Elias Ball, Jr.

Ball family papers, 1631-1895 SCHS 1134.00 11/515-516 33/083 47/001, 47/020

Description: 2 linear ft.

Creator: Ball family

General Note: Access restricted on some fragile items. Use microfilm (11/515-516).

Biographical/Historical Note: The Ball Family was established in South Carolina in 1698 with the arrival of the emigrant Isaac Ball (ca. 1675-1751). His first wife was Elizabeth Harleston (d. 1720). His son, Elias Ball (1709-1786), married Lydia Chicken, the widow of Capt. George Chicken (d. 1746), who was the son of George Chicken (d. 1727). Members of the Ball family owned numerous plantations in the Berkeley County area. John Ball (1760-1817), son of Elias Ball (1709-1786), owned Kensington, Comingtee, Strawberry, and other properties; among his children were: Isaac Ball (1785-1825); William James Ball (1787-1808); and John Ball (1782- 1834), who married first Elizabeth Bryan, and secondly, Ann Simons (1776-1840). William James Ball (1821-1891) was the son of Isaac Ball (1785-1825). The Ball family was related to the Harleston family through several intermarriages; the Bond family was related to the Harlestons and Balls through the marriage of Sarah Harleston and Dr. William Read (1754- 1845), who was the son of James Read and Rebecca Bond (1730-ca. 1786).

Scope and Content: Collection contains correspondence, legal documents, wills and estate papers, plantation papers and slave records, accounts, receipts, genealogical material, plats, and other items pertaining to the Ball family and related families. Collection also includes the papers of John Ball (1760-1817), William James Ball (1787- 1808), Ann Simons Ball (1776-1840), John Ball (1782-1834), and William James Ball (1821- 1891), as well as the journal (1715-1716) of Captain George Chicken (d. 1727). Also included are releases (1645-1646) to John and Edward Harleston of England, and the epitaph (ca. 1699) of James Bond (d. 1699) of England.

Other Forms Note: Collection is restricted. Please use microfilm (SCHS call #11/515-516)

Preferred Citation: Ball family. Ball family collection, 1645-1895. (1134.00) South Carolina Historical Society.

Series Overview: 1134.01 FAMILY DOCUMENTS SERIES 1134.02 PAPERS OF INDIVIDUAL BALL FAMILY MEMBERS

1134.02.01 Ball, John, 1760 1817. John Ball papers, 1680 1840. Ca. 415 items. 

1134.02.02 Ball, William James, 1787 1808. James William Ball family correspondence,  1800 1824. Ca. 100 items.  1134.02.03 Ball, Ann Simons, 1776 1840. Ann Simons Ball family correspondence, 1819  1831. Ca. 40 items. 

1134.02.04 Ball, John, 1782 1834. John Ball papers, 1802 1895. Ca. 135 items.  1134.02.05 Ball, William James, 1821 1891. William James Ball papers, 1840 1891. Ca. 50  items.  1134.03 BALL ALLIED FAMILIES 

1134.03.01 Harleston, Edward 

1134.03.02 Bond family. 

1134.03.03 Chicken, George, d. 1727. 

Series Inventory with container listings: 1134.01 FAMILY DOCUMENTS SERIES

11/515/41-43 Receipts, 1730-1858 (65 items). 

11/516/40-41 Letters, ca. 1770s-1790s (12 items). 

11/516/42-61 Papers, 1708-1793 (55 items). 

11/516/62-67 Papers, 1801-1849 (45 items). 

33/083/01-02 Oversized papers, 1631-1842 (27 items). 

47/001/01-04 Oversized papers, 1697-1804 (4 items). 

47/020 Muniments, 1717-1834 (16 items).  1134.02 PAPERS OF INDIVIDUAL BALL FAMILY MEMBERS 

1134.02.01 John Ball papers, 1680 1840. 

11/515/05-14 Plantation papers, 1720-1840 (72 items). 

11/515/15-40 Plantation and family papers, 1680-1856 (165 items). 

11/515a/15 Orderly book, 1779 (1 volume). 

11/516/01-09 Family letters, 1698-1799 (100 items). 

11/516/10-14 Letters, 1798-1802 (75 items).  1134.02.02 James William Ball family correspondence, 1800 1824. 

