A Roadside plaque on the highway (unfortunately in front of a used car dealership) reads as follows:
THIS IS ONE OF ARLINGTON'S OLDEST FAMILY BURIAL GROUNDS. ENSIGN JOHN BALL (1748-1814), A VETERAN OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (SIXTH VIRGINIA INFANTRY) IS BURIED HERE. JOHN BALL WAS THE SON OF MOSES, WHO WAS ONE OF THE PIONEER SETTLERS IN THE GLENCARLYN AREA OF ARLINGTON. ALSO BURIED IN THE CEMETARY ARE MANY OF JOHN BALL'S DIRECT AND COLLATERAL DESCENDANTS, INCLUDING JOHN WESLEY BOLDIN, A CIVIL WAR SOLDIER (COMPANY D. THIRD PENNSYLVANIA CAVALRY) AND MEMBERS OF THE MARCEY, STRICKER, DONALDSON AND CROSON FAMILIES.
The cemeatry seems to be in a state of disrepair, with a lot of damage to the stones, but the main headstone in the Ball Family Cemetary in Arlington, VA on Washington Blvd. reads as follows:
John Wesley Boldin, 1843-1908,
Co. D. 3rd Penna. Cavalry 1861
Mary Thrift 1750-1804
Jeremiah Thrift 1719-
Barbara Ball 1837-1838
John W. Ball 1849-1866
Albert Ball 1853-1853
Sarah B. Birch 1811-1865
John Ball, Jr. 1770-1823
Horatio Ball, Sr. 1785-1872
Samuel Ball 1820-1889
Jane A. Ball 1829-1909
Harriet A. Ball 1852-
John B. Ball 1860-1864
Samuel H. Ball, Jr. 1862-1862
Robert E. Ball 1864-
Catherine M. Ball 1792-1830
Elizabeth M. Ball 1801-1871
John Ball 1822-1842
Chloe Ann Ball 1830-1870
Almira W. Ball 1836-1870
Jane Ball 1816-1898
Thomas Darne -1853
Elizabeth Ball 1828-1904
Mary A. Ball 1818-1897 (Note: My great grandmother)
James W. Donaldson 1819-1873 (Note: My great grandfather)
Ambrose W. Donaldson 1853-1863
Mary C. Donaldson 1847-1848
Alice Donaldson 1848-1877
George W. Boldin 1845-1880
Maud E. Boldin 1876-1891
James Donaldson 1851-1922
Sarah D. Donaldson 1855-1943
James A. Donaldson 1873-1924
Ella Donaldson 1890-1948 (Note: This is my Grandmother
Unless there were two
Ella J. Donaldsons, she was actually
born 1855 and died in 1948
See last name listed.)
Catherine E. Donaldson 1893-1894
Edwin Ball 1835-1914
Emma Cathell Ball 1833-1886
Otto Stricker
William O. Stricker 1855-1939
Harriet Ball 1852-1930
Catherine Marcey 1824-
John Marcey 1831-1867
Emma Marcey 1860-1873
Ida B. Marcey 1865-1947
Robert E. Croson 1871-1921
William Ball 1842-1920
America Ball 1849-1926
Dabney Ball 1787-1857
Penelope Ball 1795-1864
Rev. Dabney Ball
Rev. Franklin Ball 1823-1886
Mary Ball 1822-1889
And OThers ...
Ella J. Boldin 1855-1948
Smaller grave stones exist for:
George W. Boldin, beloved husband of Alice Boldin
Born May 8, 1845, Died Dec, 30th, 1880
DONALDSON
James Edgar 1881-1922
Sarah Drucilla 1855-1943
Maude Ella - 1890-1948
James Ambrose (Note: No dates)
and
BALL
SAMUEL - 1820 - 1889 JANE A. - 1829 - 1909
