The area in which William Ballard was born, known now as Campbell County, had been formed from Bedford County in 1753 and is situated on the south side of the upper portion of the James River.  The Ballards had remained in this general area until the early 1800's when William's great-grandson, Christopher Anthony Ballard, moved to Ohio.

The Ballard information on these pages is focused on the descendants of Byrom Ballard, however if you contact me I may have information on others as my search has led me to many other researchers - none of which descend from my same line, but who have valuable information on the Ballard siblings and their descendants.

If you are interested in the DNA markers of the Ballard line, you may wish to visit David Boyett's "Ballard DNA Surname Project" - this particular line being 115902-B24.

Links will take you to the extracted census records, obits, photos etc.

Thanks, pdp

He married (1) Eleanor Candler daughter of Daniel Candler and Hannah on 18 Jul 1761 in South River Monthly Meeting, Virginia. Eleanor was born in England and died on 16 Apr 1790 in Virginia.

Byrom Ballard married (2) Sarah Hutton on 20 Oct 1792 in South River Monthly Meeting, Bedford Co., Virginia.

Byrom's death is recorded in the records of Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting and he was most likely buried in the Old Quaker Cemetery in what is now Carroll County, Virginia - this portion of the county having been taken from Grayson in 1842. His Will was proved August 1817 and names wife, Elizabeth and children, Philip, Moses, Ruth, William, Amos, Mary Chadwallader and Judith Cunningham.

1. Mary Ballard - born on 16 Jun 1764 in Grayson Co., VA.; died in 1813.
2. Elizabeth Ballard - born on 01 Nov 1765 in , Grayson Co., VA.
3. William Ballard - born on 20 Jul 1767.
4. Byrom Ballard - born 14 May 1769 in Grayson Co., VA; died on 20 Dec 1769 in Grayson Co., VA.
5. Amos Ballard - born 15 Nov 1770 in Grayson Co., VA; died 05 Feb 1850.
6. Byrom Ballard - born 09 Jun 1773 in Grayson Co., VA; died on 19 Nov 1774 in Grayson Co., VA.
7. Mourning Ballard - born 14 May 1775 in Grayson Co., VA.
8. Judith Ballard - born on 10 Feb 1779 in Grayson Co., VA.

1. Philip Ballard - born 18 Jun 1793 in Bedford Co., VA.

2. Moses Ballard - born in 1795 in Bedford Co., VA.

3. Ruth Ballard - born in 1798 in Bedford Co., VA.

William Ballard married Elizabeth Anthony, the daughter of Christopher Anthony & Judith Moorman at the South River Monthly Meeting in 1788. They settled in Grayson County, Virginia in about 1794 (this portion of the county later became Carroll County), and the Quaker records list nine children born to this union. 

1. Christopher Anthony Ballard - often referred to in records as Anthony or "C.A.," he was born 22 Feb 1789.  He married Eleanor Mossman, the daughter of Archibald Mossman & Margaret Young, and is the direct line of descendancy toward the Moore and Pilcher line - his daughter Louisa marrying Ezekiel Pilcher.
2. Eleanor Ballard - born 05 Jun 1790, she married Arthur Parker in 1808. Her marriage is recorded in the Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting of Grayson County, Virginia and states that she was disowned on the 26th of March 1809 for marrying out of unity.
3. Mary "Polly" Ballard - born 23 Jan 1792; married Samuel Lundy 06 Oct 1813. Samuel was born in 1785 in Guilford Co., North Carolina.
4. Asa Ballard - born 19 August 1793; married Sarah Webb and died in Perry Co., Indiana on 20 Oct 1846.
5. William Ballard - born 26 Dec 1794.  His birth is recorded in the minutes of the Goose Creek Monthly Meeting which was formed this year from the South River Monthly Meeting. He married Lucy Hill.
6. Hannah Ballard - born 10 Nov 1796; married William Hill in 1815 and the records of the Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting state she was disowned on 30 Nov 1816, for marrying out of unity.
7. Salley or Sarah Ballard - born 14 Aug 1798; married John Welsh and was also listed in the monthly minutes and marriage records of the Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting as having been disowned the 30 Nov 1816 for marrying out of unity.
8. Barkley Moorman Ballard - born 28 Jun 1802, his birth recorded in the Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting which was set up in 1801 in Grayson County, Virginia. (Name spelled Bartly in some Quaker records).
9. Samuel Jordan Ballard - born 11 Apr 1805, his birth recorded in Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting.  He married Anne Reins in 1826.