11/516/15-22 Family letters, 1800-1824 (100 items).  1134.02.03 Ann Simons Ball family correspondence, 1819 1831. 

11/516/23-29 Letters, 1819-1831 (40 items). 

1134.02.04 John Ball papers, 1802 1895. Ca. 135 items. 

11/516/30-31 Letters, 1821-1835 (27 items). 

11/516/32-34 Overseer letters, 1827-1833 (100 items). 

11/516/68-69 Plantation records and stories, 1831-1895 (1 volume). 

11/516/70 Plantation account book, 1812-1834 (1 volume). 

11/516/71 Account books, 1802-1812 (3 volumes). 

1134.02.05 William James Ball papers, 1840 1891. Ca. 50 items. 

11/516/35-39 Papers, 1840-1891 (50 items).  1134.03 BALL ALLIED FAMILIES 

1134.03.01 Harleston, Edward 

11/515/01-02 Releases, 1645-1646 (2 items).

1134.03.02 Bond family. 

11/515/03 Tombstone inscriptions, ca. 1699 (1 item). 

1134.03.03 George Chicken journal, 1715 1716. 1 item. 

11/515/04 Journal, 1715-1716 (1 volume). 

Detailed Collection Inventory:

BOX 11/515

Folder(s) 01-02 Edward Harleston papers. 1645-1646 (2 items) Releases (1645-1646) to Edward Harleston, London England. 03 James Bond tombstone inscription (ca. 1699) 04 George Chicken Journal, 1715-1716 (1 item) Colonel in the Yemassee War. Journal of George Chicken’s daily experiences in battels with the Yemassee Indians in South Carolina (1715/1716) with mention of Cherokees, the South Carolina wilderness and other matters.

• see Charleston City Yearbook, 1894 for transcription. 05-14 John Ball, Sr. Plantation papers, 1720-1840 05 Account and “Blanket book”, 1720-1778 Account book includes lists of purchases, blanket given to slaves, and names/ages of slaves. “Blanket book” kept by Isaac Ball includes lists of blankets given out at Medway, names and dates of birth for slaves at Limerick, Quinby, Hyde Park and Jericho plantations 06 Account book of John Ball, Sr., 1788-1812

* in very poor condition  07 Household account book of John Ball, Sr., ca. 1805-1817  Account of expenses for household services and needs of the family. Includes  expenditures on childcare, household items, allowances given to Mrs. Ball, and pulpit  subscription to the Circular Church.  08 Account book of Mrs. Ann Ball, 1834  Inscription on cover reads “Mrs. Ann Ball with W.L. Porter”. List of expenditures on  household items such as sugar, coffee, oil, a box of raisins and candles. Account is with  William L. Porter & Son and total expenditures for the year 1834 amount to $103. 91.  09 Slave registers and lists, 1758-1834 (3 items)  Lists of slave names (with name of Mother and Father sometimes included) and dates of  birth for Comingtee and Stoke plantations.  10 Slave register and blanket book, 1804-1821  11 Slave lists, 1783-1799 (5 items)  Includes lists of names, some including birth year, for slaves belonging to John Coming  Ball, Elias Ball and Mrs. Judith Ball. Also included is a deed of gift dated 28 December  1784 in which Elias Ball gives his granddaughter, Elizabeth Bryan, a young slave girl  named Rinah who is the daughter of “a wench called Binah.” Another item lists slaves  from the estate of Judith Ball by name as well as the price at which they are valued.  11a Slave lists, 1804-1810 4 

Includes lists for Limerick, Back River, Hyde Park, Kensington and Medway. 11b Slave lists, 1810-1814 Includes lists for Limerick, Back River, Jericho, Cypress, Hyde Park, Kensington and Medway. Several lists consist of names of persons working on roads. 11c Slave lists, 1815-1818 Includes lists for Limerick, Quinby, Back River, Hyde Park, Kensington and Medway. 11d Slave lists, 1819-1833 Includes list of persons purchased by John Ball, Jr. at public sale from the estate of John Ball, Sr. in February 1819. Other lists are for slaves living at Limerick, Hyde Park, St. John’s Santee, and Quinby. 12 Blanket book, 1835-1840 Yearly lists, many dated at Christmastime, of blankets given to slaves. Blankets are sometimes noted as being “first quality” or “second quality.” 13 Miscellaneous papers relating to slaves Includes several bills of sale and lists of expenses paid to John Saunders for slaves coming and going on foot or horseback. 14 Foaling register, 1745-1777

