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The White connection
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information is from: http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/nirvana/621/landrum2.html Caution: This information can be used as a guide for your own research, it is better than nothing, All that is verified to this point is our Lozen Landrum to Jesse B Landrum and that they once lived in Clarke Co AL, my research is on going, and will build upon this over time. |
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Descendants of John LANDRUM John and his brother James migrated from Scotland to the Virginia Colonies and settled in Rappahannock (later Essex) Co. Virginia. 1 John LANDRUM b:
Abt. 1665 in prob. Turiff, Aberdeenshire SCT END |
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Landrum Family PageThe Landrum Origins and SurnameLandrum is believed to be a variant spelling of the Scottish family name Lendrum. The Lendrum family were originally named "Comyn" (or "Cummin" / "Cumming"), a Norman family descended from Charlemagne which lived in what is now France. Comyn is a typical Norman nickname, probably taken from the spice cummin. The three bundles of plants in the Cummin coat-of-arms, usually blazoned as garbs or wheat sheaves, were doubtless originally bundles of cummin.The first Comyn came to Britain with William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest, and the family spread to Scotland. The first Comyn to settle in Scotland was powerful Anglo-Norman churchman, William Comyn, a close confidant of King David I, under whom he became Chancellor of Scotland. The Comyns acquired the title Earl of Buchan, one of only thirteen such titles in Scotland. Two other Comyns were also acquired earldoms. The Earls of Buchan were William Comyn (1210-1233); Alexander Comyn (1242-1289); and John Comyn (1289-1309). The Comyns lost their family name in a struggle over succession to the Scottish throne. When King Alexander III died in 1291, his only direct descendant was the "little Maid of Norway," but when she died also, the throne was disputed by Alexander's distant relations, the heirs of David Earl of Huntington, John Balliol and Robert Bruce, known as the "Competitor." Balliol was the grandson of Margaret, David's eldest daughter while Bruce was the son of his daughter Isabel. John Comyn, known as "the Black Cummin," and brother-in-law of John Balliol, was also a claimant through his descendance from King Donald III. Both Baliol and Bruce took up arms and gathered supporters. In order to prevent a civil war, King Edward of England, who had a claim of his own, was called to decide between the two. He chose Baliol, but he then deposed Baliol in 1296 and took the throne himself. This strengthened the claims of John's son, "the Red Cummin" to the throne. A struggle for the throne ensued between the Comyns and Robert Bruce, grandson of the Competitor, and Robert stabbed and killed "Red" Comyn at a conference in a church in 1306. The Comyns and their English allies were finally defeated by Robert Bruce in battle at Bannockburn in 1314, and "Red" Comyn's son was killed in the battle. Bruce confiscated the lands of the Comyns and banned the name. A younger son of the Earl of Buchen took the surname "Lendrum" derived from the place where he lived in northeastern Aberdeenshire. Lendrum Farm, Turiff, AberdeenshireLendrum is a Celtic word meaning "the moor of the ridge." A 250 acre farm in the parish of Monquhitter about four miles south of Turiff still bears that name. Since farms kept their names for centuries, this is likely the original Landrum home.The Lendrum farm has had its present name since at least the eleventh century when the Battle of Lendrum was fought there. It was bloody battle that lasted three days between forces commanded by the mormaer of Buchan and the army of the usurper Donald Bane, brother of King Malcom Canmore. The decisive third day of the battle was fought in a six acre field which tradition covers with gore. The mormaer of Buchan prevailed, and Donald, after losing most of his force, was forced to flee. Down to at least 1793 it was firmly believed locally that "corn" grown on the "bloody butts of Lendrum" could not be reaped without strife and bloodshed among the reapers. The site of the battle was marked by cairns and tumuli until some time in the first half of the nineteenth century when a tenant put the heath under plow in the course of which he removed the hillocks which had marked the graves of the slain and preserved the memory of the battle, in may of which he found corroded iron and other evidence of conflict. Thus, the tenant unknowlingly destroyed battle memorials which he regarded as merely encumbrances in his field. Lendrum may have