QUIVER-FULL QUINTET OF LEDBETTER SONS

Richard Ledbetter II or Junior (1700-1767) was the namesake descendant, among a quiver-full quintet of Ledbetter sons, produced from the Circa 1688 Marriage of father Richard Ledbetter, Senior or I (4 July 1666-1759) and mother Honour (Coleman) Ledbetter (1675-1759).

Birthdate of 12 August 1700 has been determined for Richard Ledbetter II (i.e., Richard Ledbetter, Junior), along with a nativity in Bristol Parish (now within Petersburg City), Charles City County, Colonial Virginia. As Charles City County was partitioned, Prince George County and Dinwiddie County, VA, also were early childhood and young adulthood residences of Richard Ledbetter II, prior to Ledbetter Family migration to Brunswick County, VA.

Vital information qualifying notation:
In addition to the Richard Ledbetter II specific birthdate of 12 August 1700 (yielded from diligent family history research, but not chiseled in stone), some reputable researchers have listed the Richard Ledbetter II birth year (with and without day & month specificity):
1. 1700;
2. Circa 1700;
3. About 1700;
4. Circa 1717;
5. 12 August 1717;
6. 1690;
7. Circa 1690;
8. About 1690;
9. 4 July 1690.

Among Ledbetter Family History ahnentafel and ancestral charts, there is apparent agreement (but no month and year specificity), regarding the Circa 1767 death of Richard Ledbetter, Jr. or II. The Circa 1767 death of Richard Ledbetter, Jr. or II (death-age around 67, calculated using an A.D. 1700 birth-year), happened nigh unto the Virginia and North Carolina state borderline, in rural southern Brunswick County, southeastern Virginia, near the present-day unincorporated hamlet of White Plains, VA.

LEDBETTER PLANTATIONS
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA

The Richard Ledbetter Farm of 320 acres (equal to 1/2 mile square of territory, with 640 acres equaling a square mile) was part of an approximate 1,500-acre complex of adjoining Ledbetter Plantations (about 2.5 miles square), located at the confluence of Rattlesnake Creek and Meherrin River, by White Oak Swamp, in southern Brunswick County, southeastern Virginia. Ledbetter Plantation, and more specifically, Richard Ledbetter II Farm, Global Positioning System (GPS) Coordinates are: Latitude: 36.619868 & Longitude: -77.932649.

The Richard Ledbetter Farm, richly blessed with fertile soil and abundant forests, was located about 3 miles southeast of the modern-day hamlet of White Plains, Brunswick County, Virginia. Lawrenceville, County Seat of Brunswick County, VA, is about 14 miles north of where the Richard Ledbetter Farm was situated in the 1700s. The Virginia and North Carolina borderline is about 8 miles due south of this southern Brunswick County, VA, geographic location.

Throughout 400 years (A.D. 1600s to 2000s) of Brunswick County, VA, History, principal products have included: tobacco, cotton, soybeans, wheat, corn, hay, swine or hogs (hams, bacon, other pork products), cattle (beef), poultry (chickens & turkeys), equine breeding (horses & mules), and merchantable timber (lumber & pulpwood). Even in modern times, much of Brunswick County, Virginia, remains a very rural, highly-productive area of agricultural and forest products.

RICHARD LEDBETTER I & HONOUR LEDBETTER:
CHILDREN OF THEIR CIRCA 1688 MARRIAGE

Children of the circa 1688 marriage union of Richard Ledbetter I and Honour Ledbetter (including 5 sons but no known daughters), hereinafter are declared with basic vital information:

Henry LEDBETTER, son, born circa 1690;

Richard LEDBETTER II, son,
born on or about 12 August 1700,
Charles City, Charles County, VA;
died circa 1751 in Brunswick County, VA;

John LEDBETTER, son, born circa 1701;

Charles LEDBETTER, son, born circa 1703;

William LEDBETTER, son, born circa 1705.

Noteworthy is the 10-year "birth gap" (1690-1700), between Henry Ledbetter and Richard Ledbetter. Perhaps more children (sons or daughters) were born during this 10-year time period; however, no more children's birth records have been discovered for parents Richard Ledbetter I (1666-1759) and Honour Ledbetter (1670-1750).

