Pleasant Palestine Ballard

Birth Date

1818

Death Date

1907

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Madison County, Kentucky, hotelkeeper and postmaster. Kentucky native. Married to Mary Ann Francis Ballard in Madison County, Kentucky, on April 16, 1840. Father of Sally Ballard, Bettie Ballard, Catharine Ballard, John Ballard, Rosa Ballard, Bland Ballard, Walter Ballard, and Palestine Ballard. Hotelkeeper in Richmond in 1860. Postmaster of Richmond from April 13, 1861, to December 16, 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 145-46.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Madison County, Richmond, p. 257A.
Kentucky Death Certificates, 1911-1965, Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics, KDLA, Frankfort, KY, File #22325.
Kentucky Marriage Records, 1783-1965, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Madison County Marriages, 1786-1877, Film #000183302, p. 220.
"Pleasant Palestine Ballard (1818-1907)," Find A Grave, Memorial #71580526, accessed December 22, 2018, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71580526.
Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 Records of the Post Office Department, NARA Series M841, RG 28, Madison County, Kentucky, vol. 28, p. 131.

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