Ball Family Papers, 1680-1785

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Library of Virginia
The Library of Virginia
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Preferred citation:

Ball family. Papers, 1680-1785. Accession 23554, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Ball family. Papers, 1680-1785. Accession 23554, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1680-1785, of the Ball family of Lancaster County, Virginia, consisting of: a) will, dated 5 October 1680, and recorded 10 November 1680, of William Ball (1615-1680) of Lancaster County; b) will, recorded 8 February 1726/7, of Richard Ball (ca. 1675-1726) of Lancaster County; c) inventory, recorded 9 August 1727, of the estate of Richard Ball; d) deed, dated 12 May 1733, for 1/2 acre in Lancaster County, subsequent assignments dated 29 June 1742 and 22 October 1745; e) inventory, dated October 4 1742, of the estate of William Ball Jr. (ca. 1700-1741); f) deed, dated 8 May 1747, for land and slaves from Margaret Ball (ca. 1702-1783) to William Ball (d. 1785), both of Lancaster County.

Also includes: g) Ball family genealogical chart, dated 24 August 1748; h) deed, recorded in general court 27 October 1758, for 50 acres in Lancaster County from Margaret Ball to William Ball; i) letter dated 30 October 1764, from David Boyd to Margaret Ball, concerning property inherited from her husband; j-k) depositions of James Newby (1723-1791) and Richard Ball (b. 1732), concerning the purchase of slaves by John Lee of Essex County, Virginia, from the estate of William Ball; and l) inventory, recorded 19 July 1773, in Lancaster County and 27 July 1773, in Fauquier County, Virginia, of the estate of John Ball (d. 1772).

Also includes: m) legal opinion, dated 15 April 1779, of David Boyd concerning the estate Mary Ball; n-o) legal opinions, dated 22 December 1779, of Edmund Randolph concerning the estate of Mary Ball; p) letter, dated 21 April 1780, from Margaret Ball to William Ball concerning her property; q) deposition, dated 22 September 1782, by Norman Utterback, overseer, concerning crops made on the estate of John Ball.

Also includes: r) will, dated 21 June 1777, and recorded 16 October 1783, of Margaret Ball; s) will, dated 17 June 1785, and recorded 22 July 1785, of William Ball; t) inventory, n.d., of an unidentified estate; u) list, n.d., of slaves of an unidentified estate; v) legal opinion, n.d., concerning a deed between Margaret Ball and William Ball; w) genealogical notes, n.d., on the Ball family; and x) will, n.d., of Margaret Ball.

Biographical / historical:

Born about 1615, William Ball emigrated to Virginia and became a prosperous landowner in Lancaster County, Virginia. He served as a justice, a colonel of the militia, and as a delegate to the House of Burgesses. He fathered four children, including William Ball (1641-1694). This William Ball had nine children, including William Ball (ca. 1674-1744). He married Hannah Heale (d. ca. 1744), and they had six children, including William Ball (ca. 1700-1741). On 17 February 1723/4, he married his cousin Margaret Ball (ca. 1702-1783), the daughter of his uncle Richard Ball (ca. 1675-1726). They had six children, including William Ball (d. 1760), who had two children, including Dr. William Ball (d. 1785).

Acquisition information:
Presented to the library by Mr. Frank Taylor, Fredericksburg, Virginia, through Mr. George H. S. King, Fredericksburg, 29 June 1950.
Physical location:
Personal papers collection, Acc. 23554.
Physical description:
12 leaves and 47 p.
Note:

Items located in Oversize Box 6.

Items located in Oversize Box 6.