RICHARD LEDBETTER II:
1ST MARRIAGE WITH JOHANNAH ("HANNAH" or "HANNA")

First wife of Richard Ledbetter II was Johannah (Hannah or Hanna) Ledbetter; marriage was about 1725 in Prince George County, Virginia. The total number of children (sons and daughters), born of the British Colonial Era marriage of Richard Ledbetter II and Johannah (Hannah or Hanna) Ledbetter, have been difficult to ascertain. However, family history research thus far, in progress more than 40 years (1974-2017) by this biographer, identifies 4 Ledbetter children (4 sons), whose dear names are declared hereinafter:

1. Drury LEDBETTER, born 24 November 1734, Brunswick County, Virginia, "Drury, Son of Richard and Johannah Ledbetter, born ye 24 Novr 1734", baptized as recorded in Bristol Parish Vestry & Registry, Brick Church (Blandford Anglican or Episcopal Church), Prince George County, Petersburg, VA., American Revolutionary War Veteran (Virginia Military Service, Received Land Grant from United States Government in Payment for American Rev. War Military Service;

2. Richard LEDBETTER III, (Nickname: "Britt", acquired from famed Britt-Eye Brandy, which Richard Ledbetter III distilled in Rutherford County, North Carolina & Lumpkin County, Georgia),
Birth: 1738, Death: 22 January 1841 (Age at Death: About 103 Years),
Birthplace: Brunswick County, Virginia,
Place of Death: Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA,
Graveyard: Unmarked Grave, Ledbetter Family Cemetery (now named: Kelly Family Cemetery), Dawson County, Georgia;
Note: American Revolutionary War Memorial, honoring Richard Ledbetter III and two other veterans, plus a Centograph for Richard Ledbetter III, is located at Mount Hope Church Cemetery, Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia.
Richard LEDBETTER III (1738-1841) was an American Revolutionary War Veteran (U.S. Continental Army, 1775-1783: Virginia & North Carolina Patriot Military Service, Received U.S. Rev. War Pension);

3. Charles LEDBETTER, Birth Year: 1738, Apparent Twin Brother of Richard Ledbetter III, Nativity: Brunswick County, Virginia; other vital data undiscovered;

4. William LEDBETTER, born 22 March 1740, Bristol Parish, near Petersburg, Prince George County, Virginia, "William, Son of Richard and Hanna Ledbetter, Born March 22 1740", as recorded in Bristol Parish Vestry & Registry, Brick Church (Blandford Anglican or Episcopal Church), Prince George County, Petersburg, VA.

RICHARD LEDBETTER & WIFE
JOHANNAH (HANNAH OR HANNA):
MARRIAGE COMMENTARY

Johannah (Hannah or Hanna) Ledbetter apparently died during the infancy of William Ledbetter, Sr. (born 22 March 1740), perhaps soon after this 22 March 1740 childbirth. The death of Johannah (Hannah or Hanna) Ledbetter factually is declared circa 1740, because a second marriage of Richard Ledbetter, Jr. unto Mary Walton occurred in 1741, at Brunswick County, Virginia. No divorce or marital separation was recorded; therefore, a reasonable conclusion is that the husband and wife team of Richard Ledbetter, Jr. and Johannah (Hannah) Ledbetter were married until death did them part...

RICHARD LEDBETTER II:
2ND MARRIAGE WITH MARY WALTON

Second Marriage of Richard Ledbetter II, with Mary Walton (1741), is documented in several documents and publications, including a book, entitled, "Brunswick County, Virginia, Marriages 1732-1853, by John Vogt & T. William Kethley (Publ. 1988).

The 1741 2nd marriage of Richard Ledbetter II (1700-1767) & Mary Walton (1711-1779) is known to have produced several Ledbetter offspring, as discovered on 30 March 2017, 10 April 2017 & 8 November 2018, by this biographer.

Specific descendant info of Richard Ledbetter II and (2nd Wife) Mary Walton is being researched and shall be reported forthwith by Dean Ledbetter, a direct-line descendant of Richard Ledbetter II and (1st Wife) Johannah (Hanna) Ledbetter, via their son William Ledbetter (born 22 March 1740).

Three Known Children, born of the Circa February 1741 Marriage of Mary (Walton) Ledbetter and Richard Ledbetter II, can be declared:

1. Mary (Nickname: "Polly") LEDBETTER
(Birth: 5 Dec. 1741; Death: 1824),
Birthplace: Brunswick County, Virginia,
Place of Death: North Carolina;

2. George LEDBETTER (Birth: 1742; Death: 1803),
Birthplace: Brunswick County, Virginia;
Place of Death: Montford Cove Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina,
George Ledbetter (1742-1803) Bio-Sketch: American Revolutionary War Veteran (U.S. Continental Army: North Carolina Military Service, Captain & Company Commander, American Patriot Army Militia Company, 7 May 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain, Blacksburg, SC -First Major American Victory, After British Army Invaded Southern States in May 1780-); North Carolina Delegate to U.S. Constitutional Ratification Convention, Fayetteville, NC, 1788-1789; Moved Circa 1775 from Brunswick County, VA, to Tryon County, North Carolina (George Ledbetter area of residence was redesignated in 1779 as, Rutherford County, NC).

