Born
about 1783 in
Davidson County, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors
Sister of
George Towery Ledford ,
Willam A Ledford ,
Nancy (Ledford) Lloyd ,
Susannah (Ledford) Swaim ,
Nancy (Ledford) Myers ,
John Ledford Jr ,
Grizella (Ledford) Pedicord ,
Rebecca Ledford ,
Elizabeth (Ledford) McCurry ,
Buis Buise Ledford ,
William Ledford ,
Buis Bules Ledford ,
Spruce McKaughan Ledford and
Phoebe S (Ledford) Green
Wife of
David Smith
— married
22 May 1828 in Stokes County, North Carolina, United States
[children unknown]
Died
1880
at about age 97
in
North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified 26 Feb 2022
| Created 9 Feb 2013
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Biography
Martha was born about 1783. She is the daughter of John Ledford and Grizzella Mckaughan .
Sources
United States Census 1790 and 1800
1790 Census - John A Ledford - Residence: Randolph County, North Carolina
Martha Ledford - [1 - Female - Age 7]
1800 Census - John A Ledford - Residence: Salisbury, Stokes County, North Carolina
Martha Ledford - [1 - Male - Ages (16 to 25)] - Age 17
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Roy Ledford for starting this profile.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Martha by comparing test results with other carriers of
her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA .
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
Topher Sims :
Mitochondrial DNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup V
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share
some percentage of DNA with Martha:
~6.25%
~6.25%
Melva (Cook) Coffelt :
23andMe , GEDmatch M500563 [compare ]
~6.25%
Doris Ledford :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T742893 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #667805
~3.12%
Melanie (Ledford) Raiford :
23andMe
~1.56%
Paula Downey :
23andMe
~1.56%
~1.56%
Sheila Smith :
AncestryDNA
~1.56%
Kathy (Stafford) Olson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T301186 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #574100
~1.56%
Shirley (Bassett) Hamm :
MyHeritage DNA
~0.78%
Douglas Green :
23andMe , GEDmatch M735651 [compare ]
~0.78%
~1.56%
Topher Sims :
23andMe , GEDmatch M185741 [compare ]
~0.78%
Sarah (Cason) Dunlap :
23andMe
~0.78%
Michael Green :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
~0.78%
Janice (Harper) Robertson :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A715228 [compare ] , Ancestry member Janlyr
+
Living DNA
~0.78%
Donna (Hamm) Wilson :
AncestryDNA
~0.78%
Patricia Belcher :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A986005 [compare ] , Ancestry member psimpkins1
~0.78%
Paula Underwood :
AncestryDNA
~0.78%
~0.78%
Amy Nance :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A834024 [compare ] , Ancestry member amycnance
~0.78%
Douglas Moore :
AncestryDNA
~0.78%
~3.12%
Robert Cheek :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch JR7959813 [compare ] , Ancestry member r_Cheek
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
~0.78%
Tessa (Harwood) Evans :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch GF6823672 [compare ]
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