Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 20655, Bland W Ballard, Va.
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(3-1776)  (form number)

Ballard, Bland W.
Elizabeth

SERVICE

Va.
Also served from 1781 to 1794 and
In 1" Regt K'y riflemen war 1812

NUMBER

REV  { w. 20655
WAR { B. l. Wt.. 13207 - 160 - 55

War of  { Old War Ind. file 48420
1812    { Old War Ind.. Ctb. 785

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Contents
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Kentucky 29, 867
Bland W. Bullard
Shelby Co. in the State of Kentucky
who was a Private in the company commanded
by Captain Roberts of the Rgt commanded
by Col. Crockett in the Virginia
line for 2 years 


Inscribed on the Roll of Kentucky
at the rate of 80 Dollars
Cents per annum,
to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 21st day of March
1835 and sent to Wm. H. Todd
Frankfort Ky
Arrears to the 4th of March 35, 320.00
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4. Sep. 25 40.00
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$360.00
Recorded by D. Brown, Clerk
Book E.- 2. Vol. 7 Page 4
⎨ Revolutionary Claim,
Act June 7, 1832.
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State of Kentucky
Shelby County
On this 13th day of October 1834 came
in open Court before the Justices now setting
Bland W Ballard aged Seventy five,
citizen of Shelby County Kentucky for the last
forty years, who upon his oath made the
following declaration in order to obtain the
benefits of the act of Congress passed June
the 7th 1832:
That in the spring of 1779 he was
citizen of Spottsylvania County Virginia and
there at the time aforesaid enlisted as a regular
in the army of the revolution for three years in
Captain Benjamin Roberts company which belonged to
Slaughters Corps, that in the spring 1779 he
together with a number of Capt Roberts Company
came to Ky and assisted in building the fort at
Lexington & Bryant Station, that in the spring 1780
Captain Roberts case on himself with the remain
der of his company
to the falls of Ohio, where this
affiant joined said company, and helped build 
the fort on Bar Grass (?), this affiant continued to serve
at the falls in said Company untill Christmas 1781
when this affiant was discharged by Genl Clarke
from the aforesaid enlistment which discharge he has
lost, that after the aforesaid discharge Genl Geo Clark retained him in service as a hunter & Spy
for many years, that he will not ennumerate the
number of skirmishes & the number of savages that
fell by this affiants hands but that he was in service
from 1779 nearly all the time until 1794 when he was a Capt under Seal (?)
Wayne & at the Battle of the River Raisin was a
captain in command, and desperately wounded and
taken prisoner, for the wounds received in the late war
he is now on the Pension roll, number of the certificate 785.
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He hereby relinquishes all claim to a pension but the present, except a pension he is now receiving as
an insealed for wounds received in the late war for
which he has a certificate number 785, and he hereby
declares he is name is not on the pension roll of any agency
but the present as aforesaid.
Bland W. Ballard
Sworn to & subscribed
this 13th day of October 1834 


and the said Court after the investigation of
the matter, are of opinion that land
Ballard was a revolutionary soldier & Indian fighter as he has above stated. Which is ordered to be Certified.

State of
Kentucky
Shelby County 

I James S Whitaker Clerk of the County
Court for said County do certify that the foregoing contains
the Original
proceedings of the said Court in the
Matter of the application of Bland W Ballard
for a Pension
In Testimony Whereof I have
hereto subscribed my name & affixed
the seal of said County this 4th day of
November 1834
J S. Whitaker Clk
Shelby County Court
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Ken
B. W. Ballard
Nov 15.


32.629
Kentucky
Bland W. Ballard
From 1779 for 2 years
$80
on Roll

J. L. Edwards Comr of Pensions
Washington City D.C.

Wm H. Todd
Frankfort, Ken.
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The Commissioner in a report Blan W Ballard
entitled to land and I drew his land and filed
his warrant no [blank]
for 200 as in the Gen
commissioned office, my absence from Ky is one reason
for his delay in sending on his claim
Nov 7th 34
Wm H. Good
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4697.
Kentucky
Elizabeth Ballard widow of
of Bland W.
Ballard who served in the Revolutionary War 
as a 
Private

-
Inscribed on the Roll at the rate
of 80 dollars --cents
per annum, to commence on
the 5th September, 1853.
Certificate of Pension issued
Sixth
day of Nov. 1854
and sent to
A. J. Ballard,
Louisville 

1888
Nov 24
S.C. Draper history Prior
Rep
Date of death
not on [illegible]
Invalid
Roll Ky
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State of Kentucky
Jefferson County
⎬ 
On this thirteenth day of October
AD 1854 personally appeared before
the Jefferson County Court of the State of
Kentucky Elizabeth Ballard a resident of the City of Louisville in the
County of Jefferson and State aforesaid aged sixty five years who first
being duly sworn according to law doth
on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits
of the provisions made by the act of
Congress passed on the 3rd February
1853 granting pensions to widows of
persons who served during the Revolution
any war. that she is the widow of Bland
W Ballard who was a private in the War
of the revolution. She says that her
said husband Bland W Ballard was a
pensioner under the act of Congress
of the 7th June 1832 and she refers to the
proof now on file in the proper office
at Washington City. She further says
that her said husband drew his pension at the pension agency located
at Louisville Kentucky
She further declares that she was married to the said Bland W Ballard on
the 28th day of October 1846 that her
said husband died of the 5 day of
September 1853 at his residence in the
County of Shelby and State of Kentucky
that she was not married to him prior
to the 2d January 1800 but at the time
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above stated. She further declares
that she is now a widow. She further
states that since the death of her said
husband she has removed to the city of
Louisville in Jefferson County in
Kentucky- that she surrendered to Isaac
Caldwell, Pension agent at Louisville
Kentucky the Certificates of pension
which had been granted to her
said husband. at the same time
she produced proof of her marriage with her said husband and
also proof of his death and she
thereupon was paid by said Pension agent at Louisville Kentucky
the arrears of money due to her
said husband up to the period
of his death, and she refers to said
papers on file at the proper office
in Washington City for evidence
of her marriage and her her lands
death. The words "papers & proof" interlined
before signed

