Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
Will/Braffitt/Johnson/Cook genealogy - Person Sheet
NameHoratio Ledford 
Birth17 Sep 1867, NC2
Death1905-1908, Fannin, GA2
FatherJoseph Henry Ledford (1837-~1895)
MotherAtha Caroline Crumley (1846-1919)
Misc. Notes
!BIRTH-DEATH: FamilySearch2, Horatio Ledford, https://ancestors.familysearch.org/9VQS-GRC
!CENSUS: 1870 Hiwassee Township, Clay, NC, Lartion Ledford
!CENSUS: 09-Jun-1880 Choestoe, Union, GA299, 128/120, Horatio Ledford
!MARRIAGE: 28-Dec-1890 Union, GA marriages300, Ratio Leadford and Lillie L. Henson, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWC5-G4N
!REFERENCE: 1899 estate of Jason D. Ledford301, Horatio Ledford, age 31
!CENSUS: 25-Jun-1900 Owltown, Union, GA, 177/178, Ration Ledford, age 32, born Sep-1867, single
!REFERENCE: 1900 Chestatee, Lumpkin, GA, for Lillie Ledford, daughters Edna Ledford and Minnie Ledford, father Thomas Henson
!REFERENCE: 15-Aug-1904 McCaysville, Fannin, GA incorporation, "Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That M. L. Dooly be, and is, hereby appointed mayor, and W. D. Hawkins, John W. Stanley, Joun R. L. Turner, F. L. Harper and Ratio Ledford be, and they are, hereby appointed councilmen of said town of McCaysville, to hold their offices until the first annual election, as hereinafter provided for.", http://books.google.com/books?id=1Rw4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA535
!REFERENCE: 27-Jan-1905 Dahlonega Nugget, Dahlonega, GA, page 2, "Last week City Marshal Walker, of Dahlonega, received a letter from Ducktown, stating that Horatio Ledford; formerly of Union county, had killed Oscar Mederis of Fannin county, in a pool room the night of the 19th inst., and that a reward of $200 was offered for his arrest. While Ledford was in business over there Mederis clerked for him. The former broke, owing the latter about $200, and as Mederis had asked Ledford for the money several times it made him mad. Ledford was drunk and shot Mederis twice."
!REFERENCE: 03-Feb-1905 Dahlonega Nugget, Dahlonega, GA, page 2, "Governor Terrell has offered a reward of $100 for Ratio Ledford who killed Mederris in Fannin County recently."
!CENSUS: 1910 Quillians, Hall, GA, for Lillie Barber, daughters Edna Ledford, Minnie Ledford, Nora Ledford, Ulma Ledford
!REFERENCE: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Hall, GA1, burial for Lillie Barber and daughters, Edna Lackey, Minnie Banks, and Nora Ledford, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68492607
!REFERENCE: WikiTree302, Horatio Ledford, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ledford-910
!CENSUS: 1870 Hiwassee Township, Clay, NC, Lartion Ledford
!CENSUS: 09-Jun-1880 Choestoe, Union, GA299, 128/120, Horatio Ledford
!MARRIAGE: 28-Dec-1890 Union, GA marriages300, Ratio Leadford and Lillie L. Henson, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWC5-G4N
!REFERENCE: 1899 estate of Jason D. Ledford301, Horatio Ledford, age 31
!CENSUS: 25-Jun-1900 Owltown, Union, GA, 177/178, Ration Ledford, age 32, born Sep-1867, single
!REFERENCE: 1900 Chestatee, Lumpkin, GA, for Lillie Ledford, daughters Edna Ledford and Minnie Ledford, father Thomas Henson
!REFERENCE: 15-Aug-1904 McCaysville, Fannin, GA incorporation, "Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That M. L. Dooly be, and is, hereby appointed mayor, and W. D. Hawkins, John W. Stanley, Joun R. L. Turner, F. L. Harper and Ratio Ledford be, and they are, hereby appointed councilmen of said town of McCaysville, to hold their offices until the first annual election, as hereinafter provided for.", http://books.google.com/books?id=1Rw4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA535
!REFERENCE: 27-Jan-1905 Dahlonega Nugget, Dahlonega, GA, page 2, "Last week City Marshal Walker, of Dahlonega, received a letter from Ducktown, stating that Horatio Ledford; formerly of Union county, had killed Oscar Mederis of Fannin county, in a pool room the night of the 19th inst., and that a reward of $200 was offered for his arrest. While Ledford was in business over there Mederis clerked for him. The former broke, owing the latter about $200, and as Mederis had asked Ledford for the money several times it made him mad. Ledford was drunk and shot Mederis twice."
!REFERENCE: 03-Feb-1905 Dahlonega Nugget, Dahlonega, GA, page 2, "Governor Terrell has offered a reward of $100 for Ratio Ledford who killed Mederris in Fannin County recently."
!CENSUS: 1910 Quillians, Hall, GA, for Lillie Barber, daughters Edna Ledford, Minnie Ledford, Nora Ledford, Ulma Ledford
!REFERENCE: Alta Vista Cemetery, Gainesville, Hall, GA1, burial for Lillie Barber and daughters, Edna Lackey, Minnie Banks, and Nora Ledford, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68492607
!REFERENCE: WikiTree302, Horatio Ledford, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Ledford-910