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Ancestors of Mark Willis Ballard

Generation No. 6

32. Harry Ballard, born in Plymouth, England; died 1828 in Athens Co., Ohio.

Children of Harry Ballard are:

	i.	Liza Ballard
	ii.	Jane Ballard
	iii.	Dora Ballard
	iv.	Jess Ballard
	v.	William Ballard
	vi.	Daniel Ballard
16	vii.	Harrison Jackson Ballard, born 1828 in Athens County, Ohio; died Abt. 1901 in Walkerville, Greene County, Illinois; married (1) Mary Jane Ward..

      34. William Ward He married 35. Lucinda.

      35. Lucinda, died August 16, 1858.

Children of William Ward and Lucinda are:

		i.		Newt Ward
		ii.		Matilda Ward
		iii.		Elbert Ward
		iv.		Liza Ward, died in Lithchfield, Illinois; married Jake Rhodes; died in Litchfield, Illinois?.

Notes for Liza Ward:
Elbert Ballard and his half-brother, James Ward lived with Aunt Liza and Uncle Jake for a time. Liza and Jake Rhodes were active members of the Methodist Church in Litchfield, Illinois.

	17	v.		Mary Jane Ward, born January 09, 1831; died October 13, 1865; met (1) Unknown; married (2) Harrison Jackson Ballard.
		vi.		Francis Marion Ward, born Abt. 1845; died in Sulpher Springs, Missouri.

Notes for Francis Marion Ward:
Member of Company B 61st Illinois Regiment under Captain Mann. Fought in Civil War. When Lincoln freed the slaves, the company threatened to lay down their arms. They were fighting to save the union, not free the slaves. Another brother served with him in the Union army. Many of the family were known as 'copperheads' because they were southern sympathizers. Uncle Frank was living in Sulphur Springs, Missouri in 1931 when Russell Ballard talked with him about the family in 1931. --From "History of the Ballard Family" 1996 by Russell Ward Ballard

36. William Lee, born July 10, 1804; died July 19, 1854. He was the son of 72. William Lee and 73. Ann. He married 37. Susannah Miller.

37. Susannah Miller, born 1805; died May 25, 1899.

Notes for Susannah Miller:
According to the information available to Russell Ward Ballard. The Millers were Pennsylvania Dutch. Susannah Miller Lee, a widow for more than forty years was always known as "Granny." She owned a 240 acre farm possibly homesteaded or bought for $1.25 an acre. The title was kept in her name. Her son and his wife and family lived there

Child of William Lee and Susannah Miller is:

John Miller Lee, born May 18, 1838; died June 18, 1904; married (1) Mary Angeline Edwards Abt. 1858; married (2) Kate Campbell Abt. 1873.

38. Ezekiel Edwards He married 39. Polly Rucker.

39. Polly Rucker, born in Kentucky or Tennessee.

Notes for Polly Rucker:
"Polly's parents were plantation owners in Kentucky or Tennessee. Ezekiel Edwards was employed on the plantation. He wooed and won the heart of Polly Rucker, but the marriage gained the disfavor of Polly's parents. so the young married couple came north to Illinois" ---from "History of the Ballard Family" 1966 by Russell Ward Ballard

Children of Ezekiel Edwards and Polly Rucker are:

	i.	Betsy Ann Edwards, married Dave Dodson.
	ii.	Ezekiel Edwards
	iii.	Mahalie Edwards
	iv.	Nancy Edwards
	v.	Mandy Edwards
	vi.	John Edwards
	vii.	James Edwards
	viii.	Austin Edwards
	ix.	Samuel Edwards
	x.	Frankie Edwards
	xi.	George Edwards, married Jenny.
	xii.	William Edwards
19	xiii.	Mary Angeline Edwards, born Abt. 1841; died April 04, 1872; married John Miller Lee Abt. 1858.

40. H. H. Horn

More About H. H. Horn:
Property: Land grant in Navarro Co., TX ³⁸

Children of H. H. Horn are:

	20	i.		Frederick Nash Horn, died October 16, 1866 in San Augustine, Tx; married Sarah Catherine Nicholson March 03, 1859 in San Augustine, Tx.
		ii.		Ransom Horn

Notes for Ransom Horn:
Uncle Ransom apparently raised his nephews John Henry and Robert Archie Horn in the Horn-Polk House which he built in 1840

iii.

Christopher Columbus Horn

      42. ? Nicholson He married 43. Mary McIver.

      43. Mary McIver She was the daughter of 86. John McIver and 87. Mary Monroe.

Child of ? Nicholson and Mary McIver is:

Sarah Catherine Nicholson, died November 19, 1866; married Frederick Nash Horn March 03, 1859 in San Augustine, Tx.