Elizabeth Ballard
Bland Ballard
A J Ballard

Sworn to in open Court & subscribed
at the same time appeared in
Open Court A J Ballard and
Bland Ballard personally known
to the Court who being sworn state
they are nephews of Bland W Ballard
dec'd referred to above and that said
Bland W Ballard departed this
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above stated. She further declares
that she is now a widow. She further
states that since the death of her said
husband she has removed to the city of
Louisville in Jefferson County in
Kentucky- that she surrendered to Isaac
Caldwell, Pension agent at Louisville
Kentucky the Certificates of pension
which had been granted to her
said husband. at the same time
she produced proof of her marriage with her said husband and
also proof of his death and she
thereupon was paid by said Pension agent at Louisville Kentucky
the arrears of money due to her
said husband up to the period
of his death, and she refers to said
papers on file at the proper office
in Washington City for evidence
of her marriage and her her lands
death. The words "papers & proof" interlined
before signed

Elizabeth Ballard
Bland Ballard
A J Ballard

Sworn to in open Court & subscribed
at the same time appeared in
Open Court A J Ballard and
Bland Ballard personally known
to the Court who being sworn state
they are nephews of Bland W Ballard
dec'd referred to above and that said
Bland W Ballard departed this
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Kentucky Shelby County Sct
Hector Allen
Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid
certify Bland W Ballard and Elizabeth Garnett
were married on the 28th day of October 1841 by
Samuel Baker as Minister of the Gospel as appears
from the records in my office
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of said Court at Shelbyville
this 19th day of April 1855
Hector Allen clerk
Shelby County Court
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By
Hader C
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Vol. B. 11.
,
Act March
105934,
full 28
of
Elizabeth Ballard Widow
of Bland W
Ballard
private
was in the war of the Revolution
was a Pensioner Act 7 June
1832 Ky Agency
Claimant is Pension Act
Feby 5 (?) 1853
Private 

Col. Crockett
Va State Line
Ky
Feb 53-
[illegible] 160 acres  Decr 22/55
[illegible]
A.J. Ballard
Louisville, Ky
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105931.
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State of Kentucky ⎬
County of Jefferson ⎬
On this twentieth day of
April A D one thousand Eight hundred and fifty
five personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace within and for the County and State aforesaid
Elizabeth Ballard aged Seventy years a resident
of Jefferson County in the State of Kentucky
who being duly sworn according to law declares that
she is the widow of Bland W Ballard deceased who
was a private in the Revolutionary war - The said
Bland W Ballard was a pensioner of the United States
under the act of Congress of the 7th June
1832. He was also a Pensioner under the Invalid pension act and drew his pension at
the Pension agency located at Louisville Kentucky, till near the time of his death which
occurred 5th September 1853. Her said husband
at the time of his death resided in Shelby
County Kentucky and since then she has
resided in this Jefferson County Kentucky.
She refers to the records and papers now on
file at the City of Washington to prove the
nature and character and extent of the military services rendered to the United States
by her said husband - She further states
that she is now as the widow of said Bland
W Ballard a pensioner under the 2d section
of the act of Congress of the 3rd February
1853. and that her pension certificate
is dated 6th November 1854. She further
refers to the papers and documents accompanying her application for said pension
certificate which papers &c are now on
file at Washington City-- under said
Pension Certificate she has received her
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pension at the rate of Eighty dollars per
year from Joseph B Kinkead pension
Agent at Louisville Kentucky - She further
states that she was married to the said Bland
Ballard in Shelley County Kentucky on
the 28th day of October AD 1841 by one Samuel Baker a clergyman of the [illegible]
Church and that her name before her said
marriage was Elizabeth Garrett - that her
said husband died at his farm in Shelby
County Kentucky on the 5th day of September
AD 1853 and that she is now a widow.
She further states that her said husband was
the Captain of and commanded a company
raised in Shelby County Kentucky in the
war with Great Britain declared by the United States on the 18 June 1812, that her
said husband was in the battle of the
River Raisin and was there wounded
and taken prisoner and that her said
husband continued continued in active
service in said war for many months
or perhaps more than a year and she
refers to the proper papers in the possession of the Government to establish those
facts- she makes this declaration for
the purpose of obtaining the bounty
land to which she may be entitled under the
act approved March 3 1855. She refers to
to the accompanying certificate of her marriage. She further declares that she has received nor applied for bounty land under this 
or any other act of Congress.

Elizabeth Ballard

We, Andrew J Ballard and Bland
Ballard residents of the City of Louisville
in the State of Kentucky upon our
oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed and acknowledged
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by Elizabeth Ballard in our presence-
that we are the nephews of Bland
Ballard deceased, that he died in
Shelly County Kentucky about 5 September 1853 and we believe and know
the applicant is his widow and is the
identical person she represents herself
to be and they swear they are disinterested witness, and that said claimant is now
a widow and has not married since the death of said husband -
Andrew J. Ballard
Bland Ballard

The foregoing declaration and affidavit 
were sworn to and subscribed before me on
the day and year above written and I
certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons, that the claimant is the
person she represents herself to be and
that I have no interest in this claim
State of Kentucky
Joseph Clement J.P.M.

Jefferson County
I, Jeb M. Thurston, Clerk of the
County Court of the County afd do certify that I am believe [illegible] and who has signed the foregoing certificate, is now
and was at the time of signing the same an active
Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly [illegible]
and qualified and that full faith and credit are due
all his official acts and that his signature is genuine.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said County
the
this twentieth day of April 1853
C M Thurston Clk 
By Thomas A. Morgan D.C.
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State of Kentucky
County of Shelby

