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William Jennings "Bryan" Ledbetter

Male 1896 - 1967  (70 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Jennings "Bryan" Ledbetter was born 4 Aug 1896, Henderson County, North Carolina (son of William Higgins Ledbetter and Lafaria Viola Searcy); died 23 Jun 1967, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried Refuge Baptist Church Cemetery.

    William — Maggie Elliott. Maggie was born 29 Dec 1900, McDowell County, North Carolina; died 10 Apr 1981, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Stone Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet]

    William — Maggie Ethel Taylor. Maggie was born 16 Mar 1905, McDowell County, North Carolina; died 30 Jan 1990, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried Refuge Baptist Church Cemetery. [Group Sheet]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Higgins LedbetterWilliam Higgins Ledbetter was born 16 Oct 1862 (son of George Washington Ledbetter and Rebecca Eliza Murphy); died 26 Jul 1932, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Ledbetter - Murphy Cemetery.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    32.

    William — Lafaria Viola Searcy. Lafaria (daughter of William Bryson Searcy and Martha Clementine Hudgins) was born 6 Dec 1868, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 10 May 1925, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Ledbetter - Murphy Cemetery. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Lafaria Viola SearcyLafaria Viola Searcy was born 6 Dec 1868, Rutherford County, North Carolina (daughter of William Bryson Searcy and Martha Clementine Hudgins); died 10 May 1925, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Ledbetter - Murphy Cemetery.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    32.

    Children:
    1. Luther Brown Ledbetter was born 11 Dec 1887, McDowell County, North Carolina; died 29 Mar 1969, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Broad River Baptist Church Cemetery.
    2. James Lancaster Ledbetter was born 27 May 1890, McDowell County, North Carolina; died 8 Mar 1950, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Mountain View Memorial Park.
    3. Cleet Lafayette Ledbetter was born 30 Aug 1894, McDowell County, North Carolina; died 27 Oct 1969, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Stone Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery.
    4. 1. William Jennings "Bryan" Ledbetter was born 4 Aug 1896, Henderson County, North Carolina; died 23 Jun 1967, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried Refuge Baptist Church Cemetery.
    5. Ethel Pauline Ledbetter was born 21 Aug 1898, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 2 Feb 1994, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
    6. John Long Ledbetter was born 27 Jun 1900, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 6 Feb 1958, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Stone Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
    7. Annie Eliza Ledbetter was born 5 Jul 1902, McDowell County, North Carolina; died 12 Sep 1998, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
    8. Sam Ledbetter was born 8 Oct 1905, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 1 Jan 1927, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Ledbetter Cemetery.
    9. Lillie Mae Ledbetter was born 28 Apr 1909, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 14 Jan 1995, Buncombe County, North Carolina.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  George Washington Ledbetter was born 1817, Broad River, McDowell County, North Carolina; died 13 May 1864.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    52.

    George married Rebecca Eliza Murphy 19 Sep 1841, Rutherford County, North Carolina. Rebecca (daughter of James Murphy and Nancy Ledbetter) was born 1820, Burke County, North Carolina; died 1897. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Rebecca Eliza Murphy was born 1820, Burke County, North Carolina (daughter of James Murphy and Nancy Ledbetter); died 1897.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    52.

    Children:
    1. James Ledbetter was born 28 Nov 1842, McDowell County, North Carolina; died 28 Apr 1855, McDowell County, North Carolina.
    2. Katherine Ledbetter was born 7 Dec 1845, Rutherford County, North Carolina.
    3. Sarah Adeline Ledbetter was born 16 Mar 1848; died 18 Oct 1931, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Gilliam Ledbetter Cemetery.
    4. Mary Belinda Ledbetter was born 9 May 1850; died 31 Aug 1888.
    5. Mary Elizabeth "Bettie" Ledbetter was born 28 Jun 1852, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 22 Apr 1927, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried St. Paul's Episcopal Cemetery.
    6. Harriet Ledbetter was born 25 Sep 1854, McDowell County, North Carolina; died 11 Aug 1943, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Ledbetter Cemetery.
    7. Thomas Walton Ledbetter was born 14 Oct 1856, North Carolina.
    8. George Ledbetter was born Abt 1858, McDowell County, North Carolina; died Abt 1867.
    9. Rebecca Ledbetter was born 23 Aug 1860; died 24 Aug 1946, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Garrison Cemetery.
    10. 2. William Higgins Ledbetter was born 16 Oct 1862; died 26 Jul 1932, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Ledbetter - Murphy Cemetery.

