Pike County Georgia Newspapers - Job Ballard Crack Farmer 1889 ********************************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ********************************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Lynn Cunningham Table of Contents page: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/pike.htm Georgia Table of Contents: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm Pike County, Journal Zebulon, GA., Tuesday, October 8, 1889 Mr. J.T. Ballard is one of the crack farmers of Pike. This year he will make besides corn, peas, potatoes, etc., twenty bales of cotton on a two mule farm. (Transcribed 10/16/02 Lynn Ballard Cunningham) Note: Job Turner Ballard was born 5 Nov 1854 and died 19 Jan 1929. Grandfather of Lynn Ballard Cunningham.