George County MsArchives Cemeteries.....Ball Cemetery #2 - Partial Survey More to Come
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File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Jimmy Trussell carverofwood1260@wmconnect.com January 8, 2009, 5:40 pm

Abstracted By: Jimmy Trussell

Start your trip to this cemetery in down town Lucedale, 
Mississippi. Take highway 198 west and go 4.7 miles, where 
you will come to the highway 98 by-pass. Take a left (west) 
onto highway 98 heading toward Hattiesburg, Mississippi. 
Travel 2.5 miles and you will cross over a small bridge, 
and immediately on your left will be McInnis Lane. Take 
this left hand turn and go .2 tenths of a mile where you 
will see this cemetery on your left. The cemetery is 
located in a small open field. The land owner J.W. McInnis 
told me that at one time the cemetery was somewhat larger, 
but years ago someone clearing this land had pushed several 
headstones off into a marshy branch. Also several years ago 
a group of visitors came to the cemetery and had a ceremony 
where they said that the Charlotte (Lee) Ball who is buried 
here, is the sister of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Efforts have 
been made to authenticate this information, but all to no 
avail. The cemetery was walked on the 8th of January 2009 
by Jimmy Trussell, information being taken for all existing 
headstones.

Last Name     First Name    Middle Name   Birth       Death       Comment
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Ball          William                                 1860        
Ball          Charlotte     (Lee)         1755        1869        w/o William Bartholomew Ball
Ball          William       Bartholomew   1777        1860        h/o Charlotte (Lee) Ball
Woodard       Jesse                                   1849        Baby Marker
Woodard       Wesley        M.                        1857        Baby Marker
Ball          Mellisa                     1856        1872        
Ball          Martha                      July ????   10-24-1867  W/O Henry A. Ball



Additional Comments:
The two stones , William Ball and Charlotte (Lee) Ball are identical in the 
materials they are made from and the crude engraving is the same on each 
headstone. I take these should be the original headstones for William 
Bartholomew and Charlotte, the other william Bartholomew Ball headstone is a 
recent headstone that was erected several years ago. It was placed between the 
two above mentioned stones. the inscription on this new William Bartholomew 
Ball Headstone, has the following inscription: Son of Edward & Rebecca Ball. 
Husband of Charlotte (Lee) Ball. Parents of: James S. ; Edward M. ; Sarah ; 
Eliza ; William D. ; Bartholomew ; Susan ; Margaret ; Harriet and Henry A. Ball

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