  3. 6.  William Bryson Searcy was born 22 Apr 1839, North Carolina (son of David Searcy and Anna Owenby); died 29 Sep 1904; was buried Searcy Family Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

    William B. Searcy's name appears on the widow pension application of Mrs. Kitty
    Adeline Ownbey, as living in Bat Cave, North Carolina, on 13 July 1885. He
    served in the Civil War in Company C, 60th Regiment, North Carolina. He buried
    Caleb Ownbey on Missionary Ridge, in Tennessee. Therefore could serve as a
    witness to his death.

    William was captured some months later and taken to a prisoner of war camp in
    Ohio where they offered him his freedom to go to Kansas to help gather the
    wheat harvest. He collected a pension from the Union and Confederates until he
    died.
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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    19, 32.

    William — Martha Clementine Hudgins. Martha (daughter of Josiah Hudgins and Susanna Ownbey) was born 29 Oct 1840, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 20 Sep 1917, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried Searcy Family Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Martha Clementine Hudgins was born 29 Oct 1840, Rutherford County, North Carolina (daughter of Josiah Hudgins and Susanna Ownbey); died 20 Sep 1917, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried Searcy Family Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    19.

    Children:
    1. Lela Isabel Searcy was born 14 Oct 1866, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 12 Dec 1946; was buried Searcy Family Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina.
    2. 3. Lafaria Viola Searcy was born 6 Dec 1868, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 10 May 1925, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Ledbetter - Murphy Cemetery.
    3. Marcellus Landers Searcy was born 3 Apr 1870, North Carolina; died 2 Feb 1945; was buried Fairlawn Cemetery, Payne County, Oklahoma.
    4. Beamon Brisco Searcy was born 20 Dec 1871, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 27 Oct 1968, McDowell County, North Carolina; was buried Bald Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery.
    5. Gayton O. Searcy was born 1873, North Carolina; died 1887.
    6. Una Judson Searcy was born 5 Apr 1875, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 8 Oct 1935.
    7. Isa Delease Searcy was born 5 Jun 1877, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 7 Sep 1960, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Searcy Family Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina.
    8. William Pulaski Searcy was born 28 May 1879, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 21 Aug 1974, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried Bald Mountain Baptist Church Cemetery.
    9. Princer Clauden Searcy was born 30 Jul 1884, Henderson County, North Carolina; died 3 Dec 1972, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried Bat Cave Baptist Church Cemetery.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  James Murphy (son of William "John" Murphy and Katie Mahazie Dobson); died Bef 1840.

    Notes:

    James Murphy was a brick mason. Died sometime prior to the time of the 1840
    census enumeration in North Carolina.
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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    27, 52.

    James married Nancy Ledbetter Abt 1810. Nancy (daughter of George Ledbetter) was born Abt 1790; died Aft 1840. [Group Sheet]


  2. 11.  Nancy Ledbetter was born Abt 1790 (daughter of George Ledbetter); died Aft 1840.

    Notes:

    Nancy Ledbetter lived in Rutherford County, North Carolina. She was still
    living, in Burke County, North Carolina, at the time of the 1840 census
    enumeration.
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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    52.

