Bland Ballard

This article is about the Kentucky soldier and legislator. For the federal judge, see Bland Ballard (judge) .

Bland Williams Ballard (October 16, 1761 – September 5, 1853) was a soldier who fought the British and Native Americans. He later served as a state legislator in Kentucky .

Biography

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Bland Williams Ballard was born on October 16, 1761, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia , the eldest son of Bland Ballard. In 1779, he moved with his father to Kentucky, where the younger Ballard served in the militia. In 1788, Ballard's father and family were killed by Delaware Indians in what is now Shelby County, Kentucky . Later in life, Ballard said he had killed thirty to forty Native Americans in battle to avenge his family and punish Native Americans for horse theft.

Ballard married three times. He and his first wife Elizabeth Williamson were the parents of seven children. Elizabeth died in 1827, and he married Diana Matthews in 1833. Diana died in 1835, in 1841 Ballard married Elizabeth Weaver Garrett.

Ballard served as a scout in George Rogers Clark 's 1780 expedition into the Ohio country . During the Northwest Indian War , he served as a scout for Clark's 1786 Wabash campaign. Ballard participated in the battles of Fallen Timbers (1794) and Frenchtown (1813).

As a major of Kentucky volunteers, he played a leading role in the expedition against the British and American Indians who had invaded southeastern Michigan. He was slightly wounded and taken prisoner at the Battle of Frenchtown, but was among the prisoners who were escorted to Amherstburg in Upper Canada and later paroled. As such he escaped the murder of wounded prisoners known as the River Raisin Massacre. Following the war, Ballard served as a delegate from Shelby County in the 1800, 1803 and 1805 Kentucky General Assembly .

Legacy

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Bland Ballard is the namesake of both Blandville, Kentucky

and Ballard County, Kentucky .

Judge Bland Ballard

When Ballard died in 1853, he was initially buried in Shelbyville, Kentucky . In 1854 the State of Kentucky moved his and his first wife's remains to the State Memorial section of the Frankfort Cemetery .

His namesake grandson, Bland Ballard , was appointed by Abraham Lincoln as a judge for the United States District Court for the District of Kentucky .

References

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 Madigan, Mary Lou (1992). ["Bland W. Ballard"](https://books.google.com/books?id=8eFSK4o--M0C&pg=PA44)
. In John E. Kleber (ed.). _The Kentucky Encyclopedia_. University Press of Kentucky. p. 44\. [ISBN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISBN_(identifier) "ISBN (identifier)")
 
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1. ↑ Bridwell, Margaret Morris (Mrs. Roy) (1939). "Notes on One of the Early Ballard Families of Kentucky Including the Ballard Massacre" (PDF). Filson Club History Quarterly. 13 (1). Retrieved January 2, 2022.
2. ↑ Klotter, James C. ; Nelson L. Dawson (1981). Genealogies of Kentucky families: from the Filson Club history quarterly. Kentucky Historical Society/Genealogical Pub. Co. p. 56.
3. ↑ Perrin, William Henry; J.H. Battle; G.C. Griffin (1888). Kentucky: a history of the state, embracing a concise account of the origin and development of the Virginia colony; . F. A. Battey & Company. p.  . ISBN   . Retrieved June 15, 2012. {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book "Template:Cite book") }}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help )

 Bogart, William Henry (1875). [_Daniel Boone, and the hunters of Kentucky_](https://books.google.com/books?id=ccs-AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA417)
. Lee and Shepard, Publishers. pp. 417–425. Retrieved June 15, 2012.

1. ↑ Kentucky Historical Society. "Kentucky's War of 1812: Ballard County (Marker 826)" (PDF). State of Kentucky. Retrieved June 15, 2012.
2. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1988). Kentucky Place Names . University Press of Kentucky. p. 26. ISBN   . Retrieved June 15, 2012.
3. ↑ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky . Library Reprints, Incorporated. p. 39. ISBN   . {{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book "Template:Cite book") }}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help )
4. ↑ Rennick, Robert M. (1988). Kentucky Place Names . University Press of Kentucky. p. 12. [ISBN](https://

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