originally been considerably larger than its present size, as some of the battle relics were found on the adjoining farms of Brownfield and Kethan. Earliest Landrum Emigrants to America -- John and JamesMost of the Landrums in America are probably descended from two brothers, John (1665- abt. 1707) and James Landrum (abt 1671-????) who emigrated from Scotland to Essex Co., Virginia in 1688. According to family tradition, the brothers emigrated directly from Scotland, and it is known that ships brought Scottish settlers to Rappahanock River ports during the 1680's. Other members of the family emigrated to Ulster at the same time. The entry and settlement patterns in Virginia support the idea of immigration directly from Scotland. Most Scots in Ulster were from the Lowlands of Scotland, and they arrived in Philadelphia and moved along the Great Philadelphia Wagon Road into the unsettled areas in the Shenandoah Valley in far Western Virginia. Entry through the Chesapeake Bay ports and settlement along the east cast are characteristic of Highland Scots who came directly from Scotland.John Landrum is believed to have been born in 1665 Turiff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which is 38 miles northeast of Aberdeen. He emigrated in 1688 to Rappahannock County (later became Essex County), Virginia with his younger brother James. He married Sophronia Jane Evans, daughter of John Evans, after arriving in Virginia. John Landrum owned 160 acres of land on the southeastern side of the Occupacia River, south of the Rappahanock River in Essex County. He sold the land in 1695. He was listed in the quit rents rolls of Essex County in 1704 as owning 300 acres. He died 1707 or 1798, in Essex County, Virginia. John's children were as follows:
John Landrum, Jr.John Landrum, Jr. was born about 1700 in Essex County, Virginia. He married Mary _____ (perhaps Johnson). In 1720 John sold land in Essex County that had been left to Jane Landrum under the will of Martin Johnson. In 1722 John purchased 595 acres of land in Spotsylvania County from Larkin and Hannah Chew. In 1729 he sold this land. In 1734 the western part of Spotsylvania County became part of Orange County. In that year John was listed in Orange County as "Surveyor of Roads." In the same year he also patented 250 acres back of "Great Mountain," (which refers to the Blue Ridge Mountains) at the mouth of the south fork of the Shenandoah River. In 1736 he was granted a patent to 650 acres in the Great Fork of the Rappahanock River. In 1738 he executed a deed of lease and release to Peter Refnough conveying land in Orange County. The Ray Research Collection refers to a grant to John in 1746. He was involved in lawsuits with William Catlett in 1738, 1739, and 1740. John moved with six of his sons (Thomas stayed in Virginia but later moved to Oglethorpe Co., Georgia) to Orange (later Chatham County), North Carolina where he received a land grant acres from Lord Granville in 1754. He was listed as a taxpayer in Chatham County in 1755. He returned to England, outfitted ships, and brought settlers by way of Cape Fear to the interior where he sold them plots from the grant. As the Revolutionary War approached and a radical spirit took hold, the settlers became dissatisfied that they had been required to pay John Landrum, Jr., for the land, which they decided should have been free. In 1774 at the height of the controversy, John, Jr. died. His son John Landrum III, who was a Tory, took charge and was murdered by Ephriam Alexander during a riot of settlers. Alexander was briefly jailed but then released without trial by the Revolutionary state legislature, which was apparently not too concerned about the death of a Tory. John's son Thomas meted out his own justice by seeking out his father's murderer and killed him. Thomas fled to Georgia to his uncle Joseph Landrum of St. Paul's Parish when he was released on bond, but he was captured and brought back to Hillsborough for trial. In the trial that followed, Thomas was acquitted for the murder, but he was convicted on a charge of horse stealing, which perhaps he committed during his escape, "condemned to death as a Tory," and hanged. The children of John Landrum, Jr. were as follows:
Charles LandrumJohn Landrum's son Charles was born in 1731 in Orange (later Chatham) County, North Carolina. He died in 1793, Edgefield County, South Carolina. His children included:
Thomas LandrumThomas Landrum, son of Charles Landrum, was born in 1770 in North Carolina. He married Mary _____. He is listed in 1800 Edgefield Co., South Carolina census as married with one son and one daughter. He moved to Mississippi before 1801, perhaps to Perry County. The children of Thomas and Mary Landrum were as follows:
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