Descendants of First LANDRUM in North Central Louisiana

Fourth Generation

26. John D. LANDRUM III (John D. , John D. , First ) was born about 1722 in Essex County, Virginia. He died about 1780 in Chatham County, North Carolina.

Another birth place: Spotsylvania County, Virginia.

Chatham Regimental Return made 23rd Sept. 1772 North Carolina

A List of a few Men on the Muster Role of Capt. ??? Harther's Company
Saml. Stewart, Lt
John Cook, Sergent
Thos. Campain
Charles Jones, Corporal
John Landrum
Benjamin Landrum
Henry Cook
Samul Hollady

In 1780 John was murdered by rioting settlers in Chatham County, North Carolina, over land controversy involving his father, John Landrum, Jr.. He was murdered by a man named Ephraim Alexander. His son, Thomas, murdered his father's killer, and he was tried and executed.

John married Mary (LANDRUM) about 1748 in Chatham County, North Carolina.

Another name: Caty unknown.

John and Mary had the following children:

  33 M i Thomas LANDRUM was born about 1749 in Hillsborough, Wake County, North Carolina. He died after 1785. The cause of death was by hanging.

Thomas was hanged for killing his father's killer.

27. Thomas LANDRUM Sr. (John D. , John D. , First ) was born in 1727 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. He died on 7 Mar 1814 in Georgia.

Another name: William Thomas Landrum, b 1727, d 1785.

DAR Patriot Index, Centenniel Edition, Part II -1994. Landrum, Thomas: born: abt 1730 in Virginia, died March 7, 1814 in Georgia, married: Mary---- Patriotic Service in Virginia
Thomas lived in Orange County, Virginia.
He is mentioned in the " The Scotch Irish Settlement in Virginia. He is listed as a witness and as an appraiser in various court records.

Thomas' son Thomas, Jr. (1759-1833), served as a private in the Revolutionary War, lived in Orange County, Virginia at least until 1786 and later moved to Oglethorpe County, Georgia about 1803. Prominent descendants include Leonidas Mell Landrum, Superintendent of the Atlanta Public Schools and Rep. Philip M. Landrum.

INDEX TO TERRELL TRAILS VOLUMES I --X
LAND GRANTS, OBSCURE FILE IN NATIONAL ARCHIVES; Article; 781 LANDRUM, A J HOPKINS; Mrs.; 257
LANDRUM, Amos Wilson Smith; Mr.; 256; 257
LANDRUM, Andrew Jackson; Mr.; 256; 257
LANDRUM, Annie Cleo; Miss; 256; 257
LANDRUM, Arril Odell; Miss; 256
LANDRUM, Avy Jane BLACKSTONE; Mrs.; 256; 257
LANDRUM, Benjamin Franklin; Mr.; 73
LANDRUM, C Alice T WILLIS; Mrs.; 257
LANDRUM, Celester; Miss; 256; 257
LANDRUM, Charles E; Mr.; 73
LANDRUM, Daniel; Mr.; 682
LANDRUM, David Dixon; Mr.; 73
LANDRUM, Dorcas; Miss; 73
LANDRUM, E Nelson; M/M; 257
LANDRUM, Elizabeth; Miss; 73
LANDRUM, Elizabeth WOODALL; Mrs.; 73
LANDRUM, Elizabeth Cornelia MOORE; Mrs.; 257
LANDRUM, Ella Gertrude IRELAND; Mrs.; 257
LANDRUM, Emma BRASEWELL; Mrs.; 257
LANDRUM, Francis Christopher; Mr.; 256; 257
LANDRUM, Frank William; Mr.; 256; 257
LANDRUM, Georgia; Miss; 257
LANDRUM, Henry Patrick; Mr.; 256; 257
LANDRUM, Hiram Terrill; Mr.; 73
LANDRUM, Howard Wesley; Mr.; 256; 257
LANDRUM, J L; Mr.; 134
LANDRUM, James; Bible Record; 256
LANDRUM, James; Mr.; 23; 73; 218; 256; 257
LANDRUM, James A; Mr.; 682
LANDRUM, James Desdendants; Article; 256
LANDRUM, James Francis; Mr.; 257
LANDRUM, James Hugh; Mr.; 256
LANDRUM, James Lumpkin `Lump'; Mr.; 256; 257
LANDRUM, James R; Mr.; 782
LANDRUM, Jane; Mrs.; 134
LANDRUM, Jemima; Miss; 73
LANDRUM, John; Mr.; 22; 256; 257
LANDRUM, John H; Mr.; 73
LANDRUM, John William David; Mr.; 256; 257
LANDRUM, Joseph Bennett; Mr.; 256; 257
LANDRUM, Katy Lou; Miss; 256
LANDRUM, Laura Ethel; Miss; 256
LANDRUM, Lester MITCHELL; Mrs.; 257
LANDRUM, Leweler/Louella Jane; Miss; 256; 257
LANDRUM, Lilla May~; Miss; 256
LANDRUM, Lizzie; Mrs.; 134
LANDRUM, Luke Thomas; Mr.; 256; 257
LANDRUM, Mary; Miss; 682
LANDRUM, Mary; Mrs.; 22
LANDRUM, Mary BERRY; Mrs.; 73
LANDRUM, Mary Ann Clifton; Miss; 256; 257
LANDRUM, Mary Martha HAMBRICK; Mrs.; 133; 217; 256; 257
LANDRUM, Nannie; Miss; 73
LANDRUM, Nora Lester; Miss; 256
LANDRUM, Rachel; Miss; 73
LANDRUM, Ralph Jerome; Mr.; 256; 257
LANDRUM, Rebecca; Miss; 73
LANDRUM, Rebecca DUNCAN; Mrs.; 73
LANDRUM, Ruth PROCTOR; Mrs.; 73
LANDRUM, Sorena F POPE; Mrs.; 257
LANDRUM, Susan CRUTCHFIELD; Mrs.; 73
LANDRUM, T W D; Mr.; 134
LANDRUM, Thomas C; Mr.; 257
LANDRUM, Thomas Canollier; Mr.; 256; 257
LANDRUM, W M; Mr.; 785
LANDRUM, Wilda; Miss; 257
LANDRUM, William; Mr.; 785
LANDRUM, William A; Mr.; 682

Thomas married Mary HAWKINS "Molly" in Manakintown, Virginia. Mary was born about 1730. She died in 1785.

They had the following children:

  34 M i Reuben Sylvanus LANDRUM was born about 1753.

Research needed, no known connection:
1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
Ruben S. LANDRUM Self M Male W 43 KY Farmer KY KY
Maletha J. LANDRUM Wife M Female W 34 KY Keeping House KY KY
Joseph L. LANDRUM Son S Male W 8 KY KY KY
Edward P. LANDRUM Son S Male W 6 KY KY KY
William B. LANDRUM Son S Male W 4 KY KY KY
Sam'l T. LANDRUM Son S Male W 2 KY KY KY
Thomas T. LANDRUM Son S Male W 5M KY KY KY
Census Place Troublesome, Breathitt, Kentucky
Family History Library Film 1254405, NA Film Number T9-0405, Page Number 640A

Research needed, no known connection, different last name spelling:
1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
Ruben S. LANDRAM Self S Male W 63 VA Farmer VA VA
Mariah P. LANDRAM Dau S Female W 27 KY K. House VA VA
Edward G. LANDRAM Son S Male W 20 MO Works On Farm VA VA
Ruben S. LANDRAM Son S Male W 19 MO Works On Farm VA VA
Census Place: Salisbury, Chariton, Missouri
Family History Library Film 1254680, NA Film Number T9-0680, Page Number 389D

Research needed, living next door, possibly a son of Reuben's:
1880 United States Census
Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birth Occupation Father Mother
Charles B. LANDRAM Self M Male W 30 KY Farmer VA KY
Della LANDRAM Wife M Female W 20 MO K. House MO MO
Linn B. LANDRAM Son S Male W 1 MO KY MO
Census Place Salisbury, Chariton, Missouri
Family History Library Film 1254680, NA Film Number T9-0680, Page Number 389D
+ 35 M ii Thomas LANDRUM Jr.
  36 F iii Elizabeth LANDRUM.

