Born
1775 in
Rowan County, North Carolina
Ancestors
Brother of
George Towery Ledford ,
Nancy (Ledford) Lloyd ,
Martha W (Ledford) Smith ,
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
Descendants
Died
1820
at about age 45
in
Overton County, Tennessee, United States
Problems/Questions
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Biography
Birth
Willam was born in 1775. He was the son of John Ledford and Grizella Mckaughan . He passed away in 1820.
Marriage
William married Martha Jane Reed
Residence
1810 Federal Census: Burksville, Cumberland, Kentucky, USA [1] Note: 1 Male (26 to 44) Age 35.
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2S-THV : accessed 22 March 2020), Wm Ledford, Burksville, Cumberland, Kentucky, United States; p. 184, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C. : National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. ), roll 9, FHL microfilm 181,354.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Willam 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:
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 Willam:
~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%
Sarah (Cason) Dunlap :
23andMe
~1.56%
~1.56%
Sheila Smith :
AncestryDNA
~1.56%
Tessa (Harwood) Evans :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch GF6823672 [compare ]
~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%
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%
Robert Cheek :
AncestryDNA , GEDmatch JR7959813 [compare ] , Ancestry member r_Cheek
+
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