Bathsheba Ballard

born: 1774
died: Bef 1850
spouse: Jonathon POTTS
marr: 5 Feb 1799, Mercer Co.,KY
born: 9 Jan 1775, Loudoun Co., Virginia
died: 26 Oct 1868, Warren Co.,KY
Children:
John C. POTTS
Elizabeth Potts -- born: 22 Apr 1802, Union Co., Kentucky.
Reuben POTTS
Isaiah L. POTTS
Ninian E. POTTS
Alexander POTTS
Rebecca POTTS
Thomas J. POTTS

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------
                      |
           |---------
           |          |
           |          |--------
           |
  |------Reuben BALLARD (1748, VA or NC - 1820, KY)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |          |
  |        |---------
  |                   |
  |                   |--------
  |
Bathsheba BALLARD (1774 - 1850)
  |
  |                   |--------Ralph BALLARD (1673, VA - 1722, NC)
  |                   |
  |        |---------Abraham BALLARD (1705, VA - 1754, NC)
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------Sarah ( - )
  |        |
  |------Absilla A. ``Assala'' BALLARD ( - )
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------Elizabeth SUMNER (1715 - )
                      |
                      |--------
Jonathon Potts is listed in the 1850 Warren Co., KY census with a Priscilla, so he might have remarried. I have one page which apparently came from a historical society in Warren Co., KY. It told of the Jonathon Potts stone house as being the only old stone house they had found in the county. Jonathon Potts built it on the Rich Pond-Rockfield crossroads in 1822. It also contains the following:

Mr. M.A. Christian, a neighbor, left some notes regarding ``Col. Potts'', as he was called, in which he stated that the rock house was started in 1819 and finished in 1822. The date 1822 was also on a rock over the front door. Mr. Christian relates that Jonathon Potts came from Virginia to this part of the country after the Revolutionary War. Protected only by his old flint-lock rifle he was taken captive by the Indians and held for some months before his escape. In choosing a site for his log house he found two springs, near one he built his first home and near the other he built his barn. The log house is still standing, although weatherboarded and in a deteriorating condition.

It states the property was owned by Potts descendents until 1942.

Sources for this individual: @S627@ @S1283@

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