William
Troy
Meadors
Jr
Born in Whitley County, Kentucky, USA
Ancestors 
Son of William Troy Meadors Sr
and Sarah (Smith) Meadors
Brother of
Lewis F Meadors, John W Meadors, Joel (Meadors) Meadows, Mary Hart (Meadors) Inman, Horace Harrison Meadors and Josiah Meartis Meadors
Husband of
Margaret C. (Patrick) Meadors
— married
10 Jan 1856 in Whitley, Kentucky, USA
Descendants 
Died
at age 39
in Whitley County, Kentucky, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jul 2015
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Biography
Sources
- 1860 US Census shows him as head of household with wife Margaret C and 2 children living in Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky
- 1870 US Census shows him as head of household with wife Margaret C and named children living in Lower Region, Whitley, Kentucky[1]
- 1880 US Census shows him as head of household with wife Mary and named children living in Bucksnort, Caldwell, Kentucky
- Kentucky, Marriage Records, 1852-1914 shows marriage between WT Meadors Jr and Margaret P Patrick on 10 Jan 1856 in Whitley County, KY, USA
- U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 shows he enlisted on 5 Dec 1862 and was a Corporal in the Union Army 32nd Regiment, Kentucky Infantry Company E
- U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 shows him as William T. Meadors.
- Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1953 show dates and locations for birth and death and father as Wm Meadors and mother as Sally Meadors
- ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX4H-2D3 : accessed 13 August 2015), W T Meadors, Kentucky, United States; citing p. 9, family 58, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,003.
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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:
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:
- Grant Meadors
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R1b1a2a1a1b, FTDNA kit #125381, MitoYDNA ID T16163 [compare] - Oscar Meadows :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-L21, FTDNA kit #94428
- Justin Mills :
Y-Chromosome Test 780 markers, haplogroup R-BY39033, MitoYDNA ID Z10542 [compare]
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~6.25%
Elaine (Smith) Elder :
23andMe
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Cathy Harmon :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member CathyHarmonGeraci
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~3.12%
Carol Inman :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T392753 [compare]
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~1.56%
Jennifer (Rice) McMahan :
23andMe, GEDmatch M220464 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A528587 [compare], Ancestry member jenrice
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #B450209
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Brenda Goins :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Paul Wood :
23andMe
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~0.78%
William Grantham :
23andMe, GEDmatch M131162 [compare]
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~0.78%
Kim (Hinkle) Witte :
23andMe, GEDmatch DS8293621 [compare]
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~0.78%
Bryan Belew :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A432212 [compare], Ancestry member BryanNBelew
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~0.78%
Gary Williams :
AncestryDNA
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T698835 [compare], FTDNA kit #851747
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Genia (McLaughlin) Means :
AncestryDNA
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Jerry Jones :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
K Bartholomew :
AncestryDNA
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Elaine (Smith) Elder
William Troy Meadors Jr died in 1877. He was not the soldier in the Ky Vol, 32 Regt, Co E. That soldier was William T. Meadors (1844-1906), s/o Lewis & Susannah (Prewitt) Meadors. He married Olive Patrick. William T Meadors appears on the 1890 Veterans Schedules, & is living in Rockholds, Ky. William Troy Meadors Jr was the uncle of William T. Meadors. Elaine Smith Elder
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by Elaine (Smith) Elder
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