Application of Elizabeth
Ballard, aged seventy years last March, and a resident of the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky for arrearages of Pension, as the widow of the late Captain
Bland W. Ballard deceased. Be it known that
before Hamilton Frazier a Justice of the Peace, within and for the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky personally appeared Elizabeth Ballard, who is well known to me to be the identical person she describes
herself to be, in and by this affidavit, and made
oath in due form of law that she is the widow of Captain Bland W. Ballard, who was a Captain from the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky, in Colonel John Allen's First Rifle Regiment of Kentucky
Volunteers in the war with Great Britain of 1812.
That the said Captain Bland D. Ballard was the identical person, who was a United States Invalid Pensioner,
but is now dead to whom a Pension Certificate was issued for wounds received and disability incurred
while in the service of the United States, and in the
line of his duty, as an officer and soldier, in the
battle with the British and Indians at the River
Raisin, on the North Western frontier, on the 22nd
of January 1813. That the Copy of the Original Certificate of Pension issued to Captain Bland W. Ballard
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cannot be given herein, nor the original certificate of Pension cannot be sent up to the Department with these papers, because the original certificate
of Pension issued to Captain Bland W.
Ballard by the Department at Washington City, was in the fall of the year 1859 after the death of said Captain Bland W Ballard, sent on to said
Department, and no authentic copy thereof was retained within the knowledge of this affiant and if any copy of said certificate was retained the same has been lost or mislaid. That the deceased Pensioner
died in the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky on the fifth day of September in the year 1853, and residedin the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky for
the space of sixty one years and upwards before his
death. That the said Bland W. Ballard and Elizabeth
Ballard, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Garrett
were married in the County of Shelby and State of
Kentucky on the 28th day of October 1841, and that
she is now his widow, and still living in the County
of Shelby and State of Kentucky at the date of this
application, aged seventy years last March
In testimony whereof the said Elizabeth Ballard
has hereunto subscribed her name, and affixed
her seal this the 22nd day of October 1838.

Elizabeth Ballard
subscribed and sworn to ⎬
before me, this the 22d day
of October 1858.
H Frazier
J.P.
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State of Kentucky

County of Shelby

I, John T. Ballard, Clerk of the
County Court within and for the County of Shelby and
State of Kentucky, do hereby certify that Hamilton Frazier Esq. whose name is subscribed to the foregoing
certificate of jurat, now is, and was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the Peace within the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky, duly co missioned and qualified to office; that his said certificate is in due form of law and that his said signature is genuine, and in his own proper handwriting.

-- In testimony whereof I
have hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed the seal of the said Court
at the Clerks Office in Shelbyville
Shelby County, State of Kentucky
this the 22nd day of October 1858.
John Ballard Clerk.
Shelby County Court
3
State of Kentucky
County of Shelly

I, John T. Ballard Clerk of the
County Court, within and for the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky, a  Court with a clerk and seal of Office holden at the Court-house in Shelbyville, within and for the County of Shelby and State of
Kentucky, on the 22nd day of October 1858, do
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certify under the direction of the said Court
that satisfactory evidence was produced to said County proving that Captain Bland W. Ballard was a United States
Pensioner, and so continued up to the time
of his death. That the said Bland W. Ballard
and the said Elizabeth Ballard, whose maiden
name was Elizabeth Weaver were married in
the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky on
the 28th day of October 1841, as was also proven by a certified copy of the license and certificate of the clergyman performing the marriage ceremony
which is hereto attached. That the said Captain
Bland W Ballard died in the County of Shelby
and State of Kentucky on the fifth day of September 1853. And that she is still living as hiswidow in the County of Shelby and State of
Kentucky on the date of her said application
for arrears of pension, which she is informed
was due to him and unpaid at the time of
his death. And that he continued to be a United States Pensioner up to the date of his death That she has reason to believe and does believe
that there were some arrearages of his pension
due and unpaid at the time of his death, which
she claims as being justly due and payable
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to her as his widow, but how much she does not know -
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, and
affixed the seal of the said Court,
at the Clerks Office in Shelbyville
Shelby County & State of Kentucky
this the 22nd day of October 1858.
John J. Ballard Clerk
Shelby County Court

Know all men by these presents that I,
Elizabeth Ballard, widow of Captain Bland W.
Ballard deceased, who was late an Invalid Pensioner of the United States, do hereby constitute and appoint
Richard M. Young of Washington City and District of Columbia, my true and lawful attorney for me and in my name, to ask for, demand, and
receive, from the proper department office, or
Agent of the United States, for paying pensions,
of the arrearages of Pensions, any amount of money
or balance on account of arrearages of Pensions
which may be found due, and which was remaining unpaid to the said Bland W. Ballard at the time
of his death, on account of his said Invalid Pension
In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed my seal this the 22nd day of October 1858.
Elizabeth Ballard
Witness 
J.M. Ballard
Thomas Hope(?)
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I hereby certify that the above power of attorney was subscribed and acknowledged before me by the said Elizabeth Ballard
who is personally known to me to be the identical person she
describes herself to be in and by the same, on this 22nd day of
October 1858.
H. Frazier
Justice of the Peace, within and for the
County of Shelby and State of Kentucky

State of Kentucky
County of Shelby ⎬
I John T. Ballard Clerk of County Court
within and for the County of Shelby and State of Kentucky do hereby
certify that Hamilton Frazier Esq. whose name is subscribed to
the foregoing certificate of acknowledgement, now is, and
was at the time of signing the same, a Justice of the
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RECORD DIVISION.
File 20655
for
A SO.
infor
3 - 525.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR.
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
19
In reply to your request of
received.
a statement of the military history of Bland W. Ballard, 
soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR and the War of 1812, you will find below the desired
information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension
on file in this Bureau.
[Column Headings]
DATES OF
ENLISTMENT OR
APPOINTMENT.
LENGTH OF
SERVICE.
RANK.
OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED.
CAPTAIN.
COLONEL.
STATE.

Spring 1779 to Dec., 1981, Private, Benj. Roberts, Crockett, Va.
Then served as spy under Gen. Geo. C. Clark nearly all the time until 1794 when he was a Capt. under Gen, Wayne.  (He also served as Capt. in the War of 1812 as Capt. in Col. John Allen's reg't as Rifleman and was wounded in the left thigh in the Battle of River Raisin for which he was allowed pension under Act April 24, 1816.
Battles engaged in:  See above.
Residence of soldier at enlistment: Enl. from Spotsylvania, W. Va.
Date of application for pension, Oct. 13, 1834 for service in Rev. Claim allowed
Residence at date of application, Shelbyville
Age at date of application, 75 He died Sept 5, 1853, Shelbyville, Ky.
Remarks: He married Mrs. Elizabeth Garnett (nee Weaver) in Shelby Co. Ky. Oct. 28, 1841. She was born Mar-1768 and was all
per on [illegible] Oct 13 1854  while res of Louisville Ky
Very respectfully,
Acting Commissioner.
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Apr. 21. 1897. History to
Mr. Henry Cadle
Bethany, Mo.

