Elias Ball (1752 - 1810)

Born 10 Apr 1752 in Berkeley, Province of South Carolina [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 2 Jan 1810 at age 57 in Charleston, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Elias Ball aka "Third Elias" was born in 10 Apr 1752 in Berkley County, South Carolina. He was the son of Elias Ball and Lydia Child. He died unmarried. He passed away in 2 Jan 1810.

"Second Elias" (1709-1786) died 8 Aug 1786 at Kensington. In his will he left Limerick and Comingtee plantations to son Third Elias (1752-1810). To son John (1760-1817) he left Kensington and Hyde Park plantations. Daughter Lydia Ball (1757-1843) received a house in town. ^[1][2]

After Second Elias’ death, the enslaved people on Kensington Plantation were divided between the two brothers. Third Elias took sixty-two people to Limerick, while the remaining enslaved remained on Kensington.(Ball 1998, p. 251.) ^[3]

The 1790 U.S. Census was the first to list heads of households in South Carolina. By 1790, Third Elias held 246 enslaved people on his three plantations. Brother John held 188 slaves on three plantations.^[3]

After the war, Third Elias settled on Limerick Plantation and brother John Ball and wife Jane Ball settled on Kensington. [29]

In the early 1800s Third Elias purchased Pimlico and Keckliko Plantations (p260). Brother John purchased three plantations in the early 1800s, Midway, Belle Isle and Marshlands. By 1805 Third Elias owned at least 500 enslaved people.

In December of 1803 the slave trade was reopened in South Carolina and both Third Elias and John began purchasing new African slaves. (Ball 1998, p. 260.)

Third Elias died unmarried in 1810 (p263). In his will, he left Limerick and its 283 enslaved people to nephew Isaac Ball (1785-1825). To brother John he left his Pimlico, Kecklico and Mepshew plantations. ^[4]

The Limerick Plantation

In 1810 a list of enslaved at the Limerick Plantation, under Elias Ball, were named in his probate inventory.^[5]

Research Note

Ball Plantations is a holding place for all Ball Plantations that need their own FSPs.

Death

Death Date: 2 Jan 1810 (aged 57)

Death Place: Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA

Burial: Strawberry Chapel Cemetery, Berkeley County, South Carolina, USA

Sources

1. ↑ Low Country Africana: Ball Family Slaveholder Index: Elias Ball
2. ↑ “South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977,” Database online at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919417: accessed 27 Mar 2013), Will of Elias Ball, Wills, 1671-1724, Vol. 22, pp. 287-290. (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19420-90846-15?cc=1919417&wc=9386072)
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Ball, Edward 1998 Slaves In the Family. New York: Ballantine Books, pp. 244-245. (Hereinafter Ball 1998)
4. ↑ “South Carolina Probate Records, Bound Volumes, 1671-1977,” Database online at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919417: accessed 27 Mar 2013), Will of John Ball, Wills, 1671-1724, Vol. 33, pp. 1324-1327. (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-19387-8024-9?cc=1919417&wc=9386083)
5. ↑ South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964: "South Carolina Probate Re...d Loose Papers, 1732-1964"
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