Aquilla Elizabeth (Morton) Ballard (1878 - 1943)

Born 13 Jul 1878 in Stanly, North Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Wife of James Lawerance Ganalia Ballard — married 30 Jan 1901 in Stanly County, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 14 Feb 1943 at age 64 in Ellerbe, Richmond, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

When Aquilla Elizabeth Morton was born on July 13, 1878, in Stanly, North Carolina, her father, Baptist Rev. William Green Morton, was 37, and her mother, Sophia, was 38. She was born the 7th child and the first daughter of 9 children. Baby sister and youngest, Maggie, was the only other daughter. Her eldest brother Adam was 16 years older.

In the 1900 US Federal Census, Aquilla is 21 and the only of the children left living with her parents in Albemarle, North Carolina. Her father, Rev. Morton is listed as a farmer. Also living in the home is a John Cranford, age 30, a white servant. Aquilla is able to read and write.

In the fall of that year, Rev. Morton suffered a stroke from which he did not recover and by December had passed away, age 60. A little over a month later, on January 30, 1901, she marries at the age of 22.

She married James Lawerance Ganalia Ballard in her hometown.

Note from Family Bible

This is to certify that the rite of Holy Matrimony was celebrated between J.L.G. Ballard of Montgomery Co. & Aquilla Morton at Stanly Co. on the 30th day of Jan 1901 at the brides’ fathers by Rev M.F. Hotticock. Albemarle, NC Jan 30th 1901.

(Marriage records indicate that they were married by Rev. U.F. Hathcock) ^[1] The Hathcocks were relatives of her father, Rev. Morton. His mother (Aquilla's grandmother) was Susannah Hathcock.

They had five children in 13 years.

In 1910 census, they are living on and working their own rented farm on Wodeville Road in Mount Gilead with their 3 young daughters. They had five children in 13 years. Two sons died as infants and 3 daughters survived into adulthood. One son, William, died at birth. The second, and last child, Roy James, died at almost 10 months in 1917.

She lived near her husbands family in Mount Gilead until around 1930. By 1930, two daughters, Mabel and Bernice had married, and she and her husband Jim and their 25-year-old daughter Maude bought a home in Mineral Springs, NC. In 1935 they purchased and moved to another home in Ellerbe, NC.

Less than 10 years later, Aquilla died on February 14, 1943, in Ellerbe, North Carolina, at the age of 64, and was buried there.

Birth

Date: 13 JUL 1878

Place: Stanly Co., NC

Death

Date: 14 FEB 1943

Place: Ellerbe, NC

Cause: Cerebral hemorrhage due to arteriosclerosis

Burial

Place: Ellerbe Town Cemetery, Ellerbe, NC

Notes

• The computerized death record erroneously records her race as black. The record actually says "Anglo-Saxon" ^[2]
• Wodeville Road is probably a misspelling of Wadeville
• Mineral Springs is in Ellerbe, North Carolina
• The first name Aquilla may come from the surname Aquilla, but no connections have been established [1]
• Shares her great-great grandfather's brother's wife (great great grand aunt) name on her mother's side, Aquilla Reese Lowther (Lowder), b 1714, d. 1747.

Sources

1. ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011
2. ↑ North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Ancestry.com

• Family Bible
• 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations Inc. 2010. Lehi, UT, USA
• Year: 1900; Census Place: Albermarle, Stanly, North Carolina; Page: 8; Enumeration District: 0120; FHL microfilm: 1241217 1900 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com United States of America, Bureau of the Census. iTwelfth Census of the United States, 1900/i. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls. Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2004 Provo, UT, USA
• 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: [2] Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006, Lehi, UT, USA
• 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page [3]. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City). Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010, Provo, UT, USA
• 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, United States of America, Bureau of the Census. iFifteenth Census of the United States, 1930/i. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls. Publisher Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002, Provo, UT, USA
• North Carolina, U.S., Death Certificates, 1909-1976, Ancestry.com, North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. iNorth Carolina Death Certificates/i. Microfilm S.123. Rolls 19-242, 280, 313-682, 1040-1297. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, North Carolina. Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, Provo, UT, USA
• North Carolina, U.S., Marriage Records, 1741-2011, Ancestry.com, North Carolina County Registers of Deeds. Microfilm. Record Group 048. North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC. Publisher: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015, Provo, UT, USA [4]
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 12 March 2022), memorial page for Aquilla Morton Ballard (13 Jul 1878–14 Feb 1943), Find A Grave: Memorial #62668433, citing Ellerbe Cemetery, Ellerbe, Richmond County, North Carolina, USA.