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John M. Ball (Nicholas Co, KY, farmer)

b. 1826-04-26

Nicholas County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Rebecca W. Collins Ball in Nicholas County on August 4, 1856. Father of Lemira Ball and Nancy E. Ball. Farmer in Nicholas County in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Nicholas County in 1860.

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Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 473.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Nicholas County, District 2, p. 147A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Mason County, Sardis, p. 506B.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nicholas County Marriages, Film #000252392, p. 151.

Find A Grave, "John M. Ball (1826-unknown)," Memorial 139251429, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139251429 (accessed March 18, 2020).

Citation

Ball, John M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32198264 (November 12, 2026).

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