Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-09-16

DEATH Of A MIN nc 't"''''
vile papers the death, The 9th instant at h's
residence In Shelby county. ky, OF MAJOR Ballard III Ms
Ssh year lie was burn ncar Fredericksburg, Vu in Au.
gust 1859 moved Kentucky in lIIS served IN "e wal
Of the Revolution and also the of 1872 and was re-
pea cdy member OF the Legislature Oh heht"chY i"e
Louisville journal says:
Major Ballard was as uneucntrd man. but we nave rare
10 seen one VINO ucnly described scenes
more graphculIy We have often seen him III Inc stree
dressed his buckskn hunting Shirt snrouhueu oy
of men and boys listening with brcathess attention 10 us
wonderful stories We ourselves have listened 10 thci ma
nv an hour and uen through the velong nieh', "ho"'
fatigue and wholly unconscious oi Tue Approve" VI 'o"
ing ,t;,
I'VE once heard him asked how many Indians he had AlI'
Oh in one day kilt said he x morning before break
FAST and not very good morning Tor inc business
ei,her This reply, given in his PECULIAR se
we viii never forget II had not REQUIRED to The question We
iu; ma w thought that the old gentleman was speaking OIL
som, Iurniup hunt for squirrels deer buffalo, SO Singh
,riv r. Jim was his manner; but this and other uccl
sionE Major Ballard exhibited the slightest cnmplnc
ons on account Of his having killed Indians Ills lany
,rt,-,f pd,irurs Tor him feel the slightest sympa'h
Tar t,n II regarded them taiihess Preacher GUS race
aud the enemy of his own, and therefore s"rro"ra o .
over their probable extinction. Hut he "rn spoke o some
of them brave, chvurons and generous ahu LOT 0e "a"
messed the warniest udnliratun -
Th h;.i,rv Of Major Ballard abOunds in many thrilling
.,mr-, md aneccutes which cnnd relate, and which
miuht interest our readers bnt which the occasion iorhs
W. cannot, however CLOSE this sketch without referring To
one Di item
Ip1
,cnr hc little fort on Tick creek, few miles northeast ni
shelby Vile The attack made carly IN me morning,
mud broau by The sayugrs shooting down his brother ben
in v, had gone out OF hnuse for wood 10 make lire
rhev .n assacd the house. The inmates barred the door
and nr,unred for defence The father o The subject OF tbs
sketch WINS the only in The house. and he and one old
unn wer. the only pcrsDns in the Tort Aroused by the guns
e sna tchrd IN his rifle and rushed to the defence OF
his Kindred lie fired and reloaded and fired again as ne ran
with quud effect In the meantime, the Indians broke opr
the houae and killed his father his mother and Two sisters
and wked the youngest sister, child who recover
ed When the Indians broke into the house. his mother en-
deayorcd To escape by the backdoo but savage pnsned
he md ma he raised his lomaawk 10 strike her. the subject
of This sketch fred him. not however, in time TO prevent
the a, blow and they both fell and expired together The
Indians numbered about fifteen but before they completed
their work If death and fled, IL Is supposed that the subject
of this sketch killed six seven OF them
Hut il was merely warrior and schiller that MAJOR
Ballard rendered important services 10 kentucky. lie ire
aueniy represented the people OF Shelby county in the Lp
pisnue The State in appreciation OF his services and Ia
his name created the county Of Bsnrd and
ulrcndy in anticipation Of his DEATH Ia his mime inscribed
ON The beautiful marble shaft erected in her beautiful bury
ing ground in honor of her distinguished dead.
The generation on the sphere oi action, and The mil
lions who IRE TO cd them, will have but an imperfect
idea u the character services ui The bold patriotic
who Kentucky from the forest and the The
dcceas cd fine specimen OF that noble oi
lie WIS The Of his tarhars family. His brother James
the cupuniun Of his YOUTH and the sarer of of hi.
adventures, preceded him but few years.