Elizabeth Ballard

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Lucy Lane Erwin included notes in The Ancestry of William Clopton of York County, Virginia (Rutland, VT: Tuttle Publishing Co., Inc., 1939):

From various sources have come scattered bits of information on Cloptons for whom we have not yet found definite connection with the Virginia ancestor, William Clopton. We include such records herewith:

Letter of Clifton F. Davis, Attorney at Law, Shreveport, Louisiana, 11 Aug. 1938:

There is a family tradition of Walter Clopton back of William Ballard and his wife Elizabeth and there is every reason to believe she was Elizabeth Clopton, daughter of Walter Clopton and Mary Jarette.

The writer of the above letter states that William Ballard and his wife Elizabeth were of Lunenburg County, Virginia, where the first deed to him is dated 3 Dec. 1735. About 1760 he removed to Scotland Neck vicinity, Halifax County, North Carolina, and there made his will 10 Sept. 1774 naming wife Elizabeth and children: Mary Allen, Joyce Langley, Elizabeth Freeman, Martha Finch*, Nancy Lenoir, Walter Clopton Ballard, Devereaux Ballard, Salumith Ballard, William Sorrell Ballard.

• Martha Ballard born 2 Nov. 1749 Lunenburg, Va.; died 5 Nov. 1827; married Edward Finch.

The writer had a letter from Edward Finch to General Lenoir, North Carolina, dated 11 June 1794, which refers to a journey to Charles City County, Virginia, with W.C. Ballard March 1st. 1794 and an impending law-suit “in case (Edward Finch) did not accompany W. C. Ballard.” He believed that Elizabeth (wife of William Ballard) was daughter of Walter Clopton and Mary Jarett and there was also a son Richard Clopton born 1731.

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Elizabeth Ballard formerly Clopton Born about 1715 [location unknown] ANCESTORS ancestors Daughter of Walter Clopton and Mary (Jarratt) Clopton Sister of Ann Clopton, William Clopton, Mary Clopton, Walter Clopton, Robert Clopton, Devereaux Clopton, Margaret (Clopton) Bristow, Richard Clopton, Benjamin Clopton, Naomi Clopton and Walter Clopton Wife of William Sorrell Ballard Mother of Martha (Ballard) Finch and Ann (Ballard) Lenoir Died about 1775 in Halifax, North Carolina

Elizabeth was born about 1715. Died 1775-02 Halifax,,North Carolina,USA. Imported only 1775 from Death Date and marked as uncertain.

Quaker Meeting Notes with her husband Ballard referenced

Name: William Ballard Residence Place: Loudoun, Virginia Spouse: Elizabeth Event Type: Removal Monthly Meeting: Goose Creek Monthly Meeting Historical Meeting Data: Search for this monthly meeting in the 'Quaker Monthly Meetings Index' Type (Orthodox or Hicksite): Pre-Separation Yearly Meeting: Baltimore Yearly Meeting Meeting State: Virginia Meeting County: Loudoun