Geographical Note: Tryon County was a huge historical county, which later was partitioned into several new counties in Western North Carolina and Upper-State South Carolina. Existing from 1768-1779, Tryon County was named for William Tryon, former British Royal Governor of North Carolina, 1765-1771.

"George Ledbetter was a member of the convention (to ratify the Constitution of the U.S.) of 1788-89... a man of unusual ability, well educated for his day and one of the county's leading men."
--Bibliographic Source:
"History of Old Tryon and Rutherford Counties, NC, 1730-1936", p. 117, Author: Clarence W. Griffin, Published: 1937, Asheville, NC, USA.

3. Elizabeth Ledbetter, Daughter, Born 1744 in Brunswick County, Virginia;
Married a Mr. Jones Williams;
Elizabeth (Ledbetter) Williams died in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

WALTON FAMILY ANCESTRY OF
MARY (WALTON) LEDBETTER

Recent Ledbetter Family History Research, upon 30 March 2017 and 18 February 2020, by this Biographer, Dean Ledbetter, indicates Mary Walton was a Daughter of George Walton.

In 1737, a Land Gift Deed of Title Transfer from George Walton to his Daughter Mary, Wife of Richard Ledbetter, is recorded in Brunswick County (VA) Order Book 2, Page 50, Register of Deeds, Brunswick County Courthouse, Lawrenceville, VA. This Land Gift Deed is an Original Source and Official Government Record, which verifies the fact of the Marriage of Mary Walton & Richard Ledbetter.

Further, the 1737 Land Gift Deed of Title Transfer from George Walton to his Daughter, Mary (Walton) Ledbetter, Wife of Richard Ledbetter, further is documented in an excellent book, entitled, "Historical Southern Families, Volume I", Chapter on "History of Charles City and Isle of Wight" (Virginia), Page 306, Book Author: John Bennett Boddie, Publisher: Clearfield Company, Redwood City, California, Published: 1957.

Moreover, 2nd Marriage of Richard Ledbetter II to Mary Walton (1741) is documented in an excellent book, entitled, "Brunswick County, Virginia, Marriages 1732-1853", by John Vogt & T. William Kethley (Published in 1988).

As recorded in the previous documents and publications, George Walton, whose fine farm in Brunswick County, Virginia, adjoined the Henry Ledbetter Farm and Richard Ledbetter Farm, was cited in the Henry Ledbetter Last Will & Testament, dated 23 September 1749.

Henry Ledbetter (1690-1751), brother of Richard Ledbetter II (1700-1767), stated in his 23 September 1749 Last Will & Testament, that the Henry Ledbetter real estate property holdings in Brunswick County, VA, adjoined farms of Richard Ledbetter and George Walton at White Oak Swamp, on the south side of Meherrin River, near the confluence of Rattlesnake Creek and Meherrin River.

The Richard Ledbetter mentioned within the 1749 Henry Ledbetter Will could have been either:
1. His Father, Richard Ledbetter I (1666-1759); OR,
2. His Brother, Richard Ledbetter II (1700-1767).

Notation: The 16 October 2013 treasure-trove discoveries in old records of Brunswick County, Virginia, finding both the 1749 Henry Ledbetter Last Will & Testament and the Richard Ledbetter Farm geographical position, led to a major revision of this Richard Ledbetter, Junior (or II) Memorial Tribute Biography, by Dean Ledbetter (Family History Researcher & Author). Pertinent information from the aforesaid original-source cited record of Brunswick County (Virginia), was included in this memorial tribute biography, during 16-17 October 2013.

Notation: 6 April 2016 Update Info, hereinafter is incorporated within this biographical sketch, from a 1969 published book, which was discovered by biographer Dean Ledbetter 20 years prior (1996), archived at the Family History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The cited book, entitled, "The Richard Ledbetter Family of Rutherford County, North Carolina", by author Mary Ledbetter Morgan Peters of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was reaccessed and reviewed in 2016. As listed in the Family History Library Catalog and in the FamilySearch.org Internet Website of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, the following book overview summary, containing relevant birth, marriage, geographical, and descendant information, is quoted...

