The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-02
THE LAST LANGBORNE.
ROMANTIC CAREER or A VIRGIN
Ian HERE.
The Friend of Washington, , Jefferson ana
Lsfay etts- ntimeIy Death OF HIS only
sop-The Family Extinct.

1oElO-sionc (nOW idsl Ci"l"o""e
cav of Colonel .-.ilam isahSDorhe' al
~'Iangborne' :" King Miiliam county va.
BEFORE giving Colonel Langoorne me
story We will glance AT ms dhCSsiy' ~.
he sprung from Ensisnmch WIN tno 49, 49,
Traditions OF their native lana, suon ,.,"
as leave their impress on iu'uio so"
tions. .o-s. ue
In looking over some OLD RECORDS We
ace that ki,..-.d Bernard. gentleman,
OF Buckinghamshire. England ana
Petsworth PauSh. was licensed 70 n4A, -
Anne Corderoy at the church OF d. az
,sr...-~ 49, enc WardroDes" on NoSei6DcS
a 1894. A litle later this same hIcnaIu
bernard turgng MS thoughts 10 ene
plantations IN the new world On iofp
patented land IN YORK. one OF tne s"" %
IN the "faire countTie" OF virginia.
N, tho gloucester side OF York river
ues a tract oil land stan known as iui-
Rec,n, researches nave inclined 10 the
belief that Purton was one OF the roy r a,
seat. of KING Powhatan, perhaps W.
Weriwocomico. whittier Captain Sm'1h
wa. conducted after his capture III 'no
uuaemires of the PyanMtank 49,
After some years residence In fork
Richard Bernard crossed the river "''
located at "Purton' IN tns paais, named IN
worth" which was doubuesS naIncu :"
honor OF his home parish IN Buckinshain-
When his daughter Anne married MAJOR
John Smith. Purton. was her patt .. ~, ), . I,
md Major John smith. OF Purton' as ne
80 fhenceforth STYLED, played no mean
part in colonial history 1hat strons y, 81
cinlo OF the old Roman common" am, II.
''vox populi. Vox Del" was perhaps iol
The FIRST time actively asserted III wy, ,,
new world by nm n.y. w"V %; tie
Uouss Of Burgesses. he voiced me e
,n,,ss, ~ that body 20 ACCEPT
The order OF dissolution oy 1oe ,, ,e
Matthews. Their declaration: runs thus:
ssrhat We find by the RECORDS lhe p'e ..l,
mower of government 10 reside III ~
persons as shall be empowered py ono
Burgesses Ohe representatives on VI, ,> rco
ME who are not dissolvable by any PoMei
sx,ant in Virginia hut the House OF buI-
sesses Tho House then issued oruers
oysr the name OF John Smith. Speaker,
IN the sergeant-at-arms 10 execute ho
warrants hut those of the Speahcl,
in 1869 the conspiracy OF the Servants
rv.s exposed by "BerKenhead. serNaht
81 Mstor John Smith. OF Purtoh aii 81,
she Assembly resolved that '5erkeni n a.,
she discovarsr Of the horrid plot' hnNe l,s
freedom and 500 POUNDS OF ,oDa0 80, Ms
him in Gloucester county, ana tIlat ~
master he satisfied IN said county io'
his time.
QUAINT EPITAPHs
T., Gloucester county. lying ffteen OF
,u,entv miles southeast OF Purton Is w VIZ
old homestead Of warner nan
here in the burying ground are Two ,iiiie-
..orn stones with these quaint epltaPnS
Augustine Warner. gent. oeceaSou 80
"a December. 1914
AGED Sc veares. Pms and %ds
EPITAPH.
-Though dead when most men hve' ne
III. ave shall i've fresh in their memory
Jts worth is shown in living well,
when futures ages Of his life shall tell
Mary Warner
Wife OF Augustine warner uen'''
Was born Is May. 1914, ana oyeu ye -
dave OF August. 1862.
Here Ives entombed ye Phoenix or her
TYNE
Whose rare virtues gym
-. .vet we cannot say,
Tho dead. ye Phoenix ever dyes away.
This Augustine Warner was one or the
earliest settlers in Virginia and IL said
TO have had more distinguished descend
ants than any man in America. 10 hlW'
I'm 1886 was given The first land ever
granted by the British Crown IN Glouces-
fer when II was a wilderness and the
happy hunting grounds OF the ChisKo-
xacke Indians The original grant not
only included the present lands or war
ner Hall but also Eagle Point, the
home of the late Mr.. John Randolph
Bryan.
Colonel Augustine Warner. son OF "Au-
yustire Warner. Gent" and we Phoe-
nix OF her tyne" filled many honorable
posts in the young colony, having Deen
Speaker of the House OF Burgesses ana
Kings councillor. He married Mildred
Slaughter of George Reade, whose name
Is conspicuous in the early annals OF VIZ
vinia. one OF Colonel Warmers daugh-
frFur limo d
George Washington Another daughter
married John Smith. son OF Major John
smith OF Purton. 4 granddaughter OF
John Smith and Mary Warner was the
mother OF William Langborne Born
May 80. l75G his early years were passed
after the manner usual 20 young Viz
tlulans Of the day. Being naturally OF
studious nature The constant companion
thlp Of an only sister Is said 10 have pro
iuccd m almost feminine gcntleness OF
character. which lasted more or less
through al his life
YOUNG SOLDIER.
Though only nineteen years OF age the
beginning of the Revolution found him
I'm the field. In III he was ensign in the
Sixteenth Virginia. Throughout the strug-
gle nc bore himself as the gallant sol
der and the perfect gentleman, At the
siege OF Yorktown ne was appointed spe-
cial aide 70 Lafayette. with the rank OF
Major. In that trying time he distin-
guished himself for bravery and formed
warm personal friendship with General
Lafayette When the war ended a CRATE
'ul country did not forget his services.
In the War Department in Washington
Is the following record:
by art OF October 6. i7S3 IT was re-
solved.
'Wherea. William Iangborne hath
war In the army OF the United states
S,h equal dlsinterestedness and reputa-
ion that a brevet commission of Lieu
tenant Colonel be given him"
The State ~ Virginia gave him n rich
grant 90 land IN Ohio. and IL IS said that
the city OF Chilicothe stands on what
was once part % the 'T,angborne Land
Warrant" Notwithstanding the fact that
peace ard honors now awaited htm. Me-
tor I.argborne was disappointed man.
Near his Old home was one he had loved
since early boyhood. and In all the stormy
scenes OF war that love and hope mac
been ever with Elm.
Som after the surrender OF YORKTOWN
hts LADY love rarried her cousin Dand.
ridge Claiborne. and, then. with Major
Lanebprne. hope was dead In seeking &c
forget the wound, ne became wanderer
As soon as no could possibly do so ne
teft America 20 visit his friend and com
nander. General Lafayette.
Whilst IN Paris ne formed the reson.
ton 81 making the tour OF Europe OF
foot and alone.
We find Mr.. Jefferson writing 20 In.
fsyetfc IN liSl urging him 10 make sucf
A..