One of America's greatest musical treasures Huddie William Ledbetter (known as Leadbelly) was born on the Jeter Plantation near the community of Shiloh, which is in turn near the town of Mooringsport, LA. He was the only son of a sharecropper who moved his family to nearby Harrison County, TX, when the child was about five. This is his family tree.
Leadbelly’s grandparents were Wesley Ledbetter Sr 1830/? and Annie ? 1825/? from North Carolina. They migrated to Louisiana in the 1850’s and most of the kids were born there.
Children of Wesley Ledbetter Sr
With Delia ?
- Julia Ledbetter – 1850/1924 m/M. Patterson (Delia named as mother in death certificate)
With Annie ?
- Wesley Ledbetter Jr – 1857/? m/Sallie Pugh
- Bob Ledbetter – 1860/? m/Ada ?
- Terrell Ledbetter – 1865/1938 m/Mittie ?
- John Ledbetter – 1865/?
- Mary Ledbetter – 1870/1918 m/Kemp Pugh Jan 25, 1885
GRANDCHILDREN
Children of Wesley Ledbetter Jr & Sallie Pugh
- Huddie William Ledbetter “Leadbelly” – 1888/1949 m/Martha Primus
- Australia Carr – 1892/? (may be adopted?)
Children of Bob Ledbetter & Ada
- Edon Ledbetter – 1888/?
- Blanche Ledbetter – 1891/?
Children of Terrell Ledbetter & Mittie
- Percy Ledbetter – 1888/?
- Howard Ledbetter - 1901/?
- Clarence Ledbetter – 1903/?
Children of Mary Ledbetter & Kemp Pugh Sr
- Roberta Johnson – 1882/? (adopted)
- Assie Pugh – 1884/?
- George Pugh – 1886/? m/Nancy Warren
- Kemp Pugh Jr – 1887/? m/Jena Parlie Blake
- Albert Pugh – 1887/?
- Allen Pugh – 1889/?
- Willie Pugh – 1891/1946 m/Thelma Carter & Augusta ?
- Queen Pugh – 1892/1996
- Lake Pugh – 1893/1919 m/Eula B Williams
- Tany Pugh – 1894/?
- Amy Pugh – 1895/1925 m/Robert Lee Cooper
- Mattie Pugh – 1897/? m/Henry Adams & George Sims
- Sallie Pugh – 1899/?
- Tommy Pugh – 1899/?
- Addie Bell Pugh – 1903/1941