Charles BALLOW
Birth:
4 Aug 1722
Henrico, Virginia
Death:
18 May 1767
Cumberland, Virginia
Marriage:
Abt 1754
of Henrico, Virginia
Father:
Mother:
Sources:
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Notes:
Birth date taken from Ballew Family Bible in Library of VA
Death date taken from will dated 18 May 1767, proved 23 November 1767 (Cumberland, CO, VA WB 1 pg. 333.)
In 1761 Charles Ballow bought 230 acres "Formerly in Goochland now in Cumberland" from Richard Daniel and Agnes, his wife.
Charles died in Cumberland County (will dated 18 May 1767, recorded 23 Nov 1767.) He remembered his wife, Temperance, in his will and left property to six children, some of whom were underage. Temperance renounced the will. Sons Thomas, William, and Charles placed their names on a petition on Cumberland county in1780 expressing his belief that preachers who refuse to give allegiance to the state should not enjoy the same privileges as citizens who have fulfilled all requirements of government
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Cumberland Will Book 1 - Pg. 333«/b»
Charles Ballow of Cumberland County and Parish of Southam, being a sound mind and memory, do make this, my will. To my wife, Temperance Ballow - my negro man, Joe, and my Negro woman, Judith, at the time that my son, William Ballow, shall arrive to lawful age, to be then divided and to her disposal forever.
To my daughter, Anne Ballow-my Negro boy, Jammey, that is now at her grandfather Bailey's and my Negro girl, Amey, when she shall be of age or marry, and if either of them die before my said daughter, Anne, shall be of age or marry, then I give to my said daughter, Anne, the first child that shall be born of my Negro women, Patt or Betty, in lieu thereof.
To my son, Charles Ballow - my tract of land that I bought of Richard Daniel on Appomattox River in Cumberland County being the land whereon I now live. Also my Negro man, Jack and my Negro girl, Janney, and all her increase when my son, William Ballow shall arrive at lawful age, then my said son Charles to have possession of the said Negroes.
To my son, William Ballow- my tract of land on little Guinea Creek in Cumerland County that I bought of Joseph Jinkins. Also, my Negro boy, Tulley, and my Negro girl, Hannah, and her increase, when my said son William shall arrive at lawful age.
I desire that when my son, William, shall arrive at lawful age, that one half of my household and kitchen furniture be equally divided between my wife, Temperance, and my daughter Anne, my son, Charles, and my son, William. The other half of my household and kitchen furniture to remain undivided in the possession of my executors, and my Negroes Betty, Patt, Lucy, Jammy, Abram, Harry, and Greenock, until my son, Jesse, shall arrive at lawful age, and then with all their increase I give to be equally divided between my sons, Thomas, John, and Jesse Ballows, and my daughter, Mary Ballow. If any money shall be raised by my executors from the profits of my estate before a division is made, I want such money to be my my executors laid out in the purchase of a tract of land to work the Negroes on, from the time of the first division until the 2nd division shall happen, which will be at my son, Jesse, coming to lawful age, and then I give the said tract of land after the said division, to my son, Thomas Ballow. I do not want my estate appraised.
Executors: my son, Charles Ballow, Thomas Prosser, Edward Haskins, and Alex'r Trent - Signed May 18, 1767 - Chas. Ballow
Witnesses - James (+his mark) Dowdie Jr, Thos. Davenport Jr, John Burton
At a Court held for Chumberland County on 23 November 1767, this will of Charles Ballow, deceased, was proved by the oath of Thomas Davenport Jr. and John Burton, two of the witnesses thereto, and by the Court ordered to be recorded. And on the motion of Edward Haskins, one of the executors therein named, who made oath, certificate I granted him for obtaining a probate thereof, giving Security, whereupon he, with Thompson Swann, his security, entered into bond. Liberty is reserved to the other executors to join in probate.
