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Facts and Events
Jonathan Langdon was one of the Early Settlers of Augusta County, Virginia
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Early Land Acquisition in Virginia
Acquisition of Land from Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants:
- P-256: Jonathan Langdon of Dunmore Co., assignee of Jacob Rife Sr., 9½ acres on N.R. of Shannandoah in said Co. Surv. Robert Rutherford. Adj. Jacob Rife. 5 Mar. 1774. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 224].
- P-321: Jonathan Langdon of Dunmore Co., 463 acres near Narrow Passage in said Co. Surv. John Hough. Adj. his land, Henry Miers, Kniseley, Philip Horman, said Langdon. 7 Feb. 1775. [Virginia Northern Neck Land Grants, 1742-1775, Vol. 2, Gertrude E. Gray, pg. 228].
Records in Augusta County, VA
From Chalkley's:
- Page 317.--10th March, 1764. John Harrison's appraisement, recorded (by Danl. Smith, Michael Warren, Michael Shirley). Due by Jonathan Langdon.
- Page 59.--18th November, 1767. John Harrison's estate settlement, recorded--Cash paid Iowel (Joel) Roboson, Thomas Wales. Sold, viz: to John Nedomtoone, John McDonnald, Alex. McDonald, Robert Dickey, Joseph English, John Needham, Jacob Decoson, Jacob Grub, Joseph Langdon, Danl. Prentice, Danl. Ponder, Jonathan Langdon, Jacob Peters.
Records in Virginia
- 2 Mar 1763 - “On the petition of sundry inhabitants of this county that a Road be opened from Joseph Langdons to the town of Woodstock It is ordered that Jonathan Langdon . . . ” [Source: "Frederick County, Virginia Road Orders", p. 116]
Notes
Jonathan Langdon was named in the will of his brother, Dr. Thomas Langdon, who died in 1781 in Charleston County, South Carolina.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source).
http://person.ancestry.com/tree/10836021/person/-563300100/facts
Note: some Ancestry trees have Jonathan's date of death in 1818 in Jefferson County, Tennessee, but his wife had re-married prior to 1805 to David Harnet. Additional research is needed.
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