Birth year is an estimate. Age 83 per death certificate, implying birth year is ~1859. However is listed as eight years old in the 1870 census. Parents are West (Wesley) and Ammie Ledbetter. 1870 census also lists 10 year old brother as Wesly (sic) Jr. who is the father of Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter.
Audio recording of October 1940 interview conducted by John Lomax, University of Texas professor, historian, and folklorist:
https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1940003_afs03992a/
Audio recording of October 1940 interview conducted by John Lomax, University of Texas professor, historian, and folklorist:
https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1940003_afs03992a/
Birth year is an estimate. Age 83 per death certificate, implying birth year is ~1859. However is listed as eight years old in the 1870 census. Parents are West (Wesley) and Ammie Ledbetter. 1870 census also lists 10 year old brother as Wesly (sic) Jr. who is the father of Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter.
Audio recording of October 1940 interview conducted by John Lomax, University of Texas professor, historian, and folklorist:
https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1940003_afs03992a/
Audio recording of October 1940 interview conducted by John Lomax, University of Texas professor, historian, and folklorist:
https://www.loc.gov/item/afc1940003_afs03992a/
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