Dec. 5 00
Dr. W. Dunn, St. Louis Mo

1906 Feb. 15. History to
F. M. Ballard
M.B.H.
1934 - Aug 21 - Hist to
Mrs Robt Cason [illegible]
1938 May 27. Hist to
R. C. Ballard Thurston

20.655
WIDOW, &c.
Rev. Serv. and 1812, soldier had 2 pensions

Elizabeth Ballard
widow 
of
Bland W. Ballard
Priv Rev War
Act: Feb 3 58

Index:--Vol. A, Page 38
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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2009
Act Feby 3 1853
Elizabeth Ballard wid
Bland W Ballard dc'd
Capt John Allen
Kentucky Reg
Ky Rifles
War of 1812
Let Aug 26th 1859 S.G.I.
Young & Niles [illegible]

[illegible]
15 August 1812
6 March 1813
No note of his having [illegible]
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the Commissioner of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
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785
Kentucky Roll
Bland W. Ballard, Captain

company of the 1st Rifle reg't of Kentucky Militia in the service of the United States
Ratio of disability: one-half
["Date of discharge" lined out and replaced with illegible hand-written text]  3 July 1820

Inscribed on the roll of Kentucky at the rate of 10 dollars per month, to commence on the
3rd of July 1820.
Certificate of pension issued the 22d of May 1821
and sent to David McC. Payne Esq. Lexington Knty
Arrears to 4th March 1831 $80.64
Semi-anl, all'ce ending Sep 1821 $60
------
$140.64

Died Sept 5 1853

Note on side:  "See Ad [illegible] Sec. 53 No. 4697- Ky Roll
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Pen off Nov 5 1854
Sir:
Blan W Ballard, Ky Roll. Act 1832 $80 a year. Please say to what time p?
Very Respectfully

S. Cole
Chief Clk per CH
Triplett

R Atchison Esq.
[second name illegible]
He died Sept. 5, 1853

He died Sept. 5, 1853
Paid in full
Sam T. Rinds
Acting Auditor
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13,207
[illegible]
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No 5120
Elizabeth Ballard
wid of
Bland W
Ky
AJ Ballard Oct. 19 '52

Feby 3 1853

.
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Declaration
of Elizabeth Ballard
for half pay pension as
widow of Bland W.
Ballard, decd who was
late a captain, in the
War of 1812, from the
State of Kentucky

Application for the arrearage of Pension due her husband and for the five years [illegible] Sept. 5, 1853 and continuance
of same act of June 3, 1886.
Presented
by Young & Niles attorney
Washington City 
Feby 10 '59
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7)

of the Peace, within and for the County of Shelby and State of
Kentucky, duly commissioned and qualified to office, and
that his said signature is genuine and in
his own hand writing.-- In Testimony
whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name
and affixed the seal of the said Court, at the
Clerks Office in Shelbyville, this the 22nd
day of October 1858.
John Ballard
Shelby County Court
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Lexington 31 May 1821.
Sir:
the papers of Capt B.M.
Ballard who applied for a pension
were sent to your office some months
and no answer has yet
been recd respecting his case, altho
several applicants whose papers
were forwarded on long since have
had their cases acted on. Capt
Ballard has had his Papers returned
several times on account of some
technical informality, and feels very
desirous to the fate of his application
I would therefore be glad to
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know if his papers have been recd at the War 
Office, and if recd whether
he will be allowed a pension
or not; it has been now upwards
of a year since he first applied,
and he feels himself much aggrieved
at the obstacles & delay, which have
hitherto all prevented him from receiving
the Bounty of his Country
I am very Respectfully
your obt Svt.
Edward C. Payne

the Hon.
J C Calhoun
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Blan W Ballard
To

Elizabeth Garnett

M License
A Copy
Fees 50
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We the undersigned are jointly and severally held and firmly Bound unto the
Commonwealth of Kentucky in the sum of 50 pounds to be made and levied of our respective
Goods,  Chattels, Lands and Tenements and for the use of the Commonwealth upon the
Conditions that there is no lawful cause to obstruct the Marriage of
Bland W. Ballard & Elizabeth Garnett
Given under our hands and seals this 26th day of October 1841
Bland W. Ballard 
James S. Whitaker 

Shelby County
State of Kentucky

Bland W. Ballard having entered into Bond
with Security in the Penalty of $50 this License is granted him to Intermarry with
Elizabeth Garnett widow of [blank]
Garnett decd
And Any Minister Legally authorized may celebrate the rites of Matrimony.
Given under my hand as Clerk this 26th Day of October 1841
James S Whitaker Clerk
Shelby County Court

On 28th day of October 1841 I did celebrate the rites of Matrimony Between
the above named parties
Given under my hand this 11 day of November 1841
Samuel Baker Minister
of the Baptist Denomination

Kentucky Shelby County 
Returned to my office as Clerk of the Shelby County Court on the 1st day of November 1841
and Recorded by
R. J. Whitaker D. C. for
James S. Whitaker Clerk

A Copy Att
By H. Ballard D.C.for 
John T. Ballard Clerk

I John Ballard Clerk of the County Court for the County aforesaid
certify that the above is a true and perfect copy of the Marriage License Bond and
certificate of Marriage of Bland W Ballard as appears from
the record now in my Office
In Testimony whereof
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I have hereunto Set my hand and affixed the seal of my said
Court at Office in Shelbyville this 22 day of October 1858
John Ballard Clerk
Shelby County Court
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Lexington 8 March 1821
Dear Sir

I herewith return the case of
Capt. B. W. Ballard with amendments such
as was required by the war Department
and for which he has been hitherto prevented from receiving a pension.  The
last objections to his case were, the
omission of the examining physicians to
State positively the degree of disability under which  Capt Ballard then laboured and the
name of the Paymaster by whom he was last paid not having been stated.
You will perceive now that the same
Physicians have sworn positively [underlined] to the
degree of disability under which Capt
Ballard now labours, before the same
Magistrate, and attested by the same
Clerk as in the original case - the
name of the paymaster [underlined] is also certified
by Capt. Ballard - in due form as he humbly hopes in Litera et verba [underlined- Latin meaning "in the letter and the word"]  - I will
here remark that Capt Ballard feels much
hurt at the manner in which his case
treated at the War Department
has been
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While he admits the necessity of a strict
observance of Rules & regulations prescribed
by that Department, to prevent imposition
he thinks he has just cause to
complain of the minutely technical [last two words underlined]
objections which have raised, to defer
and prevent him from receiving the
just rewards of his country-- The manner
in which his wounds were first stated by the
Physicians, who by the by are men of the first
respectability & integrity tho not in due
form, was certainly satisfactory, and
enough to convince the understanding
that his disability was real & not imaginary.  He
therefore humbly hopes that
his claim will be no longer delayed.  He
knows well the difference and distinction between

Friend & Foe,
British & American
Indian & White man but between a
Supposition & Opinion he leaves to the
Gentleman who discovered the last objections
to his case to draw the true line
of distinction-- with sentiments of
the highest respect I remain your
Obt. Svt.

