William
Richard
Ledford
Born in Blairsville, Union County, Georgia, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Horatio Ledford, Georgia Ida Ledford, Hershel James Ledford, Virgil A Ledford and Eliza Jane Ledford
Husband of
Essie Alafair (Burns) Ledford
— married
25 Dec 1896 in Copperhill, Polk County, Tennessee, United States
Father of
Marshall Mckinley Ledford, Joseph Elbert Ledford, Olie Ledford, Henry Angus Ledford, Ila Mae (Ledford) Hoddenbach, Willie Ledford, Ruth N Ledford and James Coneway Ledford
Died
at age 80
in Copperhill, Polk County, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Sep 2014
This page has been accessed 186 times.
Biography
William was born in 1875. He was the son of Joseph Ledford and Atha Crumley. He passed away in 1956.
First-hand information as remembered by Paul Selk, Thursday, September 4, 2014.
Sources
- United States Census 1880, 1900, 1910, 1930, and 1940
- 1880 Census - Joseph Ledford - Residence: Choestoe, Union County, Georgia
William Ledford - Son - Male - Age 4 - Birthplace: Georgia
- 1900 Census - Residence: Owltown Coosa, Union County, Georgia
Wm R Ledford - Head - Male - Age 25 - Birthplace: Georgia
- 1910 Census - Residence: Polk County, Tennessee
William Ledford - Head - Male - Age 34 - Birthplace: Georgia
- 1930 Census - Residence: Polk County, Tennessee
William R Ledford - Head - Male - Age 54 - Birthplace: Georgia
- 1940 Census - Residence: McCaysville, Fannin County, Georgia
W R Ledford - Head - Male - Age 64 - Birthplace: Georgia
See also:
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3VX-56M : accessed 9 February 2018), Virgil A Ledford in household of Atha C Ledford, Militia Districts 1409, 1162, Owltown, Coosa, Union, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 128, sheet 11B, family 178, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,225.
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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
- Faith (Hutchens) Logsdon :
Mitochondrial DNA Test
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~3.12%
Deborah Henson :
AncestryDNA
-
~3.12%
Jean (Gregory) Gregory Evans :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A692960 [compare], Ancestry member jeangregoryevans
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~1.56%
David Aughenbaugh :
23andMe
-
~0.78%
Paul Dixon :
23andMe, GEDmatch GK6612462 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YF9691873 [compare], Ancestry member pvdixon
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~0.78%
Paul Selk :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A674665 [compare], Ancestry member paulselk_1
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~0.78%
Robert Ledford :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lndaled
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~0.78%
Lisa Selk :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A778682 [compare], Ancestry member lisaselk
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~0.78%
Crystal (Layel) Pope :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Thomas Breazeale :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member breazealethomas708
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~0.39%
Jean Masingill :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch LS8163362 [compare], FTDNA kit #919563
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