James Langly

    2. [S496] Pue, Hara Safford, Langley, James.
      23 Mar 1762, Hampton, VA

    3. [S2757] 1850 Chambers AL, pg 782 (391B), d/f #116/116.
      age 89 (or 88), Virginia

    4. [S496] Pue, Hara Safford, Langley, James.
      to Elizabeth Bandy, 1806, Georgia

    5. [S137] Baldwin Co, GA Marriages, (AccessGenealogy.com), Langley, James.
      to Elizabeth Bandy, 11 Nov 1806, Baldwin County


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