The first name, Millenton, can be found spelled many ways in the various documents. He was the son of Lewis Ledbetter and Sarah (unknown) who lived in Union Co., SC. More reserch, including DNA testing, is now being done to aid in determining the parents of Lewis Ledbetter.

For more information on the Ledbetter, Vinson, Smith, Roundtree and related families, be sure and see:

Catherine Petty

Though they were NEVER MARRIED, there is much circumstantial evidence that she and Millenton Ledbetter, did have a bastard child, Solomon James Petty. (Check the chronology, below, for the details).

Catharine was the d/o James Petty and Martha Clanton. She was born about 1763 probably in Bute Co., NC. When she was in her early 30's, Catharine did eventually marry Edward Summerford. He was born abt 1766 South Carolina and died July 1838 York District, Union Co., SC.

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Unknown Taylor - Mother of Children

From the various census records, we get these ages for her birth:

• 1810 - age 26 to 45 - (1765 - 1784)
• 1820 - age 26 to 45 - (1775 - 1794)
• 1830 - age 40 to 50 - (1780 - 1790
• 1840 - age 50 to 60 - (1780 - 1790)
• 1850 - age 70 (1780)

*So you can see, this narrows her birth to between 1780 and 1784.

A recently-discovered affidavit by Millenton Ledbetter was recently found in the 29 page pension application for Celia Taylor, widow of Arthur Taylor of Rutherford and Old Tryon Co., NC. This document was sent to me by Josephine Sparks who descends from Arthur's son, Charles Taylor.

As you can see, this document clearly says that Millenton was the son-in-law of Celia/Selea Taylor. He would have married her in the late 1790's probably in the Greenville - Union Co., SC area.

Josephine writes:

Unfortunately, the widow's application does not include any name of any child even though it is 29 pages in length!!! She states she has 5 children and was big with one when Arthur died. The mentioned affidavit looks like it is written by Millington himself. very interesting! He actually tried to disprove the claim of Celia that Arthur died in the Revolution. However, someone in Arthur's unit disputed this with his affidavit. I do have information on sons Charles and Arthur Jr. My GGG Charles was the older son and is mentioned several times with Celia in documents in Rutherford Co after Arthur Sr.died. I am also related to another branch of the Ledbetters who migrated from Rutherford Co NC to Lumpkin Co Ga. Old Johnson Ledbetter was the father of this clan. Millington stated that Celia did go to Georgia and lived for abt 2 years. However, many of the Taylor family moved to Lumpkin from Greenville Co SC too, so she did not necessarily live with Ledbetters. Some of her children could have migrated to Ga.Just abt all the family of Arthur's brother James who married Rebecca Childress of Laurens Co SC.migrated to Lumpkin Co Ga before 1830. I have a book of info collected on the Taylor family. Have been doing it for years. I am just trying to find the 4 lost children of Celia and Arthur.Feel free to ask any questions. I wondered if the one who was born in 1781-early 1782 was the wife of Millington. However, she did have another daughter born a little earlier.

Millington mentions this in his affidavit, but does not states with whom. Celia ststes she was living with relatives during the time of her application 1805-1807. I have no idea when she died. She never lived with Charles and Arthur Jr. I assume she lived in SC with children there until she died. What is interesting is the fact that she hired Thomas Haslip attorney to represent her in the estate of Arthur in Rutherford 1782-1784, but she ststed she had no land nor any negroes to take care of her in 1805. Arthur had extensive land holdings in Anson and Rutherford.Charles and Arthur Jr, must have gotten all the land in Anson. Charles was listed next door to Celia in 1790 Rutherford Co NC. He married GGG Elizabeth Potts in 1788 Rutherford. Oh yes Thomas Haslip represented her when she applied for the widow's pension. She did receive it plus back pay.

