Family documents series, 1631-1858.

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Family documents series, 1631-1858.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35953289

Papers consist of Ball family receipts (1730-1858) for clothing, medical services, and other expenditures; undated correspondence (ca. 1770-ca. 1795), mostly letters to John Ball (1760-1817) regarding family and plantation affairs; wills and estate papers; slave records; muniments and other legal documents; dated correspondence; oversized documents; and other items. Dated correspondence (1774-1849) of Ball family members and others at Comingtee Plantation, Limerick Plantation, and elsewhere includes letters of overseer James Coward, George Lockey (London agent for John Ball, Sr.), Elias Ball (1744-1822), and Isaac Ball (1754-1776), concerning politics, confiscated land, and family and plantation matters. Estate records include those of John Ball (1760-1817) and Ann Simons Ball (1776-1840). Oversized documents (1631-1842) of Ball family members and members of the Child, Simons, Harleston, and other related families include wills, indentures and other legal documents, land grants, plats, and accounts. Other items include a list of livestock at Jericho Plantation, a list of carpenter's tools at Comingtee Plantation, overseer agreements (1821), and lists of slaves (ca. 1812-1833).

ca. 225 items.

South Carolina Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7375996

South Carolina Historical Society

Related Entities

There are 11 Entities related to this resource.

Harleston family.

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Ball, John, 1760-1817.

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John Ball and Keating Simons Ball (1818-1891) were planters of Charleston District, S.C. From the description of John Ball and Keating Simons Ball books, 1779-1911 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 22376782 Rice planter, of Charleston, South Carolina. From the description of Family papers, 1773-1892, 1803-1854. (bulk). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 17368272 South Carolina plantation owner. The Ball family settled in the Strawberry area o...

Child family.

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Lockey, George

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Coward, James.

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Ball, Elias, 1744-1822.

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Simmons family.

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Simons family.

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Ball, Isaac, 1754-1776.

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Ball family.

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Family of Berkeley County and Charleston, S.C. From the description of Family documents series, 1631-1858. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953289 ...

Ball, Ann Simons, 1776-1840.

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Ann Simons was the daughter of Keating Simons (1753-1834) a Charleston, S.C. factor and South Carolina state Representative. She married Berkeley County, S.C. plantation owner John Ball (1782-1834) in 1814. Eleanor Simons (1765-1827) was Keating Simons' second wife; she was the step-mother of Ann Simons Ball. From the description of Ann Simons Ball family correspondence, 1819-1831. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953262 ...