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Time Line of the
Mossman & Ballard Relations
Compiled
by
P. Davidson-Peters
& Kathleen O'Connell ©2000-2004
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Part 3
Early Nineteenth Century America
Westward Migration Begins
1800 - 1825 |
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| 1800 |
Thomas
Jefferson is elected as the first Democratic President.
He negotiates the Louisiana Purchase, which included all
or parts of what would become Louisiana, Arkansas,
Missouri, lowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska,
Kansas, Wyoming, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Colorado and
Montana. |
| 1800 |
William
Ballard and his wife Elizabeth (Anthony), along with
their children Christopher "Anthony," Elenor,
Mary, Asa, William, Hannah, and Sarah, are granted a
certificate from Goose Creek Monthly Meeting in Bedford
County, Virginia to the Westfield Monthly Meeting in
North Carolina. |
| 1800 |
Elizabeth
Anthony, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth (Harris) is
born the the 18th day of the 3rd month - her birth
recorded in Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting. Her Aunt
Elizabeth (Anthony) is the wife of William Ballard. |
| 1800 |
Deed of
record between Archibald Mossman and Peter Emelie. This
transaction mentioned in 1895 letter from the Norfolk,
Virginia clerk's office to John Fenton. |
| 1801 |
Thomas
Jefferson is President, Aaron Burr, Vice President. |
| 1801 |
Christopher
Anthony is spoken of in the Goose Creek Monthly Meetings
as being a minister. |
| 1801 |
John Brown,
son of Samuel and Mary (Thornburg), is born on the 18th
of May. |
| 1801 |
Mt. Pleasant
Monthly Meeting is set up by authority of New Garden
Quarterly Meeting. The house is located in Grayson
county, but extended into Carroll County and Surry
County, North Carolina. |
| 1801 |
Judith
Anthony, daughter of Charles Anthony and his wife
Elizabeth Harris is born on the first of October. |
| 1801 |
William
Mossman, son of Archibald and Margaret (Young) is born on
the 16th of November in Grayson County, VA. |
| 1802 |
Bartly
Ballard, son of William and Elizabeth (Anthony), is born
on the 28th day of the 6th month, his birth recorded in
the Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting
records of Grayson County, Virginia. |
| 1803 |
Louisiana is
purchased for fifteen million dollars and Ohio becomes
the 17th state. |
| 1803 |
Sarah
Hutton-Ballard, wife of Byrom, dies on the 15th day of
the second month at the age of 46. Her death is
recorded in the records of Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting
later known as Chestnut Creek Monthly Meeting. |
| 1803 |
Archibald
Mossman buys of Conrad Newman for $250, 58 acres on a
branch of Little Reed Island Creek on the 24th of
July. Recorded in Deed Book 2, page 7. |
| 1803 |
Archibald
Mossman and wife Margaret (Young) sells to Thomas Hill
for $250, 58 acres on a branch of Little Reed Island
Creek (same land) on the 25th of November. Recorded
in Grayson County Deed Book 2, page 31. |
| 1803 |
The family of
Joseph and Elizabeth Thornburg remove on certificate from
Springfield Monthly Meeting in Guilford, NC to Mt.
Pleasant Monthly Meeting in Grayson County, VA. |
| 1804 |
Vice
President Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton in a duel
at Weehawken, New Jersey. |
| 1804 |
Henrietta
Anthony, daughter of Charles Anthony and Elizabeth
Harris, is born on February 19th. |
| 1804 |
George
Mossman, son of Archibald and Margaret (Young) is born on
the 27th of July in Grayson County, Virginia. |
| 1804 |
Judith
Cunningham (formerly Ballard, daughter of Byrom and
Eleanor) is disowned for marrying out of unity - recorded
the 29th day of the ninth month in the Mt. Pleasant
Monthly Meeting. |
| 1804 |
Thomas Hill
sells to Archibald Mossman for $250, 58 acres on Little
Reed Island Creek (same land) on the 25th of
November. Recorded in Grayson County Deed Book 2,
page 31. |
| 1805 |
President
Thomas Jefferson begins his second term with George
Clinton now his Vice President. |
| 1805 |
Archibald
Mossman is listed in the 1805 Grayson County, Virginia
Land Tax List as owning 58 acres valued at 25 with taxes
.12; listed in the Personal Property Tax List as owning 2
horses - taxes $.24; and Samuel Brown owning 4 horses -
tax $.48. |
| 1805 |
Other Grayson
County, Virginia Land Taxes attested to by John Hill, the
Commissioner of Revenue, included among others: Byrom
Ballard 192 acres valued at 110.64 and taxed .53; Samuel
Brown 165 acres valued at 25 and taxed .12; Samuel Brown
120 acres valued at 33.33 and taxed .16; Joseph Ballard
26 acres valued at 25 and taxed .12; Joseph Ballard 12
acres valued at 3.36 and taxed .04; Joseph Ballard
145 acres valued at 50 and taxed .25; John Ballard 106
acres valued at 33.33 and taxed .16; Byrom Ballard 160
acres valued at 33.33 and taxed .16; Germon Ballard
220 acres valued at 100 and taxed .48; Moses Cadwalader
(heirs) 360 acres valued at 61.67 and taxed .30;
Thomas McMillen 300 acres valued at 150 and taxed .72;
and John Welch 60 acres valued at 20 and taxed .10. |
| 1805 |
Samuel Jorden
Ballard, son of William and Elizabeth (Anthony), is born
on the 11th day of the fourth month, birth recorded in
Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting records. He marries
Anne Reins in 1826. |
| 1805 |
Byrom Ballard
is listed in the 1805 Tax list of Grayson County, VA. |
| 1805 |
On the 29th
of May, George Currin sells Archibald Mosman for $250,
two lots in the town of Greenville (the old county
courthouse 1793-1842 - now Old Town, Virginia). |
| 1805 |
Hannah Brown,
the daughter of Samuel Brown and Mary Thornburg, is born
on the 22nd day of June of 1805 in Grayson County,
Virginia. |
| 1805 |
Archibald
Mosman and Margaret, his wife, sell Samuel McCluer 58
acres on Little Reed Island Creek for $300 on the 26th of
August. Recorded in Grayson County Deed Book 2,
page 134. |
| 1805 |
Jacob Heitt
sells Archibald Mosman 142 acres on New River on the 7th
of September. Recorded in Grayson County Deed Book
2, page 142. |
| 1805 |
Sally
Anthony, daughter of Charles and Elizabeth Harris, is
born on October 19th. |
| 1806 |
In a County
Court begun and held for the County of Ashe, North
Carolina, on the second Monday being the 12th day of May
A.D. listing a deed from Zach Simmons to Archibald
Mossman and Jas. Johnson for 50 acres was proven by
Samuel Cox; a list of the taxable property in Capt.
Brown's by Esqur. Millar, a deed from Thomas Laxton to
William Hill for 100 acres was duly proven in open court
by the oath of John McMillan. |
| 1806 |
Isaac Green
held a note on Archibald Mosman and Margaret, his wife,
sells Jessee Williams and James Bryan 143 acres on New
River for $400 on the 18th of July. Recorded in
Grayson County Deed Book 2, page 214. |
| 1807 |
Robert Fulton
tests the Clermont on the Hudson River, thus
ushering in the steamboat era. |
| 1807 |
State of
North Carolina, February Term, at a County Court begun
and held for the County of Ashe lists a deed from
Archibald. Mossman and James Johnson for 50 acres is duly
proven in open court by Thomas McGimsey. |
| 1807 |
On the 24th
of March Grayson Co., VA Militia ~ Moseman (sic), George
is accused of beating and abusing James Lee, a laborer,
by word of Lee. Disposition of the case of police
brutality is unknown, but Moseman retains his position as
constable. |
| 1807 |
On August
29th Byrom Ballard marries Elizabeth Davis. This marriage
produces no children. |
| 1807 |
Eleanor
Ballard (b.1790), daughter of William and Elizabeth
(Anthony) marries Arthur Parker, recorded in the Mt.
Pleasant Monthly Meeting that she is disowned the
following year for marrying out of unity. |
| 1807 |
On the 22nd
of September, Daniel Keith sells Archibald Mosman some
lots in Greenville for 11 pounds and ten shillings,
recorded in Grayson County Deed Book 2, page 337. |
| 1807 |
Wm Jones
sells Archibald Mosman some other lots in Greenville for
$200 on the 27th of October, recorded in Grayson County
Deed Book 2, page 345. |
| 1808 |
The slave
trade with Africa is banned this year. |
| 1808 |
Eleanor
Ballard, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Anthony),
marries Arthur Parker, recorded in the Mt. Pleasant
Monthly Meeting the following year that she is disowned
for marrying out of unity. |
| 1808 |
Eleanor
Mossman, daughter of Archibald and Margaret (Young),
marries Christopher Anthony Ballard, son of William
Ballard and Elizabeth (Anthony) on the 28th of January in
Grayson County, VA. - A "return for
marriage" is found, but no bond listed. Later
certified by Elisha Bedwell that he married them on this
date. |
| 1809 |
James Madison
becomes the fourth President - his Vice President is
George Clinton. |
| 1809 |
White Water
Monthly Meeting in Indiana is set off from West Branch
Monthly Meeting, Ohio. |
| 1809 |
Christopher
Anthony is very active and prominent in affairs of the
Western Quarterly Meeting, traveling extensively in the
North, South, and West. He and his 2nd wife Mary (Jordan)
become the founders of the first meeting in the city of
Cincinnati, Ohio. |
| 1809 |
Louisa
Ballard, the daughter of Christopher Anthony Ballard and
his wife Eleanor Mossman, is born on the 28th of February
in Grayson County. She later marries Ezekiel
Pilcher, son of Shadrach and Sarah (Proctor). |
| 1809 |
Tuesday the
14th of April Court presented Charles Anthony, pltf v
Archibald Mosman, deft. Upon a supervadea to a judgment
obtained in the county court of Grayson by the defendant
against the plaintiff. This day came the parties by their
attornies and thereupon the transcript of the record of
the judgment aforesaid being seen and inspected. It seems
to the Court here that there is no error and the said
judgment, therefore it is considered that the same be
affirmed and that the defendant recover of the plaintiff
damages according to law for retarding the execution
thereof and his costs by him about his defense in this
behalf expended. |
| 1809 |
Grayson
County, Virginia Superior Court Order Book 1809-1821
states: Joseph Evans, Peter Mayo and John Kelly, gent.,
licensed to practice law in the courts of this
Commonwealth took the oath of fidelity to support the
constitution of the United States and of office, and
thereupon they are admitted to practice as attorneys in
this court. John Kelly, Esq., is appointed prosecutor for
the Commonwealth in this court. |
| 1809 |
Archibald
Mosman is listed as a buyer at the estate sale of George
Jones - recorded in Grayson County Will Book I,
1796-1839. |
| 1809 |
Archibald
Mosman sells Robert Warden two lots in the town of
Greenville for $200 - recorded in Grayson county Deed
Book 2, page 516. (A Robert Warden later marries an
Elizabeth Pilcher of Surry Co., NC - speculated these
families are of the same Pilcher branch in which Louisa
Ballard later marries, she being the daughter of C.A.
Ballard and Eleanor Mossman. |
| 1810 |
Byrom Ballard
is listed in the Grayson County 1810 Tax list with two
white tithables, no slaves, and two horses);
"Anthony" Ballard appears to have land nearby
listed with one white tithable, no slaves, and two
horses) as he is listed April 6th with Byrom; William
Hill is listed with one tithable and two horses;
Archibald Mosman is listed with one horse. |
| 1810 |
Margaret
Ballard, daughter of Christopher A. Ballard and Eleanor
(Mossman) is born on the 31st of August in Grayson
County. She later marries Samuel Meredith of Cincinnati,
Ohio. [See Meredith Timeline] |
| 1811 |
Joseph
Thornburg and wife Elizabeth, along with their sons
Joseph and Richard and daughters Margaret & Sarah,
are received on request from Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting
to White Water Monthly Meeting in Indiana on November
30th. |
| 1811 |
March Court
of Grayson County, VA - John Cox, pltf v Archibald
Moorman, defendant. This day came the plaintiff by his
attorney and the defendant withdrew his plea and saith
nothing in bar or preclusion of the plaintiff's action
against him whereby the [illegible] thereon against him
remaineth altogether recover dins therefor it is
considered by this court that the pltf record of the
defendant twenty-five dollars five cents the debt in the
[illegible] with interest from 19th May 1806 and his
costs in this behalf. |
| 1811 |
Archibald
Mossman v. Charles Anthony, case continued on Wednesday
the 29th of May. Present Andrew Cock, Joshua Hanks,
Joseph Fields, and Samuel McClure} Gen. Justices.
Archibald Mossman, plaintiff v Charles Anthony,
Defendant. This day came the parties by their attornies
and there upon came a Jury to wit: Andrew Welch, William
Wyatt, Annual Edwards, Daniel Porter, Levi Dunell, John
Baker, Solomon Landrith, William Ward, Daniel Ruth, Labni
Coffin, Zachariah Landreth and Robert Warden who being
sworn to try the issue joined and having heard the
evidence upon their oaths do say that the plaintiff hath
sustained damages by [illegible] to the amount of
forty-five dollars seventy four cents besides his costs.
Whereupon a motion of the defendant by his attorney and
for reasons appearing to the court, a new trial is
ordered in this issue upon payment of the costs of this
court. |
| 1811 |
IGI records
indicate a Martha Mossman married John Shepherd on 22
November in Fluvanna, VA. |
| 1811 |
Helen
Ballard, the daughter of Christopher A. Ballard and
Eleanor (Mossman) is born about this time and dies in her
infancy. |
| 1811 |
It is listed
in the Quaker records that Joseph Thornburg (father of
Mary Thornburg-Brown) and his sons were granted a
certificate to White Water Monthly Meeting in Indiana on
the 27th day of the 4th month. Joseph was the son
of Joseph and Nancy Ann. His birth in 1759 had been
recorded in the New Garden Monthly Meeting and he had
been granted certificates from Deep River Monthly Meeting
in 1782 to Springfield Monthly Meeting and then received
on request in 1803 to Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting where
he and his family lived in Grayson prior to the move to
Indiana. |
| 1812 |
The United
States declares war on Great Britain. |
| 1812 |
June 6th,
David Short sold Archibald Mosman 150 acres on Popular
Camp Creek for 100 pounds. |
| 1812 |
Mina Ballard,
daughter of Christopher A. Ballard and Eleanor (Mossman)
is born in September; she later marries John Kern and
dies in Shasta, California. |
| 1813 |
On April 1st
it is reported that minister Christopher Anthony, his
wife Mary (Jordan) and his daughters Penelope, Rachel and
Charlotte are granted certificate to the Miami Monthly
Meeting in Ohio. |
| 1813 |
The Tax list
of Grayson County, Virginia lists Moses Ballard with one
tithable and taxed .32; Anthony Ballard is listed with
one tithable, one horse and taxed .16. |
| 1813 |
Mary
Ballard-Cadawalder dies this year. |
| 1813 |
The Creek war
begins on August 30th, when a faction of Creeks known as
the Red Sticks attack a contingent of 553 American
settlers at Lake Tensaw, Alabama, north of Mobile. In
response, General Andrew Jackson leads 5,000 militiamen
in the destruction of two Creek villages, Tallasahatchee
and Talladega. |
| 1813 |
Mary
"Polly" Ballard, daughter of William and
Elizabeth (Anthony) marries Samuel Lundy on the 6th day
of the 10th month. |
| 1814 |
The British
burn buildings in Washington, D.C. and bomb Fort McHenry
in Baltimore. |
| 1814 |
Augustus Lundy, son of
Polly (Ballard) and Samuel Lundy, is born on or about the
7th of July in Grayson Co. |
| 1814 |
On August
9th, Major General Andrew Jackson signs the Treaty of
Fort Jackson ending the Creek War. The agreement provides
for the surrender of twenty-three million acres of Creek
land to the United States. This vast territory
encompassed more than half of present-day Alabama and
part of southern Georgia. |
| 1814 |
Elizabeth
Ballard, the daughter of Christopher A. Ballard and
Eleanor (Mossman) is born about this time and later
marries Edward McCafferty in LaPorte, Indiana in 1836. |
| 1815 |
Jackson
defeats the British at the Battle of New Orleans. |
| 1815 |
Hannah
Ballard, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Anthony),
marries William Hill, and it is recorded in the Mt.
Pleasant Monthly Meeting that she is disowned the
following year for marrying out of unity. |
| 1815 |
Mina Mossman,
daughter of Archibald Mossman and Margaret (Young),
married John McMullin in Virginia on the 28th of May. |
| 1815 |
Grayson
County, VA Tax Assessments lists the following: John
Brown, deceased, in care of John Kelley, One farm on
Meadow Creek joining the lands of the Malin Collings, 400
acres having thereon two "cabbens," one stable,
valued at $1000; Samuel Brown one farm on Bobets Creek,
150 acres having thereon one "cabbin," stable
& crib, valued at $100; Samuel Brown, one farm on
"Crambery" Creek, 123 acres having thereon one
"cabben: built of logs, valued at $100; Anthony
Ballard one farm on the Wards Gap Road 100 acres having
thereon one "cabbin" and stable valued at
$100; Byrum (Byrom) Ballard one farm on the waters
of Chestnut Creek joining the lands of Benjamin Colley's
containing 274 acres, having thereon two
"cabbins," one stable, valued at $200 and
another tract on Chestnut Creek joining the lands of the
Bedsaul heirs, 208 acres having thereon one dwelling
house of logs valued at $200, another tract on Reed
Island [Creek] joining the lands of Esau Worl [Worrel]
160 acres, no buildings valued at $100 for a total of
$500; William Ballard, Sr., one farm on Little Reed
Island Creek, 850 acres more or less, having thereon six
"cabbens" valued at $550, another tract on Good
Spur Road containing 200 acres having thereon one
"cabben" valued at $175 for total of $725; John
Welsh (Welch) one farm on New River at the Stand Ford
(?), 296 acres having thereon one dwelling house of
timber, one kitchen, three "cabbens," and two
stables, one tub grist mill valued at $550 and another
tract joining the latter of 104 acres no building valued
at $75 for a total of $125. |
| 1816 |
Sarah
Ballard, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Anthony),
marries John Welsh, and it is recorded in the marriage
minutes of the Mt. Pleasant Monthly Meeting that she is
disowned for marrying out of unity. |
| 1816 |
At a Superior
Court begun and held for Grayson County on Monday the
13th - on motion Charles Anthony by his attorney a writ
of superendas is awarded him to a judgment of Grayson
County recovered against him by Archibald Mosman on the
26th day of May last, the said Charles Anthony entering
into bond with sufficient security during the present
term in the penalty of one hundred and fifty dollars
conditioned as the law directs and on motion of the said
Charles Anthony. It is ordered that a writ of [illegible]
be awarded to be directed to the justices of the court of
the said county to certify to the record more fully to
the court returnable here at next term. |
| 1816 |
Arminta
Ballard, daughter of Christopher A. Ballard and Eleanor
(Mossman) is born about this time (probably in Ohio). |
| 1817 |
James Monroe
is President, Daniel Tompkins his Vice President. |
| 1817 |
On April
21st, Anthony Ballard sold Archibald Mosman 100 acres on
Laurel Creek for $300. Deed Book 3, p.463; On April 24th,
Anthony Ballard sold Archibald Mosman 200 acres on Laurel
Creek for $100 - Deed Book 3, p. 465. |
| 1817 |
Byrom
Ballard, son of William and Mary, dies at the age of 73
on the 13th day of July. His 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, VA this portion of the county having been
taken from Grayson in 1842. Byrom owned land on Chestnut
Creek and had two tracts of land on Coal Creek, totaling
274 acres, all in what is now considered Carroll County,
but what had once been Grayson County, VA. His
first wife was Eleanor Candler. |
| 1818 |
Mt. Pleasant
Monthly Meeting is laid down this year and the monthly
meeting is then changed to Chestnut Creek. |
| 1818 |
Logan County,
Ohio is formed this year - split from Champaign County. |
| 1818 |
Archibald
Mossman Ballard, son of Christopher A. Ballard and
Eleanor (Mossman) is born about this year in Ohio. He
later marries Matilda True and removes to Contra Costa
county, California. |
| 1819 |
Although the
first transatlantic steamship Savannah has made history
and the U.S. has bought Florida from Spain for five
million dollars, an economic depression begins. |
| 1820 |
Archibald
Mosman sold John McMulling 100 acres on Laurel Creek on
the first of January - price not given. Deed Book 4,
p.115. (Suspect this
is John McMullin, son-in-law, who married Archibald's
daughter Mina in 1815 -pdp) |
| 1820 |
James Henson
sold William Mosman 149 acres on Big Reed Island and
Lynchburg Road for $300 on August 20th. Deed Book 4,
p.181 (Suspect this is
William Mossman, son of Archibald-pdp) |
| 1820 |
November 1st,
Archibald Mosman made a Deed of Trust to Thomas Jackson
of Wythe Co., VA naming the following items: all
household furniture, seven feather beds, chest of
drawers, one clock, one silver watch, tables, chairs, and
sundry kitchen furniture; also one negro woman named
Silvy, one stud horse named Big Ben, two yoke of steers,
two cows, six young cattle, two (liquor) stills and tubs,
two mares hogs and sheep, all interet in land. Conditions
that debt be closed in one year. Otherwise all the above
property be sold to highest bidder. Deed Book 4, p.202. |
| 1820 |
Census of
Grayson County, VA lists Archibald Mossman as head of
household over 45 years. Other member include
female over 45 years wife Eleanor), males between
ages 16 and 26 (sons William & George) and one Slave
(Silvy). The Index to the census includes the
families of Brown, Hill and McMillan. |
| 1820 |
Census of
Logan County, OH lists Christopher Anthony Ballard as
head of household aged 26 under 45 and engaged in
agriculture, Other members include female age 26 under 45
( wife Eleanor), male aged under 10 (son Archibald
Mossman; and females aged 10 and under 16 (daughters
Louisa and Helen); females age under 10 (daughters
Margaret, Mina, and Elizabeth). Family is living in
Lake Township which was organized in 1811 from Zane. |
| 1821 |
The Missouri
Compromise Bill is passed and Missouri is admitted into
the union. |
| 1822 |
George
Mossman, son of Archibald Mossman and Margaret (Young)
marries Hannah Brown. Their bond was recorded on the 18th
of August and they were married (according to George) on
the 22nd. |
| 1822 |
William
Mossman, son of Archibald Mossman and Margaret (Young),
marries Leticia Lanhorn on the 19th of September in
Wythe, Wythe County, Virginia. |
| 1823 |
Alexander
Mossman, son of George and Hannah (Brown) is born on the
13th of July in Grayson County, VA. |
| 1823 |
On December
20th, Archibald Mosman sold George Mossman 200 acres on
Laurel Creek for $200. Deed Book 5, pg. 352 |
| 1824 |
Christopher
Mossman, son of William Mossman and Leticia (Lanhorn), is
born about this year in Virginia; he later marries Jemima
and is lives in Fulton County, Indiana. |
| 1825 |
John Quincy
Adams is President, John Calhoun Vice President and the
Eri Canal which had begun construction eight years
previous, is now completed. |
| 1825 |
Ely Cook
Mossman, son of George and Hannah (Brown) is born on the
22nd day of January. He later marries Louisa Van Eaton in
Mercer County, Illinois and dies in Little Sioux, Iowa. |
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