If anyone can help with any additional information on this lady,, my direct ancestor, please write me, Ann (Jobe) Brown

Millenton's Affidavit 1807, Greenville District, SC
Mother-in-law Selea 'Celia' Taylor Pension Application
Special Thanks to my cousin, Randy Jobe for transcribing

Actual Transcription

        So Carolina )     Pearsinily come 
Greenville District )     before me Millinton Ledbeter 
                          Sun in Law to Selia Taylor 
now owed a penshon in this State and 
made oath that he offen and a miney a 
time heard Selia Taylor Say that her husband 
Arthur Tayler was kild in his own house by 
Sum person unknown but Susposd is a 
Indian __ad__ by the name of Mehapi 
in Abbevel District is now  Then She 
moved of to North Carolina Ther She Lived 
Seven or Eight years from there moved to the 
State of Georgi wheare She Lived till a 
Bout two years Last fall for this he heard 
he Says on oath Selia Taylor and Thomas 
Haselip Inter in agreement conserning 
Getting this penshon and Haselip was 
to have part of the money if it could 
be discovered how is a Resident of No 
Carolina  Sworn to before me me this 
30th day of April 1807
Reuben Barrett Jr    Millinton Ledbetter

Transcription - easier to understand

Personally came before me Millinton Ledbetter, son-in-law to Selia Taylor, (now owed a pension in this State) and made oath that he often and many a time heard Selia Taylor say that her husband, Arthur Taylor, was killed in his own house by some person unknown, but supposed it is an Indian Guide by the name of Mehapi, now in Abbieville District.

She moved off to North Carolina. She lived there seven or eight years, and from there, she moved to the State of Georgia where she lived about two years until last fall. This he heard.

He says on oath, Selia Taylor and Thomas Haselip entered into an agreement concerning getting this pension, and Haselip was to have part of the money if it could be discovered how. HE (implied) is a resident of North Carolina.

Sworn to before....

Circumstantial evidence is also pointing to her first name as being Penina, Pernia or Pennine or something similiar. These census records have been found:

1850	-Wilson Co., TN, District 15, stamped page 545, #1573-1573
        -(enumerated Nov 2, 1850)

Green LEDBETTER		21	M	NC
Elizabeth		20	F	VA
James			 1	M	TN
Pennine			70	F	NC

1870	-Johnson Co., Illinois, Vienna, Township 12, page 2, #11
        -(enumerated June 28, 1870)

Thomas HOGG		23	m w	farmer	$500	$200	TN
Jane			22	f w	keeping house		TN
John		 	 5	m w				IL
Barney			14	m w				TN
Pernina LEDBETTER	80	F W	no occupation		VA

*I believe that this lady in 1850 and 1870 MAY be the same person and the age is wrong on one of the census records. I would love to hear from anyone who knows anything about this Pennine or Pernina.

• 1786 - March 23, Union Co., SC --Deed Book A, pp 85-86

  "Lewis Ledbetter and wife Sarah paid James and Martha Petty L100 Sterling for 200 acres on Abbington's Creek"

  Note: This was a very high price for the time. These were the parents of Catharine Petty, who Millington is beleived to have fathered a child.

• 1786 - June 27, Union Co., SC
  

  "State against Catherine Petty: Bastardy. Ordered by the court that the defendant be discharged on her paying the costs. An individual was not brought to court until the child was weaned, at about eighteen to twenty-four months. Catherine would not have had to pay the fine, if she had named the father of the child."

• 1791 - April 23,Union Co., SC
  --Deed Book C, page 47 (LDS microfilm 0225060)

  "Charles Clanton sells land to Lewis Ledbetter.
  Witnesses: George Petty, Leon Clanton, Milenton Ledbetter

• 1793 - January 29, Union Co., SC
  --Deed Book C, page 265 (LDS microfilm 0225060)

  "Lewis Ledbetter sells land to George Petty"
  Witnesses: Philips Petty, Nancy Ledbetter, Millington Ledbetter

• 1797 - Decmeber 30, Union Co., SC
  --"A Collection of Upper South Carolina Genealogical and Family Records," Vol 1, page 250, Deed Book E, p. 224

  "George and Lydia Petty sell to Benjamin Stockton, both of Union Co."
  Witnesses: Lewis and Millenton Ledbetter

  "Lewis Ledbetter and Sally, his wife, sell land to Benj. Stockton
  Wit: Millenton Ledbetter, George Petty, Mary Harrington

