BFHA-RC-000030
Research record and source registry for Sampson Edward Ball. This archive entry preserves the corresponding publication section for website research review.
Publication excerpt:
SAMPSON EDWARD BALL: Edward, Bartholomew; William, Sr. Edward Ball and his wife Rebecca (Baker) Jones-Ball were the parents of Sampson Edward Ball. He was born during November of 1779. Sampson had a twin, John Osgood Ball, who died in infancy. It is unknown where Sampson and John were born, but in all probability they were born somewhere in South Carolina. The Revolutionary War reached Liberty County, Georgia, in 1778, and people by the hundreds fled the war zone. Rebecca, expecting, was one of those who fled to South Carolina. Her trip to South Carolina, where she stayed, where her twin sons were born, where and when she married Thomas Quarterman; her husband, Edward Ball, having been killed in 1779, and when she returned to Liberty County, is not recorded; but upon her return, the birth dates of the twins were recorded in the Congregational Church Register, along with the record of her and Thomas Quarterman being married in South Carolina.1 In 1788, the night of 13 November, the plantation of Edward Ball was attacked by a band of Creek Indians. Andrew Walthour, the administrator of the estate of Edward Ball, duly filed a report of the raid; giving a detailed description of the damages inflicted by the Indians in his account addressed to the Judge of the Inferior Court, John Elliott, of Liberty; live stock killed or driven off the crops and buildings. This letter was written and presented to the authorities, under the direction of the United States Congress, who had obtained a promise from the Creek Indians that they would repay all damages inflicted on the settlers during the raid. Sampson celebrated his ninth birthday the same month of November 1788.2 Sampson grew into adulthood in Liberty County, Georgia. It is not recorded as to the amount of education he received. Without a doubt, he had the same opportunity as his brother, William F. Ball, a judge of the Inferior Court of Baldwin County. Perhaps Sampson did receive the same education and upbringing, but he was entirely different in personality and character than his brother. Sampson was a bold adventurer, a hardy outdoorsman of the field and forest, who made his living “by the sweat of his brow.” He had a robust zest for life and living. He was also a bitof a schemer and dreamer for life and living. Unfortunately, his schemes and dreams elude him. Where others prospered, Sampson, it seems, struggled. Sampson Edward Ball married Miss Elizabeth Warren in October 1800 in Liberty County, Georgia.3 Elizabeth Warren’s parents were John Warren, born 18 December 1752, in Prince Frederick Winyaw Parish, Craven County, South Carolina, and Elizabeth Perkins born 15 April 1757. John Warren served his country during the time of the Revolutionary War in the state of North Carolina. Recorded in Pierce’s Register as a private, “North Carolina Revolutionary Army Accounts,” pages 22 and 184, Vol. II, Book AA, page 144, folio Page 2, Pierce’s Register #90363, page 175. He served under Colonel Abraham Shepard; duration of enlistment was 22 May 1781 to April 28, 1782; and received bounty land in Georgia for his services. John Warren and his family removed to Liberty County, Georgia before the end of the Revolutionary War and served in Georgia also. He was a Captain in Colonel John Thomas’ Company, 6th Georgia Regiment. The children of John Warren and Elizabeth Perkins were: Jesse Warren, John Warren, Samuel Warren, Elizabeth Warren, Elias Warren, James Warren, Ann Warren, Daniel Ross Warren, and Martha Warren.487 In 1800 Sampson paid taxes on two tracts of land of 80 and 285 acres in Liberty County, The value of the land was $400.15. There was one white male poll tax and 16 slaves. In Camden County he had three tracts of land of 90, 12 and 148 acres. Total value of land was $40.38. Total tax paid was $8.40.5 A deed of a gift was issued 10 August 1801, William Way to his brother-in-law, Richard Quarterman, a minor. The slave would go to the grantor’s son, Quarterman Way.
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