Born about in Randolph County, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Peter George Ledford Sr.
and Anne Tucker (Tucker) Ledford
Sister of
Samantha Ledford, Alexander Elias Ledford, Peter George Ledford Jr. [half], Absalom Ledford [half], William H Ledford [half], Callie Ledford [half], Levi Ledford [half], Jason David Ledford [half], Amos Ledford [half], Thomas Sanford Ledford [half] and Samuel Ledford [half]
Wife of
Jonathan Knight Jr.
— married
1796 in Granville County, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
John Franklin Knight, Levi Ervin Knight Sr., Amos W Knight, Sarah Dorothy (Knight) Cabe, Bethena (Knight) Waterman, Ellender (Knight) Iles, Jonathan Anderson Knight, Elizabeth (Knight) Massengale, Nancy Emma (Knight) Kilgore, Andrew Jackson Knight and Rebecca Frances (Knight) Gregory
Died
at about age 77
in Sale Creek, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 26 Jan 2013
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Biography
Elenor was born in 1781. She was the daughter of Peter Ledford and Anne Tucker. She passed away in 1857. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 30 October 2021), memorial page for Elenor Knight (unknown–6 Nov 1857), Find A Grave: Memorial #168613821, citing Mount Vernon Cemetery, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; maintained by Sandra Morgan (contributor 48810332), headstone photo.
- "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHK1-MXH : accessed 6 February 2022), Peter Ledford, Randolph, North Carolina, United States; citing p. 313, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 7; FHL microfilm 568,147.
- Ledford, Peter
- 2 males over 16 (Peter Ledford age 38, Unknown son 1 age 16)
- 2 males under 16 (Eli age 4, Unknown son 2 age 6)
- 3 females (Samantha age 14, Ellender age 9 , wife of Peter)
- "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHT1-SDY : 19 May 2020), Elenor Knight, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 149, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD7-NWF : 4 April 2020), Eleanor Knight in household of George W Grigery, Bledsoe county, Bledsoe, Tennessee, United States; citing family 467, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d*
- Data from family records
Acknowledgements
WikiTree profile Ledford-426 created through the import of white buck_2013-01-13.ged on Jan 13, 2013 by David Ellis-Anwyl. See the Changes page for the details of edits by David and others.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elenor by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elenor:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elenor by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elenor:
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~6.25%
Jean Masingill
:
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~3.12%
Janet Masingill :
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~3.12%
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~3.12%
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~3.12%
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~1.56%
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~1.56%
Connie Ward :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Deborah Henson :
AncestryDNA
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~1.56%
Mike Iles :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Mikeiles59
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~1.56%
Jean (Gregory) Gregory Evans :
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~1.56%
Robert Ledford :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lndaled
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Shelby (O'Neill) Nelson :
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Jade Ryan :
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Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch PG1778941 [compare]
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~1.56%
Tom Ward :
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~1.56%
Robert Sutherland :
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~0.78%
Jon Carlson :
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~0.78%
David Aughenbaugh :
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~0.78%
Dana Caldwell :
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~0.39%
Paul Dixon :
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~0.39%
Scot Walters :
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Paul Selk :
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~0.39%
Lisa Selk :
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~0.39%
Jeff (Holmes) Ledford :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member JR_Holmeson
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~0.39%
Crystal (Layel) Pope :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Anonymous Folkes :
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~0.39%
Thomas Breazeale :
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Linda (Johnson) Leslie
Ledford-2342 and Ledford-426 appear to represent the same person because: they share a similar birth year, the same parents, the same siblings and the same cited 1790 U.S. Census source.
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