Edward C. Payne

The Hon. J. C Calhoun
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War Department
Pension Office
Feb. 18 1835

Sir:

Before the claim of Bland W. Ballard can be 
admitted under the act of Congress passed June 7 1832, he
will be required to produce proof of his enlistment, service
and grade in the Army. He claims for more than two years
services as a private in Capt Roberts Company.
He papers are placed on file.
I am respectfully
Your Obt. Svt.
J L Edwards

Wm H. Todd Esq
Frankfort Ky.
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State of Kentucky
Jefferson County

William Lewis appeared before
me a Justice of the Peace for said
County and made Oath that he was
Lieutenant Colonel of the fifth
Regiment of Kentucky Militia in the
service of the United in the year 1813
and that his Regiment and the first
Rifle Regt command by Col. John
Allen was in the same Brigade.  And
that he was personally acquainted with the above named Capt
Bland W. Ballard of said Rifle
Regiment and that he Capt. B. W.
Ballard was in the Battle of the
River Raisin as stated in Ballard's
Affidavit above, and that he
knows that said Ballard was in
the line of his duty and in actual service
when he recd a wound in the thigh
(though he did not see him receive
the wound)- he knows the wound
was received in the above battle
in the line of his duty.
William Lewis

Sworn to and subscribed before
3 day of July 1820-
John Downing J.P.
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1
State of Kentucky Jefferson County
⎬
I, Daniel B Price Clerk
of the Court for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that John Downing Esq whose name is
subscribed to the within certificate is and was at the
time of signing the same a duly commissioned
Justice of the peace for said County and that
due faith and credit is and ought to be given
his acts as such.
Testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed
my name and affixed the seal of my
said office at Nicholasville this 3rd
day of July 1820 and in the 29th
year of the Commonwealth
Daniel B Price
-
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Kentucky
State of Kentucky
Shelby County

Bland W. Ballard appeared before me [illegible] a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and made oath that he was paid his monthly pay for his services above stated in the 1st Regt of Riflemen by Wilson P Greenup Paymaster.

Given under my hand this 3 day of
Mch 1891
Joseph Simsall

I James S Whitaker Clerk of the County
Court of Shelby in the State aforesaid do certify that
Joseph Simsall before whom
the forgoing affidavit
appears to have been made is now and was at the time of
doing the same in Justice of the peace in and for the County of Shelby in the Commonwealth aforesaid duly commissioned and
qualified according to law and that full faith and
Credit is and ought to be given to all his official acts as
such.  Given under my hand at Shelbyville this
3d day of March 1821 James S Whitaker C.S.C.C. by
James D. Owen
Page 44

we the undersigned physician who gave a
certificate of the date of [illegible] further
certify that we are positively of opinion
that the disability under which B. W Ballard
Labors is one half and that the disability
still continues-
March 3d 1821
G. N. Nicholls
James Moore
---
Kentucky
Shelby County
I certify that Doctors George N
Nicholls and James Moore came before me
and made oath that the statements
contained in the above certificate
contain the truth.
Given under my hand & seal
as Justice of the peace in & for said
County at Shelbyville this 3rd day of
March 1821

J. Simsall J.P.
Page 45

The degree of the disability
under which Capt Ballard is
labouring is not positively stated
by the examining Physicians. It will be necessary
for them to state this fact
positively under oath.
the name of the Paymaster by whom the applicant was last paid as
belonging to the service
of the U.S. must be furnished.
War Dept
Pension Office
Decr 2nd 1820

Danl McC. Payne Esq.
Lexington Ky.

Bland W. Ballard
Captain
1st Regt of Riflemen
of the Kentucky militia
in service [illegible]

[Following section has a large X over it]
It will be necessary for this
claimant to obtain their
evidence of the Colonel on any
other Superior Officer
who belonged to the regiment
Brigade in which he serve
to prove that he was
in the actual service of the U.S.
and in the line of
his duty at the time he received
the wound of wounds on account of which he now
claims a pension and
send the same properly
authenticated with this
certificate to the War Department.
[signatures illegible]
 [End of X-d out section]
June 16th 1840
Will the 3d Auditor
of the Treasury Department please to certify
at what time the within
named applicant entered
and left the service of the
U.S. and whether it appeared
from the muster roll attached to the accounts of
Paymaster Wm P. Greenup
that he was wounded while
in service. 
War Department
Pension Office
May 15, 1821
,
W.P. G.
has not recd his App

Admitted
Ratio: one half
Last: Closed 3d July 1820
be sent to David
McC. Payne Esq
Lex. Kentucky
Page 46

We the subscribed Physicians and
surgeons of the Town of Shelbyville &
State of Kentucky do certify that we
have carefully examined the wounds
of Bland W. Ballard of the 1st Regiment of Riflemen of Kentucky Militia
commanded by Col. Jno. Allen.

The Ball entered about midway
of the thigh and passed through the
skin on the opposite side where it
was cut out (as he says), we have
seen the scar on the opposite side.
The Ball seems to have wounded
the sartorious muscle and also the fascia
lata taking in its passage a small
portion of the thigh bone from the
in and under side, & pressing
obliquely upwards to have been taken
out near the tendinous portion
of the gluteus maximus.  We concur
it to have passed between the femoral
artery and the thigh bone in
manner stated above.  Said wound
has continued running, matter 
occasionally ever since but at some times
appears as if healed up. C. Ballard
is about sixty years of age and has
been a very hard labouring man at
this time is obliged to support
large family by his labour; from
the injury which he has sustained
from the above described wound, together
with four others which he says
he recd on the same
occasion
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for as we have only seen the healing
would suppose the degree of disability
under which he now labours would
amount to one half.