1. Amos Ballard
2. Ellener Ballard - born in 1810/1815 in Grayson Co., VA; appears to be female in household in 1830 listed age 15-20.
3. William Ballard - appears to be son listed in 1830 household as age 20-30.
4. Byron Ballard - appears to be son listed in 1830 household as age 15-20.

In the the War of 1812 Veterans in Texas,  it states that Christopher was age 60 on 26 Dec 1850 and lists him being married to Louisa (2nd wife born in NY) on 25 Oct 1838 in Carthage, Hancock, IL.  He also lived in Goliad, Texas, was a private in Captain James Anderson's Company of Virginia (pension & bounty land records on file), and died on 24 Oct 1862 in Mission, Refugio, Texas.

He was counted in the following census records: 1810 Virginia Tax Record; 1813 Grayson Co, VA Personal Tax; 1820 Lake Twp., Logan Co., OH.; 1830 Springfield, Sangamon Co., IL; 1850 Goliad, Goliad, TX.; and 1860 Atascosa Co., Texas.

Sometime before 1850, Eleanor and Christopher appear to have parted ways. He is listed in the 1850 census with his second wife Louisa, and Eleanor was not located again until 1860 at which time she was listed in the household of her daughter, Caroline Ballard-Pilcher, in the Lewis Co., Missouri census, and again in 1870.

Eleanor never remarried. She died in Canton on 08 Feb 1875. A clipping of her obituary was found among the papers in a family trunk in Webster Groves, Missouri.

1. Louisa Ballard - born 28 Feb 1809 in Grayson Co., VA; married Ezekiel Pilcher 08 May 1825 in Springfield, Illinois.
2. Margaret Ballard - born 31 Aug 1810 in Grayson Co., VA; married Samuel C. Meredith of Cincinnati on 27 Mar 1829 in Springfield, IL (Letters of Mary J. Jones & Ellenor Cook to John Fenton on file).
3. Helen Ballard - born about 1811; she may have died young; nothing is known of her.
4. Mina Ballard  - born about September of 1812, she married John Jenkins Kern and went to Shasta, California in 1853.
5. Elizabeth Ballard - born about 1814; married Edward McCafferty on 05 Mar 1836 in LaPorte Co., Indiana. In 1862 she was living in Jefferson City, MO when her niece, Clarissa (Pilcher) Moore was living and learning the milliner trade. She is referred to in letters by Clarissa as Aunt Liz, and is possible she was temporarily residing in Jefferson City during the war as she had returned to Adams Co., IL by at least 1880.
6. Arminta Ballard - who was living in Jefferson City, MO in 1862 and was referred to by her niece as Aunt Minta.  Believe she was married to a Mr. Lee.
7. Archibald Mossman Ballard - born about 1818, he married Matilda True of Fayette County, Kentucky 01 Jul 1838 in Sangamon Co., Illinois.  They removed to California where he is enumerated in the 1860 census of Amador County.  Considered one of the '49ers, he was a hotel keeper in Volcano and died from injuries he sustained from a fall from a bridge.  He died in Almo, Contra Costa, California on 29 Sep 1867. His wife Matilda died on 26 Aug 1862 at the age of 45 and is buried at the Volcano Protestant Cemetery in a lot with Eliza J. Ballard-McLaine and Jesse McLaine Cook.
8. Christopher Anthony Ballard, Jr. - born 28 Sep 1822 in Lake Twp., Logan Co., Ohio; married Martha Ann Thorp; died in Bexar Co., Texas.
9. Caroline Ballard - born in December 1824 in Ohio, she married Shadrach H. Pilcher in Springfield, Illinois on 16 Jun 1842.
10. William Early Ballard - born 06 Nov 1832 in Carthage, Hancock County, Illinois  He fought in the Mexican War, had lived in San Antonio for awhile but returned and was living with his mother Eleanor (Mossman) in Canton, Lewis County, MO in 1893.

