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Wesley "West" Lankford

Male 1784 - 1865  (81 years)


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  • Name Wesley "West" Lankford 
    Born 1784  Surry County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List 1807  Peters Creek, Stokes, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1810 1810  Peters Creek, Stokes North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List 1815  Stokes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Deed 23 Dec 1816  Stokes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Deed 17 Jan 1818  Stokes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1820 1820  Stokes, North Carolina, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List 1824  Stokes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List 1825  Stokes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Tax List 1826  Stokes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Land Grant 17 Dec 1829  On Waters of Buck Island (Creek) Stokes NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Voters List 2 Mar 1833  Peters Creek, Stokes County, NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Deed 11 Sep 1833  Stokes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Deed 18 Mar 1843  Stokes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Deed 18 June 1844  Stokes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 1865  Stokes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 81 years 
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    Land & Deeds 5 Land & Deeds
    Notes 
    • West (Westley) Lankford, one in the same person, as a deed from Elisha Banner uses the two names interchangeably. By law, West should have been listed in the Poll tax records beginning in 1795 if his year of birth 1774 is correct. I still do not have 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806 Poll Tax records but West was not listed in the poll tax until 1807. He was possibly there from 1803 - 1806 but he was not listed from 1795-1802 when he should have been. There are only two possibilities to explain this - West was not born in 1774 or he was not in Stokes County prior to 1807 (maybe as early as 1803). By law, West had to be listed, because the poll was on every freeman. If a freeman did not have taxable property to a certain value, he still paid a tax unless exempted as an insolvent.
      I believe the date of his birth is 1784 not 74, and the two census records for 1850-60 (which is where the date comes from) is incorrect. With all the records and age of his wife, the age that makes sense is for him to have been born around 1784
    Person ID P35  Burress | My Ancestors
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2021 

    Father Thomas Lankford
              b. 1750 
    Married 1781  Surry County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F605  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Docia
              b. 1786, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. Aft 1860, Stokes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age > 75 years) 
    Married 1809  Stokes County, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 6 children 
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F615  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1784 - Surry County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTax List - Living in William Lankford's household are Daniel Tilly, Griffith Lankford and West Lankford. - 1807 - Peters Creek, Stokes, North Carolina, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1809 - Stokes County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus 1810 - Living next to Thomas Lankford, close to Featherstone Holt and William Collins. Same people listed in both Surry and Stokes census, they must have lived close to the county lines and both counties took the census, including that section twice. - 1810 - Peters Creek, Stokes North Carolina, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTax List - Stone Chimney District - West Lankford 1 white poll - 1815 - Stokes County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeed - From Charles Newman to West Lankford for $100, 150 acres on Buck Island Creek - 23 Dec 1816 - Stokes County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeed - West Lankford to Abner Mabe for 100 pounds, 100 acres on the Waters of Buck Island Creek - 17 Jan 1818 - Stokes County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTax List - William Lankford: 140 A, no polls West Lankford: 150 A, no polls - 1824 - Stokes County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTax List - William Lankford: 60 A, no pollsWest Lankford 150 A, 1 White Poll - 1825 - Stokes County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTax List - Wm lankford: 69 A, no pollsWest Lankford: 150 A, 1 white poll - 1826 - Stokes County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand Grant - Bk 138Grant #1110; 40 Acres File No.1144, Westley Lankford Warrant # 2693 Location: On waters of Buck Island adjoining this own land - 17 Dec 1829 - On Waters of Buck Island (Creek) Stokes NC Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeed - Chr McAnnaly & Elisha Bonner of Stokes to Tucker Lawson & West Lankford for $1.00, a tract of land on waters of Buck Island Creek: This is a mortgage deed of trust identifying West Lankford as an heir of William Lankford. - 11 Sep 1833 - Stokes County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeed - Deed of Trust between Wesley & son Braxton, Braxton owing his father money. - 18 Mar 1843 - Stokes County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeed - Wes lankford puts land, livestock and house items in trust to Frederick Hill for security against a debt of 100 dollars that he owns to a W. McConley - 18 June 1844 - Stokes County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 1865 - Stokes County, North Carolina Link to Google Earth
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