PAR #: 11285204
Location: Northampton County, North Carolina Year: 1852

Abstract: Northampton County residents seek exemption for James Langford from a North Carolina law requiring emancipated slaves to leave the state. A skilled and industrious carpenter, he had purchased his own freedom, but his wife and children remain in slavery. He does not want to abandon his family.

1860 Census Green Plain PO Box, Dist 11, Northampton Co., NC
James Langford 56 M Mul Carpenter $927 $600 b. NC
William Manly 15 M B Farm Laborer b. NC
Richard Walam 18 M Mul Farm Laborer b. NC

1870 Census Roanoke, Northampton Co., NC
James Langford Jr. 32 M Mul Carpenter b. NC
Martha Langford 28 F Mul Keeping House b. NC
Sidney Langford 7 M Mul b. NC
James H Langford 4 M Mul b. NC
Mary Langford 3 F Mul b. NC
Ida Langford 3mon F Mul b. NC

1870 Census Roanoke, Northampton Co., NC
James Langford 65 M B Farmer $1300 $300 b. NC
Winnie Langford 30 F Mul Keeping House
Berry Langford 21 M B Farm Laborer b. NC
Pernilla Langford 15 F B At Home b. NC
Perlidia Langford 13 F B At Home b. NC
Emeline Langford 6 F B b. NC
Gerios? Langford 4 M B b. NC
Lydia Langford 3 F B b.NC
Laura Langford 11mon F B b. NC b. July (1879)
Rosa Britton 22 F B Domestic b. NC
James Britton 2 M Mul b. NC