Dread
"Etheldred, Dred"
Wall
Born about in South Carolina, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Drury Wall
and Martha (Meeks) Wall
Brother of
Jesse Wall, Burrell Wall, Miles A Wall, Elizabeth Wall, Frances (Wall) Green, Jane (Wall) Langston, Nace L Walls and Martha (Wall) Beck
Husband of
Lavina (Allen) Wall
— married
14 Nov 1833 in Rabun County, Georgia
Descendants 
Father of
William Wall, Martha L Wall, Littleton Meeks Wall, Martin Nace Wall, Andrew Benson Wall, Mary Ann (Walls) DeHart, Nancy Jane (Wall) Drinnen, James Ivan Wall, Athea Allen Wall, Susie Virginia (Wall) Breedlove, Jesse Meeks Walls and Thomas F Wall
Died
at about age 68
in Swain County, North Carolina, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Mar 2016
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Biography
Dread was born about 1812 [1] in South Carolina, USA [2].
He married Lavina Allen [3]
He was a postmaster in War Woman, Rabun County, Georgia [4].
He passed away in 1880.
Research notes
His name may be Etheldred, but no source has been found. In the records, he commonly is referred to as Dread.
A descendant of Dread has DNA results in the CTP DNA Study
Sources
- ↑ United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Year: 1860; Census Place: Warwoman, Rabun, Georgia; Roll: M653_134; Page: 505; Family History Library Film: 803134, Household of Dread and Vina
- ↑ "1850 United States Federal Census", The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: Militia District 552, Rabun, Georgia; Roll: 81; Page: 337a; Line Number: 5, Ancestry Record 8054 #18911182 (accessed 9 October 2023), household of Dread and Vina Wall, Dread Wall (38), Farmer, in Militia District 552, Rabun, Georgia, USA. Born in South Carolina.
- ↑ "1880 United States Federal Census", Year: 1880; Census Place: Nantahala, Swain, North Carolina; Roll: 983; Page: 185C; Enumeration District: 181, Ancestry Record 6742 #19879215 (accessed 9 October 2023), Dead Wall (69), married, Farming, head of household in Nantahala, Swain, North Carolina, USA. Born in South Carolina.
- ↑ "U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971", The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC; Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-Sept. 30, 1971; Record Group: Records of the Post Office Department; Record Group Number: 28; Series: M841; Roll Number: 25; Volume Number: 26, Ancestry Record 1932 #1582513 (accessed 9 October 2023), Name: Dread Wall; Post Office Location: War Woman, Rabun, Georgia; Appointment Date: 1 Nov 1858; Volume Year Range: 1857-1876.
See also:
- Dodd, Jordan, comp.. Georgia Marriages to 1850. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Georgia.
- North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Dread 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 Dread 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:
- Gene Pitman
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 29 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #91881 - Stephen Pittman :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT351658, FTDNA kit #B111733
- Kerr Wall :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FTB44966, FTDNA kit #B441785
- James Pittman :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test, haplogroup R-A11782, FTDNA kit #508573
- Ken Pittman :
Y-Chromosome Test 12000 markers, haplogroup R-Z156
-
~6.25%
June (Bobo) Dickerson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A003402 [compare], Ancestry member Laura8021
-
~3.12%
Laura (Hix) Ellis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A219024 [compare], Ancestry member Laura8021
-
~1.56%
Paul Dixon :
23andMe, GEDmatch GK6612462 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YF9691873 [compare], Ancestry member pvdixon
-
~1.56%
Greg Klima :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Lauren (Morehead) De Leon :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A978709 [compare], Ancestry member lahainaren
-
~0.39%
Pamela (Cowart) Jaeger :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Marilyn (Mosteller) McHaney :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.39%
Della (Mull) Rickett :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member klrickett
-
~0.39%
Virginia Boyd :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member ginnermacb
+
MyHeritage DNA
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~0.39%
Chris Looney :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member clooney30
-
~0.39%
Jo Blake :
MyHeritage DNA
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Greg Klima Jr.
Wall-7336 and Wall-3163 appear to represent the same person because: Obvious Match
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Greg Klima Jr.
Wall-7336 and Wall-3163 appear to represent the same person because: Obvious Match
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by Greg Klima Jr.
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