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Note: [Langley.FTW]
[Br�derbund WFT Vol. 23, Ed. 1, Tree #0242, Date of Import: Feb 25, 2000]
Married to Catherine (last name unknown).Jeptha was married to Catherine (last name unknown) per Mary Claire Cox in a letter to Grady Langley, Jr. dated Nov. 15, 1973. Jeptha was a farmer in Gwinnett Co., Georgia in 1850, per census records. Also in the same county in 1860 census.
Jeptha and his brother Miles, married sisters, who were the daughters of Willis and Elizabeth Moore.
In the "History of Gwinnett County, Georgia" on page 115, a Thomas T. Langley is listed as being in Reed's Company, one of three volunteer companies organized in Gwinnett County during the Indian Creek War in 1836. During an Indian uprising in the state, burning the village of Roanoke in Stewart County. The governor called for volunteers, and three companies were quickly organized in Gwinnett County, two of which immediately reported for service. At an election in Lawrenceville on May 24, 1836, officers to command the Company of mounted Infantry of the 45th Regiment of Georgia Militia were determined. Thomas became 3rd Sargent in Reed's Company. Also serving in this company as privates, were Jeptha V. Langley and Miles Langley.
Also, in the "History of Gwinnett County, Georgia" on page 199, J. V. Langley was listed as a private in Troop C, 10th Cavalry Regiment, Georgia State Guards. This regiment was mustered into service July 18 to Aug. 1, 1862, to serve six months from Aug. 1, 1863 in the portion of Georgia from the lower part of Muscogee County on the Chattahooches River, and along the railroad to Macon and thence to the Savannah River at the lower part of Richmond County. Forty cents per day was allowed each soldier for use of his own horse. Gwinnett County was overrun by Union soldiers during 1864 wen Sherman captured Atlanta. No engagements of major importance took place in the county, but several skirmishes occurred in different communities.
Per Mary Claire Cox in 1973, there are records indicating Jeptha was the administrator for one who is presumed to be his father, in Gwinnett Co., GA in 1856. He was also co-administrator for his uncle's estate, Miles Langley, along with Mr. McElvaney in Nov. 16, 1858 in Gwinnett Co. Mary Claire Cox found that Jeptha V. Langley mad a second return on the estate of Thomas Langley on July 21, 1856, and two years later in 1858, he was administrator of Enoch Langley's estate.
Note: In the 1850 Gwinnett Co., GA census, a Nancy Langley, widow, age 60, lived next to Jeptha & Catherine, as well as Enoch & Elizabeth. She was born in South Carolina. There was also a Nancy Langley in Gwinnett Co. in the 1840 census as head of household, and also in the 1860 census (pg. 149).
[Br�derbund WFT Vol. 23, Ed. 1, Tree #0242, Date of Import: Oct 13, 1999]
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