Absalom Langston - died 12-8-1802, Wayne Co NC
Wife Dolly (Dorothy) died 6-26-1820
Sons: Simeon; Jesse; Luke; Timothy; and (John) Jacob Langston b. 6-15-1795 d. 3-20-1885
Jacob Langston is my GG Grandfather and his wife was Mary Connerley b.6-1805, VA d. 10-29-1882, Lenoir Co NC
Sons: Bryant Harry Langston b. 1-9-1830; Sylvester James (Jim) Langston b. c. 1831; Thomas Henry Langston b. 8-7-1833.
Bryant Harry Langston is my G Grandfather, his wife was Martha Cox. He was born and died in Lenoir Co NC
Sons: James Bryant Langston b. 5-25-1863; William Jacob Langston b. 9-6-1867; and John Clayton Langston b. 4-26-1871.
John Clayton Langston is my Grandfather. He and his second wife Minnie Brown had 3 sons. He was born and died in Lenoir Co NC
Sons: Bryant Cameron Langston b. 8-8-1909; Wilbur Elton Langston b. 4-28-1911; and John Clayton Langston, Jr. b 10-30-1916.
Bryant Cameron Langston was my father, and his wife was Lena Rivers Fields. They had two sons. He was born and died in Lenoir Co NC
Sons: John Jay Langston b. 3-8-1935 d. 2-9-2003 He was born and died in Lenoir Co NC
I believe my line goes back to the Jacob Langston in Wayne Co. but I have found no real proof as to his parents. I believe he moved to
Wayne (Dobbs) county from Nansemond Virginia around 1755, and that he was in someway kin to a John Langston.