Nancy Tate Ball
Birth: 1788 [likely earlier based upon Marriage Date]
Indiana, USA
Death: 1840
New Canton
Hawkins County
Tennessee, USA
David Tate, born 1730 England, came to America as a Lieutenant in the King's Service after the establishment of the Colonies and never (as far as we know) returned to England. His term of service expired and he settled in Botetourt County, Virginia. It was there that he met and married Catherine Thornton.
Parents of:
Edward Tate (born 1755, Botetourt County, VA.)
Edward married Sarah McMullen and began housekeeping in Virginia not far from Sweet Springs. Then the family migrated to Greene County, Tennessee. After settling in Greene Co., they moved West, to either Illinois or Indiana (Clinton C. Ball stated his mother Nancy Tate was born in Indiana).
Children of Edward Tate and Sarah McMullen:
Nancy Tate, b 1788 md William Ball
Edward Tate, b 1790 md Sally Starnes
Catherine Tate b 1792
Gersham Tate, b 1794 md Jane Robertson
Carey Tate, b 1796 md Rhoda Robertson
David Tate, b (Not listed) moved west
Jane Tate, b (Not Listed) moved West
Robert Tate, b (Greene Co, Tenn)
Nancy Tate married William Ball of Hawkins County, Tennessee as a young teenager, abt. 1801. She died in the 1840s, after giving birth to more than a dozen children:
Tabitha Smith (1802-)
Mary Ball
Sarah Ball
William Ball
Edward Tate "Ned" Ball (1810-abt. 1875)
Nancy Bailey (1815-1905)
Sibba Bradley (1815-1906)
Harden Ball (1818-aft 1880)
Moses Ball (1820-)
Rev. Lewis B. Ball (1824-1898)
Clinton C. Ball (1826-abt 1920) {twins}
Milton Edward Ball (1826-1912) {twins}
George W. Ball (1827-aft 1860)
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