↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCP2-3RS : 14 November 2020), John E Lenghton in household of Lewis Lenghton, Botetourt, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 13, sheet 135D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,356.
↑ "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY2-GLJJ : 16 August 2019), John Ernest Leighton, 24 Dec 1944; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Clifton Forge, Alleghany, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPPM-K1L : accessed 22 April 2018), John Leighton, Covington Ward 2, Alleghany, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 27A, family 424, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1620; FHL microfilm 1,375,633.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6CT-L99 : 13 March 2018), John Ernest Leighton, 1917-1918; citing Alleghany County, Virginia, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,984,207.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJN3-BQV : accessed 22 April 2018), J E Leighton, Covington, Alleghany, Virginia, United States; citing ED 9, sheet 17A, line 24, family 317, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1878; FHL microfilm 1,821,878.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CZ14-LN2 : accessed 22 April 2018), John E Leighton, Covington, Alleghany, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 1A, line 9, family 3, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2433; FHL microfilm 2,342,167.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRY3-DRP : accessed 22 April 2018), John E Leighton, Covington, Covington Magisterial District, Alleghany, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-10, sheet 3A, line 33, family 53, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4243.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVG4-PDRW : 13 December 2015), John Ernest Leighton, 1944; Burial, Covington, Covington City, Virginia, United States of America, Cedar Hill Cemetery; citing record ID 110631067, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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