Registers of horse purchases and births of colts.  15 John Ball, Sr. Orderly Book, 1779 (1 item)  Orderly book of Colonial Daniel Horry’s Light Dragoons (1779) kept by John Ball, Sr.  during the Revolutionary War.  16 Memo book, 1726-1727 

Largely blank  17 Memo book of John Ball, 1774-1780  Includes John Ball’s “washing” accounts for laundry and an “account of bacon made at  Kensington in December 1799 and February 1780”.  18 Memo book, ca. 1780  1 small bound item containing lists of slave names and numbers corresponding to each,  possibly representing money owed for food stores or hiring out?  19 Memo book, 1821-1824  Lists crops at Hyde Park, Limerick, Jericho and Quinby as well as specifications for a  rice mill at Limerick. Dried, pressed tree leaves are compressed throughout between  blank pages.  20 John Ball memo book, 1850-1851  Includes lists of crops at Hyde Park and the Villa as well as miscellaneous accounts for  corking a dock, grass for cows, seeds for the garden, blue denim cloth, tobacco, ticking,  shoes, molasses, tea and other household items. Also included is a list naming men  defaulting on militia duty and patrol service for January, March and April 1851.  21 Memoranda miscellaneous, 1801-1833, n.d.  Includes a diagram of the “Plain Scale” dated September 29th, 1801. Horizontal axis is  labeled “inclinations of meridians” and vertical axis is labeled hours.Various geometric  shapes and lines such as chord, rhombus, tangents, secants, semitangents, longitudes and  latitudes are drawn within the “plain” [sic]. Other miscellaneous items include a list of  tools distributed to slaves, rules for measuring corn, and a detailed account on the  methods used to determine the market price of Rough Rice by weight.  22 Surveyor’s notebook, 1767 5 

Contains field notes, tables, conversion of liquid and cloth measures, and description of rules of “three direct” and “three inverse”. 23 Land records, 1680-1842, n.d. Includes copies of land grants and deeds for Ball family plantations including an abstract of title for Pawley’s Plantation and several bills of sale for enslaved persons. 24 Tax returns, 1790-1819

Tax returns for Elias, John and Isaac Ball.  25 Miscellaneous inventories, 1813-1817, n.d.  Includes inventories of furniture, kitchen ware, clothing and other household decorations  such as candlesticks, bookcases, shades, looking glasses and crockery.  26 Livestock inventories, 1788-1834. 

Includes inventory of cattle at Jericho and Kensington.  27 Wills and miscellaneous estate papers, 1781-1793, 1840, n.d.  Includes a “list of negroes belonging to Mrs. Ann Ball purchased from the estate of John  Ball. Persons are priced as family units. Also includes a list of “questions to ask the  ordinary” made by John Ball in preparation for writing his Will, which is also included.  28 Travel expenses, 1806-1810  List of expenses kept by John Ball for travels to New York, Boston, Cambridge,  Montreal, Quebec, Philadelphia, Bowling Green, Washington, Alexandria and Trenton,  among other places. Expenses are kept for food, clothing, lodging, portage and notes  indicate Mr. Ball’s rating for service and fare at hotels and taverns in various locations.  29 Overseer agreements, 1813-1818  Includes two articles of agreement between John Ball, Planter and John E. Moreton,  Overseer for Backriver (1813) and Arthur McFarlane Overseer for Backriver (1818).  30 Double house plan, ca. 1760  31 St. John’s Berkeley Parish rules  32 Miscellaneous documents relating to religion  Includes a small book of “Prayers to be used at the Altar” as well as other prayers, an  1857 “extract from an address delivered by Bishop Cashburn before the diocesan  convention of Massachusetts and a list of subscriptions to the “two percent fund, for the  support of Biggin and Strawberry Churches.”  33 Recipes, 1797-1830 

