Diane would you please tell me who I could ask to look up William C. Puckett for me in the Rev. War Records.. I can give more information, but don't want to bore anyone with all my details. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you Margie Pukcett King ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Pinion" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 8:51 PM Subject: Re: [SC] JONES & CALDWELL > Leigh, > See below, I don't know if you saw this, this might answer your > question..... I got this from the Lankford email list > > Diane > > Sgt John and All: > > We have in our library collection the Rev. War records from NARA. We also > have the state indent papers for SC and NC. For other states one must scatch > about a bit because they may be in the State Archives such as Pennsylvania > or recorded in compiled books here in Dallas. I have done a goodly amount of > lookups for folks and once in the library with my thinking cap on I can go > to the books and film needed to locate a patriot. > > To address the surnames as I did in listing the current DAR Index, I typed > them just as they are in the book.The Gford and Kford are under the same > heading and only getting the record will show which name a man carried at > that time. I say carried at that time because many Kford adopted Gford at > later dates reverting back to the English spelling. > > Regarding the Langfitt name, I believe that this family became Langfords > also after settling in Georgia. Someone from that line can clarify this for > the list and the Tree Mother. > > There were Continentals, State Militia, local militia, and persons who gave > good and services or served in offices of the government set up in the > various states. Also signing documents to support the cause. I do a lot of > look ups for folks around the country but cannot afford to order up all > these applications to see who the descendants are and also the spelling of > the name. > > My own family were Kford and Gford in the same documents. Eventually they > settled on consistency and Gford is the form they chose. > > Our English list members can tell us about the spelling in England and > whether Kford was a migration variant on the name. I have found Gford in > Wales and Ireland. Personally I believe it was a pronunciation error and > have tested non-Langford/Lankford folks with how they would spell the name. > It is surprising how many hear Lanford with a drop of the G and K. Some of > us may still have the tendency to clip off the G or K when speaking. At > least the "rapid speakers" as opposed to the "Slow Speakers of America Club" > members. > > The DAR has frozen many names because of faulty documentation and new > members must really prove with good documentation their descent from any > man/woman of the Rev. War. Years ago when this was a "social club" for the > grand dames some slid in with questionable data. > > John: Are you SAR on a Langford? I am DAR but not on Langford family. > > Got to go. Need my second cup of tea and then off to the library. > Tree Mother > > "She is insane, of course. The family history has bcome a mania for her." > Hercule Poirot > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "jklangford" <[email protected]> > To: "Tree Mother" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 3:29 AM > Subject: Re: [LANGFORD-L] DAR Patriots Index > > > > Tree Muddier, > > Several years ago, we decided that LANGFITT was not in our > Lankford/Langford > > line, no connection. > > > > Benjamin LANKFORD, Virginia Line; Pittsylvania Court Militia Officers, > Sept. > > 27, 1775; Deed Book 4, Page 284. I have a copy. > > > > > LANKFORD, Nathan: b. 1764 NC d.a. 2 -- 1826 NC > > > m. (1) Meron Caldwell PS NC > > Will, dated Dec. 28, 1825, Rutherford County, North Carolina; names all > his > > children. I have them. Nathan's parents were John Lankford & Elizabeth > > Taylor; Elizabeth, dau. of Nancy "Indian" & a Taylor; Tryon-> Rutherford-> > > Polk County, NC. > > > > > Stephen: b. c. 1735 VA d. a. 4-7-1786 VA > > > m (1) Sarah Watkins PS VA > > I think this is the Stephen Lankford of South Hampton, VA. The records of > > children's birth are in the Black