1. Charles Barkley Ballard - born about 1842 in Texas; enumerated in Goliad Co., TX in 1850; and Atascosa Co., TX in 1860. He resided in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas in 1891, and was listed in the city directory for San Antonio as a tank builder for F.F. Collins Mfg. Co. and living at 521 Perez.

Arthur died on 06 Oct 1830 in Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois where Eleanor's parents and family were living at the time. She and Arthur were the parents of Andrew, Elizabeth, Margaret, Samuel, Caroline, Susannah, Mary, Arthur, Joseph and William Ballard Parker, the youngest having been born in White Co., Tennessee. There Eleanor passed away on 02 May 1845.

1. James W. Lundy - born about 1815 in Virginia. He was a carpenter who was married to Jane and in 1860 were residing in Palmyra Twp., Warren Co., Iowa with their five month-old son, James W. Lundy.
2. Evaline Lundy - born about 1819 in Virginia and was listed in her brother Oscar's household in 1860.
3. Augustus Lundy - born about 1824 in Virginia; married Jane and in 1870 was living in Greenfield Twp., Warren Co., Iowa where he was a farmer and father of James, John, Ann and Minnie. He died in 1878, and his widow was listed as head of household in 1880.
4. Lucinda Lundy - born about 1825 in Virginia, and was the wife of John Warfel who was also a carpenter. They were living near her brother William in 1860 in Palmyra Twp., Warren co., Iowa.
5. Oscar Lundy - born about 1829 in Virginia, was probably married to an Amanda (Bard) on 10 Nov 1853. A carpenter like his brothers, Oscar and his young family were residing in Palmyra Twp., Warren Co., Iowa in 1860.
6. William Lundy - born about 1832 in Virginia, was married to Melissa and also worked as a carpenter. His family consisted of himself, his wife and three children: Thomas O., Jane A., and William E, the youngest who was but eight months old in 1860.

They were listed in a census in 1850 in Dist. 18, Marion, Iowa, and in the 1860 census residing in Red Rock, Marion Co., Iowa. William and Louise (Lucy) are buried in Marion County, Iowa along with Asa and William Jr. and other relatives.

For further information, you may wish to contact Janet Spielman

1. Asa Ballard - born in 1819; married Matilda Sinclair and lived in Marion Co., Iowa.
2. Nancy Ballard - born about 1819/1820; resided in Marion Co., Iowa and was the wife of Powel Reins.
3. George Ballard - born about 1821, resided in Marion Co., Iowa and was married to Sarah.
4. Elizabeth A. Ballard - born about 1823 in Ohio. Elizabeth was counted in a census in 1850 in Dist. 18, Marion, IA.
5. Jordan Ballard - born about 1823/1825 in Virginia. Jordan was counted in a census in 1850 in Dist. 18, Marion, IA. He was counted in a census in 1860 in Red Rock, Marion, IA. May be same as Jordan a 27 year old blacksmith listed with Martha age 18 in 1850; in 1860 a Samuel J. age 35 is listed as an engineer in the household of William & Lucy. Jordan married Martha . Martha was born about 1831 in Ohio.
6. Alexander Ballard - born 10 Oct 1828; married Rebecca Sumner and died 25 Sep 1916.
7. Joseph Ballard - born about 1830 in Ohio. Joseph was counted in a census in 1850 in Dist. 18, Marion, IA. Not verified as son of William & Lucy or may have been known by another name (possibly Clark), and was living with them in 1850.
8. William Ballard - born about 1839 in Indiana. William was counted in a census in 1850 in Dist. 18, Marion, IA.

