Family Index is at:http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ky/pulaski/vitals.htmlspouse: Lewis, William Thomas (1856 - )
1855 Births; page 6
S/C = Sex/Condition (Alive or Dead)
Co = Color (White, Black, or Mulatto)
PC = Pulaski County, KY
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Typescript page preceeding actual records: "1855-1856 Pulaski CountyBirths - All births on the
following assessor's list are assumed to be 1855 unless they are dated1856." [this transcription
only lists the year if given - no assumptions have been made. vjd]
Birth Date Child S/C Father/OwnerMother Co Birthplace Residence
11 Dec Maria E. Ballow F/A Levi BallowPolly Ann Lewis W C. River PC
Per letter to Cal Smith editor of Lafayette TN Smith County tn newspaperOctober 1, 1953, Mary Ballou Lewis was living then in Greenwood KY.
Burial - [place: Greenwood KY cemetery]
Diary of a Geological Tour by Dr. Elisha Mitchell in 1827 and 1828 withIntroduction and Notes by Dr. Kemp P. Battle, LL.D.spouse: Rose, Parlenia J. (*1824 - )
Published as James Sprunt Historical Monograph No. 6, by the Universityof North Carolina, 1905
45. Meredith Ballou, a Frenchman, came to Ashe about A.D. 1800, and diedin 1847, bought nearly all the available iron ore in the county. He wasan influential man, surveyor of note, and was for a while CountySurveyor. He left sons and daughters, all of whom had families. Among hissons was Napoleon Ballou to whom he deeded all his mineral interests ayear before he died and Napoleon endeavored by will to entail hisproperty, but the will was broken. There was also litigation over thepurchase of his interests at a Sheriff's sale. Many prominent lawyerswere employed on one side or the other of the various Ballou suits,including two concerning the will of Meredith Ballou. It is said thatNapoleon once refused $50,000 cash for his interests. The old forge isnot worked now and has not been for years. A grandson of the oldFrenchman, Albert Lucien Ballou, was a law student of the University ofN.C. in 1902.
From Ballous in America by Hawley 1937: Merideth Ballou spent his adultlife in two several sections of Ashe Co., N. C. He was a man ofdistinction -- wealthy in lands, mines, negroes and all the concomitantsof an old fashioned Southern planter -- an influential magistrate of hisCounty -- and an eminent member of the Regular Baptist denomination. Mrs.Mary, the wife of his youth, a pious Baptist, and the mother of the abovenamed chn., d. June 12, 1831, a. 51 yrs. 1 mo. and 9 ds. At the age of70, Merideth3 m. his 2d wife, but had no further issue. He d. Mar. 17,1847, a. 80 yrs. 5 mos. and 18 ds. He left a large estate to his chn. Heowned, at one time, 10,000 acres of land, rich in mineral ores.spouse: Baker, Mary (*1778 - )
Twin to Emerine
spouse: Walden, May Bell (*1917 - )
In WWII he served in the US Navy. In 1945 he went down on the USSIndianapolis.
TSeabaugh@@aol.com wrote:spouse: Colyer, Dorcas (1785 - 1843)
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> Hello my name is Troy Seabaugh, According to our family record book I do
> believe we have the same entry. If you see this to be true please letme know
> so that we may work discuss this.
>
> William Calvert
> born Feb. 26, 1757 died May 31, 1834
> Married July 18, 1780 to Elizabeth Nodding born 2 -29-1761 died11-6-1826
> Children
> John Calvert Oct. 18, 1781 died Sept. 13, 1839
> Married Dorcas Collyar
This was second wife of Charles G. Colyer Jr. having married after deathof his first wife.spouse: Colyer, Charles G. (1869 - 1956)
, a niece of Col. Robert Carter, of "Corotoman," per Colonial Familesof the Southern Statesspouse: Collier, William (1724 - 1815)