Gypsy Heart
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When Wesley Ball moved to Missouri he was fairly well-to-do. Since he had served in the Mexican War, the government had given him forty acres to which he added another 660 acres and built a new home. Before the war broke out he had hired men to help him with the farming and livestock.
When the war began, he joined the old Montevallo Confederacy Regiment
Many people wanted to protect their wealth during the war by putting valuables or money away. Lieutenant Ball was one of these people. "He was supposed to have buried a metal box of gold coins on their place before he went to war, but he never told anyone where he buried it. And long years after the war people would go there and dig. The story got out. I suppose my grandmother must have told it.
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Ball – Wesley L. and Emma Ball came to Sec. 10 Vergil Twp. In late 1850’s or early 60’s. He was killed in 62. Emma’s brother was J.M. Stanley. West half of Sec. 10 shows Ball and Stanley, also E. Robertson. Emma remarried in 1870 to and E.W. Robertson, so I believe all of this is part of estate. Ball left 200 acres to my minor great-grandmother Matilda Jane. I believe he had 700-800 acres
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When the war began, he joined the old Montevallo Confederacy Regiment
Many people wanted to protect their wealth during the war by putting valuables or money away. Lieutenant Ball was one of these people. "He was supposed to have buried a metal box of gold coins on their place before he went to war, but he never told anyone where he buried it. And long years after the war people would go there and dig. The story got out. I suppose my grandmother must have told it.
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Ball – Wesley L. and Emma Ball came to Sec. 10 Vergil Twp. In late 1850’s or early 60’s. He was killed in 62. Emma’s brother was J.M. Stanley. West half of Sec. 10 shows Ball and Stanley, also E. Robertson. Emma remarried in 1870 to and E.W. Robertson, so I believe all of this is part of estate. Ball left 200 acres to my minor great-grandmother Matilda Jane. I believe he had 700-800 acres
http://www.bushwhacker.org/genealogicalinquiriesrecent1.html
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