Langston Family Papers Inventory (#5015)

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Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Collection Information
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block Administrative Information
block Online Catalog Terms
block Biographical Note
block Collection Overview
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block Items Separated
Contact Information:
Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
Phone: 919/962-1345
Fax: 919/962-3594
Email: mss@email.unc.edu
URL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/
Processed by
John Foster
Date Completed
September 2000
Encoded by
John Foster
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Descriptive Summary Including Abstract

Title
Langston Family Papers (#5015) 1823-1956
Creator
Langston family.
Extent
About 250 items (0.5 linear ft.)
Repository
Southern Historical Collection
Abstract
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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Administrative Information

Access
No restrictions.
Usage Restrictions
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Provenance
Received from Doris Hill Helsabeck of Rock Hill, S.C., in February 2000 (Acc. 98574).
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Online Catalog Terms

Democratic Party (N.C.).
Family--North Carolina--Social life and customs.
Freemasonry--North Carolina.
Johnston County (N.C.)--History.
Johnston County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
Langston family.
North Carolina. Militia Regiment, 28th.
North Carolina. Militia--History--19th century.
Real property--North Carolina--History.
Taxation--North Carolina--History.
Wayne County (N.C.)--History.
Wayne County (N.C.)--Social life and customs.
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Biographical Note

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 sales of land among family members. These include William Langston, Furney Langston, Issac Langston, Westbrook Langston, and Elias Langston. Ira Langston lived in Bentonville, N.C., in the early decades of the 20th century. He seems to have been a lawyer, school commissioner, and elections official with connections to the Democratic Party. Letters from this period indicate that he was a Freemason. There is also evidence of a J. T. Langston, who practiced law in Smithfield, N.C.

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Collection Overview

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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Series Descriptions

Papers, 1823-1956.

About 250 items.
Arrangement: chronological.
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.
   Folder 1
Receipts and other papers, 1823-1849
   Folder 2
Receipts and other papers, 1850-1869
   Folder 3
Receipts and other papers, 1870-1879
   Folder 4
Receipts and other papers, 1880-1889
   Folder 5
Receipts and other papers, 1890-1942
   Folder 6
Letters, 1880-1956
   Folder 7
Undated papers

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Items Separated

Separated items include one oversize paper (OP-5015).