«b»Abstracts of Cumberland County, Virginia - Will Books 1 and 2 - 1749-1782 - abstracted by Katherine Reynolds
Pg. 333 «/b»will of Charles Ballow of Southam Parish - dated 18 May 1767, Pro. 23 November 1767 - Wife: Temperance - Son: William - Daughter: Anne Ballow - negro boy: Jammey that is now at her grandfather Bailey's - and my negro girl Amey when she shall be of age - son, Charles Ballow, land I bought of Richard Daniel on Appomattox River in Cumberland County - son: Jesse (under age) - son: John - daughter: Mary Ballow.
Executor: son, Charles Ballow, Thomas Prosser, Edward Hoskins and Alex Trent - Witnesses: James Dowdie, Jr., Thos. Davenport, Jr., John Burton.
«b»Pg. 335 - Cumberland County, Sct«/b». To all to whom it may concern, know that I, Temperance Ballow, widow of Charles Ballow, late of the said County, deceased, do declare that I will not accept the legacies to me given by my said husband by his will, and I do renounce all benefit which I might claim by such will. signed January 25, 1768 - Temperance Ballow
Witnesses: Fran's Amose, Simon Rowland, G. Carrington Jr. The above declaration was proved by George Carrington Jr., a witness thereto, and on the motion of the said Temperance Ballow, ordered to be recorded on February 22, 1768.
«b»The Southside Virginia (Volume 4) - Page 157«/b»
Hudson, Trudie Davis Long (8213 Mapleville Road, Mount Airy, MD 21771) looking for the parents of Hyram Hudson b. 1798 Cumberland Co., VA - m 1832 Person County, NC to
Nancy Vanhook - d 1867 Halifax County, VA. They are supposed to be Thomas Hudson and Ann Foulks. Thomas is supposed to be the son of John Hudson and Mary Ballow. she was the daughter of Charles Ballow and Temperance Bailey. Charles (1722-1766). All SASE answered.
Temperance BAILEY
Birth:
14 Jun 1739
Virginia
Death:
9 Feb 1779
Virginia
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Cumberland Will Book 1 - Pg. 335 - Cumberland County, Sct. To all to whom it may concern, know that I, Temperance Ballow, widow of Charles Ballow, late of the said County, deceased, do declare that I will not accept the legacies to me given by my said husband by his will, and I do renounce all benefit which I might claim by such will. - Signed 25 January 1768 - Temperance Ballow
Witnesses: Fran's Amose, Simon Rowland, G. Carrington, Jr., The above declaration was proved by George Carrington Jr., a witness thereto, and on the motion of the said Temperance Ballow, ordered to be recorded on 22 February 1768.
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
Abt 1755
of Virginia
Death:
12 Aug 1789
Cumberland, Virginia
Notes:
Served in the Cumberland county militia during the Revolution. He may also have been the man of this name who was a sergeant General Nelson's Corps, Virginia Light Dragoons. Charles Ballow commanded a militia company that Cornwallis nearly annihilated 16 August 1780 when he struck the patriot army under Gen. Horatio Gates. Charles was present also at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse in March 1781. The Commonwealth compensated several men for guns they provided Capt. Ballow's men before they departed to join General Greene.
Ballow was head of a household of 5 whites and 13 blacks in Cumberland county in 1782. Charles was enumerated in Cumberland County in 1784 but no one was in his household. Perhaps he was then dead. Charles was most certainly dead by 1789 when three Cumberland County citizens inventoried the estate of Major. Charles Ballow.
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«/b»birthdate given as 1755 Cumberland, Virginia, USA
Development of the Town of Felixville
The small village of Felixville was divided by a main street which also served as the main public road. Dr. Newton Ford, previous post masert at Cumberland Court House, kept the post office established there in April of 1813, but discontinued March of 1816. There was a "still house" [distillery] mentioned as early as 1811 between Lots 1 & 3, when Dr. Ford wanted to "cut a ditch" between it and the "tatter's shop.". . . The first stores in Felixville were opened by John Brown and Harris & Farris Co. For several years, Allen Crenshaw had a store on Lot 15.
Next to the mill, the most important building in Felixville, was the tavern on Lot #11. The tavern lot was the most heavily taxed, having a land value of $1020 and a building value of $1000. Three tavern-keepers other than the Fords were issued ordinary licenses to keep tavern there: William H. Phillips, James M. Taylor and Reuben F. Clopton. Frequent visitors to the tavern were "Mostly herders of great droves of cattle, hogs, sheep and horses on the way to Richmond."
