Publisher's Synopsis
Born just twenty-two years after the founding of Jamestown--England's first successful colony in North American--Thomas Ballard (1630-1689) lived in an uncertain time. Thomas was a Virginia clerk, lawyer, militia commander, sheriff, politician and shrewd businessman capable of navigating the turbulent waters of a colony beset with dangers. As a work of genealogy and history, this volume documents the major events of Thomas Ballard's life as it relates to the major issues of the day.
