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William Ledgerwood Sr.

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William Ledgerwood Sr.

Birth
Ireland
Death
4 Dec 1792 (aged 91–92)
Augusta County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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William Ledgerwood married Agness at unknown date.

Agness and WIlliam had Ledgerwood children (5 were on the 1739 oaths of importation, below) though others may have been born later in Virginia:

MARTHA, "Mrs. Jas OR Saml Patterson, went to KY or NC"
JANE, 20 Dec 1734 (John Moffett), below
ELEANOR, believed moved to KY
WILLIAM, Jr., abt 1723 ( Rebecca Moody) Will Bk #1 p 14, proved 23 Jan 1794 in Fayette Co., KY
JAMES, baptized 1740, "wife Miss Pierce, moved to KY," below
JOHN, died 1806, below

1739, William, Agnes, plus 5 others (likely their children) above stated they came from (not born in) Ireland as they proved their Oaths of Importation in Orange Co., VA (his land later became Augusta Co., VA). It reads: At a court for Orange County on Thursday the 28th day of February 1739 William Ledgerwood made oath that he imported himself, Agnes, Martha, Jane, Elener, William and James Ledgerwood from Ireland to Philadelphia, and from thence into this colony, and that this is the first time of his proving his or their rights in order to obtain land (head rights for about 50 acres per person). Augusta Co., VA Order Book #2,1739-41, p 109, (Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 26, #3, Aug 1988, plus same in other issues).

He is listed in the Augusta Parish Vestry Book, page 260, in 1759. They stated they were from Ireland as they proved their Oaths of Importation on 28 Feb 1739 in Orange Co., VA (a part later became Augusta Co., VA).



Bio researched and written by LSP. All rights reserved

LRTS posted: William married Egnes. Virginia Colonial Militia, American Indian Wars.
William Ledgerwood married Agness at unknown date.

Agness and WIlliam had Ledgerwood children (5 were on the 1739 oaths of importation, below) though others may have been born later in Virginia:

MARTHA, "Mrs. Jas OR Saml Patterson, went to KY or NC"
JANE, 20 Dec 1734 (John Moffett), below
ELEANOR, believed moved to KY
WILLIAM, Jr., abt 1723 ( Rebecca Moody) Will Bk #1 p 14, proved 23 Jan 1794 in Fayette Co., KY
JAMES, baptized 1740, "wife Miss Pierce, moved to KY," below
JOHN, died 1806, below

1739, William, Agnes, plus 5 others (likely their children) above stated they came from (not born in) Ireland as they proved their Oaths of Importation in Orange Co., VA (his land later became Augusta Co., VA). It reads: At a court for Orange County on Thursday the 28th day of February 1739 William Ledgerwood made oath that he imported himself, Agnes, Martha, Jane, Elener, William and James Ledgerwood from Ireland to Philadelphia, and from thence into this colony, and that this is the first time of his proving his or their rights in order to obtain land (head rights for about 50 acres per person). Augusta Co., VA Order Book #2,1739-41, p 109, (Virginia Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 26, #3, Aug 1988, plus same in other issues).

He is listed in the Augusta Parish Vestry Book, page 260, in 1759. They stated they were from Ireland as they proved their Oaths of Importation on 28 Feb 1739 in Orange Co., VA (a part later became Augusta Co., VA).



Bio researched and written by LSP. All rights reserved

LRTS posted: William married Egnes. Virginia Colonial Militia, American Indian Wars.


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  • Maintained by: LSP
  • Originally Created by: LReneeTS
  • Added: Jul 19, 2006
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14984327/william-ledgerwood: accessed ), memorial page for William Ledgerwood Sr. (1700–4 Dec 1792), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14984327, citing North Mountain Burying Ground, Middlebrook, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by LSP (contributor 46860931).