28. Joseph LANDRUM Sr. (John D. , John D. , First ) was born about 1730 in Orange County, Virginia. He died in 1800 in Chatham County, North Carolina.

Another birth place: Essex County, Virginia or Chatham County, North Carolina.
Another death place: Warren County, Georgia.

In 1754 Joseph moved with his father's family to Orange (Chatham) County, North Carolina.

In 1774 Joseph moved to St. Paul's Parish (Warren County), Georgia, and whose nephew Thomas took refuge with him in 1785 from murder charges in North Carolina.

North Carolina records show the following land grants by Lord Granville to the Landrums: Grant # Grantee Date Acres Location 112 Joseph Landrum 12-24-1762 136 On Mill Creek

Joseph married Mary LANDRUM.

Research needed:
South Carolina Mag. of Ancestral Research, Vol 4, # 1-4 (1786-1856) - Marriages
L536 Landrum, Mary D151 and Davenport, George W. Jul 13 1843

Joseph and Mary had the following children:

+ 37 M i John LANDRUM
  38 M ii James LANDRUM was born about 1752 in Orange County, Virginia.

Revolutionary war soldier-Capt. in the first Georgia Brigade, John Stewart's Regiment. He is included in a list of people entitled to reservations for life under a treaty between the United States and the Cherokee Nation, dated Feb.27, 1819. He may have married an Indian woman.
  39 M iii William LANDRUM was born about 1754 in Chatham County, North Carolina.

A Revolutionary War soldier with the rank of private, in the first Georgia Brigade, John Stewart's Regiment. List dated Dec. 13, 1793 shows Willam as a Lt. in the Warren County Militia Regiment.

Issued bounty warrant for land-probably in Warren County.

Around 1804 John, Zachariah, William and Joseph brought their families and settled near St. Stephens, in Washington County, Mississippi Territory (Clarke County, Alabama). William and his family returned to Georgia in 1808.
        William married Agnes SMITH.
  40 M iv Timothy LANDRUM was born about 1756 in Jackson County, Georgia. He died in 1849.

Another birth place: Chatham County, North Carolina.
+ 41 M v Zachariah LANDRUM
+ 42 M vi Joseph LANDRUM Jr.

29. Charles LANDRUM (John D. , John D. , First ) was born about 1732 in Orange County, Virginia. He died in 1793 in Edgefield, South Carolina.

Another birth place: Spotsylvania County, Virginia or North Carolina.

Charles was murdered before 1782.

Charles married Elizabeth (LANDRUM) in 1755 in North Carolina.

They had the following children:

  43 F i Mary LANDRUM.
  44 F ii Patience LANDRUM.She had other parents.
+ 45 M iii Absolum LANDRUM
+ 46 M iv Thomas LANDRUM
  47 M v Timothy LANDRUM was born about 1775.
  48 M vi Charles LANDRUM was born in 1780.
  49 M vii Jesse M. LANDRUM was born in 1806.

Research needed for this connection.

30. Benjamin LANDRUM Sr. (John D. , John D. , First ) was born about 1735 in Essex County, Virginia. He died in 1805 in Warren County, Georgia.

Another birth place: Orange County, Virginia.

