General Notes

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Joel lived in Anerson, SC and Elbert County, GA, and in 1810 moved to New
Hope, AL. Note: New Hope Community, near Huntsville, then Mississippi
Territory but Alabama after 1819.
List of Taxable Property in Madison County, MS Territory-Dated 19 JUL 1810
LEDBETTER, Ephraim; LEDBETTER, Joel; LEDBETTER, Joel JR.
Joel m Kitty (Catherine) d 1814 Madison County, Ala. On 7 Apr 1810
Joel conveyed to his son John 650 acres of land on Richland Creek,
Pendleton District, S. C. It was recited to be his home place. (Deed was
recorded in Anderson County Deed Records Vol K - 128 and also at
Walhalla, Oconee County, being just north of Anderson County and being
the extreme northwestern county of South Carolina.)
Apparently Joel, Sr. with his younger sons immediately thereafter
departed for Egbert County, Ga and soon continued his journey, settling
in the New Hope Community about ten miles southeast of Huntsville in
Madison County, Ala. This territory had been given up by the Creek
Indians to the United States only in 1809. It was called Mississippi
Territory until about 1819. Old Joel bought land. On 8 Apr 1814 by deed
recorded in Book H p 418 Deed Records Madison County, Ala, Joel, Sr.
divided 160 acres of land and made settlement with his sons, Joel, Jr,
Ephraim, Daniel and his youngest son, Henry Burford, then a minor.
A supplemental account has been written covering additional
information about Joel, Sr. in Madison County, Ala. The supplemental
account traces his daughters, Lydia, Edy, Abby and his sons, Joel, Jr.,
Ephrame, Samuel, Daniel and Buford. In the present account we trace the
descendants of Daniel, son of Reverend Henry (Calvinist) and of John, son
of Joel, Sr. But for convenience we name all of the known six sons and
six daughters of Joel, Sr. and wife Kitty:
Joel grew up in Orange County, North Carolina. Part of the county was
reorganized in 1777 and Caswell county was created. He remained there and
he and his wife had ten children. In 1792 the family moved to Franklin
County, Georgia. There was a great migration to Georgia and South
Carolina during this time period and the Ledbetters moved with others in
search of cheaper land. The family moved to Oglethorpe County, Georgia in
1794 and to Pendleton District, South Carolina in 1798. A few years
later, in 1810, Joel and his wife sold their homestead of 650 acres of
land on Richland Creek to his son, John. The family then immediately
departed for Elbert County, Georgia and soon continued their journey to
the New Hope Community about ten miles southeast of Huntsville in Madison
County, Alabama. The territory had been given up by the Creek Indians to
the United States in 1809. It was called Mississippi Territory until 1819
when the State of Alabama was created.
Joel purchased land in the new territory and divided it among his sons on
April 8, 1814. The 160 acres was divided between his sons Joel Jr.,
Ephraim, Daniel, and his youngest son, Henry Buford, who was a minor at
the time. Joel's wife died in 1814 and Joel died in 1815. Many of the
Ledbetter children stayed in Madison County, Alabama for the remainder of
their lives.
Ordered by the Court that Joel Ledbetter and Henry Brasselton have leave
to administer on the Estate of Joel Ledbetter, Sen., their having given
Bond and Security and the law direct ---- (part of page worn away) ---
Grayson, Francis Adams and Stephen Debo be appointed appraiser of said
Estate and it is further ordered by said Court that the administration
have leave to sell the perishable property belonging to said Extate by
giving Notice as the Law directs. November 20, 1815. Justices: Thomas
Bibb, Abner Tatum and David Moore. Madison Co., Mississippi Territory.