Ballard was the son of Cornelius Compton and Rebecca Jane Patterson. He married Delilah Harless.
Ballard was in Co. F, 16th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, CSA. In June of 1863, the 16th Regiment led General Robert E. Lee into Pennsylvania and passed through Chambersburg on the way to Gettysburg. Ballard was wounded in the right thigh at the Battle of Moorefield on August 7, 1864. He appeared on a register of the CSA General Hospital, Charlottesville, VA. On his Union Loyalty Statement on June 22, 1865, he is described as age 21, 5'8", having florid complexion, hazel eyes, light hair and no whiskers.
Ballard had a farm and raised a family on Mud Creek, Falls Mills, Va. At his death estate on February 6, 1909, the administrator, C.J. Hale, listed the following items: 2 young horses, 1 8-year-old saddle and buggy horse, 2 milk cows, 4 calves, 1 2-year-old bull, 7 sheep, 3 hogs, 1 2-horse wagon, 1 buggy and harness, 1 mowing machine, 1 wind mill, 1/4 interest in a threshing machine, blacksmith tools, 1 rick of timber, corn, meat, hay, oats and household goods.
Clinch Valley News and Richlands Press, Bristol, Virginia
Friday, January 08, 1909, page 1
Tip Top, Jan 6
B.P. Compton, of Mud Fork, died at his home near Falls Mills on last Sunday, after being sick three days with pneumonia. He was a good man and will be greatly missed. He was over 60 years old and leaves a widow, who was a Miss Harless and two or three children.
Ballard was the son of Cornelius Compton and Rebecca Jane Patterson. He married Delilah Harless.
Ballard was in Co. F, 16th Regiment, Virginia Cavalry, CSA. In June of 1863, the 16th Regiment led General Robert E. Lee into Pennsylvania and passed through Chambersburg on the way to Gettysburg. Ballard was wounded in the right thigh at the Battle of Moorefield on August 7, 1864. He appeared on a register of the CSA General Hospital, Charlottesville, VA. On his Union Loyalty Statement on June 22, 1865, he is described as age 21, 5'8", having florid complexion, hazel eyes, light hair and no whiskers.
Ballard had a farm and raised a family on Mud Creek, Falls Mills, Va. At his death estate on February 6, 1909, the administrator, C.J. Hale, listed the following items: 2 young horses, 1 8-year-old saddle and buggy horse, 2 milk cows, 4 calves, 1 2-year-old bull, 7 sheep, 3 hogs, 1 2-horse wagon, 1 buggy and harness, 1 mowing machine, 1 wind mill, 1/4 interest in a threshing machine, blacksmith tools, 1 rick of timber, corn, meat, hay, oats and household goods.
Clinch Valley News and Richlands Press, Bristol, Virginia
Friday, January 08, 1909, page 1
Tip Top, Jan 6
B.P. Compton, of Mud Fork, died at his home near Falls Mills on last Sunday, after being sick three days with pneumonia. He was a good man and will be greatly missed. He was over 60 years old and leaves a widow, who was a Miss Harless and two or three children.
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