The Ball Family Revisited - and Revised!
Ball lines in Stafford & Fauquier Co. VA, and Lincoln Co. KY

In recent years it has become increasingly difficult to rectify certain
elements in the data for the early Ball family lines against information
now becoming available to the public and published in various
references. It was time to revisit and document these early lines.
Fortunately this has been done by a well qualified researcher and
descendant.

Major errors have been uncovered through the work of Ronald A. Hill,
PhD, CG in his "Ball Family Migration, Virginia to Kentucky, 1784"
published in “The American Genealogist”, Vol. 78, Nos. 2, 3 and 4
(2003). With Dr. Hill’s permission, his work is reflected on my website.
It is our intent to correct the record.

Among the corrections are:

• The Benjamin Ball who married Ann McIntosh (no proof of her surname)
and removed to Kentucky is the son of Benjamin Ball Sr. and Ann Owen of
Stafford, not the son of Edward Ball Jr. – and definitely not the son of
Daniel Ball who went to North Carolina.
• The Benjamin Ball who married Ann and settled on Carter’s Run in
Fauquier is the son of Edward Ball Jr., not the son of Benjamin Ball Sr.
• David Ball who married Sarah McNeal is the son of Benjamin and Ann of
Carter’s Run, not the son of Benjamin Ball Sr.
• James Ball who went to Kentucky is the brother of Benjamin who went to
Kentucky. James married Mary Ball, daughter of Edward Ball, 3rd and
Elizabeth.

The primary resource in defining these relationships is Lincoln County
Circuit Court Case 601: James Ball vs. William Ball, originating in
1805. Dr. Hill has deciphered over 300 pages of testimony and
depositions that delineate these family lines coupled with analysis of
tax records in both Virginia and Kentucky.

These are MAJOR changes and effect many researchers. Please review these
changes at the website given below.

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Please visit "The Ball Family of Carter's Run"
http://web.raex.com/~jdball/

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