JOHN LAUGHLIN
THE STORY AS I KNOW IT
John Laughlin was born about 1730 in Dervock, County Antrim, now North Ireland. Dervock is in the very north of the country, east of Coleraine. The Ancestral World Tree on the Web gives his parents as William Laughlin and Nancy Hodges.
A genealogy by Eva Laughlin LeBlanc named Descendants of John Laughlin from the Atlantic to the Pacific is available from the LDS library. The information in this piece comes from that source.
John Laughlin came to America from Ireland in the mid 1700's, landing in Philadelphia. The genealogy states that he married Mary White in Philadelphia about 1751.
They settled near Big Spring in Cumberland County, PA. Big Spring creek is beautiful, shallow and clear to the bottom in 2009. It winds through lovely farm land for 4-5 miles to the Laughlin Mill - built by William Laughlin. The Mill was in the family for over 100 years. Our family? - I believe there had to be a connection, but do not know what it was.
There were a number of Laughlin's who settled in
Cumberland Ct. and a number of them were Johns.
With no middle name it is difficult to distinguish which
John where. However, the LDS Ancestral file lists the
following as Mary and John Laughlin's children:
1. James born 1752
2. William born 1754
3. Anthony born Oct 7, 1756
4. Sarah born 1758
5. Mary born 1760
6. Nancy born 1763
7. John born 1769
A book titled Irish Settlers in American by O'Brien states that many officers of the Cumberland County Militia were Irish. Listed in that group is John Laughlin, Ensign.
The family moved to York County, Camden district, South Carolina about 1771 and John Laughlin died there about 1773.
In 1769 Judicial Districts were formed in South Carolina. There were seven districts in all. Camdem District lay in a northwest to southeast line from center of the state bordering on North Carolina to border on the Georgetown District 50 miles from the coast. In 1785 Counties were formed within the districts. The Camden District contained nine counties in all by 1792. They were Chester, Clarendon, Claremont, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Richland, Salem and York Counties.
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
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1. When was John born?
2. Who were his parents?
3. Search for immigration records.
4. Where and when did he marry?
5. When and where did he die?
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Date created: 7/25/2009
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