Includes recipes for spanish bake, tar floor and cold soap (medicinal).  34 St. John’s Berkeley Postal Service, 1808-1856  Includes a copy of the “Rules of St. Johns Post” in which participants establish basic  agreements establishing a weekly postal service. Signatures for all benefactors of the  service are included at the end of the document. Also included are two printed “Post  Lists” for 1850 and 1855-1856 which list the names of Plantations on the postal route and  the occupants at each.  35 “Dialogue on Phrenology”  Document transcription of dialogue between a “Mr. Learned” and Dr. [Franz Joseph]  Gall on phrenology, a psuedoscience primarily focused on measurements of the human  skull, based on the concept that the brain is the organ of the mind, and that certain brain  areas have localized, specific functions or modules.  36 Verse, 1810-1814, n.d. 6 

Includes writings titled “To a parent on his Birth Day”, “Lines written on the death of Mr. Black” and selections of toasts and sentimentals. 37 Miscellaneous items pertaining to education, 1823-1827, n.d. Includes a schedule for hours of recitation and Studies of rhetoric, history, greek, moral philosophy, mathematics and theology as well as a written lecture and a vocabulary list with definitions. 38 Genealogical materials Includes copies of wills for Lydia Ball and Judith Ball as well as family tree of John Coming Ball with birthdates and deaths of descendants. 39 Clippings Includes newspaper clippings from the Edinburgh Evening Courant (September 15, 1808) where the graduation of William James Ball is mentioned, The Florida Herald (June 10, 1835), The [Charleston] Times published by Thomas Cambell Cox (Monday, January 10, 1810) and The Columbia Herald and General Advertiser (January 7, 1792). 40 Miscellaneous, 1795-1836 Includes several indentures. The first is between Thomas C. Brown, a free black carpenter, and Benjamin Moncrief, a 14 year old free black man whose guardian was John Ball. The second is between Joseph Taylor, a free black bricklayer in Charleston, and William Morgan, also under the guardianship of John Ball. Other items include a copy of “Resolutions of the Board of Commissioners of Roads and documents relating to the property of J. Keating Simons. 41 Receipts, 1730-1748 42 Receipts, 1771-1800 Includes expense lists for items such as a plain gold watch, a Fahrenheit thermometer, legal services, dressmaking, etc. Also included is a full list of books ordered from England by John Ball as well as a detailed expense list for services of Dr. Sam McCormick, who administered medical care to slaves at Backriver. 43 Receipts, 1802-1858, n.d. Receipts for medicine, jewelery, drygoods, newspaper subscriptions, tuition at the Academy of Fine Arts in Charleston, charitable donations to funds for widows and orphans, pew rents for St. Philip’s Church and carpentry work.

BOX 11/516

Folder(s) 01 Correspondence, ca. 1698 and 1763 Includes a letter (1698) from Affra Coming to her sister in which she describes her grief after the death of her husband, John Coming Ball, from “the gout, which seized him after a violent manner for several months with extreme fits of shaking and coldness…”. She also expresses concern over her safety in her newfound status as a widow. A second letter (1763) addressed to Elias Ball is signed “Your Humble Servant, Alexander Muryleas (sp?).” IN the letter, the author discusses obtaining hats in town in a barter situation. 02 Correspondence, 1774 Mostly family correspondence between Elias and John Ball relating to business and family matters 03 Correspondence, 1775 7

