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Patton G Ball


Biography
Born ca. 1841
Birth Location Russell Co.
Died 01/24/1924
Death Location Russell Co., VA
Father George Sr. Ball
Mother Catharine Hess
Married 04/08/1873
Spouse Nancy Harris
Military Units
8th Infantry
CSR, Pension, and Miscellaneous Images
8th Infantry
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Misc
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Pension
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Miscellaneous Information:

Filed pension: 1902, Russell County
Appears on 1909 pension list: Under act of 1902, 1917
Appears on pension applications for: Logan W. Jackson widow, 1920.

Newspaper mention:
Lebanon News, 2/1/1924

Notes: There is another, younger P.G. Ball (b. 1847). Pictured at Reunion Photo. Pictured at ancestry.com.

Obituary online

Military Information:

Compiled Service Record
Card 1
Corporal, Company G, 8th Virginia Infantry

Appears on a muster roll for Nov. & Dec., 1863 (Dated Dec. 31, 1863)

Enlisted:
When: Nov. 21, 1863
Where: Dublin
By whom: Maj. Dorman
Period: Cons.

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 2

Appears on a muster roll for Jan. & Feby, 1864 (Dated Feby 29, 1864)

Enlisted:
When: Nov. 21, 1863
Where: Dublin
By whom: Maj. Dorman
Period: Cons.

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Smith
To what time: Dec. 31, 1863

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 3

Appears on a muster roll for Mch. & Apr., 1864 (Dated Apr. 30, 1864)

Enlisted:
When: Nov. 21, 1863
Where: Dublin
By whom: Maj. Dorman
Period: Cons.

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Smith
To what time: Feb. 29, 1864

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 4

Appears on a muster roll for May & June, 1864 (Dated June 30, 1864)

Enlisted:
When: Nov. 21, 1863
Where: Dublin
By whom: Maj. Dorman
Period: Cons.

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Smith
To what time: Feb'y 29, 1864

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 5

Appears on a muster roll for July & Aug., 1864 (Dated Aug. 31, 1864)

Enlisted:
When: Nov. 21, 1863
Where: Dublin
By whom: Maj. Dorman
Period: Con.

Last paid:
By whom: Maj. Jones
To what time: June 30, 1864

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 6

Appears on a muster roll for Sept. & Oct., 1864 (Dated Oct. 31, 1864)

Enlisted:
When: Nov. 21, 1863
Where: Dublin
By whom: Maj. Dorman
Period: Con.

Last paid:
By whom:
To what time:

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 7

Appears on a muster roll for Nov. & Dec., 1864 (Dated Dec. 31, 1864)

Enlisted:
When: Nov. 21, 1863
Where: Dublin
By whom: Maj. Dorman
Period: Con.

Last paid:
By whom: Capt. Williams
To what time: Aug. 31, 1864

Present or absent: Present
Remarks:

Card 8

Appears on a roll of
Prisoners of War
at Point Lookout, Md.

Date of arrival: City Point, Va. April 14, 1865
Where captured: Farmville
When captured: April 6, 1865
Remarks: Released June 4, 1865

Card 9

Appears on a
Roll of Sick Prisoners of War
at Point Lookout, Md., released June 4, 1865, on taking the Oath of Allegiance to the United States.

Roll dated: Not dated
Where captured: Farmville
When captured: Apr. 6, 1865

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