Lockey Langhorne

Notes:

Mary was the 12th child in the Beverley home. Her mother died soon after her birth. To understand her marriage at age 41 to John Langhorne (who was 17 years younger), we need to know the three rules for marriage in colonial Virginia. 1: The elite families were very much into class structure so that intermarriage among the elites was a requirement. 2: Marriages to the widowed were no problem. 3: Money and real estate holdings counted hugely.

As for elite status, John Langhorne?s grandfather, Capt. John Langhorne, and Mary?s father, Maj. Robert Beverley, had been close friends and colleagues, both owning vast tobacco plantations with fine homes in early Virginia. Together with William Byrd they had been responsible for fortifying the major rivers of the colony from attack.

As for wealth and real estate, Mary had married William Jones III in 1694 when she was only 16. He had inherited large landholdings from his father, Capt. William Jones, who was a member of the House of Burgess. All this made her a desirable catch as a widow.

Despite her age, Mary became the mother of three children: two successful sons, Maj. Maurice Langhorne II and Maj. William Langhorne, and one daughter, Lockey Langhorne, who was a sought after heiress with the highest social status and wealth to boot.- Sandra Powell44
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Lockey Langhorne
s the sole heir of John Langhorne, Maurice Langhorne (1670-1698) inherited a huge estate. Around 1690 he married Anne Cary of "The Forest". Anne Cary was the daughter of Capt. Henry Cary, a planter who was well known as the master builder of Williamsburg. The marriage of Maurice Langhorne to Anne Cary was a good one, for the Carys were one of the wealthiest and most influential families in the Virginia Colony. In 1695, Maurice and Anne Langhorne had their only child, whom they named John Langhorne. Within three short years Maurice Langhorne died, and young John was sent to "The Forest" to be raised by his maternal grandparents Henry and Judith Cary. Anne Cary Langhorne soon remarried, a member of another prominent Tidewater family, Benjamin Harrison III of Charles City County. Until John Langhorne III (1695-1767) reached his majority, the Harrison family operated Gambell plantation. For the next twenty years, John Langhorne would spend his days in the polite atmosphere of the Cary plantation.



When in his early twenties however, John Langhorne III had become anxious for his own personal success. Thus in 1719, he took over Gambell and married Mary Beverley of Middlesex County. Mary Beverley was a granddaughter of Capt. John Langhorne's old friend and contemporary Maj. Robert Beverley. Throughout his long career, Hon. John Langhorne served as a Justice of the Peace, a member of the House of Burgesses, Sheriff of Warwick County, and Presiding Justice of Warwick County from 1749-1762. In addition to his numerous political duties, John Langhorne III continued to expand his land holdings by purchasing new plantations in Chesterfield County, and was also a highly successful merchant, continuing the tradition laid out by his fortune-founding grandfather some fifty years before. John Langhorne and Mary Beverley had three children who left issue. Their only daughter Lockey (named after Judith Lockey, the wife of Capt. Henry Cary and mother of Anne Cary) was successfully courted by Thomas Tabb. Lockey's considerable dowry helped to establish the Tabb family as members of the Tidewater elite. The elder son, Maj. Maurice Langhorne II (1719-1790) removed to Cumberland County to live near his cousin Col. Archibald Cary of "Ampthill" and his lovely wife, the former Mary Randolph of "Curles". This Maurice Langhorne bought thousands of acres in Cumberland and established himself as a great success in his own right.
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Lockey married Thomas Tabb. Thomas (son of Edward Tabb and Margaret Diana Heyward/Howard) was born 5 Sep 1719, Charles, York Co., Virginia; died 22 Apr 1782, Cumberland Co., Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth married Drury Edward to Tennessee Scruggs. Drury (son of Drury Edward Scruggs and Mary Carter) was born 1751, Cumberland County, Virginia; died 1833, Summer Co., Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Margaret married George [signer] Walton 25 Jun 1759, Cumberland County, Virginia. George (son of Robert Walton, II and Mary Hughes) was born 1740, Prince Edward, Virginia; died 2 Feb 1804, Meadow Gardens, his home in Augusta, Georgia; was buried , Meadow Gardens, Augusta, Georgia. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth married William Hobdy. William was born Est 1870, Tennessee; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Richard married Elizabeth McMackin. Elizabeth was born Est 1774, Virginia Colony; died Yes, date unknown, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Named for his Grandmother, Lockey Langhorne (What is her name?)

