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535. Capt. James Laurentry LEDGERWOOD214,215,216 was born on 12 March 1833 in Knox Co., TN.93,95,217,218 That part of Knox is now in Union Co., TN He served in the military Capt. of 3rd East TN BIC Co. F. from August 1861 to March 1865 in Civil War.95,217 Between 1865 and 1868 he was a the Sheriff in Union Co., TN.219 Between 1874 and 1876 James was a the Sheriff in Union Co., TN.219 He died on 1 November 1905 in Union Co., TN.214,217 He was buried in November 1905 in Hansard Chapel Church Cemetery, Union Co., TN.217 Masonic emblem. Capt. James L. Ledgerwood was born in Knox (now Union) County, March 12,1833, the son of Samuel and Sany N. (Rutherford) Ledgerwood, the former of Irish descent, born in Knox County, and deceased in 1885 in this county, aged seventy-two years, and the latter born in Knox County, and deceased in 1869, about sixty years of age, and both members of the Baptist Church. The father was a farmer and magistrate, serving about. fifteen years. The mother was of English origin. Our subject, the third of seven children, received a common education, and August 10, 1851, married Marjaner, a daughter of William C. Hansard. Their children are Samuel J., William C., Brownlow and James N., and those deceased are Lloyd and Ulysses S. He has always been a farmer, and in 1854 bought half and received from his father half of his present land. In August, 1861, he joined Company B, First Tennessee Federal Infantry, and after seven months became captain of Company F, Third Tennessee Infantry, serving at Murfreesboro, Mission Ridge, in the Georgia campaign at Nashville, at Franklin and Chickamauga, and was mustered out in March, 1865. He had been elected sheriff while in service, and on his return his supply refused to give up the office, but everything was arranged satisfactorily, Gov. Brownlow reappointing our subject. He has been magistrate for six years. In 1866 he was licensed as a lawyer, and practiced in Maynardville and Knoxville. He had been a farmer and stock dealer. He is a Mason, a Prohibition Democrat, and a Methodist, to which church his wife belongs. Absalom Rutherford, the grandfather, was a soldier in the Revolution.
Capt. James Laurentry LEDGERWOOD and Marganner HANSARD were married on 10 August 1851 in Union Co., TN.95,214 They95,214 appeared in the census in 1870 in District 6, Union Co., TN. Page 247 B, Maynardville P.O., 30 Jun 1870, line 13, dwelling 29, family 29
Ledgerwood, J. L., 35, M, W, Farmer, 900, 2000, TN
Ledgerwood, Margret, 34, F, W, Keeping House, TN
Ledgerwood, Samuel J., 17, M, W, at school, TN
Ledgerwood, William C., 15, M, W, at school, TN
Ledgerwood, David A. B., 14, M, W, TN
Ledgerwood, James N. B., 11, M, W, TN
Owen, W. B., 22, M, W, Farm Laborer, TN
Owen, Pheeba D., 16, F, W, House Keeper, TN
They appeared in the census in 1880 in District 6, Union Co., TN.218 James L. LEDGERWOOD Self M M W 47 TN Occ: Farmer Fa: TN Mo: TN
Majannie LEDGERWOOD Wife F M W 46 TN Occ: Keeping House Fa: TN Mo: TN
John B. BUCKHART Other M S W 19 TN Occ: Laborer Fa: TN Mo: TN
Catherine SHARP Other F S B 19 TN Occ: Servant Fa: VA Mo: TN Marganner HANSARD was born on 18 February 1835 in TN.217,218,220 She appeared in the census in 1910 in District 7, Knox Co., TN. Page 4 A, Old District 7, Knox Co., TN, line 47, dwelling 76, family 76
Ledgerwood, Marganer, head, F, W, 75, Wd, 6, 4, TN, TN, TN
Ezell, Lucy, servant, F, W, 66, S, TN, TN, TN, servant, private
She died on 10 May 1911 in Union Co., TN.217,220 Marganner was buried in May 1911 in Hansard Chapel Church Cemetery, Union Co., TN.217 Capt. James Laurentry LEDGERWOOD and Marganner HANSARD had the following children: |