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Note: 1848 -- (circa) Baker BALLOW is born in Ashe Co., NC. .
1850 & 1860 -- Baker BALLEW (sic) appears in his father's household on the U.S. census of Ashe Co.,
NC (p. 265), and Pulaski Co., KY (p. 339), respectively.
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1870s -- Baker BALLOW claims 80-acre land grant from the State of Texas (No. Milam-P-2726) in
McLennan Co., TX; patented 14 Aug 1880.
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1880 -- (07 Jun) BALLOW family appears on U.S. census of McLennan Co., TX, Prec. No. 22;
Page 240, Household No. 64:
... BALLOW, Baker, m, age 31, b. 1849, NC-NC-NC, Farmer
..... Sarah L., f, age 31, b. 1849, GA-TN-TN
... LUCK, Jessey, f, age 06, b. 1874, TX-TX-TX
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1882 -- (18 Dec) Baker BALLOW Jr. pays $110 cash and notes to J.E. & M.V. MOORE for the south
� of Lot No. 2, Block No. 2, in the town of Temple, Bell Co., TX. [Bell DB 47:409]
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1885 -- (18 May) Baker BALLOW Jr. applies to become administrator of his father's estate in Bell Co.,
TX. [Bell Probate Minutes F:261]
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1886 -- (20 Sep) Baker BALLOW is authorized to sell land belonging to his father's estate in Bell Co.,
TX. [Bell DB 72:408]
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1887 -- (27 Jan) James M. BALLOW of Bell Co., TX, sells to Baker BALLOW Jr. for $75 Lot No. 3,
Block No. 10, in Temple, TX, plus "all of my right, interest, claim in and to the estates of my father Baker
BALLOW Sr., dec'd, and of my mother, Lucy BALLOW, dec'd." [Bell DB 62:84]
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1889 -- (04 Jun) Baker & Sarah L. BALLEW (sic) of Bell Co., TX, sell town lots in Temple to O.W. &
Fannie S. HOSCHKE for $250. [Bell DB 72:339]
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1890 -- (23 Oct) Baker BALLEW (sic) & wife sell Lot No. 3, Block No. 1 [should be Block No. 10] in
Temple, TX, for $1,600 in notes to George D. PRATT [Bell DB 122:613]
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1892 -- (03 Oct) Baker BALLOW of Taylor Co., TX, authorizes release to George D. PRATT for sale of
land in Temple, TX. [Bell DB _:_]
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1895 -- (15 Jul) C.C. EDWARDS & wife sell to Baker BALLEW (sic) et al, land in Callahan Co., TX
[Callahan DB T:219]
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1897 -- (07 May) "B. BALLEW [sic] has bought land on Deadman. It is the old C.C. EDWARDS survey" [1].
[Note: Deadman Creek is located in northwest Callahan County, just a few miles east of Abilene, the seat of
Taylor Co., TX.]
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1897 -- (02 Jul) "J.W. ANDERSON and Mr. PEAK have gone out to build Baker BALLOW a new residence
on his farm on Deadman" [2].
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1899 -- (03 Feb) "T.B. RAMSEY has come in from Grayson county [TX] to live with her uncle, Baker
BALLEW [sic]."
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1900 -- (12 Jun) Sarah BALLIEU (sic) appears on U.S. census of Jones Co., TX;
Pct. 1, Page 156, Household No. 174/174:
... BALLIEU, Sarah L., f, age 51, b. Jul 1849, GA-GA-TN, md. 25 yrs, no children
(living with brother, James H. NALER)
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1910 -- (22 Apr) Baker BALLEW (sic) appears on U.S. census of Independence Co., AR;
Ruddell Twp., Page 219, Household No. 246/268:
... BALLEW, Baker, m, age 62, b. 1848, KY-NC-NC, Farmer, md(2) 6 yrs
..... Virginia, f, age 36, b. 1874, MO-MO-MO, md(2) 6 yrs, 1/0 children
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1918 -- Baker BALLOW resides in Oregon [4].
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1920 -- (03 Mar) BALLEW (sic) family appears on U.S. census of Malheur Co., OR;
Cord Pct., Page 66, Household No. 8/8:
... BALLEW, Baker, m, age 71, b. 1849, NC-NC-VA, Rancher
..... Virginia W., f, age 45, b. 1875, MO-KY-MO
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1922 -- (22 Nov) Baker BALLEW (sic) receives patent for 316.15 acres in Malheur Co., OR [5]:
S�SW S35-T28S-R37E
N�SE S35-T28S-R37E
SENE S35-T28S-R37E
NESW S35-T28S-R37E
SWSE S35-T28S-R37E
Lot 3 S2-T29S-R37E
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Sources:
[1] "Taylor County News," 07 May 1897. "Newspaper Abstracts," <www.newspaperabstracts.com>, 22 Mar 2007.
[2] "The Abilene Reporter News," 02 Jul 1897. "Newspaper Abstracts," <www.newspaperabstracts.com>, 22 Mar 2007.
[3] "The Abilene Reporter News," 03 Feb 1899. "Newspaper Abstracts," <www.newspaperabstracts.com>, 22 Mar 2007.
[4] Ernest Eugene "Gene" Ballow [2211 Spruce Street, Bakersfield, CA 93301], letter to Bobby J. Wadsworth, 07 Oct
1996. ["In 1918 while my father was in France the Ballows sold out and moved to California ... While on the trip they went
to Oregon to see Uncle Bake (Baker, Jr.). My mother said they lived way out in the sticks but were made to feel very
welcome." Gene descends from Eli Clinton Ballow, son of Baker Ballow Sr.]
[5] "The Official Federal Land Patent Records Site," <www.glorecords.blm.gov>, 07 Sep 2007.
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