JOSEPH BALLEW II was born about 1746 in Albemarle County (later Buckingham County), Virginia, the son of JOSEPH BALLEW I and his wife DIANA, who resided in Henrico County, then Albemarle County Virginia, which part eventually became Buckingham County.
JOSEPH BALLEW I & wife DIANA had four sons who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Three of the sons survived and their Pension Application files provide a great deal of information about their service, their family, and their migration in the years after the Revolution.
The four sons of JOSEPH BALLEW I and DIANA who fought in the Revolutionary War were:
-Capt DAVID BALLEW of the 71st Virginia Regiment. He died of smallpox in 1777 in Winchester, Virginia, during his enlistment, as per brother ROBERT's 1836 Pension application.
-JOSEPH BALLEW II who fought in several regiments in Burke County North Carolina (see below)
-ROBERT BALLEW who joined the fight as a very young soldier aged 14, in the 71st Virginia Regiment under his brother Capt DAVID BALLEW. After his brother's death in 1777 and when his term of enlistment expired, he moved with his parents and siblings to Burke County, North Carolina. ROBERT re-enlisted in Burke County and served in 1778, and in 1779 as a substitute for his uncle ROBERT BALLEW, who had also migrated to Burke County, North Carolina. In 1781, ROBERT was at the Battle of Yorktown, under Capt JOHN STEWART. ROBERT BALLEW applied for his pension in 21 January 1836 in Decatur, Morgan County, Alabama, and his brother JOSEPH BALLEW II provided verification of his service. ROBERT BALLEW's Pension Application is highly detailed and shows that he fought in many more battles & skirmishes than I've outlined here.
- RICHARD BALLEW fought in several regiments in Burke County, North Carolina. He applied for his Pension 24 November 1834 in Knox County, Kentucky. His younger brother PETER BALLEW, who was too young to fight at the time of the Revolution, provided verification of RICHARD's service. According RICHARD fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain under Capt EDMUND FEAR. RICHARD BALLEW's Pension Application is highly detailed and shows that he fought in many more battles & skirmishes than I've outlined here.
JOSEPH BALLEW II appears to have arrived in Rowan County, North Carolina around 1770, and married in about 1771 ELIZABETH CONNELLY, daughter of Irish immigrants BRYAN O'CONNELLY and his wife MARY FOLEY. JOSEPH and ELIZABETH had at least eight children. Burke County was formed from Rowan County in 1777, and JOSEPH's parents, siblings and several other relatives arrived there shortly after the county's formation. JOSEPH's first land grant dated was 5 October 1778 and shows he was granted 320 acres on the S side of the Catawba River, adjacent to JAMES WILLIAMS.
In early 1780 JOSEPH BALLEW II enlisted in McDOWELL's Regiment, under Capt THOMAS KENNEDY; by summer he was in the same Regiment, under Capt JAMES McFARLAND, and fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain on October 7 1780. He enlisted again, for a third tour of duty in March of 1782, in HENRY HIGHLAND's Company of JOSEPH McDOWELL's Regiment.
JOSEPH BALLEW II and ELIZABETH CONNELLY continued to reside in Burke County from 1780 until at least 1820, according to land deed and census records. Sometime after that, they migrated first to Knox County Kentucky where his brother RICHARD lived, and then to Morgan County, Alabama where his brother ROBERT lived, as per his Pension Application. JOSEPH applied for his Revolutionary War Pension on 16 October 1832 in Shelby County, Tennessee. His application was approved. A note in his file indicates that : "On May 3, 1845 in Little Rock Arkansas, the veteran applied for the transfer of his pension benefit from the Tennessee agency to the Arkansas agency stating that he has removed to the County of White in Arkansas where he intends to remain in order to reside with his children who have settled in said County."
If his assumed birthdate of 1746 is accurate, JOSEPH BALLEW II would have been 99 years old in 1845. I have not found any records for his death in White County, Arkansas, nor have I found his gravestone.
JOSEPH BALLEW II is in the lineage of my paternal grandmother MINTTIE MAE BRUTON HUBER
Sources:
-Revolutionary War Soldiers of Burke County, North Carolina Vol 1 by Emmett R White
-Burke County North Carolina Land Grants 1778 Vol 1 by Edith Warren Huggins
--Revolutionary War Pension Application File of JOSEPH BALLEW II
--Revolutionary War Pension Application File of ROBERT BALLEW (see above)
--Revolutionary War Pension Application File of RICHARD BALLEW (see above)
Have a great day!
Betty
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