"Richard Ledbetter was born ca. 1690 and lived in Dinwittie Co., Virginia. He was married to Hanna (surname unknown). In 1724, Richard was the first Ledbetter to acquire land in the then frontier county of Brunswick near the North Carolina line. He was the father of five known children and died in 1767. Descendants lived primarily in North Carolina, Virginia and elsewhere."
--Sources:
1. The Richard Ledbetter Family of Rutherford County North Carolina, Book Author: Mary Ledbetter Morgan Peters, Publisher: Mary Ledbetter Morgan Peters; Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1969 (Book Overview).
Archival info:
a. Book Call Number is 929.273 L498p, and available at:
Family History Library,
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,
35 South West Temple Street,
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;
B. Book (1991 Microfilmed Version)
Microfilm Number is 6087235
(courtesy of microfilming publishing services,
Genealogical Society of Utah), and available at:
Family History Library,
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
(same physical address as above listed);

2. Brunswick County, Virginia, Compiled Genealogies, Family History Library Catalog, Family History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;
3. Brunswick County, Virginia, Compiled Genealogies, FamilySearch.org Internet Website, FamilySearch Research Wiki,
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Richard Ledbetter II or Junior (1700-1767)
Memorial Tribute Biography
By Author: Dean Ledbetter
Updated: 16-17 Oct 2013, 6 Nov 2013,
15 Dec 2013, 6 Apr 2016, 30 March 2017,
10 April 2017, 1 Sept 2017; 5 & 8 November 2018;
18 Feb 2020, 17 April 2020
Copyright (c) 2013-2020 by Dean Ledbetter
All Copyright Provisions Reserved (American & International).

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Additional References or Sources Cited for this Biography of
Richard Ledbetter II (1700-1767):

"Ledbetters From Virginia", Roy C. Ledbetter, et al, Wilkinson Printing Co., Dallas, TX, published 1964;

"Brunswick County, Virginia, Marriages 1732-1853", by authors John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr., Iberian Publishing Co., Inc., Athens, GA, published 1988.

"Henry Ledbetter Last Will & Testament", sworn & witnessed 23 September 1749, probated 26 March 1751, Brunswick County Court, Brunswick County, Lawrenceville, VA;

"Brunswick County, Virginia 1720-1975", by Gay Weeks Neale, including material of Henry L. Mitchell, Jr. & William M. Pritchett, Publisher: Brunswick County Bicentennial Committee, Lawrenceville, VA, Publ. 1975;

"The Vestry Book and Register of BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1720-1789", by author & publisher Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne, Richmond, VA, published 1898.

"Geography Supplement of Brunswick County", by author Mrs. Thomas R. Witten, Brunswick County (VA) School Board & University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, published 1928;

Google Maps (www.googlemaps.com) Internet website: Brunswick County, Virginia, U.S.A., geographical satellite imagery;

Ancestry.com internet Website, Ancestry.com, Incorporated, Orem, Utah;

Find-A-Grave Internet Website, owned by Ancestry.com, Inc., Orem, Utah;

Rootsweb Internet Website, owned by Ancestry.com, Inc., Orem, Utah;

"The Richard Ledbetter Family of Rutherford County, North Carolina", Book Author: Mary Ledbetter Morgan Peters, Self-Published; Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1969;

"History of Old Tryon and Rutherford Counties, NC, 1730-1936", p. 117, Author: Clarence W. Griffin, Publisher: Miller Printing Company, Published: 1937, Asheville, NC, USA (Book Original Copy located in University of Virginia Campus Library, Charlottesville, Virginia).

"Brunswick Co., VA, Compiled Genealogies",
Family History Library Catalog,
Family History Library,
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;

"Brunswick Co., VA, Compiled Genealogies",
FamilySearch.org Internet Website,
FamilySearch Research Wiki,
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;

Land Gift Deed of Title Transfer in 1737, from George Walton to his Daughter Mary, Wife of Richard Ledbetter, Brunswick County (VA) Order Book 2, Page 50, Register of Deeds, Brunswick County Courthouse, Lawrenceville, VA.

Land Gift Deed of Title Transfer in 1737, from George Walton to his Daughter, Mary (Walton) Ledbetter, Wife of Richard Ledbetter, "Historical Southern Families, Volume I", Chapter on "History of Charles City and Isle of Wight" (Virginia), Page 306, Book Author: John Bennett Boddie, Publisher: Clearfield Company, Redwood City, California, Published: 1957.

