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Roy Leslie Ledbetter

Male 1912 - 1987  (75 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Roy Leslie Ledbetter was born 18 May 1912 (son of James Lancaster Ledbetter and Gurdie Elliott); died Jun 1987, Buncombe County, North Carolina.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James Lancaster Ledbetter was born 27 May 1890, McDowell County, North Carolina (son of William Higgins Ledbetter and Lafaria Viola Searcy); died 8 Mar 1950, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Mountain View Memorial Park.

    James — Gurdie Elliott. Gurdie was born 22 Jan 1891; died 13 Nov 1973, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Mountain View Memorial Park. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Gurdie Elliott was born 22 Jan 1891; died 13 Nov 1973, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Mountain View Memorial Park.
    Children:
    1. 1. Roy Leslie Ledbetter was born 18 May 1912; died Jun 1987, Buncombe County, North Carolina.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  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. 5.  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. 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. 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: 4

  1. 8.  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. 9.  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. 4. William Higgins Ledbetter was born 16 Oct 1862; died 26 Jul 1932, Buncombe County, North Carolina; was buried Ledbetter - Murphy Cemetery.

  3. 10.  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. 11.  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. 5. 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.