      44. William Sullivan³⁹, born Abt. 1800 in North Carolina; died March 13, 1839 in Jackson Co., Florida. He was the son of 88. Robert Sullivan. He married 45. Olympha Keith November 28, 1822 in Pulaski Co., Georgia.

      45. Olympha Keith, born Abt. 1800 in South Carolina; died January 19, 1873 in Jackson Co., Florida ⁴⁰. She was the daughter of 90. Elihu Keith and 91. Ann ?.

Children of William Sullivan and Olympha Keith are:

22	i.	Cyrus Christopher Columbus Sullivan, born September 22, 1825 in Jackson Co., Florida; died September 09, 1907 in Shelby Co., Texas; married Susan Marion Lockey July 22, 1852 in Jackson County, FL.
	ii.	Louisa Ann Sullivan, born September 27, 1823; died August 23, 1825 in Jackson Co., Florida.
	iii.	William Decatur Sullivan, born March 27, 1829 in Jackson Co., Florida ⁴¹; died Aft. 1882 in Burke Co., GA ⁴²; married Ann E. Gresham October 10, 1854 in Morgan Co., GA.
	iv.	Susannah Eliza Sullivan, born March 29, 1827 in Jackson Co., Florida ⁴³; died February 19, 1905 in Jackson Co., Florida ⁴⁴; married Benjamin Liddon January 03, 1850 in Jackson County, FL.
	v.	Ann Adeline Sullivan, born August 02, 1831 in Jackson Co., Florida ⁴⁵; died Bef. December 1866; married Richard J. Callahan November 1856 in Jackson County, FL.
	vi.	John Bainbridge Sullivan, born November 01, 1833 in Jackson Co., Florida⁴⁵; died August 06, 1834 in Jackson Co., Florida⁴⁵
	vii.	Elizabeth Jane Sullivan, born December 03, 1835 in Jackson Co., Florida⁴⁵; died Aft. 1877; married Malcolm M. Graham December 08, 1859.

      46. John Peyton Lockey, born June 10, 1805 in Wilmington, New Hanover, NC; died January 23, 1891 in Snead Landing, FL. He was the son of 92. Henry Lockey and 93. Suzanna Burns. He married 47. Eliza Russ 1829 in Washington Co., FL.

      47. Eliza Russ, born October 25, 1810 in Brunswick, NC; died 1841 in Washington Co., FL. She was the daughter of 94. Robert Russ and 95. Eliza Lewis.

Child of John Lockey and Eliza Russ is:

Susan Marion Lockey, born June 21, 1835 in Washington Co., FL ?; died January 02, 1888 in Shelbyville, Shelby Co., Texas; married Cyrus Christopher Columbus Sullivan July 22, 1852 in Jackson County, FL.

      48. Captain Isaac Willis⁴⁶, born November 01, 1774 in Culpeper County, Virginia; died October 03, 1867 in Locust Grove, Culpeper County, Virginia. He was the son of 96. William Willis and 97. Elizabeth Garnett. He married 49. Ann Garnett May 22, 1798.

      49. Ann Garnett, born September 20, 1777 in Culpeper County, Virginia; died March 12, 1840 in Culpeper County, Virginia. She was the daughter of 98. Reuben Garnett and 99. Mary Twyman.

Notes for Captain Isaac Willis:
Notes for CAPTAIN ISAAC WILLIS:
From "Early Churches of Culpeper County, Virginia: Colonial and Ante-Bellum Congregations" edited by Thomas and Green, published by the Culpeper Historical Society, 1987.
Chapter III; "History of Crooked Run Baptist Church, 1772-1986" by William Spotswood Burwell and Elizabeth Valentine Garnett:

"... in the Rapidan area stood "Locust Grove," built around 1700. It was the home of Captain Isaac Willis (1774-1867), who married Ann Garnett (1777-1840), of "Quiet Shade," the sister-in-law of Elder James Garnett II. Captain Willis received his commission from James Monroe, Governor of Virginia. 1799-1802. Willis became a member of the Crooked Run Baptist Church at 25 years of age and "remained on of its prominent members." His obituary noted in 1868 that he had 160 descendants and that "not one of them is addicted to intemperance or immoral habits." Two of his grandsons, E.J. and J.C. Willis, became Baptist ministers. "Locust Grove" is now owned by Mrs. John Womeldorph."

A story from the Civil War:
"Leigh Garnett Taliaferro (1892-1986) tells the story of her mother Florence (Garnett) Garnett with a Yankee when she was about eight years old at "Locust Grove," the house of her great-grandfather, Captain Isaac Willis. When Yankee officers rode up and tied their horses to the yard fence, Isaac Willis invited them to use the tie rack (as he did not want his fence destroyed). They disregarded this and proceeded to enter the house and demand breakfast. Little Florence stood by to operate the punka to keep the flies away. (Usually little black boys did this.) As the officer rose from the table the corner of the punka struck his head. Florence, afraid she might be killed, ran and hid under her grandmother's long skirt. When the danger had passed, Florence felt better and boasted, "I struck a Yankee!"