    Children:
    1. William Albert B. Murphy was born 1 Jul 1812; died 26 Jul 1869; was buried Ledbetter Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
    2. 5. Rebecca Eliza Murphy was born 1820, Burke County, North Carolina; died 1897.
    3. Emily Murphy
    4. Polly Murphy was born Abt 1820/1830.
    5. Elizabeth Murphy was born Abt 1825/1830.
    6. Nancy Murphy was born Abt 1830/1835.

  3. 12.  David Searcy was born 1800, North Carolina (son of Reuben Searcy and Elizabeth Lucy "Kate" Dalton); died 1876.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 9, 77.

    David married Anna Owenby 4 Oct 1821. Anna (daughter of Arthur "Little Arthur" Ownby and Barbara Hill) was born 1798, North Carolina; died 26 Aug 1854. [Group Sheet]


  4. 13.  Anna Owenby was born 1798, North Carolina (daughter of Arthur "Little Arthur" Ownby and Barbara Hill); died 26 Aug 1854.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p 9, 77.

    Children:
    1. Sarah Malinda Searcy was born 2 May 1822.
    2. Lucinda Searcy was born 22 Jul 1823.
    3. Elizabeth Searcy was born 13 Aug 1824.
    4. Intha Mary Ann Searcy was born 31 Dec 1825.
    5. Alfred W. Searcy was born 15 Jul 1827.
    6. Alza Marina Searcy was born 7 Feb 1829.
    7. Millie Searcy was born 7 Sep 1830.
    8. Reuben Searcy was born 28 Feb 1832.
    9. Fannie E. Searcy was born 22 Oct 1834; died 5 May 1900, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Searcy Family Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina.
    10. Lavina Searcy was born 11 Feb 1836.
    11. 6. William Bryson Searcy was born 22 Apr 1839, North Carolina; died 29 Sep 1904; was buried Searcy Family Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina.
    12. Martha Searcy was born 22 Apr 1839.

  5. 14.  Josiah Hudgins was born 22 Jun 1809, North Carolina (son of Starling Hudgins and A. Hammen); died 13 Aug 1891.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    16.

    Josiah — Susanna Ownbey. Susanna (daughter of Ambrose "Little Ambrose" Ownbey and Margarette "Peggy" Hodge) was born 19 Mar 1820, , Rutherford, North Carolina; died 1897, , Henderson, North Carolina. [Group Sheet]


  6. 15.  Susanna Ownbey was born 19 Mar 1820, , Rutherford, North Carolina (daughter of Ambrose "Little Ambrose" Ownbey and Margarette "Peggy" Hodge); died 1897, , Henderson, North Carolina.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Kinfolk, Ownbey Family Lines of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina", p
    16.

    Children:
    1. Leander Hudgins was born 18 Feb 1837, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 27 Jun 1862.
    2. Richard Hudgins was born 2 Feb 1839, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 29 Jun 1911.
    3. 7. Martha Clementine Hudgins was born 29 Oct 1840, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 20 Sep 1917, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried Searcy Family Cemetery, Henderson County, North Carolina.
    4. Lyda Myra Hudgins was born 18 Jun 1843, , Rutherford, North Carolina; died 14 Mar 1905, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried Old Fields Cemetery, Buncombe County, North Carolina.
    5. Nancy Avaline Hudgins was born 13 Jun 1845, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 13 Aug 1891, Henderson County, North Carolina.
    6. William A. Hudgins was born 2 Jun 1847, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 15 Apr 1921, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery.
    7. Alexander Hudgins was born 31 May 1849, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 12 Feb 1932.
    8. Mary Emeline Hudgins was born 23 Jun 1851, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 18 Jul 1880.
    9. Robert C. Hudgins was born 20 Nov 1854, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 13 Aug 1856.
    10. Margaret Iusilla Hudgins was born 3 Jun 1857, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 27 Jun 1943.
    11. Cynthia Alice Hudgins was born 24 Mar 1860, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 11 May 1902.
    12. Francis M. Hudgins was born 2 Jul 1862, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 5 Mar 1936, Henderson County, North Carolina; was buried Bat Cave Baptist Church Cemetery.


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