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Note: 1811 -- (22 Oct) Baker BALLOW is born in Ashe Co., KY, to Owen MEREDITH BALLOU [sic] and Mary "Polly" BAKER [1]. .
1831 -- (29 Dec) Baker BALLOW marries Lucy MAXWELL, probably in Ashe Co., NC [1].
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1843 -- (27 Nov) The will of James MAXWELL is proved in Ashe Co., NC; Baker BALLOW is listed among the heirs [2].
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1850 -- BALLEW (sic) family appears on US census of Ashe Co., NC;
Page 265:
... BALLEW, Baker, m, age 39, b. 1811, NC, Real Estate: $1,250
..... Lucy, f, age 37, b. 1813, NC
..... James, m, age 16, b. 1834, NC
..... Alexander, m, age 14, b. 1836, NC
..... Napoleon, m, age 12, b. 1838, NC
..... William H., m, age 10, b. 1840, NC
..... David, m, age 08, b. 1842, NC
..... Mary L., f, age 06, b. 1844, NC
..... Baker, m, age 02, b. 1848, NC
..... Eli W., m, age ?/12, b. Feb 1850, NC
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1852 -- (circa) Baker BALLOW settles in Pulaski Co., KY.
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1860 -- BALLEW (sic) family appears on U.S. census & Slave Schedule of Pulaski Co., KY;
Somerset P.O.; Page 339:
... BALLEW, Baker, m, age 48, b. 1812, NC, Real Est: $1,200, Personal Est: $5,000
..... Lucy, f, age 47, b. 1813, NC
..... David, m, age 18, b. 1842, NC
..... Baker, m, age 12, b. 1848, NC
..... Eli, m, age 10, b. 1850, NC
..... Misina, f, age 06, b. 1854, KY
..... Susan, f, age 02, b. 1858, KY
... Slaves
..... Female, black, age 35
..... Female, black, age 14
..... Male, black, age 12
..... Female, black, age 10
..... Male, mulatto, age 04
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1860s -- BALLOW family moves to Arkansas
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1870 -- (01 Aug) BALLOU (sic) family appears on U.S. census of Carroll Co., AR,
Liberty Twp., Berryville P.O.; Page 30b, Household No. 9/9:
... BALLOU, Baker, m, age 58, b. 1812, NC, Farmer, Real Est: $250, Personal Est: $870
..... Lowery, f, age ??, b. 181?, NC
..... Eli M.W., m, age 20, b. 1850, NC
..... Susan E., f, age 14, b. 1856, KY
... WARFIELD, Mary, f, age 30, b. 1840, TN?
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1880 -- BALLOW family appears on U.S. census of Bell Co., TX,
Page 393, Household No. 347:
... BALLOW, Baker, m, age 68, b. 1812, NC-VA-NC, Farmer
..... Lucy, f, age 67, b. 1813, NC-NC-NC
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1882 -- (08 Dec) Baker BALLEW [sic] Sr. agrees to pay $45 to J.E. & M.V. MOORE for the north � of Lot No. 2, Block
No. 2, in the town of Temple. [Bell DB 47:337]
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1883 -- (10 Oct) Baker & Lucy BALLOW sell the north � of "lots in Temple" to their son-in-law and daughter, W.M. & S.E.
RAMSEY. [Bell DB 58:529]
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1885 -- (25 Dec) Baker BALLOW dies in Bell Co., TX [1].
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1886 -- (20 Sep) Baker BALLOW's estate comprises personal property valued at $127.45 and real property (Lot No. 4,
Block No. 10) in Temple; the probate court decrees that the lot should be sold and the cash split equitably between the
"interested parties." [Bell Probate Minutes F:437] [3]
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1888 -- (01 Aug) Baker BALLOW Jr., administrator of the estate of Baker BALLOW, dec'd, submits his final account,
naming the following heirs: Jas. M. BALLOW; Alexander BALLOW (residence unknown); G.J. BALLOW of Clay Co.,
TX; W.H. BALLOW of Wichita Co., TX; David BALLOW of Clay Co., TX; Baker BALLOW Jr.; and Eli C. BALLOW,
M.A. CLARK, and S.E. RAMSEY of Carroll Co., AR. [Bell Probate Minutes G:96-98] [3]
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Sources:
[1] Ernest Eugene "Gene" Ballow [2211 Spruce Street, Bakersfield, CA 93301], letter, 07 Oct 1996. [Gene descends from
Eli Clinton Ballow, son of Baker Ballow.]
[2] Grace Turner Wilson, "Ashe County, North Carolina, Will Abstracts: 1799-1910," (NC, 1990), p. __.
[3] "Estate record of Baker BALLOW Sr. (1888)--Bell County, TX," <http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/tx/bell/wills/ballow.txt>.
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