(See the notes of Isaac's uncle James Garnett, Sr., and those of James Garnett, II, the cousin his wife Anne, for further information on the Crooked Run Church.)

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Isaac and his wife Anne were 1st cousins.

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From The Virginia Genealogist, Vol. 16, #4, pgs. 270-280, "Culpeper County, Virginia, District of Aaron Lane, Virginia, 1800 Tax List":

"Willis, Isaaac: 1 white male, 7 horses owned, 2 slaves over 16"

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****** A deed dated September 22, 1824 in Culpeper County (Deed Book RR, pg. 300). "From Robert Garnett Sr. of Culpeper to Isaac Willis of Culpepper for $3,510.00, 3 tracts on one of which the said Robert Garnett lives containing 212 acres, and one other tract containing 100 acres which was conveyed to Robert Garnett by John Waugh in 1793, and one tract containing 40 acres."

Isaac and Anne are nephew and niece to Robert Garnett. This is the year that Robert reportedly moved to Kentucky on horseback. This is probably his final dispersion of remaining property in Culpeper County, prior to the move. The 212 acre parcel seems to be the core parcel of "The Horseshoe" plantation, on the confluence of the Robinson and Rapidan Rivers, conveyed to Robert by his father Anthony in 1794, and apparently containing the house. The other 2 parcels are apparently adjacent to "The Horseshoe" or at least nearby, and were obtained by Robert in 1793 and 1803. (See notes on Anthony and Robert Garnett.)

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****** A deed dated September 8, 1834 in Culpeper County (Deed Book #2, pg. 2). "From Isaac Willis and wife to George Morton of Orange, for $5,159.00, conveying 3 tracts in Culpeper County containing 212 acres, 100 acres, and 40 acres, being the same 3 tracts purchased by Isaac Willis from Robert Garnett, Sr. by deed dated September 22, 1824, of record in Culpeper."

These are obviously the same 3 parcels of land that were purchased 10 years earlier in 1824. Isaac and Anne apparently never lived on any of the parcels, living on the nearby "Locust Grove" plantation. This deed marked the passing of "The Horseshoe" plantation from the Garnett Family.

According to the 1810 census of Culpeper Co., Isaac Willis's household included: 3 free white males under 10, one free white male between 26 and 45 (presumably Isaac), one free white female under 10 and one between 10 and 16, one free white female between 26 and 45 and one 45 or over, and 24 slaves.

More About Captain Isaac Willis:
Residence: Bet. 1774 - 1867, Locust Grove, Culpeper Co., VA

Children of Isaac Willis and Ann Garnett are:

James Willis, married Elizabeth Gordon 1827; born Abt. 1809.

Notes for James Willis:
Built the house at Spring Hill before 1827 when James and Elizabeth were married. Spring Hill is located in Orange County near the foot of Clark's Mountain on the west side, the house facing the Rapidan River and commanding a lovely view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The house burned in 1901.

24	ii.	Larkin Willis, born February 26, 1800 in Locust Grove, Culpeper Co., Va; died February 21, 1856 in Woodland, Orange Co., VA; married (1) Sarah Emily Fry Abt. 1821; married (2) Mary Gordon July 15, 1823 in Western View, Culpeper Co., VA.
	iii.	Mary Willis, born 1803; died 1872; married James Garnett 1825; born 1800; died 1876.
	iv.	Arabella Willis
	v.	Robert Willis
	vi.	Benjamin Willis
	vii.	Sarah Willis
	viii.	Elizabeth Willis, married John Milton Garnett; born July 27, 1804.

Notes for John Milton Garnett:
From "Notes on the Garnett Families of Virginia" from Charles L. Garnett:

****** Will Book R., page 58, Culpeper County. Appraisement of estate of John M. Garnett, Dec'd. Return into Court October 16, 1848

****** Will Book R, page 72, Culpeper County. Sale of personal property of John M. Garnett's estate. To James Garnett, Jr., bed and bolster. Allowed December 1848.

****** Will Book 325, Culpeper County. Estate of John M. Garnett, Dec'd. Joel Garnett, administrator. Dr. John N. Garnett's acct. $10.00. R. Garnett's acct. $35. Joel Garnett, Sr. bond and int. $42.00. Dated November 5, 1850.

****** Will Book S, page 29, Culpeper County. Estate of John M. Garnett. Josel Garnett qualified as administrator September 18, 1848. To cash paid Jeremiah C. Garnett, distributee. To cash paid Jeremiah C. Garnett as guardian of Eleanora Garnett, distributee. To payment to Manlius A. Garnett, distributee, and John K. Garnett, distributee. To Elizabeth Garnett, guardian of Polly A. Garnett. Account allowed March 15, 1852.

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