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QUIVER-FULL QUINTET OF LEDBETTER SONS

Richard Ledbetter II or Junior (1700-1767) was the namesake descendant, among a quiver-full quintet of Ledbetter sons, produced from the Circa 1688 Marriage of father Richard Ledbetter, Senior or I (4 July 1666-1759) and mother Honour (Coleman) Ledbetter (1675-1759).

Birthdate of 12 August 1700 has been determined for Richard Ledbetter II (i.e., Richard Ledbetter, Junior), along with a nativity in Bristol Parish (now within Petersburg City), Charles City County, Colonial Virginia. As Charles City County was partitioned, Prince George County and Dinwiddie County, VA, also were early childhood and young adulthood residences of Richard Ledbetter II, prior to Ledbetter Family migration to Brunswick County, VA.

Vital information qualifying notation:
In addition to the Richard Ledbetter II specific birthdate of 12 August 1700 (yielded from diligent family history research, but not chiseled in stone), some reputable researchers have listed the Richard Ledbetter II birth year (with and without day & month specificity):
1. 1700;
2. Circa 1700;
3. About 1700;
4. Circa 1717;
5. 12 August 1717;
6. 1690;
7. Circa 1690;
8. About 1690;
9. 4 July 1690.

Among Ledbetter Family History ahnentafel and ancestral charts, there is apparent agreement (but no month and year specificity), regarding the Circa 1767 death of Richard Ledbetter, Jr. or II. The Circa 1767 death of Richard Ledbetter, Jr. or II (death-age around 67, calculated using an A.D. 1700 birth-year), happened nigh unto the Virginia and North Carolina state borderline, in rural southern Brunswick County, southeastern Virginia, near the present-day unincorporated hamlet of White Plains, VA.

LEDBETTER PLANTATIONS
BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA

The Richard Ledbetter Farm of 320 acres (equal to 1/2 mile square of territory, with 640 acres equaling a square mile) was part of an approximate 1,500-acre complex of adjoining Ledbetter Plantations (about 2.5 miles square), located at the confluence of Rattlesnake Creek and Meherrin River, by White Oak Swamp, in southern Brunswick County, southeastern Virginia. Ledbetter Plantation, and more specifically, Richard Ledbetter II Farm, Global Positioning System (GPS) Coordinates are: Latitude: 36.619868 & Longitude: -77.932649.

The Richard Ledbetter Farm, richly blessed with fertile soil and abundant forests, was located about 3 miles southeast of the modern-day hamlet of White Plains, Brunswick County, Virginia. Lawrenceville, County Seat of Brunswick County, VA, is about 14 miles north of where the Richard Ledbetter Farm was situated in the 1700s. The Virginia and North Carolina borderline is about 8 miles due south of this southern Brunswick County, VA, geographic location.

Throughout 400 years (A.D. 1600s to 2000s) of Brunswick County, VA, History, principal products have included: tobacco, cotton, soybeans, wheat, corn, hay, swine or hogs (hams, bacon, other pork products), cattle (beef), poultry (chickens & turkeys), equine breeding (horses & mules), and merchantable timber (lumber & pulpwood). Even in modern times, much of Brunswick County, Virginia, remains a very rural, highly-productive area of agricultural and forest products.

RICHARD LEDBETTER I & HONOUR LEDBETTER:
CHILDREN OF THEIR CIRCA 1688 MARRIAGE

Children of the circa 1688 marriage union of Richard Ledbetter I and Honour Ledbetter (including 5 sons but no known daughters), hereinafter are declared with basic vital information:

Henry LEDBETTER, son, born circa 1690;

Richard LEDBETTER II, son,
born on or about 12 August 1700,
Charles City, Charles County, VA;
died circa 1751 in Brunswick County, VA;

John LEDBETTER, son, born circa 1701;

Charles LEDBETTER, son, born circa 1703;

William LEDBETTER, son, born circa 1705.

Noteworthy is the 10-year "birth gap" (1690-1700), between Henry Ledbetter and Richard Ledbetter. Perhaps more children (sons or daughters) were born during this 10-year time period; however, no more children's birth records have been discovered for parents Richard Ledbetter I (1666-1759) and Honour Ledbetter (1670-1750).

