William
Barnett
"Willie"
Ledford
Born in Clay County, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Rosa Jane (Ledford) Maney, Iowa Paula (Ledford) Stroud, Elizabeth C Ledford, Elisha Byron Ledford and Ernest Evin Ledford
Husband of
Lillie Evenell (Hogsed) Ledford
— married
24 Dec 1928 in Hayesville, Clay County, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Maedean Ledford
Died
at age 82
in Murphy, Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Oct 2018
This page has been accessed 52 times.
Biography
William Ledford lived in Appalachia, in North Carolina.
William was born in 1906. He was the son of William Ledford and Samantha Smith. He passed away in 1989.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLSB-GRS : Mon Sep 18 23:19:38 UTC 2023), Entry for W F Ledford and Martha Ledford, 1910.
- "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZKN-LLY : Wed Aug 23 23:02:36 UTC 2023), Entry for Fanris Ledford and Samantha Ledford, 1920.
- "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP95-KBPN : 9 March 2021), Willie Ledford and Lillie Hogsed, 24 Dec 1928; citing Clay, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
- "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3SC-6R2 : Thu Sep 21 16:49:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Willie Ledford and Lillie Ledford, 1930.
- "United States Census, 1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW91-PXW : Fri Sep 29 05:55:23 UTC 2023), Entry for William B Ledford and Lillie Ledford, 1940.
- "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGZX-ZWH : 29 September 2022), William Barnett Ledford, 1989.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47660311/william-barnett-ledford: accessed 30 September 2023), memorial page for William Barnett “Willie” Ledford (22 Sep 1906–7 Feb 1989), Find a Grave Memorial ID 47660311, citing Old Shooting Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Hayesville, Clay County, North Carolina, USA; Maintained by CYCWood (contributor 48801450).
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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:
- Jeff (Holmes) Ledford
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-FT156674, FTDNA kit #779515
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Tasha Francis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch PV4405993 [compare], Ancestry member theflash1979
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Timothy Francis :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FA8189275 [compare], yourDNAportal TIM58adbc36, Ancestry member tdf031979
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~3.12%
Ronald Ledford :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Allen (Woodard) Jensen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch T061669 [compare], Ancestry member P_J_Allen
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T061669 [compare], FTDNA kit #B9767
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