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The Ball Ground Historic District in Ball Ground, Georgia is a 22 acres (8.9 ha) historic district which is roughly bounded by Highway 5 to the west; Commerce Street and Groover Street to the north; Valley Street and Gazaway Lane to the east; and Stripling Street, the southern terminus of Old Canton Road, and Depot Street to the south.
Joseph Ball (May 2, 1649 – July 11, 1711) was an English-born justice, vestryman, lieutenant colonel, and Burgess in the Colony of Virginia. [ 1 ] Ball was the father of Mary Ball Washington and the maternal grandfather of George Washington , the First President of the United States .
Col. Joseph Matthäus Ball, grandfather of Gen. George Washington, was born in May 1649 in England, settled in Virginia during a period of population growth in the region when the Millenbeck community was in Northumberland County prior to the formation of Lancaster County.
1.9 mi (3.1 km) outside of Ball Ground's city limits [91] in unincorporated Ball Ground [92] is the McGraw Ford Wildlife Management Area, a 2,255 acres (913 ha; 3.523 sq mi) wildlife management area along the Etowah River that is managed by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources with various multi-purpose trails along with fishing and ...
The Chief Vann House is the first brick residence in the Cherokee Nation, and has been called the "Showplace of the Cherokee Nation".Owned by the Cherokee Chief James Vann, the Vann House is a Georgia Historic Site on the National Register of Historic Places and one of the oldest remaining structures in the northern third of the state of Georgia.
18th Georgia: Col Joseph Armstrong; 24th Georgia: Col Christopher C. Sanders; 3rd Georgia Battalion: Ltc Nathan L. Hutchins; Cobb's (Georgia) Legion: Cpt John H. Burr; Phillip's (Georgia) Legion: Ltc William W. Rich; Bryan's Brigade [16] Col James P. Simms. 10th Georgia: Col Willis C. Holt (mw) 50th Georgia: Col Peter A.S. McGlashan (w) 51st ...
Colonel John Laurens (1754–82), aide to George Washington during the Revolutionary War: 61.43/sq mi (23.72/km 2) 49,941: 813 sq mi (2,106 km 2) Lee County: 177: Leesburg: 1826: Creek Cessions of 1826: Lieutenant Colonel Henry Lee III (1732–1794), a hero of the Revolutionary War, who attained the nickname "Light-Horse Harry" 95.15/sq mi (36. ...
Rock House and Laurel Creek, Wayne County, February 12, 1864. Laurel Creek Gap February 15, Forks of Beaver March 31. Quicksand Creek April 5 (Company I). Paintsville April 13. Half Mountain, Magoffin County, April 14. Louisa April 16. Pound Gap May 9. Ordered to join Sherman in the field and reported at Burnt Hickory, Ga., May 24.