Ball, John Jr.

Summary

Father: John Ball, Sr.
Mother: Patience Reeves

Birth: circa 1750 (undocumented), Essex County, Virginia
Birth Source:

Death: 1807, Pittsylvania County, Virginia
Death Source: Chancery Suit, Whitlock heirs vs heirs of John Ball

Spouse1: Jane

Narrative

1. Carter Ball, b. c1779 d. 1823
2. Susanna Ball, b. c1780, m. Thomas Connelly 17 Dec 1799
3. John Ball, b. c1781
4. Elizabeth Ball, b. c1786, m. William Walters, 10 Dec 1804
5. Sarah "Sally" Ball, b. c1784, m. John Pulliam, 19 Dec 1802
6. Mary "Polly" Ball, b. c1790, m. George Oldham Connelly m. 17 Jan 1811
7. Nancy Ball, b. c1794, m. James Rudd, 27 March 1812
8. Cary Ball, b. c1797, m. William Connelly, 23 Mar 1816
9. Spencer Ball, b. c 1795
10. Robert Ball, b. c1798

The above children are named in a chancery suit where the heirs of Achilles Whitlock are plaintiffs in the suit vs the heirs of John Ball.

No marriage record for John Ball, Jr. has been located but a 1787 Essex County deed names his wife as Jane. That John Ball is the correct individual because the deed also refers to his mother Patience Ball of Essex County.

John Ball is recorded on the tax lists of Essex County beginning in 1783 and is listed throughout the subsequent years until 1788. Based upon a 1787 deed describing him as "of Pittsylvania County", John Ball Jr. apparently left Essex and relocated there in 1787.

Research Notes

John Ball, Jr. is listed as an adult on the 1783 Essex County tax list but there is no documentation of a DOB.

Based upon the research of descendant Michael Ball, John Ball, Jr. lived in an area of Pittsylvania and Halifax counties, Virginia. Balls owned land stretching across both sides of Pittsylvania and Halifax County near the Dan River at the junction of the state lines of Virginia and North Carolina. He is primarily recorded in tax lists of Halifax County, not Pittsylvania.

John Ball, Jr.'s relocation to Pittsylvania County when all of his siblings remained in Essex County may have been affected by the move of the daughters of his mother's cousin, Patience Reeves Gatewood, and their families after their marriages. All three Gatewood daughters initially lived in Pittsylvania County. Elizabeth Gatewood Copeland's husband Peter Copeland was one of the first Justices of Peace for Pittsylvania County but they lived in the portion of Pittsylvania County that later became Henry County.

Sources

1777 Essex County will
Essex County VA Deed Book 33, pg 64-65
Tax Lists of Halifax County, Virginia
Chancery Suit, Whitlock heirs vs heirs of John Ball, Library of Virginia 1822-005