G W Nichols
James Moore
J.W. Knight
"
-

State of Kentucky
Shelby County 
I certify that George W Nicholls
James Moore & Joseph W. Knight personally appeared before me and made oath
that the statements set forth and stated
in the above and foregoing certification
contains the truth to the best of their knowledge and belief and I do hereby certify
that they are creditable Physicians.
Given under my hand and
seal as Justice of the peace in & for
Shelby County of State aforesaid at
at Shelbyville this 21 day of April
1820.
Jos. Siminall 

Kentucky
Shelby County
I certify that Blan W. Ballard
came before me and made oath that he
was a Captain in the 1st Regiment of
Riflemen of Kentucky Militia commanded
of
by Colo John Allen in the service of the
United that and that he Capt Ballard
while in actual service and in the line
of his duty he was wounded
in the left thigh by a ball from the
Enemy on the 22 day of January 1813
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in the Michigan Territory at the
battle of the river raisin against
the British and Indian, and that
he was paid his monthly pay up
to the 10th day of March 1853 for said
campaign.
Given under my 
hand & seal
a Justice of the peace in by for Shelby County at Shelbyville
this 21 day of April 1820
J. Simonall

Commonwealth of Kentucky
Shelby County 

I, James S. Whitaker Clerk of
the County Court of Shelby in the Commonwealth
aforesaid do hereby Certify that Joseph Small Esq.
before whom the foregoing affidavits were made and who
hath subscribed the Certificate thereof now is and was at the time of doing the same one of the Common
Commission & qualified agreably to Law and
Wealths Justice of the Peace in & for Shelby County
that due faith & credit is & ought to be given to all his official acts as such In Testimony
whereof I have hereto set my hand and
Caused the Seal of said County to be
affixed this 21st day of April 1820. & In
the 22d year of the 
Commonwealth
James T. Whitely Ck
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State of Kentucky
Shelby County 
The following is the affidavit of
Capt Benjamin Roberts of said County taken
at the house of Asa S Perry in said County
on the 28th day of February 1835. This affiant
being of lawful age and first duly swan
saith that he is now in his eighty fifth year
that in the fall of 1779 this affiant enlisted
Blan W Ballard now of Shelby County in
his company for the time of two years a
private that he enlisted said Ballard in Culpepper County Virginia that said Ballard came
with Mr Geo Slaughters Corps to the Falls of Ohio 
the spring following and landed at said
falls the 4th day of June 1780 that said
Ballard faithfully served his full time and was
honourably discharged in the month of December 1781.  This affiant states that his company
was attached to Majr Geo. Slaughters Corps
which was a part of Col Crocketts Regiment
of
the Virginia line all under the command
of Genl Geo Rogers Clark.
And further he saith not.
Ben. Roberts

Taken subscribed and sworn to before me the 20th
day of Feb 1835 Given under my hand as a Justice of the Peace in and for said county the 28th day of
February 1835-
Geo Bergen
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State of Kentucky
Shelby County 
I, James S. Whitaker, Clerk of
the County Court for said County do certify
that his Bergen Esquire before whom the above
affidavit of Ben Roberts now is and was at
the time of taking the same a Justice of the Peace for said County Commissioned sworn as
such and that full faith and credit is and
ought to be given to all his Official acts as
such.
In Testimony Whereof I have hereto
subscribed my name and affixed the
Seal of said Court this 3rd day of March
1835.

Jas Whittaker CR
Shelby County Court

The Justice above did not certify that Benj Roberts
was a credible witness, because he thought I suppose  it would be extrajudicial to certify the veracity of
a man who has born a captains commission so
recognized & paid & now a pensioner as such. Should his credit be required to be certified I refer the dept to P.S. Loughborough or Francis Dickins of the Treasury Dept Amos Kendall and
Wm T. Barry.  [illegible]
Wm H. Todd
Page 51

Brief in the case of Elizabeth Ballard wid of W. Bland
County and State of
Ky
Filed 3 Feb'y 1853
Claim, original,)
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditionary, or supported by rolls? [blank]If either, state the substance.
Her husband was pensioner  under the act of June 1832 at $80 a year, service shown in his paper
Marriage proved by Record
Identity thereon now proved by A.J. Ballard and Bland Ballard, properly certified

Name and residence of Agent
A. J. Ballard, Esq.
Louisville, Ky.

Thornton Riplett
Examining Clerk.
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Louisville Ky Jany 28, 54
To the Commr of Pensions
Washington City
D.C.
Dr Sir
Bland Ballard, a pensioner of the United States
under the act of 1832 entitled
to receive $80 per annum died at
his residence in Shelby County Ky
on the 5th Septer last.
He left a widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Ballard, to whom he was married about 1840. I am
informed that by the act of 1853
his widow is entitled to receive that
sum $80 per year during her life
Will you please write to me and
inform me what steps must be
taken to get her a certificate-
I am a relative of the deceased
and expect neither fee or reward
for my attention to the business

Yr Obt Svt
A. J. Ballard
Page 53

Bland W. Ballard
Ky [illegible] 32

G. Cole Esq.
Acting
Com of Pensions
Page 54

He applies
Washington City D.C.
S. Cole, Acting Commr
S
Aug 28, 1834
Please enclose me a
Copy of Bland W. Ballard's Appln
for a Revolutionary Pension
---
Respectfully
Yr Obt Svt
H. T. Stanton
He applies from Kentucky
Page 55

Louisville Octo 18-1854
Dr Sir
I send you Mrs. Ballard'a
application for half pay
under the act 3 Febry 1853-
I hope you will find it properly
prepared. It lacks  certificate of her marriage but
that is on file with her papers
when the rec'd the arrears of
her husbands pension and
you can refer to that
If however you desire it I
will forward the authentication of her marriage-
I am her relative & expect
no pay- write to me at this
place. Is he entitled to any
land?
yr obt set
A J Ballard
P.S. I am known to Mr Guthrie
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105934.
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Louisville Ky
Apl 24 1855
I herewith send the application of Mrs Elizabeth
Ballard for Bounty Land.
As I heretofore obtained
her pension certificate
refer to the papers accompanying the
application and then
therein referred to and
suppose that you
will find the provisions
of the law complied
with.
The written application
sets forth the services
of her husband as
Revolutionary sol
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dier and I presume
the proof of such service
is abundant.
The application also sets,
forth the services of her
husband during the
last war with Great Britain
- offer no
proof of such service
because it would not
strengthen her claim
to County land and
because these services
of her husband are
matters of notoriety and
belong in History-
I rather refer to
those services incidentally-
I am
Page 59

known to Mr Guthrie Secretary of the Treasury.

