William Lankford

Other Events:

• Petition: 1770, North Carolina; Petition to create Surry Co from Rowan Co was sent to the NC House of Burgesses. In addition to John Deatherage, who initially requested the petition, names listed: Jos. Cloud, Sr., Jos. cloud, Jr, Wm Cloud, Issac Cloud, James Sr, John, Tho. & Wm Lankford
• Military: 1775, North Carolina; Served as a soldier in the North Carolina Militia, Salisbury district. Private.
• Payment: 5 Sep 1783, Stokes County, North Carolina
• Court Mintues: 10 May 1786, Surry County, North Carolina; Absalom Bostick vs. Lemuel SmithPeter Perkins and William Lankford. Witness for Pltf. failed to appear.
• Land Purchase: 1788, Stokes County, North Carolina; Purchased land along Sevenland Creek, no details
• Court Minutes: November 1788, Surry County, North Carolina; Benjamin Myers vs. William Lankford, no details
• Tax List: 1794, Big Creek, Stokes, North Carolina; Capt. Clouds District 50 acres1 w poll
• Land Grant: 24 Dec 1794, Stokes County, North Carolina; Looks like the original record for the grant of 50 acres of land to Wm Lankford. It mentions that it is next to land where he was living at time, so he probably received a land grant previously as well. Not sure this is the same as the land grant in 1797.
• Land Grant: 24 December 1794, Stokes County, North Carolina; William Lankford enters 50 acres in Stokes Co. on Barns’ Branch waters of Dan Riverborders land where he lives and Patmon Lawson; includes his improvement. Stokes County, N. C. Land Entries 1790-1798, Page 110, Grant 437.
• Land Grant: 9 February 1795, Stokes County, North Carolina; Matthew Moore enters 640 acres in Stokes Co. on North side of Dan River on waters of Little Peter Creek and waters of Barnes Branchborders John Lawson "Black Eye", Joel Catchem, William Lankford, Peter Prewett and Patmon Lawson
• Tax List: 1796, Stokes County, North Carolina; 100 acres of land. 1 white poll. Capt Clouds District
• Land Purchase: 10 July 1797, Stokes County, North Carolina; Deed Book 5, pg 79, No. 293. William Lankford purchased 50 acres from the government on the Dan River.
• Census 1800: 1800, Salisbury, Stokes, North Carolina
• Tax List: 1807, Peters Creek, Stokes, North Carolina, United States; Lankford, Wm 140 acres 0 Poll(listed in house) Daniel Tilly 1 poll, Griffith Lankford 1 poll and West Lankford 1 poll. Providing evidence that West was the son of William.
• Tax List: 1814, Peters Creek, Stokes, North Carolina, United States; William Lankford: 100 A, no polls Joseph Lankford: (listed on another page than William) 1 White poll. (See notes regarding Joseph not being a son of Wm).
• Tax List: 1815-1819, Stokes County, North Carolina; Except for the years 1815 (Stone Chimney District) and 1819 (Snow Creek District), West is polled either in or near William's household from 1807 to 1818. Further proof West is the son of Wm. (Wm listed 100 A @ $100no poll)
• Tax List: 1824, Stokes County, North Carolina; William Lankford: 140 A, no polls West Lankford: 150 A, no polls
• Tax List: 1825, Stokes County, North Carolina; William Lankford: 60 A, no pollsWest Lankford 150 A, 1 White Poll
• Deed: 20 Aug 1825, Stokes County, North Carolina; This document records the sale/transfer of 50 acres of land on Barns Branch of the Dan River from William Lankford to Jonathan Beasley, his son-in-law who married his daughter Susanna.
• Tax List: 1826, Stokes County, North Carolina; William Lankford: 69 A, no pollsWest Lankford: 150 A, 1 white poll
• Tax List: 1827, Stokes County, North Carolina; Nancy Lankford: 69 A, no polls

Notes:

Some list Joseph as a son of William however:
The only time Joseph is polled in Peters Creek is 1814 and is on another page than William. According to the laws of North Carolina, Joseph should have been polled no later than 1812, before his marriage not the year after. From the legal documents, Joseph was not in the Peters Creek District before 12 Jun 1813 when he obtained his Marriage Bond. Nor was Joseph in the tax district Samuel Sharp was living in or the StoneChimney/Stone Creek District for the years 1809-1813.
Taken from Lankford Mailing list, Lizan


Birth:
(Later to become Stokes County) or Virginia, there are two different sources on this. Bladen was the place of birth given on the DAR application.

Died:
Name last appears in tax rolls in 1826. Widow Nancy appears in his place in 1827