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William Ballard Lenoir

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William Ballard Lenoir

Birth
Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
Death
14 Dec 1852 (aged 77)
Roane County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Lenoir City, Loudon County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Son of General William Lenoir of North Carolina



Stone reads:
Son of Gen. Wm. Lenoir of N.C.;
Removed to his late residence in Roane Co., in 1810, Where he resided until his Death with hasty summons called him to a home in heaven the 14, of Dec. 1852 He lived and died a "Christian"


Founder of Lenoir City, Lenoir was active in business and in Tennessee politics, serving a term in the state House of Representatives from 1815 to 1817.

William Ballard Lenoir moved from Happy Valley, NC in 1810 and settled on a 5000-acre estate in and around where Lenoir City, Tenn., now stands. He was an extensive farmer, a manufacturer of cotton yarns, a miller, and a land surveyor.

William Ballard Lenoir married Elizabeth Avery in 1802 and the couple had twelve children: Albert Sobieski (1803-1861), Louise Caroline (Lenoir) Ramsey (1804-), Isaac Thomas (1807-1875), Leah Adeline (Lenoir) Smith (1809-1879), Mira Ann (Lenoir) Reagan (1810-1879), William (1813-1878), Waightstill Avery (1815-1884), Walter Franklin (1816-1878), Eliza Martha (Lenoir) Martin, Benjamin Ballard (1821-1905), Israel Pickens (1824-1876), and Julia Joyce (ca. 1828-1842). William Lenoir was active in politics, serving in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1815 to 1817.

National Register of Historic Places (added in 1973) Lenoir Cotton Mill Warehouse. The Lenoir Cotton Mill was one of several enterprises established by early settler and entrepreneur William Ballard Lenoir.

Son of General William Lenoir of North Carolina



Stone reads:
Son of Gen. Wm. Lenoir of N.C.;
Removed to his late residence in Roane Co., in 1810, Where he resided until his Death with hasty summons called him to a home in heaven the 14, of Dec. 1852 He lived and died a "Christian"


Founder of Lenoir City, Lenoir was active in business and in Tennessee politics, serving a term in the state House of Representatives from 1815 to 1817.

William Ballard Lenoir moved from Happy Valley, NC in 1810 and settled on a 5000-acre estate in and around where Lenoir City, Tenn., now stands. He was an extensive farmer, a manufacturer of cotton yarns, a miller, and a land surveyor.

William Ballard Lenoir married Elizabeth Avery in 1802 and the couple had twelve children: Albert Sobieski (1803-1861), Louise Caroline (Lenoir) Ramsey (1804-), Isaac Thomas (1807-1875), Leah Adeline (Lenoir) Smith (1809-1879), Mira Ann (Lenoir) Reagan (1810-1879), William (1813-1878), Waightstill Avery (1815-1884), Walter Franklin (1816-1878), Eliza Martha (Lenoir) Martin, Benjamin Ballard (1821-1905), Israel Pickens (1824-1876), and Julia Joyce (ca. 1828-1842). William Lenoir was active in politics, serving in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1815 to 1817.

National Register of Historic Places (added in 1973) Lenoir Cotton Mill Warehouse. The Lenoir Cotton Mill was one of several enterprises established by early settler and entrepreneur William Ballard Lenoir.

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