Levi Ledford

Levi Ledford: born about 1797. He married Jerusha

Pittman and moved to Gilmer county, Georgia

sometime after 1840.

Peter Ledford, Jr. is an obvious candidate for Peter's son. William H. is not so obvious. According to the 1850 census of Cherokee county, NC, there was a William Ledford, age 56 living there with his wife Ellender. I'm not sure who associated him with this family, or how he came to be placed as a son of Peter.

A long standing oral tradition states that Jason D. is the son of Peter, and that Peter was living with Jason when he died. Peter and Jason were also buried near each other, with only Jason's wife between them. In the 1920's, Elizabeth Crumley, the daughter of Jason, wrote to the U.S. War Dept. to inquire about her grandfather's Pension, and named Peter as her grandpa.

Eli and Levi are attested as children of Peter's by their grandchildren and two of Levi's Sons, Elbert and William P. In 1908, Elbert, William, and about thirty other descendants of Eli and Levi's filled out applications to obtain allotments for having Cherokee blood. In these applications Eli and Levi are named as sons of Peter Ledford and Annie Tucker (or Conseene). There were three Peter Ledfords mentioned in early records. This Peter, born in 1758, his son Peter, Jr., who would have been too young to father either Eli or Levi, and the third Peter, nephew of our Peter, was born about 1775/6. He may have been old enough to be the father of Levi, born in 1796, but Eli was born about 1785. Besides, this Peter wasn't married until about 1804, and then he moved up to Yancey County. Eli and Levi were always associated closely with Peter G Ledford where ever he went.

http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/l/e/d/James-W-Ledford/GENE2-0001.html

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~itgenweb/apps/mckay-nellie.htm

33.LEVI4 LEDFORD (PETER G.3, JOHN2, WILLIAM1) was born Bet. 1787 - 1788 in Burke or Randolph County, North Carolina, and died Aft. 1850 in Gilmer County, Georgia.He married JERUSHA PITTMAN Abt. 1815 in Haywood County, North Carolina.She was born Abt. 1795 in Haywood County, North Carolina, and died Bet. 1852 - 1854 in Gilmer County, Georgia. Notes for LEVI LEDFORD: Levi Ledford was a farmer.

1840 Cherokee County, North Carolina Census:  Levi Ledford (age 40-50), five males, five females, no slaves 

The following was provided by Paul Selk. 

I don't think Elvira belongs as a daughter of Levi.The 1850 census has: 

Gilmer County, Georgia, 1850; page 405, household number 803 

LEDFORD, Levi63mNC  Jerusha55fNC  Elijah20mNC  Emily19fNC  Mary16fNC  William11mNC  Sarah8fNC  Wesley7mNC  Elvira27fNC  Cathsora7mNC  Matilda5fNC 

Going off standard census taking practice, she is way out of order, which indicates a separate family unit.This would make Elvira either a daughter-in-law, her husband, Levi's son, not present, or Levi's daughter who married another Ledford.Also, following the same practice, Matilda and Cathsora would be her children, not Levi's.  Notes for JERUSHA PITTMAN: Jerusha died about 1853/4, as Elbert Burton's son, Ceth Newell stated that his grandmother died when he was about six. 

Children of LEVI LEDFORD and JERUSHA PITTMAN are:

 i.   ALBERT BURTON5 LEDFORD42, b. Bet. 1818 - 1824, Haywood County, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1908; m. LOUISA UNKNOWN42, 1843, probably Cherokee county, North Carolina; b. 1826, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1860. 

Notes for ALBERT BURTON LEDFORD: Research:

1850 Polk County, Tennessee Census, 712, 486:  Burton Ledford,25, North Carolina  Louisa24, North Carolina  Reynolds,5  Newel,3  Eliza,20 

1860 Polk County, Tennessee Census, 156, 439:  Burton Ledford,37  Louisa,35  Elbert,13  Seth,11  Matilda,9  Elzan (f),7  James,5  Arkansas (f),3  Stephen8/12  Malinda Thompson, 40  Mary,21  Wesley Ledford,18  Elizabeth,18  William,21  J. Lafayette,11/12 

ii. ELVIRA LEDFORD43, b. Abt. 1823, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1850.

 iii.   NANCY JANE LEDFORD44, b. Abt. 1828, Haywood County, North Carolina; m. JOHN LEDFORD45,46, Abt. 1843; b. Abt. 1828. 

 iv.   ELIJAH LEDFORD, b. Abt. 1830, North Carolina; m. JANE CALLAHAN, December 22, 1850, Gilmer county, Georgia. 

