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WILLIAM C LANGSTON
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 Information taken from:
Soldiers of the American Revolution Buried in Illinois
A Bicentennial Project of the Illinois State Genealogical Society, 1976

Born: April 15, 1762 Granville, North Carolina

Died: December 7, 1853

Buried: Langston Cemetery, near Manito, Mason County, Illinois; private headstone

Spouse: Mary

Residences: He removed from Wayne County, North Carolina to Coles County, Illinois. He also lived in Morgan County, Illinois.

Service: Private, North Carolina. In April, 1777 he was in a Company commanded by Capt. John Farrer, rendezvoused at Patenburg, Halifax County, North Carolina in Major Dixon's Regiment, three months service.

Pension: R6149(NC); Resident of Morgan County, Illinois when pension claim rejected (Act June 7, 1832) "only three months service."

Marker: The grave was marked by Peoria Chapter D.A.R. in June, 1938.

Sources: D.A.R., N.S.D.A.R., P.I., PENSION, W



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