Moses Ball
b.1768 - Fairfax Co, Va
d.1840 09 Jul - Chadwell Station,Church,Lee Co.,VA
----- Marriages -----
m01. 1789 17 Feb - Lee Co, Va + Elizabeth Yeary
Cousin or nephew to George Washington's mother, Mary BALL, maybe.
DAR number 131721
Moses willed the home place to George Washington BALL. Deed Book I, Lee
Co., VA. Will
dated 19 Sep 1830, and lists William, Thomas, Matilda, Kessiah (spelled
Kisiah in the will),
George, and probably others, acc. to IGI.
Settled in Powell Valley in what became Lee County, 1792-3. DEED BOOK 1,
p. 186, 5 Nov
1791, says he bought 150 acres of land "in Russell County, lying on
Powell Valley on Indian Creek,
joining the lands of Joseph MARTIN and David CHADWELL", according to
"Early Settlers of Lee
Co. VA & Adjacent Counties, Vol II", p. 714, by Hattie M. Bales.
Source: Letter dated 24 Sept. 1994 from Wes Forbis. Agreed on birth year
and death date.