Miscellaneous
research notes on the Ballew surname
Below, I
believe these are my ggg-grandparents, Marvel and Heathy Belew, record
2176-2025. Record 2177-2026 is my gg-grandparents, William and
Isabella Belew married, but still living close to his parents.
(There is a marriage record farther down as well : “William Belew -
Lurina J. Devers - 5/7/1857, William Ellis, J.P.”
The middle initial J could have been an I, but the
record coincides as a date William and Isabella might have been
married with a child 2 years old in 1860.)
1860
Federal Census - Roane
County Tennessee
Page
290, 15th District, 26th August 1860 - Welcker's Mills, Tennessee
2176-2025
BELEW
|
Given
Name
|
Age
|
Sex
|
Occupation
|
Value
of Real Estate
|
Value
of Pers. Property
|
State
of Birth
|
|
Marvel
|
45
|
M
|
Farming
|
|
1000
|
SC
|
|
Heathy
|
45
|
F
|
Housekeeping
|
|
|
SC
|
|
George
|
22
|
M
|
Farming
|
|
|
SC
|
|
Mary
|
18
|
F
|
|
|
|
SC
|
|
Andrew
J.
|
16
|
M
|
|
|
|
TN
|
|
James
|
15
|
M
|
|
|
|
TN
|
|
Heathy
|
10
|
F
|
|
|
|
TN
|
|
Franklin
M.
|
5
|
M
|
|
|
|
TN
|
2177-2026
BELEW
|
Given
Name
|
Age
|
Sex
|
Occupation
|
Value
of Real Estate
|
Value
of Pers. Property
|
State
of Birth
|
|
William
|
23
|
M
|
Farming
|
600
|
150
|
SC
|
|
Isabella
|
19
|
F
|
Housekeeping
|
|
|
TN
|
|
Martha
|
2
|
F
|
|
|
|
TN
|
|
Sarah
J.
|
4/12
|
F
|
|
|
|
TN
|
See
census of 1870 for their son, Wm. The age at the time of that
census coincides with the birth date of my great-grandfather, William
Andrew Ballew.
1870
Federal Census - Roane County Tennessee
Fifteenth District - Page 23, 24
|
Family
No.
|
Name
|
Name
|
Age
|
S
|
R
|
Occupation
|
Land
Value
|
Birthplace
|
|
194-192
|
Ballew
|
Wm
|
33
|
M
|
W
|
F
L
|
|
TN
|
|
|
|
Isabella
|
33
|
M
|
W
|
K
H
|
|
TN
|
|
|
|
Martha
|
13
|
F
|
W
|
|
|
TN
|
|
|
|
Sarah
|
11
|
F
|
W
|
|
|
TN
|
|
|
|
Marvell
|
9
|
M
|
W
|
|
|
TN
|
|
|
|
Wm
|
7
|
M
|
W
|
|
|
TN
|
|
|
|
Henry
|
5
|
M
|
W
|
|
|
TN
|
|
|
|
Franklin
|
1
|
M
|
W
|
|
|
TN
|
Note:
This shows Wm Ballew born in TN, but the 1860 and 1880 census show SC.
And it makes sense that he would have been born in SC, since he was
one of the older children.
As late
as 1880, Marvel and Hetta and their son William’s family lived as
neighbors in Roane County, Tennessee. But, it appears, that
William’s first wife had died. See same marriage record below,
quoted here: ” William D. Bellew - Malissa J. Bray - 10/24/1880,
George Jones, M.G.”. He must have married again shortly after
the census.
1880
Federal Census - Roane
County Tennessee
121-121
|
Name
|
Name
|
R
|
S
|
Age
|
Relationship
|
Occupation
|
BirthPlace
|
Birthplace
of Father
|
Birthplace
of Mother
|
|
Belew
|
Marvel
|
W
|
M
|
67
|
Head
|
Farmer
|
SC
|
SC
|
SC
|
|
|
Hetta
|
W
|
F
|
67
|
Wife
|
|
SC
|
SC
|
SC
|
|
|
Hetta
S.
|
W
|
F
|
27
|
Dau
|
|
TN
|
SC
|
SC
|
|
Waldrup
|
Rachel
|
W
|
F
|
44
|
Neice
|
|
SC
|
SC
|
SC
|
122-122
|
Name
|
Name
|
R
|
S
|
Age
|
Relationship
|
Occupation
|
BirthPlace
|
Birthplace
of Father
|
Birthplace
of Mother
|
|
Belew
|
William
|
W
|
M
|
43
|
head
|
farmer
|
SC
|
SC
|
SC
|
|
|
Sarah
J.
|
W
|
F
|
21
|
dau
|
|
TN
|
SC
|
TN
|
|
|
Marvel
J.
|
W
|
M
|
18
|
son
|
|
TN
|
SC
|
TN
|
|
|
William
A.
|
W
|
M
|
16
|
son
|
|
TN
|
SC
|
TN
|
|
|
Henry
P.
|
W
|
M
|
14
|
son
|
|
TN
|
SC
|
TN
|
|
|
James
F.
|
W
|
M
|
12
|
son
|
|
TN
|
SC
|
TN
|
|
|
Sarrha
A.
|
W
|
F
|
10
|
dau
|
|
TN
|
SC
|
TN
|
|
|
Leeomee
B.
|
W
|
F
|
7
|
dau
|
|
TN
|
SC
|
TN
|
|
|
Hetta
S.
|
W
|
F
|
5
|
dau
|
|
TN
|
SC
|
TN
|
|
|
Leathe
|
W
|
F
|
8/12
|
dau
|
|
TN
|
SC
|
TN
|
Note
above: William’s son also named Marvel.
Below,
some checking in South Carolina for Belew, Baleu, Bellew,
Ballew:
1830
Census - Greenville County, SC
- Free
White Persons (including heads of families)
|
Head
|
S
|
0-5
|
5-10
|
10-15
|
15-20
|
20-30
|
30-40
|
40-50
|
50-60
|
60-70
|
70-80
|
| |
