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Ball served as an aide to George Washington\n         (1732-1799), a relative, during the early years of the\n         American Revolution. He was appointed captain in the 5th\n         Virginia Regiment, then on 17 December 1777, he was appointed\n         lieutenant colonel in the 1st Virginia Infantry. After the\n         war, he moved from Lancaster County to Stafford County,\n         Virginia, and built Traveler's Rest. By 1793, he had relocated\n         to Loudoun County, Virginia. Ball married first Mary\n         Chichester (1753-1775) 1 July 1770, and they had two children\n         including Burgess Ball (1773-1793). He married second Frances\n         Thornton Washington (1763-1815), a niece of George Washington,\n         7 April 1781, and they had eight children. One of their\n         children was Charles Burgess Ball (14 December 1793-2 July\n         1823) who became a practicing physician in Loudoun County. He\n         married Lucy Throckmorton Potter (1793-1870) 14 January 1814,\n         and they had five children, including Charles Burgess Ball (17\n         February 1822-14 April 1883). Charles Burgess Ball represented\n         Loudoun County in the Virginia House of Delegates in\n         1849-1850, 1852-1853, 1857-1858, and 1859-1861. He represented\n         the county in the state senate from 1861 to 1865. Ball married\n         Emma Read 27 May 1852, and they had five children. Ball died\n         in Richmond, Virginia.","Papers, 1650-1864, of the Ball family of Lancaster,\n         Stafford, and Loudoun Counties, Virginia, consisting of bonds,\n         contracts, deeds, genealogical notes, judicial records, land\n         patents, legal opinions, letters, military orders, military\n         rosters, money, petitions, powers of attorney, and\n         regulations. Papers contain land patents and deeds for land in\n         Lancaster, Prince William, Spotsylvania, and Northumberland\n         Counties, Virginia; judicial records for the Virginia General\n         Court; and bonds to and from members of the Ball family.\n         Correspondence includes letters to and from Burgess Ball\n         (1749-1800) regarding the Revolutionary War, including a\n         discussion of the Virginia assembly's wartime measures;\n         rosters of Virginia and Continental Army officers; terms of a\n         parole for Ball; the battle of Cowpens and the campaign in\n         North Carolina; a letter from George Washington (1732-1799)\n         concerning the war and affairs at Mount Vernon; and\n         regulations and orders for the siege at Yorktown, Virginia;\n         Correspondence also discusses Ball's construction of\n         Traveler's Rest in Stafford County and his business concerns;\n         efforts to get land warrents for military service; legal\n         matters concerning slaves belonging to the Washington family;\n         contract for a farm and slaves in Berkeley County, (West)\n         Virginia; the education of Burgess Ball, Jr.; and Ball's move\n         to Loudoun County, Virginia.","Papers also include letters to and from Dr. Charles Burgess\n         Ball (d. ca. 1839) of Loudoun County concerning efforts to\n         claim his father Burgess Ball's land warrants for military\n         service during the Revolutionary War. Papers contain\n         correspondence and depositions regarding Ball senior; petition\n         by Charles Ball to the Virginia legislature; and two Vermont\n         state notes. Correspondents include George W. Ball, Charles\n         Ball's brother; William M. Thompson and Mildred Thompson, who\n         assisted Charles Ball in his efforts; and Churchill Gibbs,\n         William Jones, Robert Grayson Carter, Robert Porterfield,\n         William Willis, and Philip Slaughter, all of whom served with\n         or knew of Burgess Ball's military service. Also includes a\n         stock certificate for a share of the Alexandria, Loudoun and\n         Hampshire Rail Road Company, and two Civil War military passes\n         for Charles B. Ball. 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He\n         married Lucy Throckmorton Potter (1793-1870) 14 January 1814,\n         and they had five children, including Charles Burgess Ball (17\n         February 1822-14 April 1883). Charles Burgess Ball represented\n         Loudoun County in the Virginia House of Delegates in\n         1849-1850, 1852-1853, 1857-1858, and 1859-1861. He represented\n         the county in the state senate from 1861 to 1865. Ball married\n         Emma Read 27 May 1852, and they had five children. Ball died\n         in Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Burgess Ball was born 28 July 1749 at Bewdley in Lancaster\n         County, Virginia, to Jeduthan Ball (1725-1749/50) and\n         Elizabeth Burgess. Ball served as an aide to George Washington\n         (1732-1799), a relative, during the early years of the\n         American Revolution. He was appointed captain in the 5th\n         Virginia Regiment, then on 17 December 1777, he was appointed\n         lieutenant colonel in the 1st Virginia Infantry. After the\n         war, he moved from Lancaster County to Stafford County,\n         Virginia, and built Traveler's Rest. By 1793, he had relocated\n         to Loudoun County, Virginia. Ball married first Mary\n         Chichester (1753-1775) 1 July 1770, and they had two children\n         including Burgess Ball (1773-1793). He married second Frances\n         Thornton Washington (1763-1815), a niece of George Washington,\n         7 April 1781, and they had eight children. One of their\n         children was Charles Burgess Ball (14 December 1793-2 July\n         1823) who became a practicing physician in Loudoun County. He\n         married Lucy Throckmorton Potter (1793-1870) 14 January 1814,\n         and they had five children, including Charles Burgess Ball (17\n         February 1822-14 April 1883). Charles Burgess Ball represented\n         Loudoun County in the Virginia House of Delegates in\n         1849-1850, 1852-1853, 1857-1858, and 1859-1861. He represented\n         the county in the state senate from 1861 to 1865. Ball married\n         Emma Read 27 May 1852, and they had five children. Ball died\n         in Richmond, Virginia."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eBall Family. Papers, 1650-1864. Accession 18770a.\n            Personal papers collection. The Library of Virginia,\n            Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e"],"prefercite_tesim":["Ball Family. Papers, 1650-1864. Accession 18770a.\n            Personal papers collection. 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