Letters relating to family matters sent between Edward Simons, Ca[roline] Simons, John and Elias Ball. 03a Correspondence, 1775 Letters relating to family and business matters, several of which are transcribed. VERY FRAGILE! 04 Correspondence, 1776 Letters relating to family and business matters 05 Correspondence, 1777 Letters relating to family and business matters 06 Correspondence, 1778 Letters relating to family and business matters 07 Correspondence, 1784-1790 Contains letters from Elias Ball IV of Limerick, S.C. to his loyalist cousin Elias Ball III. of Wambaw in exile in Bristol, England. Letters discuss business, family and planation matters as well as “Wambaw” Elias’ return to Charleston after the war. 08 Correspondence, 1784-1788 Correspondence addressed mostly to John Ball. Letter from 27 December 1786 from John Coming Ball to his brother-in-law, Elias Ball III (who was also his first cousin) discussing the estate of John Coming Ball, Sr.’s second wife, Judith Boisseau and other family members. 09 Correspondence, 1791-1799 Family letters addressed to John Coming Ball, Sr. and his wife Jane. Included is a letter from John Ball, Jr. to his father written while he was away at school in Charleston. The younger John thanks his “dear Papa” for the sweet potatoes and a bundle containing cake and ground nuts. He also mentions attending the races and reading Virgil on the weekends. Other letters relate to John Ball’s education at the Charleston Seminary, the estate of Catherine Hort and military instructions sent by Colonial Vanderhorst to Capt. John Ball relating to his commission as Lieutenant and ensign. 10 Correspondence between John Ball, Jr. and his parents, John and Jane, 1798 10a Correspondence written by John Ball, Jr. from Harvard University, Charleston, 11b Kensington Planation and Newport, Rhode Island relating to education, family matters, health, rice and plantation matters. 11-11a Correspondence between John Ball, Jr. and his parents, John and Jane, 1799 Correspondence written by John Ball, Jr. from Harvard University, Charleston, Kensington Planation and Newport, Rhode Island relating to education, family matters, health, rice and plantation matters. 12-12a Correspondence between John Ball, Jr. and his parents, John and Jane, 1800 Correspondence discusses South Carolina politics, the death of George Washington and Charleston news as well as family and business matters. 13-13b Correspondence between John Ball, Jr. and his parents, John and Jane, 1801 Correspondence discusses South Carolina politics, the treatment of slaves and Charleston news as well as family and business matters. Also included is a legal opinion of John J. Pringle regarding Bonneau Ferry in St. Johns Berkeley and letter from Peter Broughton regarding ferries. 14-14a Correspondence between John Ball, Jr. and his parents, John and Jane, 1802 8

Correspondence discusses South Carolina politics and Charleston news as well as family and business matters. 15 Correspondence between William James Ball and his parents, John and Jane, 1805 16-18 Correspondence between William James Ball and his family, 1806-1808

William James Ball was in Edinburgh studying medicine at the University of Scotland.  Letters discusses courses at the University, yellow fever, the character of the Scottish  people, health and political matters.  19 Correspondence, 1800-1809 

Miscellaneous correspondence includes letters from Matthew Bryan and John Bryan to  Elias Ball regarding Strawberry Ferry. Writings from Thomas Scott, Surgeon to the 2nd

West India Regiment describe an herbal remedy for dysentery. Also included are letters from George Lockey, John Ball’s financial agent in England in charge of supervising money for William James Ball while in Scotland. 19a Correspondence, 1806-1809

Miscellaneous correspondence includes many letters from George Lockey and Michael  Bryan as well as correspondence between John and Elia Ball written from Newport,  Rhode Island.  20 Correspondence, 1810-1819  Miscellaneous correspondence includes letters from Lydia Bryan of Charleston, Keating  Simons and farm manager or agent named James Hull.  21 Correspondence: Keating Simons to Isaac Ball, 1802-1805  22 Correspondence between Thomas Slater and Isaac Ball, 1810-1824  Letters from Thomas Slater of London discuss supplies and Elias Ball’s subscription to  European Magazine.  23-28 Letters of Ann Ball to her husband, John, 1819-1831  Letters discuss plantation and family matters and health with mention of slaves at  Kensington and COmingtee plantations throughout. A leter from 18 March 1825  describes Marquis de Lafayette’s visit to Charleston.  29 Correspondence: Eleanor and Keating Simons, Ann and John Ball, 1821-1831  Eleanor and Keating Simons were the parents of Ann Ball and in-laws of John Coming  Ball, Jr.  30-31 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1821-1835  Letters to John Ball, Jr. and others. Correspondents include Elias Octavius Ball, Isaac  Ball, various overseers at Kensington, Quinby and Limerick plantations. Also included is  a letter from Eliza Laurens describing repairs needed on a bridge at Mepkin  plantation.Correspondence from John J. Tscheedy (?) regards planation matters and the  whipping of a domestic slave is described in a letter dated 16 February 1834. Another  letter dated 25 May 1831 from John Ball, Jr. condemns a neglectful overseer.  32-32a Letters f Thomas G. Fincklea to John Ball, 1827-1833 (bulk 1833)  Thomas Finklea was the overseer at Stoke plantation. Letters discuss crop, planation  operations and the health and demeanors of enslaved persons. Letter from 26 Febrarury  1833 describes an incident with runaway slaves.  33 Letters of William A. Turner to John Ball, 1830-1833 

