Born
20 Aug 1762 in
Rowan County, North Carolina
Ancestors
Brother of
Sarah Ledford ,
Thomas L Ledford ,
Sarah Ledford ,
John Ledford ,
Jacob Ledford ,
Martha (Ledford) Teague ,
Phebe (Ledford) Simmons ,
Lydia Lide (Ledford) Robins ,
Rebecca (Ledford) Hinkle ,
William Squire Ledford ,
Elizabeth (Ledford) McCurry and
Nancy Ann (Ledford) Davis
Descendants
Died
17 Jul 1842
at age 79
in
Midway, Davidson County, North Carolina USA
Profile last modified 19 Sep 2021
| Created 9 Feb 2013
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Biography
William was born in 1762. He is the son of William Ledford and Elizabeth McCurry .
Sources
United States Census 1790, 1800, 1810, 1830, 1840, and 1850
1790 Census - Residence: Lincoln County, North Carolina
Wm Ledford - [1 - Male - Ages (16 & up)] - Age 28
1800 Census - Residence: Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina
William Ledford - [1 - Male - Ages (26 to 44)] - Age 38
1810 Census - Residence: Lincoln County, North Carolina
William Ledford - [1 - Male - Ages (45 and upward)] - Age 48
Unknown Ledford - [1 - Male - Ages (0 to 10)]
Unknown Ledford - [1 - Male - Ages (0 to 10)]
Unknown Ledford - [1 - Female - Ages (0 to 10)]
Unknown Ledford - [1 - Male - Ages (10 to 15)]
Unknown Ledford - [1 - Female - Ages (10 to 15)]
1830 Census - Residence: Davidson County, North Carolina
William Ledford - [1 - Male - Ages (60 to 70)] - Age 68
*1840 Census - Residence: Davidson County, North Carolina
William Ledford - [1 - Male - Ages (70 to 80)] - Age 78
1850 Census - Residence: Cleveland County, North Carolina
William Ledford - Head - Male - Age 87 - Birthplace: North Carolina
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Roy Ledford for starting this profile.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William 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:
Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share
some percentage of DNA with William:
~3.91%
~6.25%
Melva (Cook) Coffelt :
23andMe , GEDmatch M500563 [compare ]
~3.12%
Doris Ledford :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T742893 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #667805
~1.56%
Melanie (Ledford) Raiford :
23andMe
~1.56%
Thomas Black :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch DB4065213 [compare ] , Ancestry member Thomas_Black
+
MyHeritage DNA
+
Living DNA
~1.56%
~6.25%
Robert Cheek :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch JR7959813 [compare ] , Ancestry member r_Cheek
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
~0.98%
~1.56%
Sheila Smith :
AncestryDNA
~0.78%
Paula Downey :
23andMe
~0.78%
Elizabeth (Ledford) Landers :
23andMe
~0.78%
Michael Snyder :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch A805520 [compare ] , Ancestry member mwsnyder
~0.78%
Iona (Myers) Harris :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch ET9503328 [compare ] , Ancestry member santa1943
~0.78%
Andrea Lynch :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T076818 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #497073
~0.78%
Kathy (Stafford) Olson :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T301186 [compare ] , FTDNA kit #574100
~0.78%
Shirley (Bassett) Hamm :
MyHeritage DNA
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