Ball Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MC 1477

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Scope and Contents

Genealogical materials and correspondence of the Ball family of Arkansas. Correspondence in collection consists of photocopies and transcriptions rather than originals; correspondents include Nancy Ball, J. S. Ball, Jane Ball Tucker, Ann Ball, Matilda Ball Welborn, and others, particularly of Pleasant Hill, Arkansas and Atlas, Illinois, writing to Lucinda Ball Robison of Washington County, Arkansas. Topics include family, health, and farming.

Dates

circa 1839-1994

Creator

Ball family (Family)

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Conditions Governing Use

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Biographical / Historical

Collection materials indicate that Robert Ball (1775-1844) and Mary Ann Hardin Ball of Conway, Arkansas, were the parents of Lucinda Ball Robison (1810-1866), Matilda Ball Welborn (1812-?), Mary Ann Ball Schafer (1811-1853), Bennett B. Ball (1805-1851), John S. Ball (1806-?), William L. Ball (1820-?), and Jane Ball Tucker (1808-?).