Benjamin Franklin Ledbetter

Cal 1815 - Bef 1900  (< 84 years)

• Name	Benjamin Franklin Ledbetter  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	Cal 1815	North Carolina, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1840	Jackson County, AL   [8]
  Census	1850	Wayne County, MO   [9]
  Residence	1850	District 101, Wayne, Missouri   [2]
  	Age: 33
  Emigration	1857	MO to Gridley, Butte County, CA
  Census	1870	Gridley, Butte County, CA   [10]
  Residence	1879	Butte, California, USA   [1]
  	Age: 63
  Census	1880	Gridley, Butte County, CA   [6]
  Name	Berry Ledbetter  [7]
  Residence	1880	Hamilton, Butte, California, USA   [7]
  	Age: 64; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
  Death	Bef 1900	Butte County, California, USA   [3, 4]
  Burial	Gridley, Butte, California, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I1691	Bob Juch's Tree
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Laban Ledbetter,   b. 1785, Prince George County, Virginia, USA d. 1820 (Age 35 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Priscilla Earle,   b. 1776, Virginia, USA d. 1837, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA (Age 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F21298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann "Polly",   b. 27 Jan 1823, Alabama, USA d. 15 Jun 1904, Gridley, Butte, California, USA (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1839
  Children	1. Nancy Ledbetter,   b. 17 Sep 1850, of Wayne County, Missouri d. 7 Apr 1929, Gridley, Butte, California, USA (Age 78 years)  [natural]   2. Virginia A. Ledbetter,   b. Jan 1849, Missouri, USA d. 19 May 1928, Berkeley, Alameda, California, USA (Age 79 years)  [natural]   3. Mary A. Ledbetter,   b. Sep 1855, of Wayne County,Missouri d. 1904, Gridley, Butte, California, USA (Age 48 years)  [natural]   4. Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Ledbetter, Jr,   b. 18 Jul 1857, Oroville, Butte, California, USA d. 5 Nov 1917, Gridley, Butte, California, USA (Age 60 years)  [natural]   5. George Washington Ledbetter,   b. 3 Apr 1852, Missouri, USA d. 5 Jul 1936, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA (Age 84 years)  [natural]   6. Alabama "Allie" Ledbetter,   b. Cal 1847, Alabama, USA d. 1892, California, USA (Age 45 years)  [natural]   7. Tennessee Ledbetter,   b. Nov 1856, Missouri, USA  [natural]   8. Lena Ledbetter,   b. Cal 1855, Alabama, USA  [natural]   9. Samuel Ledbetter,   b. Cal 1861, Oroville, Butte, California, USA  [natural]
  Family ID	F672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Cal 1815 - North Carolina, USA Residence - Age: 63 - 1879 - Butte, California, USA Death - Bef 1900 - Butte County, California, USA Burial - - Gridley, Butte, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  The Journey of Benjamin Franklin “Berry” Ledbetter - by Bob Juch Benjamin was born in North Carolina about 1815, probably in the hills of Morgan Township in north central Rutherford County where his father, Laban, was counted in the 1800 and 1910 censuses. His mother, Priscilla Earle Ledbetter, appears on the 1830 Census of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri with one male 10-14 and one male 15-19. One is probably Benjamin. She must be the female 50-59. What happened to Laban, and where, is not known. Below her entry are Ransom Ledbetter and Jarret Ledbetter. Ransom is shown with one male 20-29, one male 30-39, one female under 5, and one female 20-29. The younger male might be a brother. Jarret is shown with one male 20-29, two females under 5, and one female 20-29. Benjamin next is shown as Berry on the 1840 Census of Jackson County, Alabama. He's shown with one male under 5, one female 30-39, and one female 60-69. The older female is probably his mother, but the younger female and boy do not fit what is known of his wife and children. Possibly they are the wife and child of one of his brothers. Pleasant Ledbetter is shown on the same page with one male under 5, one male 5-9, one male 30-39, two females under 5, one female 5-9, and one female 20-29. Those ages fit perfectly this family of James Pleasant Ledbetter who went by Pleasant. He is the older brother of Berry. The birth places and dates of his children show that he went from North Carolina to Missouri before 1832 then to Alabama by 1833. Pleasant had two land clams in 1837 and 1838 of the northeast and southwest quarters of the southwest quarter of section 3S 7E 14. He was probably living there in 1840. In 1850 Berry is back in Missouri, in Wayne County, about 30 miles west of Cape Girardeau County. His wife, Mary A., and daughters Alabama and Virginia are shown with him on the Census. He is not found on the 1860 Census. The 1870 Census shows him in Butte County, California with his wife and children. As his daughter, Alabama, had a child there in 1862, and Virginia was married there in 1865, he must have been in Butte County by 1862. His youngest child, Samuel, was listed as being born in Alabama about 1861, but as Benjamin later claimed he was born in Butte County in 1857, that may not be correct.

  
  

• Sources

  [S115] Ancestry.com, California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), California State Library, California History Section; Great Registers, 1866-1898; Collection Number: 4 - 2A; CSL Roll Number: 8; FHL Roll Number: 976454. California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898 [S156] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, ;), Year: 1850; Census Place: District 101, Wayne, Missouri; Roll: M432_421; Page: 211B; Image: 424. 1850 United States Federal Census [S54] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Details: 1900, Gridley Twp, Butte Co., CA. Details: 1870 CA, Butte Co., Hamilton, p. 139. Details: 1880 CA, Butte Co., Hamilton Twp., ED# 10, sheet 16. [S13] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Hamilton, Butte, California; Roll: 63; Family History Film: 1254063; Page: 298D; Enumeration District: 010; Image: 0600. 1880 United States Federal Census Details: 1840 AL, Jackson Co., p. 46. Details: 1850 MO, Wayne Co., ED# 101, p. 211A. Details: 1870, Hamilton Twp., Butte Co., OH, p. 69 Citation Text: This is known to be not entirely accurate: Benjamin Ledbetter 50 b. AL Polly A. Ledbetter 45 b. AL G. Washington Ledbetter 19 b. AL Nancy Ledbetter 18 b. AL Lena Ledbetter 14 b. AL Benj. F. Ledbetter 12 b. AL Saml. Ledbetter 8 b. AL.