Pike County  Georgia Newspapers - J. P. Ballard News 1891
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Pike County, Journal
Zebulon, GA., Friday, October 23, 1891

Mr. J.P. Ballard, who lives two and a quarter miles north of town and
who is totally blind, walked here from his home one day last week
without a guide or any assistance from anyone. He crossed a foot log and
traveled a route that puzzles those with good eyesight at night. We are
glad to see our friend able to perform so unusual a feat.

(Transcribed 10/21/02 Lynn Cunningham)

Note:
James Patton Ballard, son of William Barnes Ballard and Martha J. Unity
Patton. He was married to Sarah Rivers. He was a member of Co H, 44th Ga
Reg't. during the Civil War, and was noted as being blind on the 1880
census.