RICHARD LEDBETTER II:
1ST MARRIAGE WITH JOHANNAH ("HANNAH" or "HANNA")

First wife of Richard Ledbetter II was Johannah (Hannah or Hanna) Ledbetter; marriage was about 1725 in Prince George County, Virginia. The total number of children (sons and daughters), born of the British Colonial Era marriage of Richard Ledbetter II and Johannah (Hannah or Hanna) Ledbetter, have been difficult to ascertain. However, family history research thus far, in progress more than 40 years (1974-2017) by this biographer, identifies 4 Ledbetter children (4 sons), whose dear names are declared hereinafter:

1. Drury LEDBETTER, born 24 November 1734, Brunswick County, Virginia, "Drury, Son of Richard and Johannah Ledbetter, born ye 24 Novr 1734", baptized as recorded in Bristol Parish Vestry & Registry, Brick Church (Blandford Anglican or Episcopal Church), Prince George County, Petersburg, VA., American Revolutionary War Veteran (Virginia Military Service, Received Land Grant from United States Government in Payment for American Rev. War Military Service;

2. Richard LEDBETTER III, (Nickname: "Britt", acquired from famed Britt-Eye Brandy, which Richard Ledbetter III distilled in Rutherford County, North Carolina & Lumpkin County, Georgia),
Birth: 1738, Death: 22 January 1841 (Age at Death: About 103 Years),
Birthplace: Brunswick County, Virginia,
Place of Death: Lumpkin County, Georgia, USA,
Graveyard: Unmarked Grave, Ledbetter Family Cemetery (now named: Kelly Family Cemetery), Dawson County, Georgia;
Note: American Revolutionary War Memorial, honoring Richard Ledbetter III and two other veterans, plus a Centograph for Richard Ledbetter III, is located at Mount Hope Church Cemetery, Dahlonega, Lumpkin County, Georgia.
Richard LEDBETTER III (1738-1841) was an American Revolutionary War Veteran (U.S. Continental Army, 1775-1783: Virginia & North Carolina Patriot Military Service, Received U.S. Rev. War Pension);

3. Charles LEDBETTER, Birth Year: 1738, Apparent Twin Brother of Richard Ledbetter III, Nativity: Brunswick County, Virginia; other vital data undiscovered;

4. William LEDBETTER, born 22 March 1740, Bristol Parish, near Petersburg, Prince George County, Virginia, "William, Son of Richard and Hanna Ledbetter, Born March 22 1740", as recorded in Bristol Parish Vestry & Registry, Brick Church (Blandford Anglican or Episcopal Church), Prince George County, Petersburg, VA.

RICHARD LEDBETTER & WIFE
JOHANNAH (HANNAH OR HANNA):
MARRIAGE COMMENTARY

Johannah (Hannah or Hanna) Ledbetter apparently died during the infancy of William Ledbetter, Sr. (born 22 March 1740), perhaps soon after this 22 March 1740 childbirth. The death of Johannah (Hannah or Hanna) Ledbetter factually is declared circa 1740, because a second marriage of Richard Ledbetter, Jr. unto Mary Walton occurred in 1741, at Brunswick County, Virginia. No divorce or marital separation was recorded; therefore, a reasonable conclusion is that the husband and wife team of Richard Ledbetter, Jr. and Johannah (Hannah) Ledbetter were married until death did them part...

RICHARD LEDBETTER II:
2ND MARRIAGE WITH MARY WALTON

Second Marriage of Richard Ledbetter II, with Mary Walton (1741), is documented in several documents and publications, including a book, entitled, "Brunswick County, Virginia, Marriages 1732-1853, by John Vogt & T. William Kethley (Publ. 1988).

The 1741 2nd marriage of Richard Ledbetter II (1700-1767) & Mary Walton (1711-1779) is known to have produced several Ledbetter offspring, as discovered on 30 March 2017, 10 April 2017 & 8 November 2018, by this biographer.

Specific descendant info of Richard Ledbetter II and (2nd Wife) Mary Walton is being researched and shall be reported forthwith by Dean Ledbetter, a direct-line descendant of Richard Ledbetter II and (1st Wife) Johannah (Hanna) Ledbetter, via their son William Ledbetter (born 22 March 1740).

Three Known Children, born of the Circa February 1741 Marriage of Mary (Walton) Ledbetter and Richard Ledbetter II, can be declared:

1. Mary (Nickname: "Polly") LEDBETTER
(Birth: 5 Dec. 1741; Death: 1824),
Birthplace: Brunswick County, Virginia,
Place of Death: North Carolina;

2. George LEDBETTER (Birth: 1742; Death: 1803),
Birthplace: Brunswick County, Virginia;
Place of Death: Montford Cove Township, Rutherford County, North Carolina,
George Ledbetter (1742-1803) Bio-Sketch: American Revolutionary War Veteran (U.S. Continental Army: North Carolina Military Service, Captain & Company Commander, American Patriot Army Militia Company, 7 May 1780 Battle of Kings Mountain, Blacksburg, SC -First Major American Victory, After British Army Invaded Southern States in May 1780-); North Carolina Delegate to U.S. Constitutional Ratification Convention, Fayetteville, NC, 1788-1789; Moved Circa 1775 from Brunswick County, VA, to Tryon County, North Carolina (George Ledbetter area of residence was redesignated in 1779 as, Rutherford County, NC).