Little by little, Hobson & French gained possession of most of the entire Felixville tract and its mill. In April of 1818, Charles Ballow sold them (Hobson & French) his "half to three-quarter acre lot," and in 1820, another seven and a quarter acres, formerly the property of William Taylor, now deceased. In 1823 Hezekiah Ford & Company sold the 90-acre mill pond to them. In 1833 and 34, heirs of John Ford, Jr. dec'd, John P. Ford of Sauderdale County, Alabama, and Augustus H. and Ann M. Ford of Madison County, Alabama, sold the final fifth interest which had descended to them. In 1838, Benjamin Hobson and Hugh French sold the 100-acre tract to Hugh French's son-in-law, merchant Meriwether Goodman and his brother, Thomas A. Goodman. The Goodmans paid $2100 for the tract, less than half of what Hobson & French paid for their initial 15 acres.
Thus the site of the town of Felixville was absorbed by the tract known as "Edge Hill." After it passed through Goodman hands, it became the property of three sets of brothers, William, George and James Lee Carter, E.P., Roy and Lee Ownby; and lastly, O.P. and Ashton Travis Harwood of Charles City County. By 1836, the town had failed. By the 1950's the land once used for growing tobacco was converted to tree farming. Edge Hill continues today as a tree farm.
Charles Ballow died 1789 "intestate." - Felixville failed: (1) The mill dam created a stagnant pond in which mosquitoes bred. Their bite caused "sever bilious attacks.". . . . (2) Felixville was inaccessible. It lay two miles off the main Buckingham Road on "low ground" at the bottom of a very steel hill. In bad weather, the high was impassable due to the mud and gullies caused by the rain. (3) Felixville entertained only those who travelled the "back" road, mainly drovers and local travellers to and from Prince Edward or Buckingham Counties. (4) The townsmen anticipated a great deal of trade on the Appomattox due to the completion of the Upper Appomattox Navigation system.. (5) Two financial crises occured durng its growth: The "Panic of 1819" and the "Pamic of 1837." General overspending. The overabundant issue of paper money increased credit expansions which banks were not obliged to redeem in specie (coin). Land and agriculture products fell to 1/2 the former prices. "Farmers could not pay the storekeeper, and the storekeeper could not pay the merchant."
2
Jesse BALLOW
Birth:
Abt 1756
Cumberland, Virginia
Death:
Marr:
Notes:
Unmarried
3
Birth:
31 Aug 1759
Cumberland, Virginia
Death:
Cumberland, Virginia
Notes:
Sources for information on family:
VA IGI - 1992 - 8706306-14
Ancestral file
4
Birth:
Abt 1760
of Cumberland, Virginia
Death:
Notes:
Sergeant in the Continental Line during the Revolution. William ballow was head of a household of two whites and two blacks in Cumberland County in 178i2. He oversaw a household of seven whites in 1784.
6
Birth:
Abt 1764
of Cumberland, Virginia
Death:
30 Aug 1810
Cumberland, Virginia
Notes:
Paying taxes in Cumberland County in 1800.
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Charles Ballow - Temperance Bailey
Charles Ballow
was born at Henrico, Virginia 4 Aug 1722.
His parents were Charles Ballow and Tabitha Cocke.
He married Temperance Bailey Abt 1754 at of Henrico, Virginia . Temperance Bailey was born at Virginia 14 Jun 1739 daughter of Abraham Bailey and Temperance Cocke .
They were the parents of 7
children:
Charles Ballow
born Abt 1755.
Jesse Ballow
born Abt 1756.
Thomas Ballow
born 31 Aug 1759.
William Henry Ballow
born Abt 1760.
Anne Ballow
born Abt 1762.
John Ballow
born Abt 1764.
Mary Ballow
born Abt 1766.
Charles Ballow died 18 May 1767 at Cumberland, Virginia .
Temperance Bailey died 9 Feb 1779 at Virginia .