Colonel Thomas Ballard was a prominent colonial Virginia landowner and politician who played a role in Bacon's Rebellion.
11 Facts About Thomas Ballard
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Thomas Ballard's children included Sarah Ballard, Jane Ballard, John Ballard, Thomas Ballard, Lydia M Harwood, Martha Margaret Collier, William Ballard, Elizabeth Ladd, Francis Ballard, Matthew Ballard, and one other child that can not be identified.
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Thomas Ballard patented land in Gloucester County along the Mattaponi River and Propotank Creek.
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Thomas Ballard actively bought and sold land throughout the colony for most of his adult life.
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Thomas Ballard served as High Sheriff of James City County in 1674, and as a customs collector.
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In 1675 Thomas Ballard bought a 330-acre farm in Middle Plantation, the future site of Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Thomas Ballard sold a tract of land in Henrico County to Nathaniel Bacon in 1675.
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Thomas Ballard signed papers urging Bacon to call an election and convene the General Assembly.
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Thomas Ballard served on a number of the ensuing courts-martial that condemned the surviving rebels.
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Thomas Ballard later married Alice Hilliard; they had two children.
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Thomas Ballard spent his final years pursuing a lawsuit against Nathaniel Bacon's estate, trying to recover the balance due on the 1675 land sale.