Hannah married William Hill in Grayson Co., Virginia in 1815 and had a son, James N. Hill born about 1824. It is speculated that the son James was married to a Phebe who was born in Indiana in about 1826 and that they had a son William born in about 1847.

Barkley was a soldier in Capt. Becknell's Company of the Reserve Volunteers, Texas Troupes which was mustered into service of the late Republic of Texas on the 18th day of April 1836 and served a term of three months. According to his sworn statement in 1870, he was "sent back from Nacogdoches by General Houston to appoint Precincts and secure the votes of the Red River District for first Legislature in 1836, taking as assistants M.W. Mathews and James Box and made due return of same in 17 days to H.S.I. in city of Houston. "

J.J. Gross, Commissioner on the General Land Office in Austin, Texas certified in 1874 that B. M. Ballard had served faithfully and honorably in the Army of Texas and that he had received for the same, a Bounty Warrant of 320 acres.

According to the Adjutant General Office in Austin, Barkley M. Ballard appeared with William Flemming and Cyrus Moore as privates on the Muster Roll of Captain Samuel B. Orton's Company of mounted Gunsmen and were mustered into service on 15 Jul 1841 and discharged 15 Oct 1841.

On 17 Aug 1848, Barkley married the widow Nancy (Roberts) Masters in Henderson Co., Texas, she having been born about 1815 in Kentucky. They were enumerated in the 1850 census of Henderson Co., Texas; and in the 1860 census were residing in Atascosa Co., Texas next door to Barkley's brother, C.A. Ballard.

Barkley died on 23 Sep 1878 in Kaufman Co., Texas and was laid to rest at Rader Cemetery. This same year, his wife Nancy filed an application for a Widow's Pension, verifying he served in the war between Texas and Mexico and in the Republic of Texas and that he had received a pension from the State of Texas, and had been drawing a pension from the state of Texas at the time of his death and that she was "poor and in indignant circumstances" over sixty (60) years of age, and that she had no one upon whom she could depend for support, no separate property, nor had her husband left her sufficient funds for her support, except the property exempt by law.

1. Nicholas Gillentine Ballard - born 21 Apr 1822; married Nancy J. McBee on 18 Jun 1844; died 09 May 1834.
2. William Ballard - born 6 Jan 1824; died August 1848.
3. Asa Terry Ballard - born 30 Nov 1825; married Sarah Hamilton on 27 Mar 1845; died 16 Nov 1852 in Red River Co., TX.
4. Elizabeth Jane Ballard - born 07 Mar 1827; married Thomas S. Hamilton; died 13 Nov 1853.
5. Martha Ann Ballard - born 14 Feb 1830; married Rufus Hamilton on 25 Jan 1849; died 7 Aug 1891 in Kaufman Co., TX.
6. Sarah W. Ballard - born 12 May 1832; died 06 Mar 1843.
7. Jordan L. Ballard - born 05 Mar 1834; died 24 Sep 1847.
8. Anthony L. Ballard - born 25 Aug 1835 in Texas; married Josephine Rader 18 Sep 1856 in Kaufman Co., TX; married Nancy (Simpson) in Kaufman Co., TX in 1867; died 08 Nov 1913.
9. Matilda Caroline - born 27 aug 1837 in Texas; married David W. McNabb on 27 Nov 1855; died 19 May 1918 in Gonzales Co., TX.
10. Barkley Ewing Ballard - born 19 Oct 1839 in Texas; married Malissa Jane Guinn; died 06 Oct 1897 in Gonzales Co., TX.
11. Arminta Angeline Ballard - born 29 Jun 1842 in Texas; died 02 Nov 1894 in Coleman Co., TX.
12. Mary Margaret Ballard - born 16 Jul 1845.

1. William McDonald Ballard - born in 18 Aug 1849 in Henderson Co., TX; died 21 Feb 1857 in Kaufman Co., Texas.
2. Nancy Dulcina Ballard - born 13 Feb 1854 in Texas; married Arthur A.T. Renshaw; died 21 Jun 1924 in Kaufman Co., Texas.

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