John Ball: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. John Ball (son of Ausburn Ball and Martha "Patsey" Thomason).

Generation: 2

Ausburn Ball was born 14 Apr 1779, Buncombe County, North Carolina (son of Edward Ball and Elizabeth Osborne); died 29 May 1860, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Ball Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

Other Events:

Also Known As: Osborne Ball

Notes:

Misty Spinelli lists given name as Asborn.

On the GRS CD ROM # CD 229 Marriage Records for the Southern States an Osbourne Ball married Patsey Thomason on 26 September 1803 in Grainger County, Tennessee.

1830 Cocke County, Tennessee Census lists Asbern Ball next to Royal Ball.

1850 Cocke County, Tennessee Census lists given name as Osborne, age as 71, occupation as Farmer and value of land $200.
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Reference:
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.
Misty Spinelli
http://www.liberty.com/home/hannibal/censusb.txt.

Ausburn married Martha "Patsey" Thomason 26 Sep 1803, Grainger County, Tennessee. Martha (daughter of George Thomason and Rachel Hudspeth) was born 18 Apr 1785, Virginia; died 1860, Taylorsburg, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Ball Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Martha "Patsey" Thomason was born 18 Apr 1785, Virginia (daughter of George Thomason and Rachel Hudspeth); died 1860, Taylorsburg, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Ball Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

Notes:

Misty Spinelli lists surname as Thompson.

1850 Cocke County Census lists age as 64 unable to read or write.
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Reference:
Misty Spinelli
Timothy Welch Stinnett GEDCOM, August 1995.

Children:

Royal Ball
Maranie "Ranie" Ball was born Abt 1805, Tennessee; died 20 Apr 1891; was buried Blacks Cemetery, Hartford, Cocke County, Tennessee.
Mary "Meekie" Ball was born 1807, North Carolina; died 28 Feb 1871; was buried Old Osborne Ball Family Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
Merriman Ball was born 1809, North Carolina; died 16 Jan 1884; was buried Merriman Ball Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
Alfred Ball was born 28 Mar 1811, North Carolina; died 14 Jun 1898, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Ball Cemetery, Jefferson County, Tennessee.
Elmina Ball was born 31 Oct 1812, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 19 Jun 1893, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Stinnett Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Nelson Morgan Ball was born 6 Jan 1814, Haywood County, North Carolina; died 28 Jun 1895, Jones Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee.
Almeda C. Ball was born 1814; died 1866.
Adonijah D. "Nigel" Ball was born Abt 1820, Cocke County, Tennessee.
Tilman Ball
Ira Ball was born 7 May 1827, Tennessee; died 15 Nov 1893, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Ball Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.
Nelson Ball
1. John Ball
Aaron Ball
Sarah Ball
Jenny Ball

Generation: 3

4. Edward Ball
Edward — Elizabeth Osborne. [Group Sheet]

Elizabeth Osborne

Children:

2. Ausburn Ball was born 14 Apr 1779, Buncombe County, North Carolina; died 29 May 1860, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Ball Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.

6. George Thomason
George — Rachel Hudspeth. [Group Sheet]
7.
Rachel Hudspeth
Children:

3. Martha "Patsey" Thomason was born 18 Apr 1785, Virginia; died 1860, Taylorsburg, Cocke County, Tennessee; was buried Ball Cemetery, Cocke County, Tennessee.