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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
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Author: Mr. William Theodore Kinker (Ret.)
Maurice Langhorne was born in 1721 at the family plantation, “Gambell,” at Warwick County, Virginia, a son of John Langhorne and Mary. The family removed to Cumberland County, Virginia, near Langhorne’s cousin Colonel Archibald Cary of "Ampthill,” and Mary Randolph Cary of "Curles."
Maurice Langhorne bought thousands of acres at Cumberland County. He was Justice of the Peace for Warwick County in 1750-1760, a Justice of the Peace for Cumberland County in 1760, Major of the Militia and a member of the Committee of Safety for Cumberland County in 1775-1776.
Of the items documented in the Virginia Revolutionary “Publick” Claims for Cumberland County, Langhorne provided a saddle for Major General Baron Von Steuben in June 1781, and 300 bushels of fodder for Colonel "Light-Horse Harry" Lee's Legion in November 1781.
In 1777, Langhorne was contracted to build a new courthouse on one of the abandoned fields of his plantation, after Powhatan County was carved from the eastern half of Cumberland. When the new building burned in 1783, the justices "…adjourned to the barn of Maurice Langhorne, gentleman of this county….till the further order of this court." He was sheriff of Cumberland County from 1784-1789.
Maurice Langhorne died about 1791 at Cumberland County, Virginia. His final resting place is unknown.
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