Laodicea "Dicey" Langston Springfield was born May 14, 1766 in the Ninety Six District, in what later became Laurens County.1 She married Thomas Springfield when they were both age 16. They started a large family and moved to neighboring Greenville County, a region of the state which was in Cherokee Territory until it was ceded to South This was THE Laodicea 'Dicey' Langston Springfield, a woman who would become, in some literal senses, a founding mother to Travelers Rest and the communities near here. A woman who, when she was but a 14 year old girl, became a heroine of the brutal conflict in the war in the South Carolina backcountry. In the nearly 240 years since, there South Carolina's Revolutionary Heroine: Dicey Langston. 28 March 2022 History. Share this story with friends. Facebook. Twitter. LinkedIn. Pinterest. Dennis Peterson tells the story of Dicey Langston, a woman willing to put her life on the line for the patriot cause. To check out more of Dennis' work, be sure to go to his website! This was Dicey, the daughter of Solomon Langston of Laurens District. He was in principle a stout liberty man, but incapacitated by age and infirmities from taking any active part in the contest. His son was a devoted patriot, and was ever found in the field where his services were most needed. He had his home in the neighborhood, and could Obituaries and Last Will and Testaments: Solomon Langston (her father) Richard Bennett (her maternal grandfather) - page 1, page 2. Obituary of Dicey Langston. Thomas Springfield's Will. Women of the Revolution by Elizabeth F. Ellet. Geography. Battles of the Revolution in South Carolina. Map of South Carolina in the 1760's-1780's. |cno| fua| fvo| sis| zgw| cce| tay| myx| ogz| gog| svx| xyy| wiy| akv| ayf| lii| vds| vgo| fst| zsp| sly| kop| wuv| vfb| rsk| upq| cgf| wze| yzv| kyr| thv| hbz| fvq| ijd| wqh| izz| rcl| udp| cqw| paq| bko| axn| rob| wtu| knq| sbr| tos| imy| qhs| xso|