William Turner was the overseer at Quinby plantation.  34-34b Letters of James Coward to John Ball, 1830-1833 

James Coward was the overseer at Kensington and Hyde Park plantation. 9 

35 Correspondence, 1840-1848

Miscellaneous correspondence of William James Ball.  36 Correspondence, 1861-1864 

Letters to William James Ball from Eliza C. Ball, Edmund Ravenel and Mrs. E.A. Poyas.  37 Correspondence, 1866-1869 and miscellaneous items  Includes several letters between William James Ball and Mrs. E.A. Poyas, one of which  contains a poem entitled “Strawberry Ferry.” A letter from the accommodation wharf  firm of Cart, Kopff and Jervery to William J. Ball discusses the quality and value of rice  and asks “how are you getting on with the freedmen?” Also included is a letter addressed  to Eliza C. Ball from a Mrs. A.R. Young of Pendleton, an insurance policy on the roof of  a home situated at the northeast corner of Vernon and East Bay Streets made out to Eliza  C. Ball and a 1868 conveyance of property between Charles S. Darby, Catherine  Lowndes Darby, James Lowndes Brisban and Mrs. Annie Boyd Glover.  38 Correspondence and miscellaneous items, 1871-1879  Letters to William Ball from his cousin Alwyn Ball of New York, a statement of rents  collected by T. Grange Simons for the estate of Elias Ball and tax statements.  39 Correspondence and miscellaneous items, 1880-1891  Letters to William J. Ball from H.W. Howe of Summerville, Henry L. Barker of South  Mulberry, Keating S. Ball and P.D. Hay of St. Helena’s Rectory. Also included are  several receipts and a letter written by William J. Ball addressed to “Mary.”  40 Correspondence, n.d.  Includes letters written by Caroline Simons, Elias Ball, A. Waring, Benjamin Simons,  Mary Simons and Lydia Simons  41 Fragments 

*Addenda to original collection, arranged chronologically (still Box 11/516) 42 James Childs papers, 1708-1712

Includes the Petition (1708) and Will of James Child (1743)  43 Child family papers, 1719 

Includes a loan agreement between James and James Robinson and Isaac Child.  44 Ball family papers  Includes Child family papers dated 1743, a 1763 note of Daniel Huger and the will of  Elias Ball  45 Will of John Coming Ball, 1764  46 Ball family papers, 1772-1774  Includes the will of Judith Ball, a note from Robert Quash to Elias Ball and two letters  between Elias and John Ball discussing family and business matters  47 Letter, Isaac Ball to John Ball, October 1774  48 Letter, Elias Ball, Jr. to John Ball, 12 November 1774  49 Letter, Elias Ball, Jr. to John Ball, 11 February 1775  50 Letters and notes, 1775  51 Judith Ball Will, 1775  52 Letters of Elias Ball, 1784 and a petition brought by Dorta James Brown to John  Coming Ball for the sum of twelve pounds.  53-56 Letters between Elias Ball III (“Wambaw”) and Elias Ball IV, 1784-1787  58 Letter written by Elias Ball, 1788  59 List of Jericho plantation stock, 1793 10 

60 Ball family papers, n.d Includes a petition to the St. John’s Berkeley Roads Commission, receipts, excerpted copies of Trott’s Laws and other philosophical writings. 61 Fragments 62 Ball family papers, 1801-1806 Includes receipts, a letter from John E. Calhoun regarding William Pringle’s opinion on making and repairing ships at Bonneau’s Ferry, a letter from Elias to John Ball and a letter from George Lockey in London regarding family business matters. 63 Ball family papers, 1810 Includes a Carpenter’s tool book for Comingtee which tracks which tools were used by which slaves, a description of land values for 1810 taxes. 64 Ball family papers, 1810

