George
Towery
Ledford
Born in Rowan, North Carolina
Ancestors 
Son of John Ledford
and Grizella (Buis) Ledford
Brother of
Willam A 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
Husband of
Mary (Curtis) Ledford
— married
1795 in Macon County, North Carolina
Descendants 
Father of
Henry Ledford, Curtis Aaron Ledford, Hiram Asberry Ledford Sr., Mary Elizabeth (Ledford) Passmore, Sophorina (Ledford) Keener, John Henderson Ledford and Watson Ledford
Died
at about age 85
in Ellijay, Macon County, North Carolina
Profile last modified
| Created 3 Aug 2011
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Contents |
Biography
George was born about 1772. He was the son of John Ledford and Grizzella Mckaughan. He passed away after 1857.
Sources
- United States Census 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940
- 1810 Census - Residence: Buncombe County, North Carolina
George Ledford - [1 - Male - Ages (26 to 44)] - Age 38
- 1820 Census - Residence: Buncombe County, North Carolina
Towery Ledford - [1 - Male - Ages (45 & up)] - Age 48
- 1830 Census - Residence: Macon County, North Carolina
George Ledford - [1 - Male - Ages (50 to 60)] - Age 58
- 1840 Census - Residence: Macon County, North Carolina
Geo T Ledford - [1 - Male - Ages (60 to 70)] - Age 68
- WikiTree profile Ledford-302 created through the import of richey Family Tree.ged on Aug 2, 2011 by Ty Richey. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ty and others.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16982423
Footnotes
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Roy Ledford for starting this profile.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George 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 George 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:
- Jeff (Holmes) Ledford
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT156674, FTDNA kit #779515
- Topher Sims :
Mitochondrial DNA Test HVR1 and HVR2, haplogroup V
-
~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%
Douglas Green :
23andMe, GEDmatch M735651 [compare]
-
~1.56%
Paula Downey :
23andMe
-
~1.56%
~1.56%
Sheila Smith :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
Patricia Belcher :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A986005 [compare], Ancestry member psimpkins1
-
~1.56%
Paula Underwood :
AncestryDNA
-
~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%
~1.56%
Topher Sims :
23andMe, GEDmatch M185741 [compare]
-
~0.78%
Sarah (Cason) Dunlap :
23andMe
-
~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%
David Zimmerman :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A585436 [compare], Ancestry member davidezimmerman
-
~0.78%
~0.78%
Amy Nance :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A834024 [compare], Ancestry member amycnance
-
~0.78%
Douglas Moore :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Lesa Usry :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Robert Cheek :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JR7959813 [compare], Ancestry member r_Cheek
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder
-
~0.78%
Tessa (Harwood) Evans :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch GF6823672 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Elizabeth (Laukkonen) Stone :
23andMe, GEDmatch G613194 [compare]
+
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch SA491609 [compare]
-
~0.39%
Wendy Hiler :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Hilerw
-
~0.39%
Chryse L :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WD4658713 [compare], Ancestry member Chryse
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edited by Douglas Moore