Geographical Note: Tryon County was a huge historical county, which later was partitioned into several new counties in Western North Carolina and Upper-State South Carolina. Existing from 1768-1779, Tryon County was named for William Tryon, former British Royal Governor of North Carolina, 1765-1771.

"George Ledbetter was a member of the convention (to ratify the Constitution of the U.S.) of 1788-89... a man of unusual ability, well educated for his day and one of the county's leading men."
--Bibliographic Source:
"History of Old Tryon and Rutherford Counties, NC, 1730-1936", p. 117, Author: Clarence W. Griffin, Published: 1937, Asheville, NC, USA.

3. Elizabeth Ledbetter, Daughter, Born 1744 in Brunswick County, Virginia;
Married a Mr. Jones Williams;
Elizabeth (Ledbetter) Williams died in Rutherford County, North Carolina.

WALTON FAMILY ANCESTRY OF
MARY (WALTON) LEDBETTER

Recent Ledbetter Family History Research, upon 30 March 2017 and 18 February 2020, by this Biographer, Dean Ledbetter, indicates Mary Walton was a Daughter of George Walton.

In 1737, a Land Gift Deed of Title Transfer from George Walton to his Daughter Mary, Wife of Richard Ledbetter, is recorded in Brunswick County (VA) Order Book 2, Page 50, Register of Deeds, Brunswick County Courthouse, Lawrenceville, VA. This Land Gift Deed is an Original Source and Official Government Record, which verifies the fact of the Marriage of Mary Walton & Richard Ledbetter.

Further, the 1737 Land Gift Deed of Title Transfer from George Walton to his Daughter, Mary (Walton) Ledbetter, Wife of Richard Ledbetter, further is documented in an excellent book, entitled, "Historical Southern Families, Volume I", Chapter on "History of Charles City and Isle of Wight" (Virginia), Page 306, Book Author: John Bennett Boddie, Publisher: Clearfield Company, Redwood City, California, Published: 1957.

Moreover, 2nd Marriage of Richard Ledbetter II to Mary Walton (1741) is documented in an excellent book, entitled, "Brunswick County, Virginia, Marriages 1732-1853", by John Vogt & T. William Kethley (Published in 1988).

As recorded in the previous documents and publications, George Walton, whose fine farm in Brunswick County, Virginia, adjoined the Henry Ledbetter Farm and Richard Ledbetter Farm, was cited in the Henry Ledbetter Last Will & Testament, dated 23 September 1749.

Henry Ledbetter (1690-1751), brother of Richard Ledbetter II (1700-1767), stated in his 23 September 1749 Last Will & Testament, that the Henry Ledbetter real estate property holdings in Brunswick County, VA, adjoined farms of Richard Ledbetter and George Walton at White Oak Swamp, on the south side of Meherrin River, near the confluence of Rattlesnake Creek and Meherrin River.

The Richard Ledbetter mentioned within the 1749 Henry Ledbetter Will could have been either:
1. His Father, Richard Ledbetter I (1666-1759); OR,
2. His Brother, Richard Ledbetter II (1700-1767).

Notation: The 16 October 2013 treasure-trove discoveries in old records of Brunswick County, Virginia, finding both the 1749 Henry Ledbetter Last Will & Testament and the Richard Ledbetter Farm geographical position, led to a major revision of this Richard Ledbetter, Junior (or II) Memorial Tribute Biography, by Dean Ledbetter (Family History Researcher & Author). Pertinent information from the aforesaid original-source cited record of Brunswick County (Virginia), was included in this memorial tribute biography, during 16-17 October 2013.

Notation: 6 April 2016 Update Info, hereinafter is incorporated within this biographical sketch, from a 1969 published book, which was discovered by biographer Dean Ledbetter 20 years prior (1996), archived at the Family History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The cited book, entitled, "The Richard Ledbetter Family of Rutherford County, North Carolina", by author Mary Ledbetter Morgan Peters of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, was reaccessed and reviewed in 2016. As listed in the Family History Library Catalog and in the FamilySearch.org Internet Website of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, the following book overview summary, containing relevant birth, marriage, geographical, and descendant information, is quoted...

