John Ball, of Frederick County, Va., was a millwright. GW made an agreement on 30 Dec. 1769 with Ball to build his new merchant mill, and Ball began work in April 1770. Ball was paid off in February 1771 and given a bonus of five guineas. He may be the John Ball (1742-1806) who settled on Licking Run, Fauquier County, Va., in 1771.
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The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, ed. Theodore J. Crackel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2008.