Colonel Langdon Hastings DINKINS

1812 - 1879  (67 years)

• Name	Langdon Hastings DINKINS  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Prefix	Colonel
  Birth	1812	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	first commissioner in Sumter and was also a tax collector, wide farming interests  [5]
  Religion	life long member of St. James M. E. Church  [3]
  _UID	8E91D3B99CF0435D8BA761140A17DDC03C4B
  Death	Fall 1879	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [1, 4]
  Person ID	I19679	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	25 May 2009

  
  

  Father	Asa DINKINS,   b. 1 Mar/Aug 1771, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 15 Nov 1819 (Age 48 years)
  Mother	Mary Anne JENNINGS,   b. 23 Oct 1775   d. by 27 Dec 1836 (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	6 Jun 1792	Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [6, 7, 8]
  _UID	43040E6E1E494554932C1CF124CA67E9CDC5
  _UID	43040E6E1E494554932C1CF124CA67E9CDC5
  Family ID	F14112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Laura/Louise JAMES,   b. 25 Apr 1818, Sumter District, South Carolina d. Feb or Mar 1898 (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1839  [2, 9, 10]
  _UID	EDD4F271495541DBA840C84EFC823D54EBFF
  _UID	EDD4F271495541DBA840C84EFC823D54EBFF
  Children	1. Mary Esther DINKINS,   b. 24 Sep 1839, Sumter District, South Carolina d. 18 Aug 1912, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 72 years)   2. Caroline Virginia “Aunt Jennie” DINKINS,   b. 9 Jun 1843, Sumter District, South Carolina d. 5 Mar 1918 (Age 74 years)   3. Walter James “Uncle Bubba” DINKINS,   b. 17 Jan 1846, Sumter District, South Carolina d. 14 Feb 1926 (Age 80 years)   4. Tyra Jennings DINKINS,   b. 15 Jul 1848, Sumter District, South Carolina d. Between 30 Oct 1889 and 21 Jan 1890 (Age 41 years)   5. Winfield Scott DINKINS,   b. 21 Nov 1847, Sumter District, South Carolina d. 29 Jul 1913 (Age 65 years)   6. Ellavena Williametta “Aunt Willie” DINKINS,   b. 8 Nov 1853   d. 10 Sep 1898 (Age 44 years)   7. Sarah Rebecca “Aunt Sally” DINKINS,   b. 15 Mar 1856   d. 7 Dec 1943 (Age 87 years)   8. Robert Brownfield “Uncle Bob” DINKINS, Sr.,   b. 28 Aug 1858, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 9 Apr 1938, Loring Mill section of Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 79 years)   9. Florence Viola “Aunt Viola” DINKINS,   b. 16 May 1860   d. 26 Jun 1939 (Age 79 years)   10. Ida Valentine “Aunt Ida” DINKINS,   b. 5 May 1862   d. 14 Jun 1939 (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F13911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2001

  
  

• Notes

  Langdon fought in the Seminole War, Florida; and was a Lt. Col. in the Militia 1841 In 1840 he sold cotton to Elisha Carson in Charleston and his grandson, William, who still has the bill of sale, sold cotton to the same firm 100 years later. [5, 9]

  
  

• Sources

  [S43] Ellen McNeal of Columbia, SC, Page 87. [S340] Kate Wyllie James LePine, Page 6. [S761] page 17. [S12039] Ms Jacqueline K. Hughes, page 226. [S37] Cassie Nicholes Historical Sketches of Sumter County Vol. II, page 108. [S408] Descendants of Henry Stuckey Jennings, Page 5. [S37] Cassie Nicholes Historical Sketches of Sumter County Vol. II, page 106. [S12039] Ms Jacqueline K. Hughes, Extra page. [S43] Ellen McNeal of Columbia, SC, Page 17. [S761] page 1.