This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Ledfords Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3AB.2ACI/6923.4.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: From everything I have read and know about, the original Aley's name was William Alexander Ledford.Course don't take my word as gospel because I have not seen any proof except what history I have read on the Ledfords.