Howard R. Langston, Jr., The Langston Fami ly: Five hundred years of Gen. Hist., Private, Publication, c. 1982, in custody of Leslie Vernon
Langston, Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico. Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia, The Edward Pleasant Valentine Papers, Valentine Museum,
Richard, V A, Abstracts of, records in, . . .archives of, Virginia, Microfilm, in custody of Leslie Vernon Langston, Roswell, Chaves County, New
Mexico. Occupation: Planter\Farmer
John lived in New Kent & Nansemond County, Virginia, & Chowan (now Gates) County , North Carolina.
There must have been a John Langston present in the colonies before our John I as there are records of an "Importation headright" for a John
Langston of New Kent County, Virginia, on July 11, 1635, mentioned in the EDWARD PLEASANT VALENTINE PAPERS published by the Valentine Museum, Richmond, Virginia . This seems too early for our ancestor unless he immigrated as a child. Possibly John is a little older than we thought.
At any rate, many records were lost to fire in the Revolution and later during the Civil War, but several records are extant regarding our John
Langston I. One which is of great interest is his participation in Bacon's Rebellion.
Nathaniel Bacon was the leader of Bacon's Rebellion in colonial Virginia. Dissatisfied with the mismanaged government of Sir William Berkeley, the British colonial governor of Virginia and his neglect of frontier defense, Bacon organized a rebellion in which John Langston I was a colonel.

Because of repeated Indian attacks on the settlers the pioneers joined Bacon and they nearly succeeded in capturing the entire colony of Virginia. They captured the village of Jamestown and destroyed nearly all of it. Then Nathaniel Bacon became ill with malaria and died. Shortly after Bacon's death the revolt fell apart. Col. John Langston surrendered with or shortly after the capitulation of Bacon's successor, Joseph Ing ram.

Several of the leaders of the movement were hung by Governor Berkeley. Thankfully for his descendants John was not one of them. However, Joh n was elected to represent New Kent County in the colonial assembly (House of Burgess). The record states, "John Langston, Joseph Ingram, Gregory Walklett, Thomas Whaley, and John Forth (are) prohibited from ever holding office in the colony.....have failed capture and execution with
the other adherents of Nathaniel Bacon Jr.." Another document mentions John being pardoned by act of the Assembly, January 1680, but forbidden
to ever hold public office.

John Langston I received a land grant for 1,316 acres on September 28, 1681, 1,300 acres of which were found to be in escheat from Mrs. Hannah
Clarke, and 16 acres for one right (not named). The land was located on the south side of the Yorke River. He didn't settle on this land though
because a month later the land was granted to someone else. After 1681 he was no longer found in New Kent County and was thought to have removed to Nansemond County, Virginia.

The last mention of John I occurs on April 20, 1694. Katherine Langston, widow of John Langstone.....granted 380 acres on Cyprus Branch of Sarum Creek in Nansemond County, Virginia. So John died sometime between 1681 and 1694; he must have had the land grant pending when he died. A woman was allowed to inheri t land only if she had a male heir to leave it to. In the event she didn't have a male heir the land reverted to government control. An example of tht law at work was the previously mentioned Hannah Clarke being found to be in escheat. John Langston was granted her land in New Kent County.
The last menti on of Katherine Langston was in a land grant issued June 06, 1699. "John Nicholls was granted 249 acres in Upper Parish,
Nansemond County at the Cyprus Swamp, joining Katherine Langstone."

After 1699 no mention of Katherine or any Langston on the "Quit Rent Rolls in 1700."