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Subject: Children of John Ball of Rev. War.
4. Lastly, the children of John Ball b. ca 1756, Va. and m. 1st Mary
(Polly)Yeary?
Descendants of Mary "Polly" Yeary
Generation No. 1
1. MARY "POLLY"3 YEARY (HENRY2, ?1) was born 1763, and died Aft. July 27,
1840. She married (1) JOHN BALL 1784, son of GEORGE BALL and KEZZIAH ?. He
was born 1756 in Fairfax Co, VA, and died October 17, 1809 in Lee Co, VA.
She married (2) WILLIAM CARMACK Aft. 1809.
Notes for JOHN BALL:
John hid in a cave during the Indian attack that killed his mother and
brother William. He was buried in front of the caveafter his death.
Lee Co. Virginia Records, Deed Book IV, p. 61. Jan. 31, 1821. HENRY YEARY,
executor of the estate of JOHN BALL, deceased, to MOSES BALL. consideration
$1700. JOHN BALL bought the land from JOSEPH MARTIN and WILLIAM FORD Oct 6,
1802. It is being sold by provision in will of JOHN BALL, viz: "If wife
remarried land to be sold" she has married WILLIAM CARMACK.
More About JOHN BALL:
Military service: Revolutionary War
Occupation: Soldier, surveyor, Indian fighter
More About WILLIAM CARMACK:
Military service: Revolutionary War
Children of MARY YEARY and JOHN BALL are:
i. SALLY4 BALL, m. JESSE RICHARDSON, Bef. 1819.
ii. ELIZABETH BALL, b. Abt. 1785, Lee Co, VA; d. Bef. 1819
(Source: Early
Settlers of Lee County, Virginia and Adjacent Counties, Vol. II, by Hattie
Byrd Muncy, 712.); m. SAMUEL LOCKE, SR., Bef. 1812; b. Abt. 1779, VA.
iii. GEORGE WASHINGTON BALL, b. 1787, Lee Co, VA; d. Aft. 1852;
m. SARAH
"SALLY" MOORE, 1810; b. 1788; d. Aft. 1827.
iv. KESSIAH BALL, b. May 09, 1790, Lee Co, VA; d. January 04,
1856, Pike
Co, IN; m. WILLIAM A. GRAY, 1808; b. October 01, 1794, Lee Co, VA; d. May
14, 1864, Pike Co, IN.
v. MARY "POLLY" BALL, b. 1793, Lee Co, VA; d. 1860; m. REDDEN
SMITH, 1816;
b. 1782, NC; d. 1863, Clay Co, KY.
vi. JOHN BALL, JR., b. 1795, Lee Co, VA; d. 1830, Lee Co, VA; m.
MARY GRAY,
1813; b. 1790, TN; d. September 25, 1874.
vii. WILLIAM BALL, b. 1797, Lee Co, VA; m. CATHERINE SUSONG; b.
1803.
More About WILLIAM BALL:
Moved to: Bet. 1828 - 1830, MO
Occupation: Farmer
viii. SUSANNAH BALL, b. May 23, 1799, Lee Co, VA; d. April 18,
1881; m.
ANDREW J. SUSONG, 1818; b. October 06, 1792, Lee Co, VA; d. October 01,
1877, Greene Co, TN.
More About SUSANNAH BALL:
Individual Note: Goodspeed's History of Cocke County, TN, 1887, says she was
the daugher of William BALL
ix. JESSEE BALL, b. 1801, Lee Co, VA; m. LETITIA ?; b. 1805.
x. MARGARET "PEGGY" BALL, b. 1803, Lee Co, VA; m. JACOB SUSONG,
1824; b.
1800, Greene Co, TN.
xi. ROBERT BALL, b. Bet. 1805 - 1806, Lee Co, VA; d. 1880; m.
SARAH ?, Abt.
1826 (Source: Early Settlers of Lee County, Virginia and Adjacent Counties,
Vol. II, by Hattie Byrd Muncy, 712.); b. Abt. 1804, VA.
More About ROBERT BALL:
Occupation: 1850, Farmer
xii. MARTHA "PATSY" BALL, b. 1807; d. 1848.
More About MARTHA "PATSY" BALL:
Other: Never married