Please enclose the
land warrant to me or
to Mr Ballard at this
Office
of will add that I
am a relative of
the applicant & have
neither bargained
for nor enforced any
fee or reward.

Yr Obt Svt

A J Ballard
Page 60

Louisville Octo 28/54
I send herewith an
official certificate of the
marriage of Mrs. Elizabeth
Ballard wife of Bland
W Ballard to be used
as record evidence of her
application for half
pay under the act of Febry
1853, which application
is now on file in the proper
office at Washington-
as similar evidence was
filed when she drew the
arrears of pension to the date
of his I supposed that
was sufficient.
Yrs
A J Ballard
Page 61

Kentucky Shelby County 
I Hector Chinn Clerk
of the County Court for the County aforesaid certify
that Bland W Ballard was married to Elizabeth
Garnett on the 28th day of October 1841 by Samuel Baker
a minister of the Gospel as appears from the record in
my office
In testimony whereof I have hereto
Subscribed my name and affixed the
Court
Seal of said County at Shelbyville
the 29th
day of October 1854
Hector H. Chinn Clerk Clerk
Shelby County Court
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Half pay
Pension Claim
No [illegible]
Treasury Department
3rd Auditor's office
Aug 23d 1859
Sir:
Bland W Ballard
served as
Capt of a Company of
Kentucky Militia
From the 15th of August 1812, till the 6th of
March 1813
the Rolls do not have any note
of his having been wounded
Very
Respectfully
[illegible]
Geo C. Whiting Esq
Com of Pensions
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Shelbyville Ky
A J Ballard
October 27th 1854
Sir Enclosed find
Certificate of Marriage of
Bland Ballard and Elizabeth
Garrett.
This is all that the Law
requiers, though if our
County Judge lived in town
I would have obtained his
certificate, though the law does
not require it

H A Chinn Clk
there is no fee for this service
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Hon. GEORGE C. WHITING,
Commissioner of Pensions.
WASHINGTON CITY, D. C.,
February 10, 1859.

SIR:

We file herewith the application
of Elizabeth Ballard, for the arrearages due her husband Captain
Bland W. Ballard, an invalid pensioner,
Kentucky Rolls, and also for the five
years half pay in, under "Act
of February 3, 1853", and continuance
of same under the "Act of June
1818".

For identity &c, we respectfully
refer you to the paper filed with her
Application for [illegible] Pension of 1803, Ky
rolls, and also to her County land
Application, Act of 1835.

with
Respect
Your Ob't Svt
Young & Ellis
Page 65

R. C. BALLARD THRUSTON
18 WEST BRECKINRIDGE
LOUISVILLE, KY.
March 15, 1938

Veterans Administration
Bureau of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Re: James Ballard
Rev. & 1812 War Section
ILL
Pension claim R. 463.
Kentucky,

Gentlemen:

In a letter to Frank Morris, LaGrange, Kentucky,
on March 16, 1931, you furnished the
history of James Ballard who served in General
George Rogers Clark's western campaign.
In the last paragraph of that letter
you stated that " in 1832 Bland W. Ballard, brother
of James Ballard, made affidavit in behalf
of said brother, and gave his age as
about seventy"-
I would appreciate very much your
sending me a copy of that affidavit if same
can be had, together with your bill.
Yours very truly,
R. C. Ballard Thruston

per M.B.
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Veterans Administration,
Washington, D. C.
Nacogdoches, Texas,
August 3, 1934
Dear Sir,

I am interested in getting some definite information concerning
one Bland W. Ballard, who served in the Revolutionary War as a sergeant in
Clark's Illinois Regiment, Virginia State Troops. The period of his service is
not shown, but he was paid for service up to the last of December, 1781.
The War Department, Adjutant General's Office sent me some
information and suggested that I write this department. I will greatly
appreciate any facts which you may send concerning this grandfather,
Sincerely,
Mrs.
Robert Cason
641 Logansport
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Covington Ky
Jany 13, 1906
Hon Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:

I will thank you if you
please to furnish me
with Military history of the following
pensioners -
Bland W. Ballard, Shelby County Ky
who served in Clark's [illegible] Regiment
John Knight, Shelby County Ky., Va Line-
James Ballard, Spotsylvania Co., Va,
who served in Clark's [illegible] Regiment
Fielding Winlock, Shelby Co. Ky. War of 1812
Thomas M. Ballard, Henry Co. Ky., War of 1812
Yours truly

F. M. Ballard
-
526 Montgomery St.

[Date-stamped] Jan. 17 1906
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OFFICE OF SECRETARY.
Sons of the Revolution
Dear Sir: --

Missouri Society,
Bethany, Mo., March 20th, 1897

Hon. Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.

Will you please give me the Military History of Bland W. Ballard, a pensioner of the Revolutionary War, from Shelby County, Kentucky.  I desire this information for James A. Gregory his grandson.
I am,
Respectfully yours,
Henry Cadle
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May 27, 1938
BA/J-EEL
Bland W. Ballard- W. 20655
XXXXXXX
Mr. R. C. Ballard Thruston
118 West Breckinridge Street
Louisville, Kentucky
Dear Sir:
The data which follow were obtained from the papers in Revolutionary
War pension and bounty land claims on file under W. 20655, based upon the military service of Bland W. Ballard in
that war and in claim for pension, Old War Invalid, File No.
48420, based upon disability resulting from wounds incurred in the War of 1812.