• 1801 - Jackson Co., GA Tax List
  --Milenton Ledbetter

• 1801 -Decmeber 10, Union County Will Book A page 41, 42
  --Will of father, Lewis Ledbetter

  my well beloved wife Sarah
  my beloved son Milleton Ledbetter and my friend Gabriel Petty, exrs;
  my daughter Rachel,
  my daughter Bathsheba,
  my granddaughter Peggy,
  my daughter Tempey
  

  Wit: Drury Harrington, John Guiton, Barshaba Ledbetter
  Proved by Barshaba Ledbetter 4 June 1802

• 1807, Greenville District, SC
  Millinton's Affidavit (see above)
  Mother-in-law Selea 'Celia' Taylor Pension Application

• 1810 - Logan Co., KY Census
  

  Millington Ledbetter 
  1 male       26-45
  2 males      under 10
  2 females    26-45
  1 female     under 10.
  

  Names on one side
  James West, John Long, James Rollins, John Boyd, Gabriel Bailey, Daniel Hilton, John Hodges, Ragden Langston, Jane (Hilour?), Reuben Allen, Leonard Sale, James Allen, Jeffrey Sanders, George Coventree, John Trover

  Names of other side
  Henry Wells, Edward Collins, Peter Hansborough, Hugh McCutcheon, John McCutcheon, Sam'l C. McCutcheon, Thomas Lowry, Claudius Duvall, William Hutcherson, Beverly A. Allen, Richard Bibb Jr., Harrison Davis,

• 1812 - Franklin Co., TN Tax List, page 10 (87), Roll No. 3, TSLA
  -Millenton Ledbetter

  Names on one side:
  Cornelius Dollarhide, James Faris, John Dougan, James Dougan, James Craton, Harmon Riddle, George Vandiver, George Shankle, John Craton, John Smith, John Riddle, Pleasant Finney, John Cook, John Silas, Richard Forrest, Peter Noah, Isaac Foster, John Travis, William Edgings

  Names of other side:
  Joshua Dean, John Bean Jr, James Carlile, Benjamin Rice, Samuel Moss, Abraham Womack, Samuel Hillhouse, William Sheals, Jonathan Eaves, Stephen Bab, James McMinn, Thomas Comer, William McBroom, Thomas Gilliam, James Womack, Wyley Davis, William Metcalfe, Alexander Standridge

• 1813 - Franklin Co., TN
  --Deed Book B, page 196 (LDS microfilm 0576323)

  "Hezekiah Farris sells 140 acres to Milenton Ledbetter, located on dry creek, along the main road from Winchester to Fayetteville."

• 1814 - Lincoln Co., TN

  WAR OF 1812

  Millenton Ledbetter: Private
  

  • Russell's Co. Tenn Volunteer Mounted Gunmen
  • Joined 28 Sep 1814 at Fayetteville, Lincoln Co, TN
  • Discharged 27 Mar 1815
    
  • Resided at Winchester, Franklin Co, Tenn when joined
    
  • Resided in Franklin Co., 12 Jun 1815

  Letter dated November 30, 1906 (sent to me by Beverly Little)
  --from Military Secretary for the War Department in Washington D.C to John P. Muckelroy
  

  "It is shown by the records that one Millenton Ledbetter served from September 28, 1814 to March 27, 1815, as a private of Captain William Russell's Company, Russell's Separate Battalion of Mounted Gunmen, Tennessee Volumteers, war of 1812.

  The records show that each enlisted man of the company 'travelled 35 miles from Winchester, Franklin Co., place of residence, to Fayetteville, in Lincoln Co., place where mustered into service."

• 1820 - Franklin Co, TN Census
  

  Middleton Ledbetter    over 45
  1 male                 16-26
  2 males                10-16
  1 male                 under 10
  1 female               26-45
  1 female               10-16
  3 females              under 10
  

• 1825 - Franklin Co., TN Deed Book J, page 579 (LDS micorofilm 0576323)

  "Millenton Ledbetter to Mathew R. Mann, both of Franklin County for $1,000--100 acres on Dry Creek of Elk River "

• 1830 - Franklin Co., TN Census

  Millenton Ledbetter   50-60
  1 male                10-15
  1 female              40-50
  1 female              20-30
  1 female              15-20
  1 female              10-15
  1 female              under 5
  

