At the time of the 1870 US Census, head of household Sterling C. Gardner (age 38, born in Georgia) was working as a Farm Laborer and living on an estate worth $400 in Mississippi, United States with his wife, Lucinda A. Gardner (age 36, born in Georgia), and five children: John C. Gardner (age 16, born in Georgia), William H. Gardner (age 14, born in Georgia), Sterling S. Gardner (age 12, born in Georgia), Jessie B. Gardner (age 3, born in Georgia), and an African-American young girl Farm Laborer, Celah Gardner (age 17, born in Georgia).
United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFSP-VR9 : 12 April 2016), William H Gardner in household of Sterling C Gardner, Mississippi, United States; citing p. 9, family 58, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,245.
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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.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William: