Born
8 Feb 1749 in
Virginia
Ancestors
Brother of
James Ledford ,
Philadelphia (Ledford) Veluzat ,
Frederick Ledford ,
William Ledford ,
Elizabeth (Ledford) Smith ,
James Ledford ,
Mary (Ledford) Lott ,
James Ledford ,
Peter George Ledford Sr. ,
Joseph Ledford ,
Obediah Ledford ,
Elisa Ledford ,
Alias Elias Ledford ,
Alexander Ledford ,
James Ledford and
Mark Lott Ledford
Descendants
Died
20 Feb 1802
at age 53
in
Cumberland Gap, Kentucky USA
Profile last modified 7 Aug 2022
| Created 19 Oct 2010
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Biography
John Ledford Jr. lived in Appalachia.
He was born on 08 Feb 1749 in what is now Montgomery, Virginia and his parents were Lucy (Thompson) and John Ledford, Sr.
John H. Ledford, Jr. married Elizabeth Bryant.
He passed away on 20 Feb 1802.
During a windstorm on their way to Knox, Kentucky, just beyond the Cumberland gap. The Ledford party camped there with 5 families for 2 nights. "During the night a violent windstorm blew a large tree down crushing John and Elizabeth's wagon where they were sleeping. They were both killed". Aley Ledford (William Alexander Ledford), their son, who was about 11 or 12, was adopted by the Farmers and ended up marrying Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" Farmer.
Sources
See also:
1790 Census - Residence: Rowan County, North Carolina
John Ledford Jr - [1 - Male - Ages (16 & upward)] - Age 41 (census does not show age 41)
1800 Census - Obediah Ledford - Residence: Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina
John Ledford - [1 - Male - Ages (45 & up)] - Age 51 (census does not show age 51)
Ancestry Family Trees with broken links ...
Research Notes
The book “Generations: An American Family” has no citations.
Acknowledgments
Ledford-81 was created by Gene (Lee Gourley) Davies on 19 Oct 2010.
Ledford-108 was created through the import of Sowell and Dollar Tree.ged on 04 May 2011.
Ledford-216 was created by Bob Carson through the import of 2010-09-14.ged on 29 Jul 2011.
Ledford-929 was created by Terri (Palmer) Koch on 07 Sep 2014.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of
his Y-chromosome or
his mother's mitochondrial DNA .
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share
some percentage of DNA with John:
~3.12%
Deborah Henson :
AncestryDNA
~2.34%
Terri (Palmer) Koch :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member Shortymaek
~1.56%
Vicky (Hatton) Perdue :
23andMe , GEDmatch LD7956357 [compare ]
+
MyHeritage DNA
~1.56%
Jean (Gregory) Gregory Evans :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A692960 [compare ] , Ancestry member jeangregoryevans
~1.56%
Robert Ledford :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member lndaled
~1.56%
Jean Masingill :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch LS8163362 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #919563
~1.56%
Anonymous Hall :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch A713649 [compare ]
~1.17%
L A Banta :
23andMe , GEDmatch TP5130525 [compare ]
+
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch YA1012746 [compare ]
+
MyHeritage DNA , GEDmatch ZT9904203 [compare ]
~0.78%
Mike Spurlock :
23andMe
~0.78%
Dave Cobb :
23andMe , GEDmatch M850180 [compare ]
~0.78%
Rod Pennington :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member rodpenn2012
~0.78%
Melva (Cook) Coffelt :
23andMe , GEDmatch M500563 [compare ]
~0.78%
Janet Masingill :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch YT9076034 [compare ] , Ancestry member janetmasingill
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A411657 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #B472165
+
MyHeritage DNA
~0.78%
David Aughenbaugh :
23andMe
~0.78%
Elizabeth (Ledford) Landers :
23andMe
~0.78%
William Ledford :
23andMe , GEDmatch WA2308283 [compare ]
~0.78%
Chris Palmer :
23andMe , GEDmatch MJ8846828 [compare ]
+
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch MJ8846828 [compare ]
~0.78%
Ronald Ledford :
23andMe
~0.78%
Roy Ledford :
AncestryDNA
~0.78%
Deborah (Clark) Williams :
AncestryDNA
~0.78%
Bill Poteat :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member billpoteat
~0.78%
Bob Pridgen :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A506817 [compare ] , Ancestry member BobPridgen_1
~0.78%
Shantay Sawyer :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member shantay78sawyer
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B409513
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch A441644 [compare ]
+
MyHeritage DNA
~0.78%
A Elliott :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member ac_elliott
~0.78%
T. L. Wallace :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A678506 [compare ] , Ancestry member Trinket142
~0.78%
Janie (Massengale) Rinehart :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member JanieMassengaleRinehart
~0.78%
Dana Caldwell :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch KD4083988 [compare ] , Ancestry member dcburr45
~0.78%
Allen (Woodard) Jensen :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch T061669 [compare ] , Ancestry member P_J_Allen
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T061669 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #B9767
~0.78%
Michael Brown :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member matelot
~0.78%
Thomas Black :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch DB4065213 [compare ] , Ancestry member Thomas_Black
+
MyHeritage DNA
+
Living DNA
~0.78%
James Masingill :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch NX2355031 [compare ] , Ancestry member janetmasingill
~0.78%
~3.12%
Janet (Henson) Adams :
AncestryDNA , yourDNAportal JAN2ee10d3f, Ancestry member S_paw_1
~0.78%
A Skidmore :
AncestryDNA
~0.78%
Andrew Franklin :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch F453667 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #453667
~0.78%
Doris Ledford :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T742893 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #667805
~0.78%
Prentist (Wilson) Sutherland :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T962490 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #69875
~0.39%
Stephen Motley :
23andMe
~0.39%
Douglas Green :
23andMe , GEDmatch M735651 [compare ]
~0.39%
John Hardy :
23andMe , GEDmatch M283153 [compare ]
+
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member johnellishardy
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B124716
~0.39%
Sonja (Anderson) Davis :
23andMe
~0.39%
William (Allen Jr) Allen-Spurlock :
23andMe
~0.39%
Randall Roberts :
23andMe , yourDNAportal RAN7cf6aba9
~0.39%
Van Craven :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
~0.39%
Bob Carson :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A091116 [compare ] , Ancestry member rdcarson58
+
Living DNA , GEDmatch A091116 [compare ]
~0.39%
Dawn Watson :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch JJ6244693 [compare ] , Ancestry member cadawaca
~0.39%
Mike Crain :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A850268 [compare ] , Ancestry member ucraimx2
~0.39%
Tracy Johnson :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A303756 [compare ] , Ancestry member btajjj50
~0.39%
Angie (Gilliam) McCall :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member angie65459
~0.39%
Patricia Belcher :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A986005 [compare ] , Ancestry member psimpkins1
~0.39%
Keivan Shahrokhi :
AncestryDNA
~0.39%
Alyson (Bandy) Merrell :
AncestryDNA
~0.39%
Gregory Grundhoffer :
AncestryDNA , Ancestry member greg_in_nm
~0.39%
~1.56%
Jenna (Jarrell) Bates :
AncestryDNA
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