Chatham Regimental Return made 23rd Sept. 1772 North Carolina
A List of Men on the Muster Role of Capt. ??? Harther's Company
Saml. Stewart, Lt Aquilla Frazier Olan Tague Ignatious West
John Thaxton, Insign Wm. Wilkey Jeremiah Hadley Wm. West
John Cook, Sergent Thos. Newman Isaac Beverlay John Salling
Thos. West, Sergent Chas. Jones Soloman Terrell Thos. Campain
Thos. Brazier, Sergent John Balding Thos. Blackson John Amanond
Thos. West Jun., Corporal John Lambert Joseph Hilaland John Knot
Van. Teague, Corporal Hennry Pickard John Gilland Con Oneel
Charles Jones, Corporal Wm. Linsey Isaac Jones Wm. Estredy

John Landrum Jesse Mudy John Whitehead

Thos. Brooks Jun. Thos. Brazier Benjamin Landrum

Henry Cook Levy Johnston Samul Hollady

North Carolina records show the following land grants by Lord Granville to the Landrums: Grant # Grantee Date Acres Location 43 Benjamin Landrum 10-2-1761 640 Head of Mill Creek

Benjamin married Elizabeth D. (LANDRUM) in Warren County, Georgia. Elizabeth died in 1805 in Warren County, Georgia.

They had the following children:

+ 50 M i Benjamin LANDRUM Jr.
  51 M ii Thomas LANDRUM was born about 1759.
  52 M iii Jacob Taylor LANDRUM was born about 1760 in North Carolina. He died in 1852 in Warren County, Georgia.

Research needed, are these Jacob's descendants?:
Jacob Taylor Landrum WILLIAMS was born on 20 December 1831. He married Delilah Allison, daughter of William Allison and Mary Ellison, on 12 January 1854 at Jackson, Madison Co., Tennessee. He died on 16 March 1916 at Limestone Co., Texas, at age 84. He was buried at Gunter Cemetary. Delilah ALLISON was born on 19 July 1829 at Jackson, Madison Co., Tennessee. She died on 24 April 1883 at Kosse, Limestone Co., Texas, at age 53.

The nine known children of Jacob Taylor Landrum Williams and Delilah Allison were as follows:
William Taylor WILLIAMS, born 11 November 1854 at Jackson, Madison Co., TN; married Martha Clementine Bedford.
John T. WILLIAMS was born on 3 June 1856 at Jackson, Madison Co., TN. He died on 15 March 1910 at age 53.
J F WILLIAMS was born on 8 August 1857 at Jackson, Madison Co., TN. He died on 8 May 1890 at age 32.
Jsah WILLIAMS was born on 20 April 1859 at Jackson, Madison Co., TN.
Gorie WILLIAMS was born on 20 April 1859 at Jackson, Madison Co., TN.
O M WILLIAMS was born on 6 April 1865 at Jackson, Madison Co., TN. He died on 25 October 1869 at age 4.
Mary L. WILLIAMS was born on 1 September 1866 at Jackson, Madison Co., TN.
Laura Eudemia WILLIAMS, born 12 February 1868 at Jackson, Madison Co., Tennessee; married William Williams Gunter.
Minnie D. WILLIAMS (543) was born on 27 October 1869 at Jackson, Madison Co., TN. She died in May 1918 at age 48.
        Jacob married Jane (LANDRUM).

31. Reuben LANDRUM (John D. , John D. , First ) was born about 1729 in Essex City, Orange County, Virginia. He died about 1805 in Union County, South Carolina. The cause of death was died while feeding shucks to his cattle. Reuben was employed as Minister.

Chatham Regimental Return made 23rd Sept. 1772
A List of Men on the Muster Role of Capt. John Birdsong's Company
Edwd. Waddell, Lieut. John McFerson Jr. Geo. Flannagin
Saml. Landrum, Insign John Griffin John Roc Jun.
Benj. Clanton, Sergent Aron Harrland John Mophus
Henry Feebes, Sergent Daniel Dowdey Geo. Harland
Thos. Griffin, Sergent Ragdon Bruer Robt. Edwards

Richd. Griffin Elijah Feke (?) Reuben Landum

North Carolina records show the following land grants by Lord Granville to the Landrums: Grant # Grantee Date Acres Location 112 Rueben Landrum 12-24-1762 379 Between Mill Creek
Indicted on May 11, 1771 for capital offense of being a Regulator.

Reuben married (1) TERRELL in 1750 in Union County, South Carolina. TERRELL was born about 1735.

They had the following children:

+ 53 M i Stephen LANDRUM
+ 54 M ii James LANDRUM
  55 M iii Benjamin LANDRUM was born in 1760. He died in Tennessee.

Reuben married (2) Mary RAY daughter of Ambrose RAY before 1756 in Union County, South Carolina. Mary was born about 1745 in South Carolina. She died in Union County, South Carolina.

Some researchers make the following child listing:
Samual B. Landrum (son of Reuben Landrum and Mary Ray) b. 1780, GA., m. 5 Jul 1821, in Hall co., Ga., Karen Happock Castleberry. Samual died 8 Apr 1858, Athens, Ga.
1. James Landrum b. 1835.
2. Charles D. Landrum b. 1843, GA.

Reuben and Mary had the following children:

  56 M iv Thomas LANDRUM was born in 1776. He died in Tennessee.
        Thomas married Mary Jane (LANDRUM).
  57 M v William Abner LANDRUM was born in 1778 in Chatham County, North Carolina.
        William married Nancy Murphy WILBANKS.
  58 F vi Bessie LANDRUM was born in 1784.
        Bessie married James HENSON.
+ 59 M vii Rev. Meriman LANDRUM Sr.
+ 60 M viii Samuel Micajah LANDRUM
+ 61 F ix Esther LANDRUM
  62 F x Winnefred LANDRUM was born in 1788.
        Winnefred married John MONTGOMERY.
  63 F xi Martha LANDRUM was born in 1790.
        Martha married John GOLIGHTLY.
+ 64 M xii Rev. John LANDRUM

32. Samuel B. LANDRUM (John D. , John D. , First ) was born in 1737 in Essex County, Virginia. He died in 1816 in Edgefield, South Carolina.

Another place of birth/death location: Orange County, Virginaia?

Chatham Regimental Return made 23rd Sept. 1772
A List of Men on the Muster Role of Capt. John Birdsong's Company
Edwd. Waddell, Lieut. John McFerson Jr. Geo. Flannagin
Saml. Landrum, Insign John Griffin John Roc Jun.
Richd. Griffin Elijah Feke (?) Reuben Landum

'Letter from Dr Wm Mann, JR MD, Warren State Hospital, Warren PA, to Mr Samuel B Landrum, Jefferson Amusement Co, INc., PO Box 3191, Beaumont Texas', April 8, 1964, Property of Mary Chaffin,. "The identification of Francis DRAKE who died 1794 in Union Co, S.C., as Francis DRAKE of Chatham Co.,NC make is it possible to further identify this Francis. The records in Halifax Co, (Edgecombe) NC show that Francis DRAKE first lived there and moved to Chatham about 1769"

Research needed, last name different by one letter:
Page Num. 42, Colony of South Carolina, Compiled by: Paul R. Sarrett, Jr. Records of 1716 to 1783
L Name F Name Date County St Type Township
LANDOUM , Samuel 1779 Colony, SC Resident Old 96th DISTRICT

Samuel married Mary SELLERS in 1769 in Nash County, Virginia. Mary was born about 1744.

They had the following children:

+ 65 M i Rev. John LANDRUM
+ 66 M ii George W. LANDRUM
+ 67 M iii Amos LANDRUM
+ 68 M iv Reuben LANDRUM
+ 69 M v Dr. Abner LANDRUM Sr.
  70 M vi Adam LANDRUM was born in 1787.
+ 71 F vii Martha LANDRUM

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