Creek Baptist Church, South Hampton > > County, Virginia. > > I have them > > > > One thing that you need to do when having the DAR look up some one, once > you > > find they were in the American Revolution, get a copy of the Military > > Records and suporting documents of who did what and where. Pension records > > are a good source of the soldier's history and may name their spouse(s) > and > > children. > > > > Email, Ancestry, Websites, Family Tree, etc., is strickly "Here Say" > > evidence. We have found some falsified DAR & SAR records. And numerous LDS > > records. This is not a problem with the latest DAR & SAR entry > applications. > > This happened way back before most of you were born. > > Now, each generation line must be paperwork documented proven, back to the > > person that was in the American Revolution War. > > Side note, if a document mentions "SPY", that doesn't mean they were a > "SPY" > > as we think of it. During the 1700s, a "SPY" was a person/soldier that > might > > work alone or in a small group that was "SPYING" on the enemy of America, > > trying to find out what they were doing or where they were. > > Now, they call them RECON, they do reconacence. > > > > Tree Mother, > > When listing LANKFORD/LANGFORD, put the surname in with each person. > > LANKFORD - LANGFORD, > > Benjamin, > > I have eleven (11) Benjamin LANKFORD; that might fit in this time period. > > REPLY to: [email protected] > > SFC John B. Lankford, Jr. U. S. Army Ret. > > "In GOD We Trust" > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tree Mother" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 3:39 PM > > Subject: [LANGFORD-L] DAR Patriots Index > > > > > > > The library has finally received the latest edition of the DAR Patriot > > Index. The following Langfitt, Langford/Lankford are listed. > > > > > > LANGFITT: > > > Francis: b. 12-30-1760 VA d. 12-16-1847 VA > > > m (1) Embly X QMSgt. VA PNSR > > > Francis: b. 1748 IR d. 1840 GA m. (1) XX Sgt. VA > > > William: b. 1737 VA d.8- - 1831 PA > > > m. (1) Margaret Campbell Sgt. VA > > > > > > LANGFORD : LANKFORD > > > Benjamin: b. c. 1758 MD d. a. 11-14-1820 MD > > > m(1) XX Pvt. MD > > > George: b. 1755 MA d. 3-16-1827 NY > > > m (1) Abigail Elliott Sgt. MA > > > John: b. 10-10-1705 RI d. 5 -- 1785 RI > > > m. (1) Barbara Rice CS R > > > John: b. 1758 NC d. 1830 NC > > > m (1) Martha Whitehead Sol. NC > > > John: b.c. 1728 d.a. 2-29-1796 SC > > > m. (1) Winnefred X PS SC > > > Nathan: b. 1764 NC d.a. 2 -- 1826 NC > > > m. (1) Meron Caldwell PS NC > > > Stephen: b. c. 1735 VA d. a. 4-7-1786 VA > > > m (1) Sarah Watkins PS VA > > > Thomas: b. c. 1740 VA d. a. 1-11-1781 VA > > > m (1) Elizabeth (Bettie) Westry LT VA > > > William: b. 10-11-1764 VA d. 11-18-1838 VA > > > m. (1) Elizabeth Pankey Kelso Pvt. VA PNSR > > > William: b. 1744 NC d. 1830 NC > > m (1) Nancy Dickinson Pvt. NC > > > > > > If we work real hard we can add to the patriots the many other > > Langford/Lankford men who served in military or gave goods and services. > > > > > > Tree Mother > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 8:03 PM > Subject: Re: [SC] JONES & CALDWELL > > > > In a message dated 4/12/04 11:18:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > > Leigh, > > > > > > May I make a correction to Nathan Lankfords line. > > > > > > Mary Lankford m. Nathan Hobbs > > > Martha Lankford m. Isham Hobbs > > > Sisters married brothers. > > > > > > Their mother's were sisters. > > > > > > Diane Pinion > > > > > > > > > > Diane, - i didn't have a Martha listed as a child. She is listed in > > Nathan's will as being a str to him or is this a typo and should be dtr? > > > > there is a marriage record in Greene Co., GA May 6, 1821 for a Isom Hobbs > > and a Mary Lankford. > > > > Also - do you know who the father of this Nathan Lankford is? > > > > > > Leigh C. Smith > > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/4730/index.html > > > > > > ==== SC-Genealogy Mailing List ==== > > South Carolina Genealogical Resources > > http://www.crosswinds.net/~southcarolina/Societies/societies.html > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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