Notes for ELIJAH LEDFORD: Married by E. Smith.
v. ELIZA LEDFORD46, b. Abt. 1830, North Carolina.

 vi.   EMLINE LEDFORD47, b. Abt. 1831, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1850; m. ALLEN THURMAN48, March 03, 1850, Gilmer County, Georgia. 

Notes for EMLINE LEDFORD: Also called Emily.
Notes for ALLEN THURMAN: Married by e. S. Smith, JP.
vii. MARY LEDFORD49, b. Abt. 1834, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1850.

 viii.   WILLIAM P. LEDFORD50, b. Bet. 1838 - 1839, Haywood County, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1860. 

 ix.   SARAH LEDFORD51, b. Abt. 1842, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1850. 

 x.   SAMUEL WESLEY LEDFORD, b. January 1842, North Carolina; d. August 22, 1924, Wallins Creek, Harlan County, Kentucky; m. ELIZABETH WALDEN, February 12, 1860, Fannin County, Georgia; b. 1843, Tenneessee or Georgia; d. Aft. June 02, 1900. 

Notes for SAMUEL WESLEY LEDFORD: Married in Fannin County, Georgia by J. Kincaid.

Occupation: merchant, preacher, soldier, coal miner. 

Sam and Elizabeth were in Roane County, Tennessee through about 1902. 

Also called West. 

1860 Polk County, Tennessee (Duplicate Census Entry), 209, 466:  Wesley Ledford 16  Elizabeth16  Andrew25 

1880 Hamilton County, Tennessee Census, Page 105B-106A, Household 326/333, Lines 43-50 and 1-2 (12th Civil District):  Samuel Ledford 37, coal miner, born in North Carolina  Elisabeth37, wife, keeping house, born in Tennessee  James [?]S.15, son, coal miner  Mary14, daughter, at home, born in Alabama  John12, son, coal miner  William9, son  Julia7, daughter  Thomas5, son  Elijah3, son  John Walden28, boarder, coal miner, born in Tennessee 

1890 Anderson County, Tennessee Veterans' Census, 6, 6(4): 

Pvt. A Co. 43rd TN ___; 63 to 8-1863 (9 months); Olivers P.O.; Confederate 

1900 Roane County, Tennessee Census, Page 54B, Lines 81-84 (5th District): 

S. W. Ledford, Jan. 1842, merchant, married 38 years 

Elizabeth, 1845, born in Tennessee, 13 children, 9 living 

Haden E., Apr. 1881, coal miner, born in Tennessee 

George G., Aug. 1884, day laborer, born in Tennessee 

1920 Madison County, Illinois Census, Volume 189, E. D. 65, Sheet 2, Line 86: 

George G. Ledford, 39, born in Tennessee 

Daisy, wife, 29, born in Tennessee 

George Willie, son, 12, born in Alabama 

Donald, son, 7, born in Alabama 

Cecil, son, 5/12, born in Alabama 

Samuel W., father, 83, born in Tenneessee 

SAMUEL W LEDFORD 

date:240822 

age:066 

place:HARLN 

volume:037 

cert:18149 

deathvol:24 

Notes for ELIZABETH WALDEN: Spouse Research:

Elizabeth died before 1920, because Samuel Wesley is shown as a widower in the 1920 census. 

Also called Libby. 

xi. CATHSORA LEDFORD51, b. Abt. 1843, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1850.

 xii.   MATILDA LEDFORD51, b. Abt. 1845, North Carolina; d. Aft. 1850. 

"United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHLX-7NR : accessed 27 February 2016), Levi Ledford, 1820.

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZYP-XYT : accessed 27 February 2016), Levi Ledford, Gilmer county, part of, Gilmer, Georgia, United States; citing family 803, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDV6-TNM : accessed 30 December 2015), Levi Ledford in entry for William Patton Ledford, 05 Apr 1925, Fannin, Georgia, United States; citing reference 17091, Department of Archives and History, Atlanta; FHL microfilm 2363179.