Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Ballard was born in 1826, in Elbert, Georgia, United States, her father, Jesse Ballard, was 34 and her mother, Mary Frances Ballenger, was 37. She married Matthew Pfeiffer on 12 December 1851, in Coweta, Georgia, United States. She lived in Coweta, Georgia, United States in 1850. She died in Titus, Texas, United States.
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- Martha Ballerd in household of Jesse Ballerd, "United States Census, 1850"
- Martha Ballard, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Martha Ballard, "Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967"
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1826
Historical Boundaries 1826: Coweta, Georgia, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1861
Civil War History - Some 11,000 Georgians gave their lives in defense of their state a state that suffered immense destruction. But wars end brought about an even more dramatic figure to tell: 460,000 African-Americans were set free from the shackles of slavery to begin new lives as free people.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English ballard ‘bald-headed man’ (compare Bald 3).
French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Balhard, composed of the elements bal, presumably meaning ‘torment, spitefulness’, and hard ‘hard, strong’. Compare Ballor .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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