  Names on one side:
  John Cash, William Ballentine, William Harp, Jacob W. Ballard, Joseph Miles, Henry Miller, Nathan Stone, John Rupey, William B. Willis,

  Names of other side:
  Aquilla Glason, Simon Stone, Saul Camp, James Stamps, Jesse RUNNELS, Henry Robinson, Thompson Phillips, Elizabeth Stuart, Johnston Phillips, Ciley Lockey, Wiley Harp, Ebenezer Brown, James Lindley

• 1840 Coffee Co., TN 1840 -Coffee Co., TN

  His age is listed as 60/70. Spouse 50/60. (1) Male 20/30. (1)female 10-15 and (1) female 20/30. Coffee Co. is just north of Franklin Co. Tn.

1. Solomon James Petty

   --b. May 23, 1784 Union Co., SC
   --d. January 29, 1860 Dickson Co., TN
   --m. Jerusha Jane DARWIN
   --1810/12 probably York, Union Co., SC
   ----b. October 22, 1794 Union Co., SC
   ----d. 1873 Dickson Co.,TN
   

   

   Millenton's Children By 'Miss' Taylor

   

2. Stephen Ledbetter

   --b. abt 1800 Union Co.,SC
   --d. 1870/80 Probably Linden, Perry Co., TN
   --m. Margaret ACUFF
   

   

   My 2nd Great Grandfather

3. Henry Clay Ledbetter

   --b. 1800/10 Tennessee
   --d. 1842/48 McNairy Co., TN
   ----buried Thacker Cemetery, McNairy Co., TN
   --m. Elizabeth RUNNELS
   --abt 1828 vicinity of Lincoln Co., TN
   ----(abt 1801 TN - 1885 McNairy Co., TN)
   ------buried Thacker Cemetery, McNairy Co., TN
   

   Be sure and see my Ledbetter Site

   
   

4. Margaret Ledbetter

   --b. 1804/10 Unknown
   

   

5. Lewis Ledbetter

   --b. abt 1807 TN
   --d. 1850/70 Missouri
   --m. Mary ?
   ----(abt 1809 TN - aft 1870 Pineville, McDonald Co., MO)
   

   

6. James P. Ledbetter

   --b. August 8, 1808 probably Franklin Co., NC
   --d. 1850/51 McNairy Co., TN
   --m/1 Martha MEADOWS
   --abt 1825 probably TN
   ----(1810/15 - 1834/36 McNairy Co., TN)
   --m/2 Susan A. SMITH
   --abt 1835 Unknown
   ----(1817/18 - August 2, 1903 Lee Co., MS)
   

• Personal Correspondence/Research of Kenneth Haughton (1998-1999)
  
  • he later wrote a book called, Ledbetters Revisited, of which I have a copy (2004)
  • Questionaires Filled out for Justus Moll in 1831
    --for Ledbetters in VA Book by Samuel Taylor Ledbetter & John R. Ledbetter

• Personal Correspondence/Research of Brenda Rayman

• Personal Correspondence/Research of Josephine Sparks

• Personal Correspondence/Research of Beverly Little (Jan 2005)
  • November 30, 1906 Letter - Military Secretary for the War Department in Washington D.C
    
  • Narratives and Pictures for Elizabeth (Ledbetter) Muckleroy Family
    

• Union Co., SC Vital Records
  
  • Various Deed Books
    
  • Will Books
    

• "A Collection of Upper South Carolina Genealogical and Family Records,", Vol II, pg. 48,

• "A Collection of Upper South Carolina Genealogical and Family Records," Vol 1, page 250,

• Jackson Co., GA Tax List

• 1810 Logan Co., KY Census
  

• Franklin Co., TN Vital Records
  
  • Franklin Co., TN Tax List
    
  • Franklin Co., TN Deed Book
    
  • 1830 Franklin Co., TN Census
    

• Lincoln Co. TN Census Records
  

• Perry Co., TN Census Records
  

• Jasper Co., MO Census Records
  

• McDonald Co., MO Census Records
  

• Hickman Co., TN Census Records
  

• Lee Co. MS Cemetery Book
  

• McNairy Co., TN Census Records