William Ball (1797 - 1851)

Born 1797 in Boons Path, Lee, Virginia, United States [uncertain]

Husband of Permelia (Akers) Ball — married 24 Aug 1820 in Loudoun, Virginia, United States

Husband of Rosanna (Davis) Ball — married 3 Dec 1832 in Loudoun, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Died 28 Oct 1851 at about age 54 in Loudon County, (Snickerville) Virginia, United States

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Biography

William grew up in Snickerville, later called Bluemont, VA. He was a wheelwright, possibly apprenticed to Timothy Carrington, his neighbor and a wagon maker. William's parents have been impossible to prove with any certainty. He fought in the war of 1812. He married Permelia Akers - both names carry alternate spellings in the sources - and had three children - Edward, Franklin and Margaret. After Permelia's death, he married Rosanna Davis and had several more children - among the possibilities are Mary (1834), Jane Ann (uncertain - may have left home before the 1850 census and can't be located elsewhere), James William, Cornelia, Thomas, Susan, John Milton and Francis Marion. He died in 1851.

Sources

• Family scrapbook

• Ball, Helen, Benjamin Franklin Ball (Husband of Ann Elizabeth Rose): His Ancestors and Descendants, Self Published, 1982. Contains hundreds of pages of copied documents, courthouse research and personal family interviews and correspondence. The author, Mrs. Ball (Helen Anne Trippe Wiki profile Trippe-199) was married to HR Ball (Wiki Profile Ball -11753), the grandson of Benjamin Franklin Ball (Wiki profile Ball-11741). Profile manager is glad to share resources and copies with other interested persons.

• 1820 Marriage to Parmeley (Parmelia, Paarmeley) Acers (Akers) - found on Ancestry - https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=FS1VirginiaMarriages&h=2721526&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=7836

• 1830 Census. - William Ball 1-1-1-1-0-1 - "United States Census, 1830," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5F-VHC : 19 August 2017), William Ball, Snickersville, Loudoun, Virginia, United States; citing 95, NARA microfilm publication M19, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 193; FHL microfilm 29,672.

• Copy of Indenture dated 1828 between William and Parmelia (spelled variously), Loudon County, VA - found in Helen Ball's book

• 1832 - marriage to Rosanna Davis, Loudon County VA 3 Dec 1832. Cited in Helen Ball's book.

• 1850 Census, Snickersville, Loudon, VA - cited in Helen Ball's book.

William Ball, 53, Wheelwright Ann Ball 43 Margaret Ball 22 William Ball 14 Cornelia Ball 12 Thomas Ball 11 Susan Ball 9 John Ball 8 Mary Ball 6 Eliza Ball 3 Note: William did not marry Rosanna until 1832 - Margaret is presumably the daughter of William's first wife, Permelia, who had died prior to 1832.

• Book: Snickerville by Jean Heron Smith

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 May 2016, 05:58), entry for Willm. Ball(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:M4Z6-36V); contributed by various users.