Langhorne married Sarah Douglas 3 Feb 1796, Campbell Co., Virginia. Sarah was born Est 1775, Campbell Co., Virginia; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Drury married Mildred B. 'Milly' DeJarnette 1807, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Mildred (daughter of Captain George DeJarnette and Anne Walker) was born 10 Apr 1787, Halifax County, Virginia; died Bef 7 Feb 1874, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

John married Teresa Newell Carter 7 Sep 1824. Teresa (daughter of Francis Jackson Carter and Esther Crockett) was born 8 Oct 1806, Virginia; died 9 Nov 1888, Monroe Co., Tennessee; was buried , Old Sweetwater Cemetery, Monroe Co., TN. [Group Sheet]

William married Rebecca Ann Hargis 14 Apr 1857, Sumner Co., TN. Rebecca was born 1838, Sumner Co., Tennessee; died 1908, Sumner County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

James married Catherine Douglas Hale 2 Oct 1823, Green Co., Tennessee. Catherine (daughter of Phillip Hale and Catherine, Mrs. Phillip Hale) was born 22 Nov 1801, Green Co., Tennessee; died Yes, date unknown, Dandridge, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Not listed on 1830 Pittsylvania Co. census
1840 Pittsylvania Co. census 095
IM under 5 2F 20-30
2M 5-10
1850 Pittsylvania Co. census, p. 175
Allen Scruggs, age 42 farmer
James, age 15
John, age 13
Langhorn, age 10
William, age 7
Mary, age II
Milly, age 2
(Living next door: Joel Whitehead)
1860 Pittsylvania Co. census 364
Allen Scruggs, age 55 Farmer $1000/$200
Mary Scruggs, age 55
Mary, age 17
Langhorne, age 16 farm laborer
William, age 14
Note:Mildred B., age 13, living with Drury, age 79
and Mildred B., age 74
1870 Pittsylvania Co. census p. 339
Allen Scruggs, age 65, farmer $300 RE/$150 PE
Polly Scruggs, age 65
John, age 27, farm laborer
William age 23, farm laborer
Mildred, age 11, at home
Allen, age 8, at home
Edgar, age 7, at home
Allen - Dwelling 4877
John - Dwelling 4878
William - Dwelling 4879
Rawley Tucker - Dwelling 4881
1880 Pittsylvania Co. census 304
Allen Scruggs, age 72
Polly, age 64 -- (Is this new wife???? )
Pittsylvania Co. WB 3, p. 264 4/24/1874 Probate: 7/
19/1880
Will of Allen Scruggs
to wife Mary - land I live on 163 3/4 acres and per
sonal goods
to son Langhorne - 1/7
to son John - 1/7
to son William - 1/7
to son James 1/7
to daughter Mary 1/7
to daughter Milly Booton 1/7
to grandson - Allen Peadue, son of Thomas Peadue -
1/7
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Partition of Estate of Allen Scruggs - Pittsylvania
Co. 1882 6/7/1883
1/7 to James
l/7 to JOHN W. [MARRIED Annie Scruggs/cousin?]
l/7 to Langhorne
1/7 to Mary
1/7 to William
1/7 to Milley
None to George's children (only 6 heirs listed abov
e)
Langhorne refused to qualify as Administrator
Marriage Bond - Pittsylvania Co. Surety: James B. F
aris
Daniel Johns, guardian of Elizabeth consents.
Married 4/15/1830 by Rev. Griffith Dickenson, Sr.
- or - Joel Hubbard.
Which is right??
Will probate: 7/19/1880 in Pittsylvania Co., Va.
Pittsylvania Co. Accounts Current Book 36, p. 143 1
1/1874
Received share of mother's estate.

Allen married Mary Mrs. Allen Scruggs. Mary was born Est 1805, Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died Yes, date unknown, Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]

Mary married . Unknown [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Name:
Married Thomas Yearwood; sister, Elizabeth married a Yearwood also.