I am forwarding this to the list to show what sharing information brings to another researcher. The material sent directly to me opened a whole new door and today I will be at the library peeking behind that door in hopes of finding more answers to the mystery of the Langford family. ----- Original Message ----- From: "TreeMother" <Tonin1@airmail.net> To: <SC-OLD96-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 8:00 PM Subject: Re: [Old96] LANGFORD QUERY REPLY > Thank you for the outline on the Langford family. > > Have you gone to the Library of Virginia site and searched the Edwards name? > I have found many thing on this wonderful site that I have never come across > in books. > > Regarding Edwards name, I have an intermarriage in Mississippi of another > family line with the Edwards family. I haven't done much work on this > family since I have been devoting so much of my time to the Langfords. (Too > much time I think sometimes!) > > I am going to retain your message in my inbox and if I should stumble upon > anything about Sarah, Samuel and Hannah and Edward Edwards I will be happy > to pass it on to you. I am assuming that they were Virginians who migrated > through NC to SC. > > It is so strange that I have seen the Lester name in Georgia but did not > know that Amy Langford married a Lester. And Jones Co. GA has just become a > point of interest in my Langford research due to a guardianship matter > involving my 3greatgrandfather Edmund Langford and the orphan of John Burton > whose wife was named Elizabeth. > > I was looking at my notes and have found that Mary Langford married Daniel > Morgan (both of Newberry) and their daughter Sarah Morgan married Samuel > Quintus Price. This family intermarried with the Summers family. > In the same town in Georgia was William H. Langford who was crippled as a > young man and invented the "Langford Horse Collar" This was in Senoia, > Coweta Co. Georgia. Perhaps this William who died young was the brother of > Amy and Mary. > > Isn't it marvelous how a bits and pieces of information can come together > and create our families? If you hadn't told me about the Lester family, I > would not have placed it on my to-look-for list in Jones Co. Georgia. > > Thank you very much. > Tree Mother > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Heritage Society of Central Vir" <hersocenva@earthlink.net> > To: <SC-OLD96-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 5:44 AM > Subject: [Old96] LANGFORD QUERY REPLY > > > > In reference to a posting concerning the "Langford" surname, although > > sketchy, I submit the following: > > > > 1.John Langford > > > > 2.William Langford d. 1800, Newberry Dist., S.C., m. Sarah Jordon. > > > > 3. Amy Langford, b. Aug. 13, 1787, Newberry Dist., S.C.; d. Feb. 7, > > 1870, Russel Co., Ala.; m. Mar. 5, 1805, Jones Co., Ga., John E. > > Lester, b. Jul. 9, 1787, Prosperity, Newberry Dist., S.C.; d. Oct. 23, > > 1853, Seale, Russell Co., Ala. Both buried in Lester Cemetery, Russell > > Co., Ala. They had the following 10 children: Sarah A., Don, Camellia, > > Virginia Ann, Leah, Lorenzo Dow, Nancy, Temperence Tenipey, > > William W., Monroe I. > > > > Amy Langford had 4 siblings: Mary, John, Sarah, and William. I don't > > have any information concerning them. > > > > I am a descendent of the Lester line, John E. Lester was an older > > brother > > of my gg grandfather, David W. Lester, Sr., and they were both the > > children of John Lester and Sarah Edwards. Anyone having information > > on the ancestry of Sarah Edwards, I would be thankful if you would post > > it. One researcher shows Samuel Edwards and Hannah as her parents > > but I have yet been able to verify this information. Another researcher > > > > informed me that Edward Edwards, of Virginia, late an immigrant to > > South Carolina, was her father. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== SC-OLD96 Mailing List ==== > > If you need to unsubscribe for any reason, send a note to > SC-Old96-l-request@rootsweb.com with one word in the body of the message: > unsubscribe. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== SC-OLD96 Mailing List ==== > Anyone "flaming" another member or being otherwise discourteous will receive one private warning and the second offense will result in your being barred from this list. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >