Julia Ledford
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Julia Ann Ledford (1836 - 1922)

Julia Ann Ledford
Born in Shooting Creek, Clay, North Carolina, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 86 in Hemp, Fannin, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Biography

Note

Note: Julia Ann Ledford Johnson applied for a civil war widow's pension in Murray County, Georgia after her husband died. She was living with her daughter Sarah Delilah Johnson Hartsell in Murray. In the pension application she said she was married in Clay County, North Carolina. Julia Ann Ledford died of cancer of the face (She was shut up in a room alone before she died because of the offensive oder. She was living with her daughter Jane Johnson Dillingham and grandson when she died.). Julia Ann Ledford had a spinning jenny that was passed down through her daughter Margaret Lavada Johnson Bruce's line. The spinning jenny is now in Anna Bliss's mother's possession in Arizona.

Birth: Jan. 25, 1837 North Carolina, USA

Death: May 7, 1922 Fannin County Georgia, USA


Parents: Amos Ledford (1808 - ____) Delilah Addington Ledford (1808 - ____)

Spouse: John Johnson (1827 - 1910)

Children:

  1. Sarah Delilah Johnson Heartsell (1856 - 1945)*
  2. Jane Mellisa Johnson Dillingham (1858 - 1939)*
  3. Benjamin Franklin Johnson (1860 - 1955)*
  4. James M. Johnson (1865 - 1939)*
  5. Mary Frances Johnson Walker (1867 - 1952)*
  6. Margaret Lavada Johnson Bruce (1870 - 1952)*
  7. Laura Caroline Johnson Morris (1872 - 1957)*
  8. Julia Ann Lenora Johnson Mashburn (1878 - 1935)*

Burial: Hemptown Baptist Church Cemetery, Hemp, Fannin County, Georgia, USA


Federal Census

1850 United States Federal Census [1] Name Julia A Ledford Age 13 Birth Year abt 1837 Birthplace North Carolina Home in 1850 Cherokee, North Carolina, USA Gender Female Family Number 325 Household Members Name Age Amos Ledford 42 Delila Ledford 42 Joshua L Ledford 18 Caroline Ledford 16 Julia A Ledford 13 William C Ledford 11 Julius C Ledford 8 Sidney M S Ledford 6 Damalla L Ledford 4 Margaret M Ledford 0

1860 United States Federal Census [2] Name Julia Ann Johnson Age 23 Birth Year abt 1837 Gender Female Birth Place North Carolina Home in 1860 Georgia Militia District 825, Murray, Georgia Post Office Holly Creek Family Number 435 Household Members Name Age John Johnson 33 Julia Ann Johnson 23 Sarah D Johnson 4 Malisa J Johnson 2

1880 United States Federal Census [3] Name July A. Johnson Age 44 Birth Year abt 1836 Birthplace North Carolina Home in 1880 Hemptown, Fannin, Georgia Race White Gender Female Relation to Head of House Wife Marital Status Married Spouse's Name John Johnson Father's Birthplace North Carolina Mother's Birthplace North Carolina Occupation Keeping House Household Members Name Age John Johnson 53 July A. Johnson 44 Sarah D. Johnson 23 Benjamin F. Johnson 19 James M. Johnson 14 Mary F. Johnson 12 Margaret L. Johnson 10 Laura C. Johnson 7 July A. Johnson 2

1900 United States Federal Census Name Julia Johnson Age 64 Birth Date Jan 1836 Birthplace North Carolina Home in 1900 Hemptown, Fannin, Georgia Race White Gender Female Relation to Head of House Wife Marital Status Married Spouse's Name John Johnson Marriage Year 1852 Years Married 48 Father's Birthplace North Carolina Mother's Birthplace North Carolina Mother: number of living children 8 Mother: How many children 9 Household Members Name Age John Johnson 73 Julia Johnson 64

1910 United States Federal Census Name Juley A Johnson Age in 1910 73 Birth Year abt 1837 Birthplace North Carolina Home in 1910 Hemptown, Fannin, Georgia Race White Gender Female Relation to Head of House Wife Marital Status Married Spouse's Name John Johnson Father's Birthplace North Carolina Mother's Birthplace North Carolina Native Tongue English Home Owned or Rented Own Home Free or Mortgaged Free Farm or House Farm Able to read Yes Able to Write Yes Years Married 56 Number of Children Born 11 Number of Children Living 8 Household Members Name Age John Johnson 83 Juley A Johnson 73


Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4YB-82N : 4 April 2020), Julia A Ledford in household of Amos Ledford, Cherokee county, part of, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States; citing family 325, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  2. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZMP-G36 : 18 March 2020), Julia Ann Johnson in entry for John Johnson, 1860.
  3. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8LT-ZFR : 11 August 2017), July A Johnson in household of John Johnson, Hemptown, Fannin, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 58, sheet 653B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,145.

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  • Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 27 September 2020), memorial page for Julia Ann Ledford Johnson (18 Jan 1836–7 May 1922), Find A Grave: Memorial #29280106, citing Hemptown Baptist Church Cemetery, Hemp, Fannin County, Georgia, USA ; Maintained by Chuck Garland (contributor 46487579) .

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Ledford-1336 and Ledford-84 appear to represent the same person because: Same parents and husband, slightly different birth date
3rd Generation; Julia Ann Ledford Johnson is my 3rd great grandmother.
Found the record of her death here:

"Georgia, Deaths, 1914-1927," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDXQ-8JN : accessed 11 May 2015), Julian Johnson, 07 May 1922, Fannin, Georgia, United States; citing reference 9239, Department of Archives and History, Atlanta; FHL microfilm 2297143.

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