Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Ledford

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Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Ledford (Bryant)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Rowan County, Province of North Carolina
Death: April 1802 (49-50)
Cumberland Gap, Harlan County, Kentucky, United States (Tree Fell on wagon.)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of John Bryan, Sr. and Frances ‘Elizabeth’ McMahan
Wife of John Ledford, II
Mother of Frederick C. Ledford; Thomas Ledford; Elizabeth "Betty" Margaret Smith; John Ledford, III; Joseph Ledford and 6 others
Sister of Hannah Wilson; Mary Nancy Hampton; James Bryan; Sarah Elizabeth Howard; Lewis Bryan and 6 others

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About Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Ledford

Was she the daughter of John Bryan, Sr. & Frances Battle?


Elizabeth and John Ledford Jr. died together when tree falls on their wagon. They were camping for the night to cross the river into Kentucky in the morning.

Family

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/e/d/James-W-Ledford/GENE2-0004.html...

13.JOHN3 LEDFORD, JR. (JOHN2, WILLIAM1)12 was born 1752 in Rowan County, North Carolina, or Montgomery, Virginia, and died April 1802 in Cumberland Gap, Kentucky.He married ELIZABETH BRYANT12.She was born Abt. 1752, and died April 1802 in Cumberland Gap, Kentucky.

Children of JOHN LEDFORD and ELIZABETH BRYANT are:

  • i. JOSEPH4 LEDFORD.
  • ii. OBEDIAH LEDFORD, m. DEBORAH POLLY LYDIA; b. Virginia and or North Carolina.
  • iii. SAMUEL LEDFORD, d. Kentucky.
  • 27. iv. FREDERICK C. LEDFORD, b. Abt. 1770, Roanoke River Valley, Augusta County, Virginia; d. Aft. 1860.
  • v. THOMAS LEDFORD, b. Abt. 1771, Rowan County, North Carolina.
  • 28. vi. BETTY LEDFORD, b. Abt. 1773, Caraway Creek, Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina; d. Abt. 1853, Harlan County, Kentucky.
  • 29. vii. JOHN LEDFORD III, b. Abt. 1775, Burke County, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1802, Clay County, North Carolina.
  • viii. PETER LEDFORD, b. Abt. 1786.
  • 30. ix. WILLIAM ALEXANDER LEDFORD, SR., b. May 02, 1789, Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina; d. April 24, 1873, Cranks Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky.

The death of John & Elizabeth Ledford (1802)

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Source: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/163296371?cid=mem_copy


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Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Ledford's Timeline

1752
1752
Rowan County, Province of North Carolina
1761
1761
Carraway Creek, Rowan, North Carolina, United States
1769
1769
Roanoke River Valley, Augusta County, Virginia, United States
1771
1771
Virginia, United States
1771
Rowan County,NC
1773
1773
Rowan County, North Carolina, Colonial America
1775
1775
Burke County, North Carolina, United States
1777
1777
Rowan County, North Carolina, United States
1779
December 27, 1779
Rowan, North Carolina, United States