Kentuckiana Genealogy: Births: Two Breckinridge County Births

By Board Administration (Admin) (205.188.208.69) on Wednesday, January 29, 2003 - 10:54 am:

Charles Ball 25NOV1870 Nelson Jolly Ball Margaret Matilda Frank
Nelson Jolly Ball 14JAN1837 George Lewis Ball Mary Jolly

Both of the above were submitted by Angela Ball Doan - adoan@dot-net.net

By janisthomsen (4.43.41.1) on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 07:04 pm:

I'm looking around for information on Nelson Jolly who settled in Kentucky in the late 1700s I think. The Name Ball has also been mentioned as a family name. So Maybe I can find some starting place. They lived in Breckinridge County, and one of the towns was called Beulahville.

By Janet Meador (4.242.114.224) on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 02:33 am:

This Information was obtain from Breckinridge County Cemeteries Book Vol #1

Nelson Jolly 12/20/1871 - 10/05/1950 Husband of Effie. McGary 07/10/1871 - 07/10/1902.
Both buried at- St. Romuald Cemetery-Highway 259, Cemetery Lies between the Parish Church and the northern limit of the city of Hardinsburg, Kentucky Central Breckinridge County.

Nelson Jolly 02/17/1740 - 00/00/1818.
Buried at-William Hardin Pioneer Cemetery #5 –Exact location unknown Western edge of Hardinsburg on hill near Hardin Creek.
Reference: Breckinridge Democrat, April 25, 1902, from a speech given by Henry Clay Jolly Sr., is a direct descendant of Nelson Jolly Sr.

By Janet Meador (4.242.114.224) on Thursday, January 06, 2005 - 02:34 am:

Second half.
*Nelson Jolly 02/20/1782 - 09/27/1878 Husband of Barbara Ball 08/01/1790 - 06/24/1863
Both buried at- Union Star Cemetery- Union Star.

Margaret M. Ball 04/22/1841 - 02/22/1880 Widow of Nelson Jolly
Buried at Union Star Cemetery-Union Star.

Could Margaret be the second wife of *Nelson Jolly 02/20/1782 – 09/27/1878.

I hope this information will help you in your research.