Ancestry of
Janis Joplin

Singer and Songwriter

George Ball

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Janis Joplin — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 46 
  • Father:
  • George Ball 
  • Mother:
  • Jemima Martin   
  • Birth Date:
  • 5 Jan 1801 
  • Birth Location:
  • Laurens County, South Carolina 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 27 Aug 1867 
  • Death Location:
  • Weimer, Colorado, Texas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Old Osage Cemetery, Colorado County, Texas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Martha Overby
  • Marriage Date:
  • 4 Feb 1824 
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  • Children:
  
  

  Mary Eleanor Ball (Ahnentafel No:23 )

  Jemima Elizabeth Ball

  Joanna C. Ball

  Martha Jane Ball

• Sources for George Ball

  • ¹ Daughters of the American Revolution Genealogical Research System, Ancestor #A005503.
  • ² Deaths, Colorado County, Texas (Nesbitt Memorial Library), (accessed 04/11/2021).
  • ³ Federal Census, AL, Pickens County, 1850, Southern District, Image 49 of 247.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, TX, Austin County, 1860, Pecan Grove, p. 68, Image 10 of 13.
  • ⁵ Germanna Foundation Database of Descendants, ID-I050062, Record for George Ball.