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1883. also April 10, 1881 Deed OF gift
to daughter, Peggy. with reverson to
son. Charles, January IS. 1885. Deed
of gift to son, Charles. with reversion
TO daughter. Peggy. January 2s, 1895.
The wording OF his viii shows that
all OF his children are not therein
named The estate was divided Sep
TENDER. 1927 ,Fieldinp NJ. Ballard, To-
20-lG03.) Ncstryman Of st. Georges
Parish 1853. tSpoteylVania County
Records. PIP. ic, 2T3. 300 3l5, 81. $50.
$50. 373, AZ. f73.}
~ Their children we're:
III, Charles Ballard. named in his
fathers will; married Mary
l42. George Ballard named in his
fathers Will deter from Fielding NJ
Ballard, 3-25-l90S and 10 2O-19O3); died
1928. and George Hamitta Was admin
istrator
l43. Margaret Uegra). named in
fathers viii marrled December "a.
1922. Jesse Wayi. of Fredericksb
and had SIX children.
ii3 james Ballard. born June 4. 1863
li5. William Ballard.
li6. Benjamin Ballard born Novem-
Der %. l76S: died ante 1919
~ Mary Jane Ballard, married
Charles Lewis.
las. Ann Ballard married James
Leavell. OF Gloucester.
ite. Hannah Ballard. married hrst.
about l51l. James Lewis. second. Isaac
Herring.
10 Ann Ballard. married William
Hayden. named i'm fathers Will l.9I-as
Ann Haydon deed OF gift from father
TO her as Ann Hayden. October !. 1864;
deed of gift from Thomas Haydon. OF
Spotsylvaaia County, to his son. vii
liam Haydon, and his wife. Ann HAY
don, September -, 1864; will OF Thomas
iaydon, Of st George Parish, Spotsyl-
vania County. dated June -. i7S2. de-
vses to son William and names many
grandchildren by other children than
William.
IS. Betsey Ballard married MIR.
Tenant: named III fathers will dated
February p 1871. as Betsy Tenant.
II Bland Ballard (see page u was
born about 1885; died March, 17SS: mar
ried first in Virginia. a Miss WI
liams. by whom he had certainly three
children She died. and lie married a
10 have been official tobacco weghcr
or Inspector in SpotsYlVania County
Va
Ia l779 one Captain Sea Roberts Was
organizing company in Culpeper
County in which Bland Ballard and
his son, Gland w. both enlisted the
father becoming a sergeant and the
son subsequently Il corporal AS q,
part of Major SlauEhter's battalion.
this company was sent to Kentucky to
The building OF Fort Jefferson on the
Mississippi River, and the further de-
tense of the western frontier CVir-
ginia Magazine OF Hist and Biography
Volume /, page 1874; Conquest Of the
Northwest Territory and Life of George
Volume II. pages 1o60-lOG.)
lie seems 10 have brought his family
10 Kentucky with him. also his sis
ter-in-law. Miss Tyler. lie figures as
one OF the first drawers OF lotS in the
city of Louisville. but the lot that he
drew was in tnat portion of the town
to which the title was declared nun
and void ana he lost his lot lie is
said 10 have then settled near ST
Matthews, few miles east Of Louis
vile, but he does not seem TO have.
lived here long, for in the spring OF
1883 he and Robert Tyler (said TO
have been his brother-in-la which
is certainly incorrect. though as Rob
ert Tyler married his cousin MARGARET
Tyler. they may have married sisters)
moved TO shelby County. Ky, where
they built Tylers station on Tick
Creek. near the present town Of Shell
bYville, and here II was that in March.
lISS, he. his wife his shird son Ben
jamin. by his first marriage all of mis-
children by his second marriage ex-
ccpt one were killed In an Indian mas
sacre
ON May :. 1855 his son. Bland W.
Ballard. Was granted letters of ad-
ministration upon his estate. ,Old
Minute Book of Jefferson County. Va.
now Kentucky)
Bland Ballard and his wife. Miss;
Williams had three sons:
III BLAND w Ballard born october
ID. lI6l. died September >. 1853. After
wards became the celebrated Indian
fighter. married twice and left a large
FAMILY one account, however says
he was born in 1855 He is commonly
known as Bland Ballard Ir.. or as
BLAND Ballard, the Indian frbter,,
from his many celebrated exploits with
them. The histories OF Kentucky as
we'll AZ traditions are fun OF the ac-
counts of them. After his death his
remains and those OF his wife were
removed To the State Cemetery at
Frankfort Ky, by resolution of ,he
Legislature. and upon this occasion The
Hon. Humphrey Marshall delivered an
Grafton commemorative of the occasion
and OF his services. which Grafton was
published. He came to Kentucky with
his father, and took the prominent part
in avansing' the massacre OF his faith
er's family
soon after this he served Is scout
unaer General George Rogers Clark
with hia headquarters at Louisville
In the War Of 1912 he was II captain
under General William Henry IIarri-
son. and served with distinction in
both Nles--"Thc River Raisen" ana
"Tippecanoe"--bring banl< with aim
from the latter battle an Indian battle
axe which saw In 1923 at the home
OF his grandson, Ahsalom Matthews:
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