Joseph Martin Ballew, I

From http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnsmith/ccarticles/oct29-ABCD-195...

Another will, Susanna Ballou, September 25, 1775; children, Robert, Ann, Charles, Thomas, Joseph, John Leonard, a grandchild, Leonard Patterson.  Executor, Leonard Ballou, and witnesses, Joseph Ballou, Dianah Ballou and Robert Ballou, proven February 12, 1756.

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Joseph Martin Ballew was an indian scout, surveyor and Marshal under President Harrison.

Joseph Martin Ballew, Indian Scout Marshall
Biography Taken from Abstracts of The Revolutionary War Pension Files - a mixture of information about Joseph Ballew Jr. and Sr.:

This portion is interesting, Joseph Jr being the son of Diana Lightsky?

Colonial records of Tax and Land shows him to be an Indian Scout for the Loyalist. After further research, I found that this meant that he explored unknown Indian Territories for the Virginia Company. To do this would have meant that he was some type of surveyor. Tax records did not show him a land owner nor did it show that he was taxed on any personal property. The Virginia Company usually provided living Quarters for those that worked for them and traveled. Therefore, there would have been no reason for him to be a land owner. Found in Indian Agents Of Antebellum Times: Joseph Martin was a noted Indian fighter in his earlier youth. He was appointed by Gov. Benjamin Harrison as Indian Agent and in his instructions, he said "much thereafter must be left to your prudence and discretion in both which I have confidence".

Joseph Martin Ballew, Sr. and Diana Lightsky's children:

1.George Ballew
2.Peter Ballew
3.Nancy Susannah Ballew m. John Rutherford
4.Richard Ballew
5.Stephen Ballew
6.Joseph William Ballew b: 7 APR 1750 in Bedford Co, VA
7.Robert Ballew b: 1752 in Buckingham, Co, VA
8.Rebecca Ballew b: 1756
9.Jane Ballew b: 30 JUL 1756 in Bedford, VA
10.Joseph Ballew b: 17 MAR 1757 in Buckingham, Co, VA
11.Elizabeth Ballew b: 10 JAN 1761 in Bedford Co, VA