This profile is protected by WikiTree's Native American Project for the following reasons: Many people have claimed that his mother was a Native American Cherokee, and that he himselfwas called "Little Loud Wolf," but there is no evidence to support such claims.
Biography
William was born about 1800 in either Virginia or Wayne County, Kentucky, son of Jacob Troxel by his first wife whose name is not known.
He died May 15, 1882, in JACKSON COUNTY, ALABAMA.[1] BROKEN LINK
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4J2-25H : 12 August 2017), William Troxel, Beat 1, Jackson, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district ED 100, sheet 54A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0016; FHL microfilm 1,254,016.
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: