« Back to Public Discussions

Lieutenant James Ball, Sr. - Wrong James Ball Info

Started by Ken Ball on Monday, January 17, 2022
Problem with this page?

Participants:

Profiles Mentioned:

Showing all 3 posts
Ken Ball
1/17/2022 at 7:55 AM

The lieutenant James Ball (1755-1783) whose estate was disputed was the son of Moses Ball, Sr., the younger brother of Moses Ball, Jr., and the grandson of John Ball I, not his son. The son of Moses Ball, Sr. fought in the Revolutionary War. Because James Ball, the son of John Ball I was born in 1698, I am absolutely sure that he did not fight in the Revolutionary War and most likely had died in prior years. I doubt that the death date listed above is correct since it is the death date of the later James Ball. I do not trust any of the information in the profile above as the contributors obviously have at least two James Balls mixed up. Too many contributors to these genealogy websites do not research their information but just blindly copy and paste from one site to another.
Erica Howton C
1/17/2022 at 11:56 AM

Removed this from the “about” for James Ball (b 1695 - )

James became a Lieutenant of the Continental Line, in the American Revolution. Evidence of this is found in "Virginia Soldiers of 1776" by Louis A. Burgess:

"LIEUT. JAMES BALL, Executive Dept., Apr. 116, 1833. The heirs of James Ball are allowed Land Bounty for his services as a Lieutenant in the continental Line for 3 yrs., If not heretofore drawn. (Signed) John Floyd, Governor." AND "FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, "December Court, Mar. 14, 1885. It was ordered to be certified that James Ball, who is said to have been an officer in the Revolutionary War, died about the year 1783; that Moses Ball, of Fairfax County, was his elder brother and heir; that Moses Ball died in 1792, testate, intestate as to the estate of his brother James Ball.....Copy teste, F. W. Richardson, Clerk." Source: "The Ball Family of Southwest Virginia" by Palmer R. Ball (1933) pg 4
Erica Howton C
1/17/2022 at 12:11 PM

This is the real Lt. James Ball

Showing all 3 posts

Create a free account or login to participate in this discussion

Follow UsLike Us
English (US)   eesti   Svenska   Español (España)   Français   עברית   Norsk (bokmål)   dansk   Nederlands   Deutsch   »
To enable the proper functioning and security of the website, we collect information via cookies as specified in our Cookie Policy. Geni does not use any third-party cookies.