Display Patriot - P-107963 - Bland Williams BALLARD Jr

Bland Williams BALLARD Jr

SAR Patriot #: P-107963

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State of Service: VA Qualifying Service: Private

DAR #: A005521

Birth: 16 Oct 1759 Fredericksburg / Spotsylvania / VA
Death: 05 Sep 1853 / Shelby / KY

Qualifying Service Description:

Capt Benjamin Roberts, Col Crockett, Militia

Additional References:

Pension S*W20655

Spouse: (1) Elizabeth Williamson; (2) Diana Mathews; (3) Elizabeth Weaver Garrett
Children: Sally; Susan; James;

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None^*

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Burial:

Frankfort Cemetery_(C-0070424)

Location:

Frankfort / Franklin / KY / USA

Find A Grave Cemetery #:

169757

Grave Plot #:

Grave GPS Coordinates:

38.192980 / -84.864560

Find A Grave Memorial #:

7226143

Marker Type:

SAR Grave Dedication Date:

Comments:

gravestone photo used with permission of Compatriot Steve Ballard

Directions to Cemetery / Gravesite:

Photo: 1 of 1

Author: Steven K. Ballard

Bland W. Ballard was born near Fredericksburg, Virginia, on 16 October 1761.

He came to Kentucky in 1779, when he was 18 years old; he joined the militia. He enlisted in the Spring of 1779 in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, for three years in Captain Benjamin Robert’s company in Slaughter’s corps. He served in Colonel Bowman’s expedition in May 1779. During General Clark’s expedition against the Piqua towns in July 1780, he was seriously wounded in the hip, and he suffered from it until his death. He served again in General Clark’s expedition in November 1782 against the same towns.

After the Revolution, he was a spy for General Clark in the Wabash expedition, rendered abortive by a mutiny of the soldiers in 1786. On 31 March 1788, he survived the Tick Creek massacre in current-day Shelby County, Kentucky, in which his father, stepmother, two brothers, and a half-sister were killed. In 1791, he was a guide under Genenerals Scott and Wilkinson. On 20 August 1794, he was with General Wayne at the Battle of the “Fallen Timbers.”

A veteran of the War of 1812, he survived one more deadly fight with Native American warriors following the U.S. defeat at the Battle of the River Raisin on 22 January 1813 near present-day Monroe, Michigan.

He was elected to the Kentucky General Assembly in 1800, 1803 and 1805. Ballard County, Kentucky, was named in his honor in 1842.

The Patriot died in Shelby County, Kentucky, on 5 September 1853 – at the age of 92 years. His remains are interred in the State Cemetery at Frankfort.

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