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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Captain / Patriotic Service
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Author: D Homer Wright
William Ball was born in 1718 at Berks County, Pennsylvania, a son of John Ball and Sarah Rhodes. In 1742, he married Martha Brumfield/Broomfield/Brumfield, at Culpepper County, Virgina.1
William and Martha had the following children, John, born 1744; Susannah, born 1746; Elizabeth born 1756; Thomas born 1754; Martham born 1761; and William, born 1762.2
William wrote a letter dated, 25 May 1757, to George Washington, requesting reimbursement for Mr. Samuel Poe, who joined the military as a Sergeant. William Ball, accompanied by Captain McNeal, were waiting for the Governor to address this issue of Mr. Poe’s reimbursement. The governor never arrived for the meeting. William Ball then wrote a letter to Mr. Washington, stating 30 Pounds would cover his cost. William Ball was a planter at Lancaster County.
Samuel Poe was a Sergeant in Captain Thomas Waggoner’s Company and was a shoemaker by trade.3
In 1777, William Ball was a captain from Fauquier County.4 As with many colonial families, other members served to promote American freedom. Williams Ball’s son, John, was a captain in the Virginia Militia, and his son Thomas also served in the Virginia Militia.
William Ball died 1785 at Warrenton, Fauquier County, Virginia. Martha Brumfield Ball died in 1780 at Culpeper County, Virginia.
References:
1. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900.
2. Alabama, Surname Files Expanded, 1702-1981.
3. “To George Washington from William Ball, 25 May 1757.” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-04-02-0092. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, Vol. 4, 9 November 1756 – 24 October 1757, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1984, Pg. 164–165.]
4. John H. Gwathney. Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution, 1775-1783. Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore. 1979. Pg. 35.
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