Ballard, Daniel, 1763-1847

Daniel Ballard was born on May 17, 1763, in Somerset, Maryland to Daniel Ballard and Sarah Maddox. He married Dorothy Waters Ballard on July 6, 1797, in Somerset, Maryland. Together they had nine children. He served in the 25th Regiment (Humprey’s), in the Maryland Militia during the War of 1812. In October of 1806, he was elected Sheriff for Somerset County and then later elected to the Maryland Legislature, in the House of Delegates representing Somerset County, in 1821 as a Federalist, and in 1830 where he served in the House of Delegates with Littleton Dennis Teackle. In 1831, the Maryland Governor appointed him to the Maryland Orphan’s Court. And, in 1832, he was the Chair of the meeting of the National Republicans of Somerset County who backed Henry Clay for President. He died October 5, 1847, and is buried in the Daniel J. Ballard Cemetery in Manokin, Somerset County, Maryland.