The date and place of birth and names of the parents of
Bland W. Ballard are not shown.
While a resident of Spotsylvania County, Virginia, Bland W. Ballard enlisted in the spring of 1779, served in Captain Benjamin Roberts' Company, Colonel Crockett's Virginia Regiment; went to Kentucky, where he assisted in building forts at Lexington
and Bryant's Station in the spring of 1780, went to the Falls of the Ohio, where he remained until Christmas, 1781, when he was
discharged by General George R. Clark. After his discharge, he was retained by General Clark and served as a spy and hunter
nearly all the time from 1781 until 1794, when he entered the
service as a captain under General Wayne; no details of this service are shown.
Bland W. Ballard entered the service in the War of 1812, and served from August 15, 1812 until March 1, 1813, as captain in the
1" Regiment, Kentucky Riflemen, commanded by Colonel John Allen.  He was at the battle of the River Raisin, January 22, 1813, where
he was wounded five times, one wound in the left thigh from a musket
ball disabling him permanently.
He was allowed pension on account of his services in the Revolutionary War on his application executed October 13, 1834, at
which time he was aged seventy-five years and resided in Shelby
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County, Kentucky. He was also allowed pension from July 3,
1820, on account of disability resulting from the above noted wounds.
Bland W. Ballard died September 5, 1853, at his residence on his farm in Shelby County, Kentucky, where he had resided
for upwards of sixty-one years.
Bland W. Ballard married October 28, 1841, in Shelby County, Kentucky, Elizabeth Garrett, or Garnett Christian name of her former husband and the date of the latter's death not shown. They were married by the Reverend Samuel Baker.  Elizabeth's maiden name was Weaver and she was born in March, 1768, place of her
birth and names of her parents not shown. No reference was made to a former marriage of the officer.
Elizabeth, widow of Bland W. Ballard, was allowed pension on her application executed October 13, 1854, while residing in
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, to which place she had moved after the death of her husband. April 20, 1855, Elizabeth Ballard, then a resident of Jefferson
County, Kentucky, applied for the bounty land which was due on account of the service of her husband, Bland W. Ballard, in the Revolutionary War. She was allowed one hundred sixty
acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 13207, under the Act of March 3, 1855.
In order to obtain information in regard to the location of the land cited above, you should address The Commissioner of the
General Land Office, Interior Department, this city, and furnish that official the number of the warrant, the acreage and the act
under which said warrant was issued.
No names of children of Bland W. Ballard are designated.
In 1854, his nephews, Bland and A. J. Ballard were residents of Louisville, Kentucky. In 1858, John T. Ballard was clerk of
the court of Shelby County, Kentucky; no relationship to the
family was shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of
the Revolutionary War pensioner, Elizabeth, widow of Bland W.
Ballard (W. 20655 ), you should address The Comptroller General,
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General Accounting Office, Records Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Elizabeth, widow of Bland W. Ballard
Certificate No. 4697
Issued November 6, 1854
Rate, $80.00 per annum
Commenced September 5, 1853
Act of February 3, 1853
Kentucky Agency.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Mr. R. C. Ballard Thruston
118 West Breckinridge Street
Louisville, Kentucky

May 27, 1938
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
BA/EEL
Dear Sir:
Reference is made to your letter in which you request a copy of the affidavit of Bland W. Ballard which is on file in
support of the claim for pension, R. 463, which was made by his brother, James, based upon Revolutionary War service and service
subsequent thereto. It is inferred from your request that you are interested
primarily in the record of Bland W. Ballard, and in researching the records for that of James Ballard to locate the affidavit
cited by you, the application for pension was found based upon service of Bland W. Ballard. His affidavit pertains to the service
of his brother, James, which service is shown in the report to Mr. Morris, cited by you.

As the claims for pension of land W. Ballard for service
in the Revolutionary War and for disability incurred in service
in the War of 1812 and his widow's claims for pension and land
based upon his service in the Revolutionary War, contain so much more information in regard to him than does his affidavit in the
claim of James, all papers in the claims, based upon his service
have been examined carefully and the data found therein incorporated
in a report for you which is enclosed.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant
to the Administrator.
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Mrs. Robert Cason
641 Logansport
Nacogdoches, Texas

August 21, 1934
BA/J-EEL
XXX
Bland W. Ballard W.20655

Dear Madam:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request the record of Bland W. Ballard, who served in Clark's Illinois Regiment, Virginia
State Troops, War of the Revolution.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, W.20655, based upon the military service
of Bland W. Ballard.
The date and place of birth and the names of the parents of Bland W. Ballard are not shown in the papers in the pension claim.
While residing in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, he enlisted in the spring of 1779, served in Captain Benjamin Roberts' Company, Colonel
Crockett's Virginia Regiment; went to Kentucky, where he assisted in
building forts at Lexington and Bryant's Station in the spring of 1780,
went to the Falls of the Ohio, where he remained until Christmas, 1781,
when he was discharged by General George R. Clark. After his discharge, he was retained by General Clark and served as a spy and hunter nearly all the time from 1780 until 1794, when he entered the service as a captain under General Wayne; no details of this service are shown. He entered the service in the War of 1812, and served from August 15, 1812
until March 1, 1813, as captain in the " Regiment, Kentucky Riflemen,
commanded by Colonel John Allen. He was at the battle of the River Raisin, January 22, 1813, where he was wounded five times, one wound
in the left thigh from a musket ball disabling him permanently.
He was allowed pension on account of his services in the Revolutionary
War on his application executed October 13, 1834, at which time he was aged seventy-five years and resided in Shelby County, Kentucky. He was also allowed pension from July 3, 1820, on account of disability resulting from the above noted wounds.
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Bland W. Ballard died September 5, 1853, at his residence on his
farm in Shelby County, Kentucky, where he had resided for "upwards" of sixty-one years.
The soldier married October 28, 1841, in Shelby County, Kentucky, Elizabeth Garnett, a widow. Her maiden name was Elizabeth Weaver and she was born in March, 1768. The name of her former husband and the
The name of her former husband and the date of his death are not shown.  
Soldier's widow, Elizabeth, was allowed pension on her application executed October 13, 1854, at which time she was a resident of
Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, to which place she had moved
after the death of her husband.
No names of children of Bland W. Ballard are designated.
In 1854, soldier's nephews, Bland and A. J. Ballard were residents
of Louisville, Kentucky.

In 1858, one John T. Ballard was clerk of the court of Shelby County, Kentucky.  No relationship to the family was shown and there
are no further family data.

A. D. HILLER
Assistant to Administrator.
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Ballard, Bristor
Private
Line: Massachusetts
Warrant Number: 3720
Issued: Oct. 26, 1789