Includes will of Elias Ball and estate papers of John Coming Ball, 1810.  65 Ball family papers, 1821-1833  Includes a letter from young Ann Ball at Lewisfield to “Dear Papa & Mama”,  assignments for the “Strawberry Post Route” in 1833, a list of slaves with task quotas for  Comingtee and Stoke plantations and contracts for overseer Samuel Lynes (Pimlico  Plantation) and Britton Bunch (Midway) including detailed articles of agreement and  salary dispositions.  66 Ball family papers, 1834-1840  Includes papers relating to the auction and sale of slaves that were part of the estates of  John Ball and Keating Simons as well as a codicil to the will of Ann Ball and other estate  related items.  67 Plat, Horse Savannah and miscellaneous land papers, 1840-1894, n.d.  68 John Ball plantation records, 1831-1845 and Ball family genealogical notes  Includes records of clothing and blankets given to slaves at Comingtee, Kensington and  Midway Plantations with some notation of occupations and tools given out. Occupations  include boatman, carpenter, blacksmith, driver, gardener, herdsman, hostler, miller,  stableman, swineheard, wagoner, cook, dairy, house, midwife, nurse, patron, seamstress  and washer. Also includes genealogical notes on Ball, Harleston, Simons and Moultrie  families. Volume also includes material gathered by Ann Simons Ball such as stories,  traditions and extracts from magazines.  69 Loose papers from John Ball plantation book  Include description of a trip to Old Dorchester in 1895, anecdotes and several slave lists  70 John Ball Plantation account book, 1812-1834  Indexed account book including accounts kept by overseers at various plantations. Names  include John Cox, Arthur McFarland, Samuel Lynes, Alexander McKnight, Britton  Bunch, John Dickson, Thomas Fincklea, James Coward and John Page. Of particular  interest is an account with “Free Nancy”, a free black woman at Limerick who was  buying and trading rice and sugar.  71 John Ball account books, 1803-1811 (2) and Carolina O. Ball account book, 1812 

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OVERSIZE DOCUMENTS BOX 33/83 01-02 Oversize papers, 1631-1842 (27 items) Oversize legal and other estate papers (1631-1842) of the Ball family. Included are the wills of John Gough (1738), John Ashby (1729) and Elias Ball (1750 and 1772) as well as indentures, plats and other miscellaneous documents. Indentures included are of: Catherine Simons (1706), Elizabeth Harleston (1659), Elias Ball, for land in Berkeley County, 1714/1715 Issac Child for Strawberry Plantation, 1719 James Dugno for lot # 98 in Charleston, 1692 James Child for Strawberry Plantation, 1696 Issac Child for Childsberry Town lots, 1728 Plats include lands of: Elias Ball, 1768 Thomas Stanyarne for Strawberry Plantation, 1680 John Ball for Oldfield Plantation (Berkeley County), 1791 Also included are: Accounts of John Coming Ball, 1775-1793 Lists of slaves, 1793-1802 Broadside regarding Rules and Resolutions of St. John’s Post, 1842 [Copy] Indian Trade Legislation, 1721 Tax return of Isaac Ball with amounts of acreage for six St. John’s Berkeley plantations Memorial of lands of Isaac Ball Inventory of good belonging to John Harleston, 1631 BOX 47/01 01-04 Oversized papers, 1697-1804 (4 items)

Oversize plats and indentures of the Ball family and their relatives.  Plats include lands of:  John Ball for Midway plantation (St. John’s Berkeley), 1798  James Child for Berkeley County land, 1697/1698  Also included is an indenture for a lot on Hassell Street in Charleston (1804) and the  marriage settlement of Eleanor Wilson and Keating Simons (1793).  BOX 47/020 

Muniments, 1717-1834 (16 items) *Addenda to original collection.  Muniments of the Ball family include:  Sale of land from James Child to Isaac Child, 1717/1718  Indentures regarding family land, 1769  Judith Ball estate papers, 1784  Lydia Simons marriage settlement, 1793  John Williamson land papers, 1805  Renunciation of dower by John Bryan, 1812  Estate papers regarding John Ball, Sr., 1819  Land matters for Ann Ball regarding the estate of John Ball, Jr., 1834  Report of a commission regarding rebuilding of the St. James Goose Creek Church, n.d

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