Langston Bacon Family
Son of Nathaniel Bacon & Mary Elizabeth Thompson
Langston Bacon, son of Nathaniel Bacon and Mary Elizabeth Thompson, died in Henrico County, Virginia. His will, dated 21 July 1755 (or 1753), did not mention his sons or wife. In the settlement of Langston’s accounts, his brother Nathaniel Jr. named Langston’s wife as Sarah and listed his children.
Children of Langston Bacon and Sarah Miller
Lyddall Bacon, Sr.
Married first Ann Apperson, and second Lucy Crump.
Elizabeth Bacon
Married John Mosby. Children: John and Benjamin Mosby.
William Bacon
Sarah Bacon
Married Thomas P. Bowles.
Harwood Bacon
Married Mary.
Lucy Bacon
Married Allen Williamson.
Langston Bacon
Daughter Bacon
Married Capt. Richard Apperson, and second Mr. Eggleston.
Edmund Bacon
Married Mary Apperson. Their son Edmund was born 11 October 1774 in James City County, Virginia and died 2 June 1819 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Edmund later married Elizabeth Savage.
Children: William Savage Bacon, John Savage Bacon, Nathaniel Bacon, and Edmund Bacon, Jr.
Children of Lyddall Bacon, Sr. and Anne Apperson
John Bacon
Married first Anne Patterson on 13 November 1794. They had one son, Charles P. (28 Sep 1795 – 17 Sep 1857).
Married second Elizabeth “Betsey” Ware (daughter of William Ware and Sarah Samuel) on 30 May 1799 in Frankfort. Betsey died 30 July 1849.
Children with Betsey:
- Anne A. (b. 28 Mar 1800) — married Rev. Philip Slater Fall
- Sarah Ware
- William W. (b. 7 Mar 1804) — married Ann Noel
- Dr. James Ware (b. 23 Mar 1807) — married Alice Riggs
- Richard Apperson (b. 2 Jul 1809) — married Elizabeth Ellen Terrell
- John Mosby — married Sarah Jane Haggin
- Elizabeth P.
- Albert Gallatin Bacon
Sarah Bacon
Anne Apperson Bacon
Lyddall Bacon
Married Martha “Patsy” Graham. Children: John, William Robinson, Caroline, Sarah, Harry R., and Burwell Bacon.
Langston Bacon
Married Sarah Samuel on 8 March 1802 in Frankfort, Kentucky. Children: Robert P., Martha, Joyce, Giles G., Langston M., Sarah, Mary, and William S. Bacon.
He later moved his family to Missouri.
Nathaniel Bacon
Edmond Bacon
Married Mary B. Hensley on 3 November 1797. Mary was born 25 February 1779 and died 24 May 1826.
Children of Lyddall Bacon, Sr. and Lucy Crump
Richard Benedict Bacon
Removed to Kentucky. Married Susan (died 30 March 1813). They had a daughter, Amanda (born 7 May 1814).
Elizabeth Bacon
Married Dr. John C. Bacon, son of a William Bacon.
Kentucky Land & Deed Records
Madison County Deeds involving the Bacon heirs
Deed, Vol. 42, page 109 – 19 June 1809
Heirs of Lyddall Bacon, Sr. (Lyddall Bacon Jr. & wife Patsy, Langston Bacon & wife Sally,
Edmund Bacon & wife, and others) convey their interest in property of their late father
and of their late brother Nathaniel Bacon to Achilles Sneed. Land in Madison County.
Deed Book N, page 202 – 24 August 1809
Benedict Bacon of Frankfort sells to Achilles Sneed his interest as one of the heirs of
Nathaniel Bacon, deceased (who was an heir of Lyddall Bacon, deceased) — 1,391 acres on the
north fork of Rockcastle, Copper Creek branch of Dicks River.
Deed Book N, pages 204–206
Notes that Lyddall Bacon of New Kent County, Virginia, died possessed of an interest in
5,562 acres in Madison County, Kentucky. The interest passed to his children and heirs:
John, Langston, Lyddall, Edmund, Benedict (or Richard), Nathaniel, and Elizabeth Bacon.
Consideration $450.
Deed Book N, pages 474–475 – 7 September 1819
John C. Bacon and wife Elizabeth (of Franklin County) sell 256 acres in Madison County
to Moses M. Price of Estill County for $120. Acknowledged before Achilles Sneed,
Clerk of the Court of Appeals.
Deed Book P, pages 225–229 – 15 October 1821
Heirs of Lyddall Bacon convey several tracts to Green Clay under a decree of the
Jessamine Circuit Court. Includes portions of surveys totaling 1,390 acres on Muddy Creek,
1,391 acres on the North Fork of Rockcastle, and 300 acres on Station Camp Creek.
Additional Sources
Books, Bible records, and parish registers
- The Beacon Family, The Descendants of Capt. Edmund Bacon, by Larry A. James, page 23 — notes Lyddall Bacon (son of Langston and Sarah Miller), born 1745, died after 1785; married Ann Apperson and later Mrs. Crump; sons John, Lyddall, Langston, Edmund, and Benedict.
- The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Vol. 25–26 — record from a Bacon family Bible primarily concerning the family of John Bacon (1767–1817).
- Parish Register of Saint Peter’s, New Kent County, Virginia 1680–1787 — 1767: John, son of Lydall and Ann Bacon; 1769: Sarah, daughter of Lyddall and Ann Bacon (born 17 April).
- Genealogies of Kentucky Families, A–M, pages 25–26 — abstracts from a Bacon family history by Sallie Jouett James. Notes that John Bacon came to Kentucky about 1790 after his father’s death, and that four of his brothers (Langston, Lyddall, Edmund, and Benedict) later followed him.
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