"Richard Ledbetter was born ca. 1690 and lived in Dinwittie Co., Virginia. He was married to Hanna (surname unknown). In 1724, Richard was the first Ledbetter to acquire land in the then frontier county of Brunswick near the North Carolina line. He was the father of five known children and died in 1767. Descendants lived primarily in North Carolina, Virginia and elsewhere."
--Sources:
1. The Richard Ledbetter Family of Rutherford County North Carolina, Book Author: Mary Ledbetter Morgan Peters, Publisher: Mary Ledbetter Morgan Peters; Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1969 (Book Overview).
Archival info:
a. Book Call Number is 929.273 L498p, and available at:
Family History Library,
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,
35 South West Temple Street,
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;
B. Book (1991 Microfilmed Version)
Microfilm Number is 6087235
(courtesy of microfilming publishing services,
Genealogical Society of Utah), and available at:
Family History Library,
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
(same physical address as above listed);

2. Brunswick County, Virginia, Compiled Genealogies, Family History Library Catalog, Family History Library, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;
3. Brunswick County, Virginia, Compiled Genealogies, FamilySearch.org Internet Website, FamilySearch Research Wiki,
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Richard Ledbetter II or Junior (1700-1767)
Memorial Tribute Biography
By Author: Dean Ledbetter
Updated: 16-17 Oct 2013, 6 Nov 2013,
15 Dec 2013, 6 Apr 2016, 30 March 2017,
10 April 2017, 1 Sept 2017; 5 & 8 November 2018;
18 Feb 2020, 17 April 2020
Copyright (c) 2013-2020 by Dean Ledbetter
All Copyright Provisions Reserved (American & International).

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Additional References or Sources Cited for this Biography of
Richard Ledbetter II (1700-1767):

"Ledbetters From Virginia", Roy C. Ledbetter, et al, Wilkinson Printing Co., Dallas, TX, published 1964;

"Brunswick County, Virginia, Marriages 1732-1853", by authors John Vogt & T. William Kethley, Jr., Iberian Publishing Co., Inc., Athens, GA, published 1988.

"Henry Ledbetter Last Will & Testament", sworn & witnessed 23 September 1749, probated 26 March 1751, Brunswick County Court, Brunswick County, Lawrenceville, VA;

"Brunswick County, Virginia 1720-1975", by Gay Weeks Neale, including material of Henry L. Mitchell, Jr. & William M. Pritchett, Publisher: Brunswick County Bicentennial Committee, Lawrenceville, VA, Publ. 1975;

"The Vestry Book and Register of BRUNSWICK COUNTY, VIRGINIA, 1720-1789", by author & publisher Churchill Gibson Chamberlayne, Richmond, VA, published 1898.

"Geography Supplement of Brunswick County", by author Mrs. Thomas R. Witten, Brunswick County (VA) School Board & University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, published 1928;

Google Maps (www.googlemaps.com) Internet website: Brunswick County, Virginia, U.S.A., geographical satellite imagery;

Ancestry.com internet Website, Ancestry.com, Incorporated, Orem, Utah;

Find-A-Grave Internet Website, owned by Ancestry.com, Inc., Orem, Utah;

Rootsweb Internet Website, owned by Ancestry.com, Inc., Orem, Utah;

"The Richard Ledbetter Family of Rutherford County, North Carolina", Book Author: Mary Ledbetter Morgan Peters, Self-Published; Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1969;

"History of Old Tryon and Rutherford Counties, NC, 1730-1936", p. 117, Author: Clarence W. Griffin, Publisher: Miller Printing Company, Published: 1937, Asheville, NC, USA (Book Original Copy located in University of Virginia Campus Library, Charlottesville, Virginia).

"Brunswick Co., VA, Compiled Genealogies",
Family History Library Catalog,
Family History Library,
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;

"Brunswick Co., VA, Compiled Genealogies",
FamilySearch.org Internet Website,
FamilySearch Research Wiki,
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA;

Land Gift Deed of Title Transfer in 1737, from George Walton to his Daughter Mary, Wife of Richard Ledbetter, Brunswick County (VA) Order Book 2, Page 50, Register of Deeds, Brunswick County Courthouse, Lawrenceville, VA.

Land Gift Deed of Title Transfer in 1737, from George Walton to his Daughter, Mary (Walton) Ledbetter, Wife of Richard Ledbetter, "Historical Southern Families, Volume I", Chapter on "History of Charles City and Isle of Wight" (Virginia), Page 306, Book Author: John Bennett Boddie, Publisher: Clearfield Company, Redwood City, California, Published: 1957.

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